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EAPA NEWSLETTER 36 - JANUARY 2016

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LIST OF CONTENT

INTRODUCTION

EAPA COMMITTEES

EAPA Executive Committee amp Directorsrsquo Group EAPA HSE CommitteeEAPA Technical CommitteeJoint EAPA - Eurobitume TC EAPA APampEM Group EAPA Working group Carbon Footprint Document

EAPA-EUROBITUME ACTIVITIES

Providing Asphalt Advantages

EampE CONGRESS 2016

Get registeredEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee EampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme Committee

EUROPEAN STANDARDISATION

CEN TC227 WG1CEN TC154 WG13 TC227 WG6 CEN TC336 WG1

OTHER MEETINGS amp EVENTS

Technical PAPA SeminarCEDR Final Climate Change Conference CEDR Workshop on Road Worker SafetyCEDR Workshop on Recycling ROSANNE ACEA meetingsCzech Asphalt Conference AV`15 Danube Region ConferenceZAS Colloquium on Asphalt and Bitumen Seminar of MEP Zdechovsky at European Parliament Meeting with MEP Wim van de CampCross-modal Technology TransferACEA 25th anniversary

UPCOMING CONGRESSES

EVENTS LIST

COLOPHON

MEMBERS

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INTRODUCTION Dear EAPA members dear Asphalt friends

Welcome to the 36th issue of the EAPA Newsletter A new year started some weeks ago and many of us made plans for 2016 So did we in EAPA Howe-ver many activities we will work on this year started already some years ago

The main event this year will be the 6th Eurasphalt amp Eurobitume Congress that will be held in Prague on 1 ndash 3 June We are now working on the final pro-gramme and we are looking forward to meeting you in Prague in JuneThere will be many interesting subjects presented during the EampE Congress 2016 On the first day after the Ope-ning session there will be 3 sessions In the 1st session four representatives of European and international associati-ons will express what their needs are and what they expect from the asphalt industry in the future In the 2nd sessi-on three speakers will address external factors that will have an impact on the asphalt industry in the coming years and in the 3rd session four speakers will show that the industry can provide so-lutionsDuring the second and third day there will be technical presentations based on the received and evaluated papers for this congress Here authors of se-lected papers will present research and achievements they made since the previous EampE Congress Subjects that will be addressed are as an example

Warm Mix Asphalt with a high amount of Reclaimed Asphalt in order to achie-ve a low Carbon Footprint rejuvena-ting agents to allow high percentages of use of Reclaimed Asphalt We are sure that it will be a very interesting programme with enough space to visit the exhibition to meet authors of pa-pers during the Poster sessions and to meet old and new colleagues

Next to the Congress there will be many other activities in 2016 like sti-mulating the use of Warm Mix Asphalt and the re-use of Reclaimed Asphalt The recently published Asphalt in Figu-res 2014 showed that more than 80 of the reclaimed asphalt in Europe is re-cycled and 57 of the total amount of reclaimed asphalt is re-used in asphalt again When we compare this with the goal of the EU to re-use at least 50 and recycle at least 70 of the construction and demolition waste by 2020 we see that the asphalt industry already meets the EU goals of 2020 These numbers could be higher and that is important for the Green Public Procurement of the European Commis-sion which is coming

To be able to contribute to a sustaina-ble consumption and production the European Commission started to de-velop Green Public Procurement (GPP) for the public authorities of Europe

1ndash 3 June 2016 ndash Prague Congress CentreInvesting in our greatest asset

Invitation to Register

6th Eurasphalt amp Eurobitume Congress

In 2016 the revised EU Green Public Procurement (GPP) criteria for ldquoDe-sign construction and maintenance of roadsrdquo will be published It is up to the European countries to decide whether they will use (a part) of the GPP criteria for roads or not

When they are going to be used likethey are now being used in the Nether-lands re-use of Reclaimed Asphalt and Carbon Footprint will become impor-tant as well as durability and many other items That can mean that the ldquoBest va-lue for moneyrdquo offer will be rewarded in a tendering process although it has a higher price Countries could also decide to reward low rolling resistance road surfaces to reduce the CO2 emissions of cars and vehicles

In this Newsletter there is an article re-lated to this subject the European Au-tomobile Manufacturers Associationrsquos (ACEA) started in 2015 an initiative on ldquoJoining forces to tackle the road trans-port CO2 challengerdquo Good and well maintained asphalt roads and lower rolling resistance asphalt road surfaces can contribute to the CO2 reduction that has to be achieved by EuropeThis article and all the other articles in this issue of the EAPA Newsletter will give you an overview of what EAPA did in the past 4 months It will also

show you the items we will work on in 2016 and in which direction the exter-nal factors will lead the asphalt indus-try Enjoy reading it

Egbert Beuving Secretary-General of EAPA

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EAPA COMMITTEES

EAPA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE amp DIRECTORSrsquo GROUP

On 6 October 2015 the EAPA Executive Committee and the EAPA Directorsrsquo Group had a joint meeting in the EAPA offices in Brussels Because the agenda items discussed in both committees were partly similar and several members parti-cipated in both meetings it was decided to combine these two meetings The meeting started with financial items and the membership situation of EAPA Under the agenda item ldquoTechnical Topicsrdquo there was a short report of the EAPA Technical Committee the EAPA Asphalt Plant amp Equipment Producers Group and WMA promotion European Standardisation and Horizon 2020 projects

Under agenda item ldquoHealth amp Safety and Environment Topicsrdquo the main subjects of the EAPA Health amp Safety Committee the EAPA Environment Group and theEAPA Task Group Carbon Footprint Document were reported Other topics discus-sed were Green Public Procurement (GPP) Rolling resistance Post IARC regulati-ons and EU legislationactivities as Construction Product Directive and Construc-tion amp Demolition waste

Under the agenda item ldquoCommunication Dissemination and Educationrdquo several issues were discussed including the use of Social Media There was a report of the Global Asphalt Pavement Alliance meeting held in Au-gust 2015 and the contacts with NAPA in the USA It was decided that EAPA will become member of the European Union Road Fe-deration (ERF) which is a like-minded association in Brussels Currently the EAPA secretariat is working closely together with ERF and by being an ERF member this can be intensifiedThere was a short update regarding the EAPA Eurobitume Task Force ldquoProviding Evidence Asphalt Advantagesrdquo The AsphaltAdvantagescom website will also get a German French and Turkish part in 2016The EAPA Secretariat informed the meeting about the latest and ongoing lobbying activities The ExCo and the directors were informed about the progress made with the organisation of the EampE Congress 2016 and about potential venues for the EampE Congress of 2020

In the Round table discussion each director presented in short information about issues of particular interest and importance they are presently working on in their country

The next EAPA ExCo and EAPA Directorsrsquo Group meeting will be held on 1st March 2016 in the EAPA offices in Brussels and on 2nd March 2016 there will be a joint EAPA ndash Eurobitume ExCo meeting

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EAPA HSE COMMITTEE

The former EAPA Health amp Safety Com-mittee and the Environment Group reu-nited again and the HSE Committee meeting was held on 21 October 2015 in Paris Under the health items the cur-rent Post IARC Bitumen Monograph ac-tivities were discussed amongst them the handing of different testing proce-dures for measuring asphalt fumes and aerosols in the field and measuring the efficiency of fume extraction devices (Emission Reducing Device) on pavers

The committee spoke about the activi-ties where the asphalt industry gets in contact with silica dust and discussed possible upcoming tasks The asphalt industry gets in contact with silica dust only during two operations firstly the handling of the aggregates on the yard of the asphalt mixing plant and second-ly the milling process of asphalt pave-ments

Furthermore the committee decided to update a rather old document on the ldquouse of waste from other industries in new asphalt mixesrdquo The EAPA paper ldquoIndustry Statement on recycling of as-phalt mixes and use of waste of asphalt pavementsrdquo of July 2005 will be revie-wed and amended in the next months by a small working group This group will be called Working Group ldquoUpdate of Industry Position on the use of waste in new asphalt mixesrdquo

Under Environment items the committee discussed the topics Carbon Footprint (see extra article in this newsletter) Green Public Procurement Rolling Re-sistance EC Consultations on ldquoCircular Economyrdquo the flagship of the new Juncker Commission The cor-responding headlines to the latter are Zero Waste Circular Economy and Closing the Loop

At the end of the meeting the Work pro-gramme for 2016 was prepared and approved

The next meeting will be a one-day meeting to be held on 6 April 2016 in Oslo

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EAPA TECHNICAL COMMITTEE

On 22 October 2015 the EAPA Techni-cal Committee had a meeting in Paris During this meeting a large number of topics was discussed

The progress of CEN TC 227 WG1 ldquoBituminous Mixturesrdquo and CEN TC336 WG1 ldquoBituminous Binders for Pavingrdquo was discussed and there was an update of the FunDBitS projectThis FunDBitS project is in fact a con-tinuation of the BiTVal project The FunDBitS project is part of the CEDR Transnational Road Research Program-me and it is reviewing new internati-onally available literature and data in order to develop recommendations for performance-based bitumen characte-ristics which may be introduced into bitumen specification standards EN 12591 EN 14023 and EN 13924 This project will be finalised in the first half of 2016

Dr Thomas Woumlrner of the Munich Uni-versity presented the results of the Ger-man research project ldquoPerformance Asphaltrdquo under the title ldquoRepresentative determination of performance-relevant asphalt properties that provide the basis for new conditions of contractrdquo For 21 construction projects they tested asphalt of the Type Testing asphalt di-rectly from the asphalt mixing plants and cores of the finished pavement They did large series of testing and compared the results The presentation showed interesting results and did lead to an animated discussion

The Work plan 2015 ndash 2017 of the TC was discussed and updated It was decided to create a paper providing good examples for increasing the du-rability of asphalt pavements with the title ldquoThe ideal projectrdquo It was also decided to update the EAPA paper on heavy duty pavement surfaces

The progress made in the various Eu-ropean countries regarding the use of Warm Mix Asphalt was discussed There was also a short report of the EAPA Asphalt Plant amp Equipment Pro-ducers Group meeting and there was a discussion on ldquobig datardquo A lot of data can be collected and provided and the contractor needs to know how to use it The EAPA TC members have to formula-te which information they would need from the asphalt plant the paver and the rollers to be able to improve the quality This subject will be discussed at the next EAPA TC meeting

Under the heading ldquoRecyclingrdquo the-re was a report of the NAPA visit to Japan Multi recycling was discussed and milling of separate layers for bet-ter recyclingIn addition the preliminary results of the EAPA questionnaire regarding the Public Procurement Directive were dis-cussed

The next EAPA TC meeting will be held on Thursday 7 April 2016 in Oslo

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JOINT EAPA - EUROBITUME TC EAPA APampEM GROUP

On 15th October 2015 a Joint EAPA - Eurobitume Technical Committee Meeting was held in Brussels Under agenda item ldquoPaving Grade Bitumen standardrdquo there was a short report of the CEN TC 336 WG1 meeting held in Spain and of the CEN TC336 WG1 TG6 meeting concerning the revision of EN 12591 There was discussion about testing frequency and clauses relating to Factory Production Control and it was decided that Eurobitume will provide a draft solution for the next meeting At agenda item ldquoPMB standard and Performance Related Specificationsrdquo test me-thods to address the effects of Short Term Ageing and Long term ageing on eg stiffness were discussed For the next meeting a new proposal will be tabled Also VTAE (Vacuum Tower Asphalt Extender) REOB (Re-Refined Engine Oil Bot-toms) were also discussedOther agenda items were The progress of the revised asphalt standards PIARC Sub-committee 42 (Road Pavements) Carbon Footprinting EAPA and Eurobitu-me activities regarding Product Category Rules (PCR) and EPDrsquos EAPA activities regarding stimulating adoption of Warm Mix Asphalt and the Eurobitume CEN Data Collection re-analysis projectThe next joint TC EAPA ndash Eurobitume meeting will be held on 17 March 2016

The EAPA Asphalt Plant and Equipment Manufacturers (APampEM) Group had a meeting on 17 September 2015 in Paris The two main agenda items were Data Management Systems and Response to the wish-list of the EAPA Technical Com-mitteeUnder agenda item ldquoData Manage-ment Systemsrdquo it was concluded that the exchange of data generated by equipment and by devices added to equipment is a problem because there is no agreed standard Next to a stan-dard data format also the interfaces have to be defined

Regarding the data that can be col-lected some contractors do not realise what is possible and therefore it is im-portant to show them the possibilities Some data should be displayed real time and some data will only be used for reports in a later stageIt was agreed in the meeting that this group would create of list of items data that should be displayed this is from the asphalt plant to the roller and all in between

Also the Veta Data Management and Analyses Software used in the USA was shortly discussed as well as BIM (Building Information Model)

The members of the EAPA Technical Committee had created a Wish-list (Christmas list) regarding asphalt plants and equipment This Wish-list was dis-cussed in the APampEM Group and the group created a draft response to each wish mentioned by the EAPA Techni-cal Committee Several wishes were dealing with special situations where things are not optimal yet Some other wishes were dealing with the real futu-re It was agreed to check and structu-re the responses formulated in the next meeting of this group This might lead to priority settings and suggestions that can be used in a speech at the EampE Congress 2016

Other items discussed wereNews from CECE The main focus of CECE is on the regulations of emissions of machinesNews from ISO TC195 WG9 Ad-Hoc Group Fumes amp Aerosols from bitu-mensrdquo This Ad-hoc Group is creating an Annex to the standard for a test procedure for Emission Reducing Devi-ces (ERDrsquos) This is an informative an-nex and an Emission Reducing Device (ERD) is optional for pavers

The next meeting of EAPA Asphalt Plant amp Equipment Manufacturers Group will be scheduled after the BAUMA

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EPD WORKSHOP OF CPE

There are many actions going on in Europe and in the world on this topic eg Construction Products Europe (CPE) has organised a workshop last December in Brussels Under the heading ldquoEPD the current debate and challengesrdquo European experts presented and discussed the topic The most important learning was that the databases and tools to calculate eg the carbon footprint are quite different and they consequently produce different results for the evaluation which is not tolerable This is still a big question for the industry but also for the European Commission how to handle this and how to provide a proper solution More information about this workshop can be found on the CPE website wwwconstruction-productseu

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EAPA WORKING GROUP CARBON FOOTPRINT DOCUMENT

There have been several meetings in the last months of the Task Group Carbon Footprint Document (CFD) The latest meeting was held on 13 November 2015 in Brussels Eight representatives of EAPA members under the chairmanship of EAPA Director Carsten Karcher are working together to prepare guidelines for the Euro-pean asphalt industry to create an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for a European asphalt mixture The work is in progress and the wording of a guidance document is in full process A representative of the Norwegian Asphalt Industry where the first EPD for an asphalt Mix has been developed has recently joined the committee and there is a strong exchange with the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) from the USA A first draft of the guidance document will be presented at the next HSE meeting in April

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EAPA-EUROBITUME ACTIVITIES

PROVIDING ASPHALT ADVANTAGES

The joint EAPA and Eurobitume campaign on ldquoProviding Evidence Asphalt Advan-tagesrdquo started in spring 2014 is going on since almost 2 years now As you all should know by now the aim of this initiative is to inform the uninformed about the positive aspects of asphalt pavements The campaign is planned for several years and has created a website-based forum that provides more than 50 advantages of asphalt pavements To get all the asphalt advantages and further information on asphalt please go to wwwAsphaltAdvantagescom

Everybody is invited to spread the asphalt advantages and the information given on the website Therefore different supporting tools have been created Those are provided in a toolbox and can be downloaded from this website to support the campaign (httpwwwasphaltadvantagescomgraphics) Please feel free to add the provided tools on your associationrsquos or companyrsquos website or use the tools for your printed or online magazine We would be glad to see the advertisement in your publications Some of these adverts can be found in this newsletter as an example

At the moment the campaign is aiming to get more supporters and readers of its newsletter and of the information provided on Twitter Facebook and LinkedIn

Everybody is asked to connect to the campaign via social media and its newsletter to get all the advantages and latest news of the branch and to exchange her or his advantages with the community

The team behind this campaign is currently working on the German French and Turkish translation of the content of the website and it is expected to be on-line in the next months

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EampE CONGRESS 2016

GET REGISTERED

The 6th EampE Congress will be held in the Prague Congress Centre on 1 ndash 3 June 2016 under the title ldquoInvesting in our greatest assetrdquo This is congress is organised by EAPA and Eurobitume The registration is open now and you are all invite to register for this congress at httpwwweecongress2016org

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EampE CONGRESS 2016 ORGANISING COMMITTEE

The Organising Committee (OC) of the EampE Congress 2016 is organising the con-gress together with PCO (Professional Conference Organiser) Guarant in PragueMs Katrina Sichel will be the facilitator during the EampE Congress 2016 She will guide the congress delegates through the programme of the opening day and the closing session

The programme of the opening day was developed by the Organising Committee as well two parallel sessions (seminars) and the closing session One seminar is ldquoBest practice in communicationrdquo and the other one will be ldquoFinancing of road infrastructurerdquo

On Wednesday evening 1 June the Congress dinner will be held in the beautiful Žofiacuten Palace For the Accompanying Persons Programme a nice programme has been developedThere will also be a Congress App for mobile devises for the participants

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EampE CONGRESS 2016 TECHNICAL PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

The Technical Programme Committee (TPC) of the next Eurasphalt amp Eurobitume Congress 2016 in Prague had its latest meeting on 10th September 2015 in Pra-gue The TPC is responsible for planning and managing the technical programme of the EampE Congress The TPC is also responsible for the Call for abstracts the abstract selection the Call for papers the paper review process etc and reports to the Congress Organising Committee (OC)

The main activity of this committee during the last months has been steering and participating in the independent double review of approximately 250 technical papers for the congress together with other reviewers The reviewing process will be finished by the end of January so the authors will be informed about the final acceptance of their paper(s) in mid-February The next action is to prepare the structure and the content of technical sessions of the conference

The next meeting of the TPC will be held in Brussels on 4th February 2016

To be able to announce the location of the EampE Congress 2020 the Scouting Group EampE 2020 visited several possible venues90 of the Exhibition space is already sold and Eurobitume and EAPA will have a booth on the exhibition too The Exhibition Manual was finalised and is on the website now

The Invitation to Register and the online registration module are on the Congress website now so you can register for the congress at wwweecongress2016org

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f Prag

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EUROPEAN STANDARDISATION

CEN TC227 WG1

On 1 and 2 October 2015 there was a CEN TC227 WG1 ldquoBituminous mixturesrdquo meeting in Antalya Turkey This standardisation Working Group is responsible for the European asphalt (Bituminous mixtures) standards and the European test methods for asphalt At this moment 3 Task Groups are active in Working Group 1The first one is Task Group (TG) 2 ldquoTest methodsrdquo This Task Group is drafting new European test methods where needed and they are revising the existing 50 European test methods when needed The two new test methods that are being developed by TG2 at this moment are PrEN 12697-54 ldquoLab curing for Asphalt Concrete with emulsionsrdquo and PrEN 12697-55 ldquoCoating and consistency of a mixture with emulsionrdquoIn this Antalya meeting also 7 revised test methods were approved to go out for ldquoFormal Voterdquo (after some small corrections have been made)

Task Group 3 ldquoProduct Standardsrdquo is taking care of drafting product standards for asphalt At this moment the revised product standards (the EN 13108 series) are out for Formal Vote The Formal Vote process of the product standards will finish on 26 January 2016TG3 is now drafting a new standard for ldquoAsphalt concrete with Bituminous Emulsi-onrdquo (EN 13108-31) This mixture is produced in a plant and it does not deal with mixtures for road repair as sold in bags This is according to the Mandate CEN TC227 has The draft standard was discussed during this WG1 meeting

Task Group 4 ldquoConformity Assessment Standardsrdquo is drafting the (revised) stan-dards for EN 13108-20 ldquoType Testingrdquo (TT) EN 13108-21 ldquoFactory Production Controlrdquo (FPC) and EN 13108-8 ldquoReclaimed asphaltrdquo It was decided to start with modifying part EN 13108-20 and -21 (TT and FPC) for Asphalt Concrete with Bituminous Emulsion (ACBE) In a later stage it will be decided whether new separates standards are needed or not Having new standards for TT and FPC for ACBE might be easier to maintain in the future

In January 2016 the Convenors of TGs 2 3 and 4 will have a meeting to discuss several items related to ACBE that were raised during this CEN TC 227 WG1 meeting like the question whether ACBE will require its own Standards for Type Testing and Factory Production Control the contribution of Reclaimed Asphalt within ACBE and defining lsquocured conditionsrsquo of ACBE

Other items discussed in Antalya were the progress of CEN TC336 WG1 CEN TC227 WG6 and an Ageing Workshop that might be held if needed

The next CEN TC227 WG meeting will be held on 25 and 26 April 2016 in Helsinki Finland

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CEN TC154 WG13 TC227 WG6 CEN TC336 WG1

The latest CEN TC154 WG13 TC227 WG6 lsquoDangerous substancesrsquo meeting was held on 12 October 2015 in London The meeting started with an update of the activities of CEN TC351 ldquoAssessment of release of dangerous substancesrdquo and some new test methods of this TC were discussed This CEN TC 351 is creating test methods for determining oa the lea-ching behaviour of building materials In the future (ao) the leaching behaviour of ldquoMandatedrdquo building materials has to be declared in the CE-marking also for asphalt This to address the CPR Basic Requirement for Construction Works num-ber 3 ldquoHygiene health and the environmentrdquo dealing with the release of dange-rous substances into ground water marine waters surface waters or soil To avoid unnecessary testing it was the intention to create a possibility to classify products Without Further Testing (WFT) or Without Testing (WT) For being classified WFT or WT a dossier with leaching date had to be created and the European Com-mission would decide based on this dossier whether a certain material could be classified WFT or WT At this moment it is still unclear how this procedure will work At the meeting it was mentioned that a WFT (Without Further Testing) clas-sification must be justified by documents which must be included in the dossier It was originally intended that products could be classified simply in the same way as resistance to fire (eg glass does not burn) but this is not practical for all substances and all products It might be possible for TCs to provide WFT for some substances but the rest would be for producers

At the agenda item ldquoLiaison with CEN TC350 to address sustainability with an overview on Product Category Rules (PCR) and Environmental Products Declarati-ons (EPD) for aggregatesrdquo it was mentioned that the first draft of Product Category Rules (PCR) for aggregates (cradle to gate) will be available in the beginning of 2016 Manfred Fuchs of DG GROW also attended this meeting He explained that the Commission supports PEF (Product Environmental Footprint) as the overarching sustainability framework across all sectors but acknowledged that it is designed for final products and not for intermediate products He also explained the relation between the PEF (Product Environmental footprint) and the PCREPD It will come together and they will be linked CEN product committees can continue to use EN15804 to produce PCR and anything new from PEF can be added later Basic requirement for construction works number 7 ldquoSustainable use of natural resourcesrdquo will not be ready for at least 2 yearsThe next meeting of this joint WG will be held on 24th February 2016 in London

On 29 and 30 September 2015 CEN TC336 WG1 had a meeting in Tarragona (Spain) The main agenda item was Task Group Progress Reports and the WG1 Structure

The Task Groups that are still active in TC 336 WG1 arebull

bull

bull

bull

bull

bull

TG 1 ldquoHigh Service Temperature Propertiesrdquo This TG will be active until EN 16659 ldquoMSCRTrdquo is published At the time of the meeting it was in the Formal Vote process TG1 also prepared a paper for the EampE Congress 2016TG 2 ldquoLow Service Temperature Propertiesrdquo will continue its work and will look at new approaches for addressing low service temperature properties of bituminous bindersTG 5 ldquoSpecification Frameworkrdquo is now called ldquoRevision of EN 14023rdquo Based on the outcome of the systematic review of EN 14023 ldquoPMBrdquo it was decided to revise this standard This work will be done by TG5TG 6 ldquoRevision of EN 12591rdquo is dealing with the revision of EN 12591ldquoPa-ving Grade bitumenrdquo WG1 agreed to forward the new draft of prEN 12591 to CEN to start CEN Enquiry This CEN enquiry will start in early 2016TG 8 and TG 10 ldquoRevisions of Amendments to test standardsrdquo are taking care of the revision of the test methodsTG 9 ldquoPrecisionrdquo is dealing with precision of test methods The next WG1 meeting will be held in Brussels (Belgium) on 10 and 11 March 2016

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OTHER MEETINGS amp EVENTS

TECHNICAL PAPA SEMINAR

The 33rd Technical Seminar of PSWNA (Polish Asphalt Pavement Association - PAPA) was held on 27 and 28 October 2015 in Warsaw with the title ldquoSustaina-ble development and a selection of innovative road technologiesrdquo

After the opening speech of the PAPA President Mr Andrzej Wyszynski the first session started with a presentation of Egbert Beuving (EAPA) about Asphalt Ad-vantages He explained the benefits of using asphalt for road construction and road maintenanceBengt Sandman of Nynas AB showed in his presentation on ldquoSpecial modified bitumenrdquo the results of a study concerning the use of polymer modified bitumen on the High Coast Bridge (Houmlgakustenbron) in Sweden After 15 years of service the Polymer Modified Asphalt surface on this suspension bridge is still performing well and the modified binder is still very elastic and also retains good low and high temperature properties In the second session ldquoGood practices in the roadrdquo Jan Kroacutel of the Warsaw Uni-versity of Technology presented the effects of environmental and social costs of life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) He showed the elements that should be addressed to be able to make as an example a comparison of the expressway in asphalt with one in concrete In his summary he mentioned that Cost-benefit analysis enables verification of the validity of the investment in relation to refrain from investment activities It allows you to choose the best investment option and it is increasingly being demanded by investors and is appointed by public procurement law

One of the presentations on the second day during the 3rd session ldquoNew technolo-gies - innovations in materials Ecology (recycling) and Environmental Protectionrdquo was of prof Dariusz Sybilski of IBDiM He addressed the effect of a chemically reactive silane additive on the binder - aggregate interaction

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CEDR FINAL CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE

On 27th ndash 28th October 2015 the Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR) organised the CEDR final climate change conference in Brussels

CEDR Secretary General Steve Philips welcomed the participants and spoke about the importance of Climate Change for Road Operations and the role of CEDR in the light of EU Policy and research projects The priorities of CEDR are Intelligent Road Systems Maintenance Multi-Modality and Climate Change A further objective is to have a better life time return of roads He raised the questi-on how increase the sbquoappetitelsquo of the road authorities for adaption due to climate change and answered that CEDR is not a regulator but what CEDR can do is to raise the awareness propose procurement practices and propose standardisation practices During the day several major research results of the projects CliPDaR and ROADAPT were presented concerning eg the developed models and strategies to adapt climate changeOn second day adapting strategies for road infrastructure by CEDR Technical Group Climate Change Adaption as well as the administrations of The Nether-lands and Norway were presented followed by parallel workshopsChristian Axelsen of Danish Road Directorate and member of CEDR Technical Group Climate Change Adaption mentioned that many tools and solutions al-ready exist but they have to be applied in an efficient way and with a good and consistent strategyEva Lijegren of the Swedish Transport Administration National Coordinator for Climate Change Adaptation spoke about ldquoTransforming a strategy into an action planrdquo For example in Sweden 1500 documents with rules and regulations for roads rails and ferries do exist and they have to be inverted for changesKees van Muiswinkel Department of Infrastructure and the Environment of the Dutch Rijkswaterstaat gave a presentation about adaptation strategies in the Netherlands The Dutch Government has released several programmes like Delta Programme (NL climate proof and water robust by 2050 a high level of protecti-on to flooding) and National Adaptation Strategy (more long term thinking costs to make the Netherlands fit for the future are four times lower than long term costs of damage)Gordana Petkovic Norwegian Public Roads Administration informed the atten-dees amongst others about revised manuals for design and practice for the In-frastructure an inventory of vulnerable assets and a smartphone app to register natural hazards

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final

climate

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All the presentations and relevant reports can be downloaded from httpwwwfehrlorgindexphpm=32ampid_directory=7844 You can also see the first day of the conference that was web streamed at httpwwwfehrlorgindexphpm=32ampmode=downloadampid_file=17469

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1

CEDR WORKSHOP ON ROAD WORKER SAFETY

On 29th October 2015 CEDR organised the dissemination workshop on two CEDR projects called ASAP and BRoWSER at BBRC in Brussel

The workshop started with a welcome by Paul Mitchell chair of the CEDR pro-gramme executive board and Wanda Debauche from the Belgian Road Research Centre In the following keynote speech Pieter De Winne Head of the Road Engi-neering Division at the Flemish Agency for Roads and Traffic presented the CEDR research work and data concerning safety of workers on the Flemish network He mentioned that in one big construction site 60000 penalties for too high driving speeds were given which almost covered the construction costs

The presentation of the ASAP project (ASAP ndash Appropriate Speed saves All Peo-ple) was given by the project coordinator Anna Vadeby VTI Sweden She ex-plained the goals and results of this project The projectrsquos focus was on regula-ting motorist` driving behaviour in work zones She explained different measures with their expected impacts The final report with guidelines which are meant to complement existing national regulations and procedures has been released on the project website Most promising measures to reduce traffic speeding were amongst others police presence and speed control at the work site

Project coordinator Jill Weekly TRL UK presented the BRoWSER project (BRoW-SER ndash Baselining Road Worker Safety on European Roads) The goal of the project was to implement a European Road Worker Safety Database (EuRoWCas data-base) to count the number of road worker accidents compare these accidents un-derstand the causes and consequences of road worker accidents and to develop countermeasures to reduce the risk of road worker accidents The deliverables are the database itself and a related guidance document on the collection procedures The recommendations of the project are as followsbull National road authorities need to adopt a common typology for road worksbull Support on EU level to promote adoption and harmonisation of common typology across Europebull National road authorities need to adopt the EuRoWCas database con cept and fill it with consistent and accurate data

In the afternoon workshops for the implementation of the project`s findings were held The workshop was closed with the conclusions of Paul MitchellFor more information about the projects and the workshop please go to httpasapfehrlorg httpbrowserzagsi and wwwcedrfr

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2 33

CEDR WORKSHOP ON RECYCLING

On 24 and 25 September 2015 the ldquoInternational workshop on Recycling Road construction in a post fossil fuel societyrdquo was held in the Czech Technical Univer-sity in Prague Around 40 people attended this workshop

This workshop was the final event of the three research projects EARN CoRePaSol and AllBack2Pave that were procured under the CEDR Transnational Road Rese-arch Programme Call 2012 Recycling

During this workshop the results of these projects were presented and discussed

The EARN (Effects on Availability of Road Network) project reviewed existing data on service lifetime and availability of road materials and structures there was a site trial to evaluate varying proportions of RA and they did an experimen-tal evaluation of moisture damage and ageing in asphalt mixtures and developed an impact assessment modelThe main findings of this project were bull The use of Low Temperature Asphalt systems Reclaimed Asphalt secondary by-products andor binder additives can have an effect on the durability of flexible pavements but that affect is not always adverse and may not be great bull The effect of using lower temperature asphalt systems RA secondary by-products andor binder additives can be modelled in the expected service life of mixtures but more data are needed to make the model more accurate More information can be found at httpwwwtrlcouksolutionsroad-rail-infrastructuresustainable-infrastructureearn

The CoRePaSol project ldquoHarmonised characterisation of cold recycled asphalt pavement solutionsrdquo focused mainly on harmonising mix design of cold recycled bitumen stabilised materials (mixes) following the existing scientific and enginee-ring experience and approaches They also studied the activity of Reclaimed As-phalt binder in cold-recycled mixes the recyclability and multiple recyclability of cold-recycled mixes in cold and hot recycling and the environmental benefits associated with encapsulating hazardous materialsFor more information go to httpsilnicefsvcvutczcorepasol

The AllBack2Pave project ldquoSustainable 100 recycling of reclaimed asphalt in road pavementsrdquo focused on the research on the feasibility of going toward 100 recycling of asphalt pavements into wearing courses through an increasing per-centage of RA within the mixes They wanted to recycle 90 but the asphalt plants

for the project could not handle that percentage More information can be found at httpallback2pavefehrlorg

One of the conclusions of multi-recycling was that cold recycled materials can be recycled cold and in hot and warm processes and the cement of the cold recycling does not interfere with the recyclability of the bitumenAnother conclusion regarding Carbon-Footprint discussion was that recycling has more influence on lowering the carbon-footprint than Warm Mix Asphalt Thus to achieve really benefit of WMA the recycling percentage in WMA should be kept at the same level as for HMA

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4 35

ROSANNE

On 4 December 2015 there was a ROSANNE Stakeholders Reference Group meetingDuring this meeting the Work Pack-age leaders informed the stakeholders about the progress madeThe ROSANNE project aims at de-velopingharmonising measurement methods for skid resistance noise emission and rolling resistance of road pavements as a preparation for stan-dardization

The objectives are in short

1Skid resistance The harmonisation of skid resistance measurement by deri-ving conversion factors for friction indi-ces based on similar groups of devices namely longitudinal and sideways skid resistance measurement devices

2Noise emission Combining the exis-ting measurement methods (SPB and CPX) into a harmonised pavement noi-se emission characterisation method

3Rolling resistance building on the re-sults obtained in MIRIAM and standar-dising trailer measurements of rolling resistance coefficients of road surfaces It is also studying the influencing road surface parameters and factors which disturb such measurements and in some cases to develop correction procedures for such influences

4Texture exploring the potential for re-cent developments in the measurement of surface texture to deliver parameters that better reflect the physical process of tyreroad interaction and that may improve our understanding of how the texture influences skid resistance noise emission and rolling resistance

5Reference tyres and pavements Defi-ning and investigating the performan-ce of reference tyres and pavements necessary for the measurement of all three road surface properties This is a prerequisite for the harmonisation of all future measurements

More information about this project can be found at httprosanne-projecteu

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ACEA MEETINGS

During the last months the EAPA Secretariat contributed heavily to different workshops and events of the European Automobile Manufacturers Associationrsquos (ACEA) initiative on ldquoJoining forces to tackle the road transport CO2 challengerdquo Amongst other stakeholders of the transport sector EAPA was invited to give input to two reports one for passenger cars and light vehicles as well as one for heavy duty vehicles Therefore the EAPA Secretariat prepared several presentations re-garding the positive aspects of asphalt pavements on rolling resistance and on quick maintenance to demonstrate that smooth and well maintained asphalt roads reduce the CO2 emissions of cars and vehicles during the use phase of pavements The presentations were based on independent and neutral studies and on rese-arch projects that proved the benefits of asphalt pavements

On 19th January EAPA Secretariat participated in a wrap-up event at Brussels where experts from different sectors (eg infrastructure fuels) discussed the draft report on the CO2 emissions reducing potential for passenger cars and light vehi-cles until 2030

EAPA will follow the initiative with providing relevant information and actively par-ticipating in future ACEA events Therefore EAPA Secretariat will participate and will give an oral statement during the presentation of the report for the heavy duty vehicles in a conference organised by ACEA in Brussels on 16th February 2016

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6 37

CZECH ASPHALT CONFERENCE AV`15

On 24th and 25th November 2015 the Czech Road Contractors Association Praha and the Czech Road Society Asphalt Pavements Section held its yearly Asphalt Pavement Conference in Českeacute Budějovice More than 400 participants from the asphalt sector with more than 50 participants from abroad attended this confe-rence The very well organised conference with an exhibition with more than 25 booths was a big success

During the two conference days there were several presentations about the latest developments in the Czech Asphalt Industry special paving projects and news from the road administration There were also reports of the latest results of rese-arch projects and ongoing projectsCarsten Karcher participated on behalf of EAPA and gave a presentation on ldquoNews from Brussels ndash 2015rdquo where he focused on Warm Mix Asphalt Re-use of Asphalt and the AsphaltAdvantages campaign

For more information all the presentations and some videos please go to httpwwwasfaltove-vozovkyczav2015

DANUBE REGION CONFERENCE

On 25 November 2015 the Danube Region Conference ldquoDevelopment and Main-tenance of Road surfaces in the Danube regionrdquo was held in Bled in SloveniaThis conference was organised by ZAS the Slovenia Ministry of Infrastructure and the European Commission The Danube Region encompasses 14 countries of South Eastern Europe

Slovenko Henigman President of Slovenian Asphalt Pavement Association (ZAS) explained in his welcome speech the importance of this event and why it was connected with the ZAS Colloquium The goal of this Danube conference is to strengthen the developments of the road construction field and the economic inte-gration Asphalt technology has a role of binding people and nations Mr Franc Žepič EUSDR Priority Area Coordinator Ministry of Infrastructure Slo-venia explained the ldquoEU Strategy for the Danube Regionrdquo (EUSDR) and the EUSDR Governance model More information about EUSDR can be found at httpwwwdanube-regioneu

In the 1st session ldquoGeneral situation and management on road network in the regi-onrdquo Jose Diez (ERF) showed the importance of roads and explained the impact of the backlog of maintenance on the economy This backlog will only increase the costs for maintenance He described different approaches for maintenance and mentioned that by applying Road Asset Management principles the municipality of Larvik (in Norway) found out they were losing euro 2000- per day for not main-taining their road network His good news was that solutions do existMitja Jurgele DRI Slovenia showed the effects of investment on the quality of the road network

In the 2nd session ldquoAsphalt Industry in the Danube regionrdquo Carsten Karcher (EAPA) gave a presentation on the current chances and challenges for the asphalt indus-try in Germany with a focus on asphalt recycling and noise reduction Many people in Germany are suffering from traffic noise in Germany and to reduce that traffic noise different types of asphalt were developed and are being applied in Germany like noise optimised SMA and noise optimised Asphalt Concrete which also has an optimised surface texture that also provides a lower rolling resistanceMiroslav Keller president of the Croatian Asphalt Association showed in his presentation the influence of the budget on the quality of the main road network in Croatia until the year 2026 Imre Pap of the Highway Institute Belgrade Serbia gave a review of technologies and specifications for construction and rehabilitation of roads in SerbiaEgbert Beuving (EAPA) explained in his presentation how the use of Information

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Technology in the asphalt paving process can stimulate sustainable developments A more homogeneous quality of the (surface) layers does results in more durable pavements Due to the tendering system where the lowest bid is mostly rewarded there is no incentive for the construction companies to use the available know-ledge and information technology to deliver a high quality product This system does not stimulate innovation Using quality best price-quality ratio bonusmalus-system experience and expertise in the tendering process (as mentioned in the Public Procurement Directive) will stimulate innovation and will contribute to sustainabilitySlovenko Henigman president ZAS Slovenia showed in his presentation the trends and developments in the asphalt industry in Slovenia

In the 3rd and last session ldquoSustainable development of road construction and maintenance in the Danube regionrdquo one of the speakers was Ms Olivera Djordje-vic of EuroRAP (European Road Assessment Programme) addressing road mainte-nance for safety She showed results of the SENSoR Project where they created a Road Safety Atlas for South East Europe For more information and safety maps see wwwsensorprojecteu

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(Croa

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Mitja

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Slove

nko H

enigm

an (Z

AS)

Carst

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(EAP

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Jose

Diez

(ERF

)

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ZAS COLLOQUIUM ON ASPHALT AND BITUMEN

On 26 November the 15th Colloquium on Asphalt and Bitumen was opened by Slovenko Henigman President of ZAS This two-day colloquium was held in Bled in Slovenia and was attended by 210 participants from 12 countries Henigman mentioned in his opening speech that the backlog in maintenance in Slovenia is big and he stressed that we need to work together to reach some changes as soon as possible Next to that several things need to be improved to be ready for the future As an example he mentioned the gasoline cent that is discussed in the Slovenian parliament for road maintenance which is really needed to get a stable incomeKlemen Grebensčk of the Slovenian Ministry of Infrastructure responded in his opening address that he was aware of the fact that the Slovenian roads are not in a good condition He expected to be able to get more funding for the next years to be able to keep the road network at a decent level In the Opening Session Ayberk Oumlzcan President of EAPA mentioned in his wel-come words that this Colloquium on Asphalt and Bitumen has become a very well-known and accepted event in our industry Since 1996 it became the biggest international meeting in the field of road construction and road maintenance in Slovenia and that made it an important meeting for the European asphalt industry and for EAPA members in this region

In the 1st Section ldquoBasic materials in asphalt industry - aggregates and bitumenrdquo Anja Soumlrensen ARBIT Eurobitume Germany gave a state-of-the-art of the Euro-pean bitumen standardisation and the progress of the Performance Related Bitu-men SpecificationBernhard Hofko of TU Vienna explained in his presentation the ageing process of bitumen in a very nice and clear way and explained why you can see an incre-asing amount of creaking when the pavements are getting older Next to ageing tests on bitumen it is also needed to age asphalt itself because of the influence of the aggregate filler and additive Therefore they developed a Viennese Aging Procedure (VAPro) to simulate ageing of asphalt in 4 daysWillem Vonk of Kraton Polymers gave a summary of 8 years work on Highly Modified Asphalt By using Highly Modified Asphalt it is possible to pave thinner and to safe material The thickness reduction that can be achieved is between 20 and 60 depending on the situation in this reduction also results in saving costs

Juan Jose Potti (Asefma) gave an invited lecture about the use of social media for the maintenance of road infrastructures He showed the impact social media can have and he also explained the effect of the Asefma manifesto regarding ldquoThe maintenance of roads is a social needrdquo

In the 2nd section ldquoBuilding Maintenance and Financing of Road Infrastructurerdquo Hans Litzka (Austria) spoke about the maintenance needs for State and Commu-nity roads in Austria and showed the budgets needed to keep the backlog at a constant or better levelAnders Hundahl (Asfaltindustrien) talked about PPP and functional projects on State roads Municipality roads and Private roads He showed the Danish situ-ation during the last 10 years He did not see a great future for PPP projects in Denmark and mentioned that functional contracts work for country roads but not for city roads Egbert Beuving (EAPA) spoke about Green Public Procurement (GPP) Criteria for Road Construction and explained the state-of-the-art of the update of the GPP criteria in Europe He also showed how GGP Criteria are being used in the NetherlandsJože Lun (Slovenia) presented examples of good and bad practice in public pro-curement of asphalt works in Slovenia

The first day ended with a Round Table discussion with the directors of the main Slovenian asphalt companies which got a nice coverage in the Slovenian press the next day

The second day started with the session ldquoAsphalt Recycling and layingrdquo In this session there were ao presentations regarding the use of reclaimed asphalt in Austria Slovenia and Switzerland and enhancing asphalt mixtures performance by using RAP and FT-wax There was an invited lecture of Brian Wood (Plantmix Asphalt Industry of Kentucky ndash PAIK (USA)) and Grant Gabbard (The Allen Co and Executive Vice President of PAIK) They gave an overview of the developments in the asphalt industry in Kentucky USA regarding recycling warm asphalt warranty periods etc

In the 4th and last session ldquoLong-time and sustainable development of asphalt technologiesrdquo Carsten Karcher (EAPA) gave an update on the use of Warm Mix Asphalt in Europe

On the website of ZAS the videos of the presentations of the technical papers and the Round Table can be found at httpwwwzdruzenje-zassikolokvijen

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venk

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(Pres

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of ZA

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Bernh

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TU V

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Aybe

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Presid

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Anja

Soren

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Eurob

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Polym

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dustr

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Brian

Woo

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Asph

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Kentu

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PAIK

(USA

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(The

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nt)

Roun

d Tab

leJu

an Jo

se Po

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sefm

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Carst

en Ka

rcher

(EAP

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On 11 November 2015 Member of European Parliament (MEP) Tomas Zdecho-vsky from Czech Republic invited to the seminar ldquoThe social and economic im-portance of road transportrdquo in the European Parliament He was supported by the MEPs Wim van de Camp and Kosma Zlotowski from the European Peoplersquos Parties (EPP) of the European Parliament Speakers addressed the seminarrsquos topic from different angles eg from the road userrsquos perspective by Julia Levasier from the Allgemeine Deutsche Automobil Club (ADAC) from Germany the European Commission DG Move by Rolf Diemer After having been asked Diemer stated that the Commission is not working on topics how to improve the rather bad con-dition of the European Road Network eg by providing funds EAPA Director Carsten Karcher exchanged ideas with colleagues from the branch and spoke with MEP Zdechovsky and invited him to come to the EampE Congress 2016 in his home country

SEMINAR OF MEP ZDECHOVSKY AT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Carst

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(left)

and M

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MEETING WITH MEP WIM VAN DE CAMP

On 10 December 2015 Egbert Beuving and Carsten Karcher of EAPA had a meeting with Member of European Parliament (MEP) Wim van de Camp from the Netherlands Van de Camp is MEP since 2009 and member of the Transport Com-mittee (TRAN Committee) He is member of the Group of the European Peoplersquos Party (Christian Democrats)

During this meeting several subjects were addressed

Van de Camp was informed about EAPA its goals the development and benefits of Warm Mix Asphalt and that asphalt is 100 re-usable which fits perfect in the lsquocircular economyrsquo EAPA also informed him about the possibilities to reduce CO2

emissions by cars and trucks by having well maintained roads and especially smooth roads

The idea of creating a European Road Agency was recently discussed in the TRAN Committee MEP Claudia TAPARDEL (Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament ndash Romania) raised this item and it is now in the procedure Many MEPs are against creating an ERA (Euro-pean Road Agency) because they do not want another agency There is already a European Railway Agency Van de Camp is in favour of a European Road Agency because it can also address the social issues of transport eg working times for truck drivers etc

For the European Commission (EC) infrastructure is related to the TEN-T network The lsquoRoad Packagersquo of European Commission which is expected in 2016 will mainly deal with EU road transport market and road infrastructure will only be one chapter The 3 pillars of this ldquoRoad packagerdquo is expected to become a ba-lanced set of initiatives regarding road charging access to internal market and social rules in road transport

For investing in roads the EFSI (European Fund for Strategic Investment) could be a partner and also the European Investment Bank (EIB) is very interested Van de Camp suggested to our industry to bring Road Maintenance to the attenti-on of the EIB or EFSI to see what they can do Van de Camp as a classic politician as he called himself is not in favour of ear-marking tax money In some years more money is needed for certain items than other years Politicians need flexibility to decide where to spend the tax payersrsquo money

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As a first step towards some guidance of the EC on European roads the EC could produce a communication document instead of creating an ERA This document could explain what European countries could do in the field of road maintenance to have low emissions (noise CO2 fine particles etc) and a good road safety (markings signs evenness surface condition etc) a bit like what they are doing regarding Green Public Procurement According to Van de Camp road mainte-nance is important but it is not a real main item in the European Parliament at this moment Most countries see road maintenance as a national item and for them there is no involvement of the EC needed Road maintenance has to be done by the national states the provincescounties and the local communities

To generate awareness of the importance of road maintenance in Europe he suggested EAPA to create a small campaign together with other like-minded Euro-pean road organisations like CEDR FEHRL ERF and EUPAVE These associations could create together a best practice paper eg on road maintenance and requi-red surface conditions

Van de Camp added that it is even more efficient when the European road organi-sations associations would come up with a practical approach like Best Practi-ces and rankings instead of the EC That might be a stimulus for the EU countries

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CROSS-MODAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

FEHRL organised a so called ldquoUSE-iT - FOX Workshoprdquo on 21 January 2016 in Brussels

USE-iT and FOX are two Horizon 2020 projects The acronym USE-iT stands for ldquoUsers Safety security and Energy In Transport Infrastructurerdquo and FOX for ldquoFore-ver Open infrastructure across (X) all transport modesrdquoThierry Goger (FEHRL) explained in his welcome speech that the aim of this work-shop was to present preliminary results of the USE-iT and FOX projects of the most appropriate technologies and approaches that have the potential of being applied on a cross-modal basis or on at least two transport modes

Maria Cristina Marolda (Policy Officer of Research and Innovation in EC Direc-torate General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) explained in her Opening speech that the European Commission had launched within the Horizon 2020 (H2020) Programme several initiatives to reflect on the necessary development of cross-modal transport infrastructure This because the European Commission is now more looking at transport systems as one system A set of three European H2020 Coordination and Support Actions namely the REFINET (REthinking Futu-re Infrastructure NETworks) FOX and USE-iT projects have been granted to sup-port this work Several partners from all transport modes and with various profiles (for example Research Providers Industry Transport Authority) are now actively involved in this attempt

Bob Collis (TRL UK) explained the structure of the Workshop The topic areas investigated in the FOX and USE-IT projects had been divided in 6 groups User information Safety amp security Energy amp carbon Constructing amp maintenance Inspection and Recycling amp reuse After the plenary session the participants of the Workshop were also divided in 6 groups and they visited during the workshop the various topics investigatedWhen a group visited one of the topics a detailed description of the technologies collected in the surveys was presented and the barriers and opportunities for cross modal application were discussed Also potential research topics that could be of benefit to more than one mode were identified Next to these discussions this workshop also give a nice overview of the state-of-the-art technologies that are used or can be used in the 4 transport modes Road Rail Runway and WaterwayAt the end of the projects a list of needs a road map for future research will be created

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Several activities such as desk studies surveys and workshops have been schedu-led over the coming two years to collect information and reflect together The 2nd workshop will be held during TRA 2016 in Warsaw and the 3rd on mid-September 2016

More information about these projects can be found at httpwwwrefineteu and wwwuseitandfoxprojectseu

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ry Go

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FEHR

L)

Prese

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n of t

echn

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ected

Cristi

na M

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(DG

MOVE

)

Bob C

ollis

(TRL

UK)

ACEA 25TH ANNIVERSARY

On 21st January 2016 the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) celebrated its 25th anniversary EAPA Secretary General Egbert Beuving and EAPA Director Carsten Karcher were invited together with 200 other execu-tives of European organisations and associations in the transport sectorACEA Secretary General Eric Jonnaert welcomed the guests and new elected ACEA president Dieter Zetsche and Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc from the European Commission addressed the guests Dieter Zetsche spoke about ACEArsquos history and coming challenges Violeta Bulc gave a motivating and inspiring speech about innovation in the transport sector and especially the automobile sectorThis reception was an excellent opportunity for EAPA Secretariat to network Carsten Karcher took the opportunity to talk with ACEA president Zetsche and to inform him briefly about our industry He also gave Zetsche the new EAPA calen-dar for the year 2016 with very nice asphalt pictures and short messages about the advantages of asphalt Furthermore he asked him whether he would be able to give a speech during the EampE Congress 2016 in Prague to address the needs of the road users and the automobile industry for well-maintained roads and the roads of the future

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Pres

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Tran

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UPCOMING CONGRESSES

DEUTSCHE ASPHALTTAGE 2016

EampE CONGRESS 2016

On 17 ndash 19 February 2016 the XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage will be held in Berchtesgaden Germany More infor-mation can soon be found at wwwasphaltde

On 1 ndash 3 June 2016 the 6th Eurasphalt amp Eurobitume Congress will be held in Prague More information can be found at wwweecongress2016org

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RILEM CONFERENCE

The 8th RILEM International Conference on ldquoMechanisms of Cracking and Debon-ding in Pavementsrdquo will be held on 7 ndash 9 June 2016 in Nantes France More information can be found at httpmcd2016sciencesconforg

2016 ISAP SYMPOSIUM

The 2016 ISAP Symposium ldquoFrom Molecules to Innovative Pavementsrdquo will be held on 18-21 July 2016 and is hosted by Western Research Institute USAThis International meeting focusing on the transfer of technology from funda-mental research to applied enginee-ring of asphalt pavements will be held in conjunction with the long-standing Petersen Asphalt Research Conference (wwwpetersenasphaltconferenceorg)

The web link for Call for Abstracts is httpwwwisap2016symposiumorgISAP2016-Abstractshtml

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EATA CONFERENCE 2017

On 12 ndash 14 June 2017 the 7th Inter-national EATA Conference will be held in Empa in Duumlbendorf Swit-zerland EATA - the European Asp-halt Technology Association - is an informal organisation of European engineers and scientists involved in Asphalt Technology Research More information can be found at httpeata2017empach

1ST EUROPEAN ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE CONGRESS

On 18-20 October 2016 the 1st European Road Infrastructure Congress will be held in Leeds UKThis congress is organised by the European Union Road Federation in partnership with the Road Safety Markings AssociationMore information can be found at wwweric2016eu

Asphalt ADVANTAGES

Get the Advantages of Asphalt Pavement

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AsphaltAdvantagescom

gt Sustainabilitygt Economics

The advantages of asphalt simply add up to superior value Want proof Learn about asphalt pavement and how it can benefit you

gt Safety gt Comfort

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EVENTS LIST

2016

Task Force Providing Evidence Asphalt AdvantagesEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingCampD Waste Management Protocol ndash TF 1 meetingCEN TC336 Advisory Group meeting in ParisConference Swiss Asphalt Producing Industry Bern Road CO2 meeting in BrusselsACEA lsquoReducing CO2 from Road Transport Togetherrsquo ConferenceDAV XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage Berchtesgaden17th HAPA International Asphalt Conference

EAPA ExCo and Directorslsquo Group meeting in BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume ExCo meeting in BrusselsCEN TC336 WG1 TG5 meeting in BrusselsDAV Asphalt Days WillingenCEN T227 Chairmanrsquos Panel meeting in BerlinCEN TC227 WG6 meeting in BerlinCEN TC336 WG1 meeting in BrusselsEurobitume amp BAW Bitumen and Asphalt Day BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume TC meetingEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meeting

EAPA WG Carbon Footprint DocumentEAPA HSE meeting in OsloEAPA TC meeting in OsloBauma in Munich GermanyROSANNE Stakeholders Reference Group meetingTransport Research Arena Conference -TRA 2016CEN TC227 WG1 meeting in Helsinki

EampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meetingCEN TC336 meeting in PragueEAPA GCA meeting in Prague

3 Feb 4 Feb4 Feb5 Feb5 Feb

10 Feb16 Feb

17 ndash 19 Feb23 ndash 24 Feb

1 March2 March 4 March

7 ndash 9 March8 March9 March

10 - 11 March15 March 17 March 22 March23 March

5 April6 April 7 April

11-17 April12 April

18-21 April 25 ndash 26 April

11 May12 May

30 ndash 31 May31 May

EampE Congress 2016 in Prague Global Asphalt Pavement Alliance meeting in PragueCEN TC336 WG1 meetingEAPA HSE Committee meeting in ParisEAPA TC meeting in Paris1st European Road Infrastructure Congress in Leeds UKCEN TC227 WG1 meeting

1 ndash 3 June 3 June

20-21 Sept 12 Oct 13 Oct

18-20 Oct9-10 Nov

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COLOPHON

Egbert Beuving amp Carsten KarcherHelga BeuvingEgbert Beuving amp Carsten Karcher

TextLayout

Pictures

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MPA - Mineral Products Association

NCC AB

DAV - Deutscher Asphalt Verband eV

Asefma Asfaltindustrien

EBA HAPA - Hungarian Asphalt Pavement Association

Infra Contractorsrsquo Association

USIRF - Routes de France ZAS - Združenje asfalterjev

Slovenije

Peab Asphalt AB

Sdruženiacute pro vyacutestavbu silnic Praha

MEMBERS

ASMUD - Turkish Asphalt Contractors Association

Eesti Asfaldiliit IAPA - Irish Asphalt Pavement Association

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

ABZ-1 Ammann Group Antigo - MHB Breakers Ltd

Arizona Chemical

BTC Europe GmbHBenninghoven Caterpillar Paving Products Inc

CFF

ASTEC

DuPont CZ sro

CRH plc

Genan Honeywell

MeadWestvacoMarini Ruthman Sasol Wax

Turkish Petroleum Refineries Co

Volvo Construction Equipment

Voumlgele Vialit

Kraton Polymers Nederland BV

J Rettenmaier amp Soumlhne GmbH amp Co

ICL Performance Products LP

EUROPEAN ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION

Rue du Commerce 77B-1040 Brussels Belgium

Phone +32 2 502 5888E-mail infoeapaorgWeb wwweapaorg

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LIST OF CONTENT

INTRODUCTION

EAPA COMMITTEES

EAPA Executive Committee amp Directorsrsquo Group EAPA HSE CommitteeEAPA Technical CommitteeJoint EAPA - Eurobitume TC EAPA APampEM Group EAPA Working group Carbon Footprint Document

EAPA-EUROBITUME ACTIVITIES

Providing Asphalt Advantages

EampE CONGRESS 2016

Get registeredEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee EampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme Committee

EUROPEAN STANDARDISATION

CEN TC227 WG1CEN TC154 WG13 TC227 WG6 CEN TC336 WG1

OTHER MEETINGS amp EVENTS

Technical PAPA SeminarCEDR Final Climate Change Conference CEDR Workshop on Road Worker SafetyCEDR Workshop on Recycling ROSANNE ACEA meetingsCzech Asphalt Conference AV`15 Danube Region ConferenceZAS Colloquium on Asphalt and Bitumen Seminar of MEP Zdechovsky at European Parliament Meeting with MEP Wim van de CampCross-modal Technology TransferACEA 25th anniversary

UPCOMING CONGRESSES

EVENTS LIST

COLOPHON

MEMBERS

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INTRODUCTION Dear EAPA members dear Asphalt friends

Welcome to the 36th issue of the EAPA Newsletter A new year started some weeks ago and many of us made plans for 2016 So did we in EAPA Howe-ver many activities we will work on this year started already some years ago

The main event this year will be the 6th Eurasphalt amp Eurobitume Congress that will be held in Prague on 1 ndash 3 June We are now working on the final pro-gramme and we are looking forward to meeting you in Prague in JuneThere will be many interesting subjects presented during the EampE Congress 2016 On the first day after the Ope-ning session there will be 3 sessions In the 1st session four representatives of European and international associati-ons will express what their needs are and what they expect from the asphalt industry in the future In the 2nd sessi-on three speakers will address external factors that will have an impact on the asphalt industry in the coming years and in the 3rd session four speakers will show that the industry can provide so-lutionsDuring the second and third day there will be technical presentations based on the received and evaluated papers for this congress Here authors of se-lected papers will present research and achievements they made since the previous EampE Congress Subjects that will be addressed are as an example

Warm Mix Asphalt with a high amount of Reclaimed Asphalt in order to achie-ve a low Carbon Footprint rejuvena-ting agents to allow high percentages of use of Reclaimed Asphalt We are sure that it will be a very interesting programme with enough space to visit the exhibition to meet authors of pa-pers during the Poster sessions and to meet old and new colleagues

Next to the Congress there will be many other activities in 2016 like sti-mulating the use of Warm Mix Asphalt and the re-use of Reclaimed Asphalt The recently published Asphalt in Figu-res 2014 showed that more than 80 of the reclaimed asphalt in Europe is re-cycled and 57 of the total amount of reclaimed asphalt is re-used in asphalt again When we compare this with the goal of the EU to re-use at least 50 and recycle at least 70 of the construction and demolition waste by 2020 we see that the asphalt industry already meets the EU goals of 2020 These numbers could be higher and that is important for the Green Public Procurement of the European Commis-sion which is coming

To be able to contribute to a sustaina-ble consumption and production the European Commission started to de-velop Green Public Procurement (GPP) for the public authorities of Europe

1ndash 3 June 2016 ndash Prague Congress CentreInvesting in our greatest asset

Invitation to Register

6th Eurasphalt amp Eurobitume Congress

In 2016 the revised EU Green Public Procurement (GPP) criteria for ldquoDe-sign construction and maintenance of roadsrdquo will be published It is up to the European countries to decide whether they will use (a part) of the GPP criteria for roads or not

When they are going to be used likethey are now being used in the Nether-lands re-use of Reclaimed Asphalt and Carbon Footprint will become impor-tant as well as durability and many other items That can mean that the ldquoBest va-lue for moneyrdquo offer will be rewarded in a tendering process although it has a higher price Countries could also decide to reward low rolling resistance road surfaces to reduce the CO2 emissions of cars and vehicles

In this Newsletter there is an article re-lated to this subject the European Au-tomobile Manufacturers Associationrsquos (ACEA) started in 2015 an initiative on ldquoJoining forces to tackle the road trans-port CO2 challengerdquo Good and well maintained asphalt roads and lower rolling resistance asphalt road surfaces can contribute to the CO2 reduction that has to be achieved by EuropeThis article and all the other articles in this issue of the EAPA Newsletter will give you an overview of what EAPA did in the past 4 months It will also

show you the items we will work on in 2016 and in which direction the exter-nal factors will lead the asphalt indus-try Enjoy reading it

Egbert Beuving Secretary-General of EAPA

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EAPA COMMITTEES

EAPA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE amp DIRECTORSrsquo GROUP

On 6 October 2015 the EAPA Executive Committee and the EAPA Directorsrsquo Group had a joint meeting in the EAPA offices in Brussels Because the agenda items discussed in both committees were partly similar and several members parti-cipated in both meetings it was decided to combine these two meetings The meeting started with financial items and the membership situation of EAPA Under the agenda item ldquoTechnical Topicsrdquo there was a short report of the EAPA Technical Committee the EAPA Asphalt Plant amp Equipment Producers Group and WMA promotion European Standardisation and Horizon 2020 projects

Under agenda item ldquoHealth amp Safety and Environment Topicsrdquo the main subjects of the EAPA Health amp Safety Committee the EAPA Environment Group and theEAPA Task Group Carbon Footprint Document were reported Other topics discus-sed were Green Public Procurement (GPP) Rolling resistance Post IARC regulati-ons and EU legislationactivities as Construction Product Directive and Construc-tion amp Demolition waste

Under the agenda item ldquoCommunication Dissemination and Educationrdquo several issues were discussed including the use of Social Media There was a report of the Global Asphalt Pavement Alliance meeting held in Au-gust 2015 and the contacts with NAPA in the USA It was decided that EAPA will become member of the European Union Road Fe-deration (ERF) which is a like-minded association in Brussels Currently the EAPA secretariat is working closely together with ERF and by being an ERF member this can be intensifiedThere was a short update regarding the EAPA Eurobitume Task Force ldquoProviding Evidence Asphalt Advantagesrdquo The AsphaltAdvantagescom website will also get a German French and Turkish part in 2016The EAPA Secretariat informed the meeting about the latest and ongoing lobbying activities The ExCo and the directors were informed about the progress made with the organisation of the EampE Congress 2016 and about potential venues for the EampE Congress of 2020

In the Round table discussion each director presented in short information about issues of particular interest and importance they are presently working on in their country

The next EAPA ExCo and EAPA Directorsrsquo Group meeting will be held on 1st March 2016 in the EAPA offices in Brussels and on 2nd March 2016 there will be a joint EAPA ndash Eurobitume ExCo meeting

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EAPA HSE COMMITTEE

The former EAPA Health amp Safety Com-mittee and the Environment Group reu-nited again and the HSE Committee meeting was held on 21 October 2015 in Paris Under the health items the cur-rent Post IARC Bitumen Monograph ac-tivities were discussed amongst them the handing of different testing proce-dures for measuring asphalt fumes and aerosols in the field and measuring the efficiency of fume extraction devices (Emission Reducing Device) on pavers

The committee spoke about the activi-ties where the asphalt industry gets in contact with silica dust and discussed possible upcoming tasks The asphalt industry gets in contact with silica dust only during two operations firstly the handling of the aggregates on the yard of the asphalt mixing plant and second-ly the milling process of asphalt pave-ments

Furthermore the committee decided to update a rather old document on the ldquouse of waste from other industries in new asphalt mixesrdquo The EAPA paper ldquoIndustry Statement on recycling of as-phalt mixes and use of waste of asphalt pavementsrdquo of July 2005 will be revie-wed and amended in the next months by a small working group This group will be called Working Group ldquoUpdate of Industry Position on the use of waste in new asphalt mixesrdquo

Under Environment items the committee discussed the topics Carbon Footprint (see extra article in this newsletter) Green Public Procurement Rolling Re-sistance EC Consultations on ldquoCircular Economyrdquo the flagship of the new Juncker Commission The cor-responding headlines to the latter are Zero Waste Circular Economy and Closing the Loop

At the end of the meeting the Work pro-gramme for 2016 was prepared and approved

The next meeting will be a one-day meeting to be held on 6 April 2016 in Oslo

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EAPA TECHNICAL COMMITTEE

On 22 October 2015 the EAPA Techni-cal Committee had a meeting in Paris During this meeting a large number of topics was discussed

The progress of CEN TC 227 WG1 ldquoBituminous Mixturesrdquo and CEN TC336 WG1 ldquoBituminous Binders for Pavingrdquo was discussed and there was an update of the FunDBitS projectThis FunDBitS project is in fact a con-tinuation of the BiTVal project The FunDBitS project is part of the CEDR Transnational Road Research Program-me and it is reviewing new internati-onally available literature and data in order to develop recommendations for performance-based bitumen characte-ristics which may be introduced into bitumen specification standards EN 12591 EN 14023 and EN 13924 This project will be finalised in the first half of 2016

Dr Thomas Woumlrner of the Munich Uni-versity presented the results of the Ger-man research project ldquoPerformance Asphaltrdquo under the title ldquoRepresentative determination of performance-relevant asphalt properties that provide the basis for new conditions of contractrdquo For 21 construction projects they tested asphalt of the Type Testing asphalt di-rectly from the asphalt mixing plants and cores of the finished pavement They did large series of testing and compared the results The presentation showed interesting results and did lead to an animated discussion

The Work plan 2015 ndash 2017 of the TC was discussed and updated It was decided to create a paper providing good examples for increasing the du-rability of asphalt pavements with the title ldquoThe ideal projectrdquo It was also decided to update the EAPA paper on heavy duty pavement surfaces

The progress made in the various Eu-ropean countries regarding the use of Warm Mix Asphalt was discussed There was also a short report of the EAPA Asphalt Plant amp Equipment Pro-ducers Group meeting and there was a discussion on ldquobig datardquo A lot of data can be collected and provided and the contractor needs to know how to use it The EAPA TC members have to formula-te which information they would need from the asphalt plant the paver and the rollers to be able to improve the quality This subject will be discussed at the next EAPA TC meeting

Under the heading ldquoRecyclingrdquo the-re was a report of the NAPA visit to Japan Multi recycling was discussed and milling of separate layers for bet-ter recyclingIn addition the preliminary results of the EAPA questionnaire regarding the Public Procurement Directive were dis-cussed

The next EAPA TC meeting will be held on Thursday 7 April 2016 in Oslo

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JOINT EAPA - EUROBITUME TC EAPA APampEM GROUP

On 15th October 2015 a Joint EAPA - Eurobitume Technical Committee Meeting was held in Brussels Under agenda item ldquoPaving Grade Bitumen standardrdquo there was a short report of the CEN TC 336 WG1 meeting held in Spain and of the CEN TC336 WG1 TG6 meeting concerning the revision of EN 12591 There was discussion about testing frequency and clauses relating to Factory Production Control and it was decided that Eurobitume will provide a draft solution for the next meeting At agenda item ldquoPMB standard and Performance Related Specificationsrdquo test me-thods to address the effects of Short Term Ageing and Long term ageing on eg stiffness were discussed For the next meeting a new proposal will be tabled Also VTAE (Vacuum Tower Asphalt Extender) REOB (Re-Refined Engine Oil Bot-toms) were also discussedOther agenda items were The progress of the revised asphalt standards PIARC Sub-committee 42 (Road Pavements) Carbon Footprinting EAPA and Eurobitu-me activities regarding Product Category Rules (PCR) and EPDrsquos EAPA activities regarding stimulating adoption of Warm Mix Asphalt and the Eurobitume CEN Data Collection re-analysis projectThe next joint TC EAPA ndash Eurobitume meeting will be held on 17 March 2016

The EAPA Asphalt Plant and Equipment Manufacturers (APampEM) Group had a meeting on 17 September 2015 in Paris The two main agenda items were Data Management Systems and Response to the wish-list of the EAPA Technical Com-mitteeUnder agenda item ldquoData Manage-ment Systemsrdquo it was concluded that the exchange of data generated by equipment and by devices added to equipment is a problem because there is no agreed standard Next to a stan-dard data format also the interfaces have to be defined

Regarding the data that can be col-lected some contractors do not realise what is possible and therefore it is im-portant to show them the possibilities Some data should be displayed real time and some data will only be used for reports in a later stageIt was agreed in the meeting that this group would create of list of items data that should be displayed this is from the asphalt plant to the roller and all in between

Also the Veta Data Management and Analyses Software used in the USA was shortly discussed as well as BIM (Building Information Model)

The members of the EAPA Technical Committee had created a Wish-list (Christmas list) regarding asphalt plants and equipment This Wish-list was dis-cussed in the APampEM Group and the group created a draft response to each wish mentioned by the EAPA Techni-cal Committee Several wishes were dealing with special situations where things are not optimal yet Some other wishes were dealing with the real futu-re It was agreed to check and structu-re the responses formulated in the next meeting of this group This might lead to priority settings and suggestions that can be used in a speech at the EampE Congress 2016

Other items discussed wereNews from CECE The main focus of CECE is on the regulations of emissions of machinesNews from ISO TC195 WG9 Ad-Hoc Group Fumes amp Aerosols from bitu-mensrdquo This Ad-hoc Group is creating an Annex to the standard for a test procedure for Emission Reducing Devi-ces (ERDrsquos) This is an informative an-nex and an Emission Reducing Device (ERD) is optional for pavers

The next meeting of EAPA Asphalt Plant amp Equipment Manufacturers Group will be scheduled after the BAUMA

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EPD WORKSHOP OF CPE

There are many actions going on in Europe and in the world on this topic eg Construction Products Europe (CPE) has organised a workshop last December in Brussels Under the heading ldquoEPD the current debate and challengesrdquo European experts presented and discussed the topic The most important learning was that the databases and tools to calculate eg the carbon footprint are quite different and they consequently produce different results for the evaluation which is not tolerable This is still a big question for the industry but also for the European Commission how to handle this and how to provide a proper solution More information about this workshop can be found on the CPE website wwwconstruction-productseu

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EAPA WORKING GROUP CARBON FOOTPRINT DOCUMENT

There have been several meetings in the last months of the Task Group Carbon Footprint Document (CFD) The latest meeting was held on 13 November 2015 in Brussels Eight representatives of EAPA members under the chairmanship of EAPA Director Carsten Karcher are working together to prepare guidelines for the Euro-pean asphalt industry to create an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for a European asphalt mixture The work is in progress and the wording of a guidance document is in full process A representative of the Norwegian Asphalt Industry where the first EPD for an asphalt Mix has been developed has recently joined the committee and there is a strong exchange with the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) from the USA A first draft of the guidance document will be presented at the next HSE meeting in April

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EAPA-EUROBITUME ACTIVITIES

PROVIDING ASPHALT ADVANTAGES

The joint EAPA and Eurobitume campaign on ldquoProviding Evidence Asphalt Advan-tagesrdquo started in spring 2014 is going on since almost 2 years now As you all should know by now the aim of this initiative is to inform the uninformed about the positive aspects of asphalt pavements The campaign is planned for several years and has created a website-based forum that provides more than 50 advantages of asphalt pavements To get all the asphalt advantages and further information on asphalt please go to wwwAsphaltAdvantagescom

Everybody is invited to spread the asphalt advantages and the information given on the website Therefore different supporting tools have been created Those are provided in a toolbox and can be downloaded from this website to support the campaign (httpwwwasphaltadvantagescomgraphics) Please feel free to add the provided tools on your associationrsquos or companyrsquos website or use the tools for your printed or online magazine We would be glad to see the advertisement in your publications Some of these adverts can be found in this newsletter as an example

At the moment the campaign is aiming to get more supporters and readers of its newsletter and of the information provided on Twitter Facebook and LinkedIn

Everybody is asked to connect to the campaign via social media and its newsletter to get all the advantages and latest news of the branch and to exchange her or his advantages with the community

The team behind this campaign is currently working on the German French and Turkish translation of the content of the website and it is expected to be on-line in the next months

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EampE CONGRESS 2016

GET REGISTERED

The 6th EampE Congress will be held in the Prague Congress Centre on 1 ndash 3 June 2016 under the title ldquoInvesting in our greatest assetrdquo This is congress is organised by EAPA and Eurobitume The registration is open now and you are all invite to register for this congress at httpwwweecongress2016org

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EampE CONGRESS 2016 ORGANISING COMMITTEE

The Organising Committee (OC) of the EampE Congress 2016 is organising the con-gress together with PCO (Professional Conference Organiser) Guarant in PragueMs Katrina Sichel will be the facilitator during the EampE Congress 2016 She will guide the congress delegates through the programme of the opening day and the closing session

The programme of the opening day was developed by the Organising Committee as well two parallel sessions (seminars) and the closing session One seminar is ldquoBest practice in communicationrdquo and the other one will be ldquoFinancing of road infrastructurerdquo

On Wednesday evening 1 June the Congress dinner will be held in the beautiful Žofiacuten Palace For the Accompanying Persons Programme a nice programme has been developedThere will also be a Congress App for mobile devises for the participants

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EampE CONGRESS 2016 TECHNICAL PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

The Technical Programme Committee (TPC) of the next Eurasphalt amp Eurobitume Congress 2016 in Prague had its latest meeting on 10th September 2015 in Pra-gue The TPC is responsible for planning and managing the technical programme of the EampE Congress The TPC is also responsible for the Call for abstracts the abstract selection the Call for papers the paper review process etc and reports to the Congress Organising Committee (OC)

The main activity of this committee during the last months has been steering and participating in the independent double review of approximately 250 technical papers for the congress together with other reviewers The reviewing process will be finished by the end of January so the authors will be informed about the final acceptance of their paper(s) in mid-February The next action is to prepare the structure and the content of technical sessions of the conference

The next meeting of the TPC will be held in Brussels on 4th February 2016

To be able to announce the location of the EampE Congress 2020 the Scouting Group EampE 2020 visited several possible venues90 of the Exhibition space is already sold and Eurobitume and EAPA will have a booth on the exhibition too The Exhibition Manual was finalised and is on the website now

The Invitation to Register and the online registration module are on the Congress website now so you can register for the congress at wwweecongress2016org

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EUROPEAN STANDARDISATION

CEN TC227 WG1

On 1 and 2 October 2015 there was a CEN TC227 WG1 ldquoBituminous mixturesrdquo meeting in Antalya Turkey This standardisation Working Group is responsible for the European asphalt (Bituminous mixtures) standards and the European test methods for asphalt At this moment 3 Task Groups are active in Working Group 1The first one is Task Group (TG) 2 ldquoTest methodsrdquo This Task Group is drafting new European test methods where needed and they are revising the existing 50 European test methods when needed The two new test methods that are being developed by TG2 at this moment are PrEN 12697-54 ldquoLab curing for Asphalt Concrete with emulsionsrdquo and PrEN 12697-55 ldquoCoating and consistency of a mixture with emulsionrdquoIn this Antalya meeting also 7 revised test methods were approved to go out for ldquoFormal Voterdquo (after some small corrections have been made)

Task Group 3 ldquoProduct Standardsrdquo is taking care of drafting product standards for asphalt At this moment the revised product standards (the EN 13108 series) are out for Formal Vote The Formal Vote process of the product standards will finish on 26 January 2016TG3 is now drafting a new standard for ldquoAsphalt concrete with Bituminous Emulsi-onrdquo (EN 13108-31) This mixture is produced in a plant and it does not deal with mixtures for road repair as sold in bags This is according to the Mandate CEN TC227 has The draft standard was discussed during this WG1 meeting

Task Group 4 ldquoConformity Assessment Standardsrdquo is drafting the (revised) stan-dards for EN 13108-20 ldquoType Testingrdquo (TT) EN 13108-21 ldquoFactory Production Controlrdquo (FPC) and EN 13108-8 ldquoReclaimed asphaltrdquo It was decided to start with modifying part EN 13108-20 and -21 (TT and FPC) for Asphalt Concrete with Bituminous Emulsion (ACBE) In a later stage it will be decided whether new separates standards are needed or not Having new standards for TT and FPC for ACBE might be easier to maintain in the future

In January 2016 the Convenors of TGs 2 3 and 4 will have a meeting to discuss several items related to ACBE that were raised during this CEN TC 227 WG1 meeting like the question whether ACBE will require its own Standards for Type Testing and Factory Production Control the contribution of Reclaimed Asphalt within ACBE and defining lsquocured conditionsrsquo of ACBE

Other items discussed in Antalya were the progress of CEN TC336 WG1 CEN TC227 WG6 and an Ageing Workshop that might be held if needed

The next CEN TC227 WG meeting will be held on 25 and 26 April 2016 in Helsinki Finland

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CEN TC154 WG13 TC227 WG6 CEN TC336 WG1

The latest CEN TC154 WG13 TC227 WG6 lsquoDangerous substancesrsquo meeting was held on 12 October 2015 in London The meeting started with an update of the activities of CEN TC351 ldquoAssessment of release of dangerous substancesrdquo and some new test methods of this TC were discussed This CEN TC 351 is creating test methods for determining oa the lea-ching behaviour of building materials In the future (ao) the leaching behaviour of ldquoMandatedrdquo building materials has to be declared in the CE-marking also for asphalt This to address the CPR Basic Requirement for Construction Works num-ber 3 ldquoHygiene health and the environmentrdquo dealing with the release of dange-rous substances into ground water marine waters surface waters or soil To avoid unnecessary testing it was the intention to create a possibility to classify products Without Further Testing (WFT) or Without Testing (WT) For being classified WFT or WT a dossier with leaching date had to be created and the European Com-mission would decide based on this dossier whether a certain material could be classified WFT or WT At this moment it is still unclear how this procedure will work At the meeting it was mentioned that a WFT (Without Further Testing) clas-sification must be justified by documents which must be included in the dossier It was originally intended that products could be classified simply in the same way as resistance to fire (eg glass does not burn) but this is not practical for all substances and all products It might be possible for TCs to provide WFT for some substances but the rest would be for producers

At the agenda item ldquoLiaison with CEN TC350 to address sustainability with an overview on Product Category Rules (PCR) and Environmental Products Declarati-ons (EPD) for aggregatesrdquo it was mentioned that the first draft of Product Category Rules (PCR) for aggregates (cradle to gate) will be available in the beginning of 2016 Manfred Fuchs of DG GROW also attended this meeting He explained that the Commission supports PEF (Product Environmental Footprint) as the overarching sustainability framework across all sectors but acknowledged that it is designed for final products and not for intermediate products He also explained the relation between the PEF (Product Environmental footprint) and the PCREPD It will come together and they will be linked CEN product committees can continue to use EN15804 to produce PCR and anything new from PEF can be added later Basic requirement for construction works number 7 ldquoSustainable use of natural resourcesrdquo will not be ready for at least 2 yearsThe next meeting of this joint WG will be held on 24th February 2016 in London

On 29 and 30 September 2015 CEN TC336 WG1 had a meeting in Tarragona (Spain) The main agenda item was Task Group Progress Reports and the WG1 Structure

The Task Groups that are still active in TC 336 WG1 arebull

bull

bull

bull

bull

bull

TG 1 ldquoHigh Service Temperature Propertiesrdquo This TG will be active until EN 16659 ldquoMSCRTrdquo is published At the time of the meeting it was in the Formal Vote process TG1 also prepared a paper for the EampE Congress 2016TG 2 ldquoLow Service Temperature Propertiesrdquo will continue its work and will look at new approaches for addressing low service temperature properties of bituminous bindersTG 5 ldquoSpecification Frameworkrdquo is now called ldquoRevision of EN 14023rdquo Based on the outcome of the systematic review of EN 14023 ldquoPMBrdquo it was decided to revise this standard This work will be done by TG5TG 6 ldquoRevision of EN 12591rdquo is dealing with the revision of EN 12591ldquoPa-ving Grade bitumenrdquo WG1 agreed to forward the new draft of prEN 12591 to CEN to start CEN Enquiry This CEN enquiry will start in early 2016TG 8 and TG 10 ldquoRevisions of Amendments to test standardsrdquo are taking care of the revision of the test methodsTG 9 ldquoPrecisionrdquo is dealing with precision of test methods The next WG1 meeting will be held in Brussels (Belgium) on 10 and 11 March 2016

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6 27

OTHER MEETINGS amp EVENTS

TECHNICAL PAPA SEMINAR

The 33rd Technical Seminar of PSWNA (Polish Asphalt Pavement Association - PAPA) was held on 27 and 28 October 2015 in Warsaw with the title ldquoSustaina-ble development and a selection of innovative road technologiesrdquo

After the opening speech of the PAPA President Mr Andrzej Wyszynski the first session started with a presentation of Egbert Beuving (EAPA) about Asphalt Ad-vantages He explained the benefits of using asphalt for road construction and road maintenanceBengt Sandman of Nynas AB showed in his presentation on ldquoSpecial modified bitumenrdquo the results of a study concerning the use of polymer modified bitumen on the High Coast Bridge (Houmlgakustenbron) in Sweden After 15 years of service the Polymer Modified Asphalt surface on this suspension bridge is still performing well and the modified binder is still very elastic and also retains good low and high temperature properties In the second session ldquoGood practices in the roadrdquo Jan Kroacutel of the Warsaw Uni-versity of Technology presented the effects of environmental and social costs of life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) He showed the elements that should be addressed to be able to make as an example a comparison of the expressway in asphalt with one in concrete In his summary he mentioned that Cost-benefit analysis enables verification of the validity of the investment in relation to refrain from investment activities It allows you to choose the best investment option and it is increasingly being demanded by investors and is appointed by public procurement law

One of the presentations on the second day during the 3rd session ldquoNew technolo-gies - innovations in materials Ecology (recycling) and Environmental Protectionrdquo was of prof Dariusz Sybilski of IBDiM He addressed the effect of a chemically reactive silane additive on the binder - aggregate interaction

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Beng

t San

dman

(Nyn

as)

Jan K

roacutel (W

arsaw

Univ

ersity

of Te

chno

logy)

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9 28

CEDR FINAL CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE

On 27th ndash 28th October 2015 the Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR) organised the CEDR final climate change conference in Brussels

CEDR Secretary General Steve Philips welcomed the participants and spoke about the importance of Climate Change for Road Operations and the role of CEDR in the light of EU Policy and research projects The priorities of CEDR are Intelligent Road Systems Maintenance Multi-Modality and Climate Change A further objective is to have a better life time return of roads He raised the questi-on how increase the sbquoappetitelsquo of the road authorities for adaption due to climate change and answered that CEDR is not a regulator but what CEDR can do is to raise the awareness propose procurement practices and propose standardisation practices During the day several major research results of the projects CliPDaR and ROADAPT were presented concerning eg the developed models and strategies to adapt climate changeOn second day adapting strategies for road infrastructure by CEDR Technical Group Climate Change Adaption as well as the administrations of The Nether-lands and Norway were presented followed by parallel workshopsChristian Axelsen of Danish Road Directorate and member of CEDR Technical Group Climate Change Adaption mentioned that many tools and solutions al-ready exist but they have to be applied in an efficient way and with a good and consistent strategyEva Lijegren of the Swedish Transport Administration National Coordinator for Climate Change Adaptation spoke about ldquoTransforming a strategy into an action planrdquo For example in Sweden 1500 documents with rules and regulations for roads rails and ferries do exist and they have to be inverted for changesKees van Muiswinkel Department of Infrastructure and the Environment of the Dutch Rijkswaterstaat gave a presentation about adaptation strategies in the Netherlands The Dutch Government has released several programmes like Delta Programme (NL climate proof and water robust by 2050 a high level of protecti-on to flooding) and National Adaptation Strategy (more long term thinking costs to make the Netherlands fit for the future are four times lower than long term costs of damage)Gordana Petkovic Norwegian Public Roads Administration informed the atten-dees amongst others about revised manuals for design and practice for the In-frastructure an inventory of vulnerable assets and a smartphone app to register natural hazards

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CEDR

final

climate

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ge co

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All the presentations and relevant reports can be downloaded from httpwwwfehrlorgindexphpm=32ampid_directory=7844 You can also see the first day of the conference that was web streamed at httpwwwfehrlorgindexphpm=32ampmode=downloadampid_file=17469

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1

CEDR WORKSHOP ON ROAD WORKER SAFETY

On 29th October 2015 CEDR organised the dissemination workshop on two CEDR projects called ASAP and BRoWSER at BBRC in Brussel

The workshop started with a welcome by Paul Mitchell chair of the CEDR pro-gramme executive board and Wanda Debauche from the Belgian Road Research Centre In the following keynote speech Pieter De Winne Head of the Road Engi-neering Division at the Flemish Agency for Roads and Traffic presented the CEDR research work and data concerning safety of workers on the Flemish network He mentioned that in one big construction site 60000 penalties for too high driving speeds were given which almost covered the construction costs

The presentation of the ASAP project (ASAP ndash Appropriate Speed saves All Peo-ple) was given by the project coordinator Anna Vadeby VTI Sweden She ex-plained the goals and results of this project The projectrsquos focus was on regula-ting motorist` driving behaviour in work zones She explained different measures with their expected impacts The final report with guidelines which are meant to complement existing national regulations and procedures has been released on the project website Most promising measures to reduce traffic speeding were amongst others police presence and speed control at the work site

Project coordinator Jill Weekly TRL UK presented the BRoWSER project (BRoW-SER ndash Baselining Road Worker Safety on European Roads) The goal of the project was to implement a European Road Worker Safety Database (EuRoWCas data-base) to count the number of road worker accidents compare these accidents un-derstand the causes and consequences of road worker accidents and to develop countermeasures to reduce the risk of road worker accidents The deliverables are the database itself and a related guidance document on the collection procedures The recommendations of the project are as followsbull National road authorities need to adopt a common typology for road worksbull Support on EU level to promote adoption and harmonisation of common typology across Europebull National road authorities need to adopt the EuRoWCas database con cept and fill it with consistent and accurate data

In the afternoon workshops for the implementation of the project`s findings were held The workshop was closed with the conclusions of Paul MitchellFor more information about the projects and the workshop please go to httpasapfehrlorg httpbrowserzagsi and wwwcedrfr

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CEDR WORKSHOP ON RECYCLING

On 24 and 25 September 2015 the ldquoInternational workshop on Recycling Road construction in a post fossil fuel societyrdquo was held in the Czech Technical Univer-sity in Prague Around 40 people attended this workshop

This workshop was the final event of the three research projects EARN CoRePaSol and AllBack2Pave that were procured under the CEDR Transnational Road Rese-arch Programme Call 2012 Recycling

During this workshop the results of these projects were presented and discussed

The EARN (Effects on Availability of Road Network) project reviewed existing data on service lifetime and availability of road materials and structures there was a site trial to evaluate varying proportions of RA and they did an experimen-tal evaluation of moisture damage and ageing in asphalt mixtures and developed an impact assessment modelThe main findings of this project were bull The use of Low Temperature Asphalt systems Reclaimed Asphalt secondary by-products andor binder additives can have an effect on the durability of flexible pavements but that affect is not always adverse and may not be great bull The effect of using lower temperature asphalt systems RA secondary by-products andor binder additives can be modelled in the expected service life of mixtures but more data are needed to make the model more accurate More information can be found at httpwwwtrlcouksolutionsroad-rail-infrastructuresustainable-infrastructureearn

The CoRePaSol project ldquoHarmonised characterisation of cold recycled asphalt pavement solutionsrdquo focused mainly on harmonising mix design of cold recycled bitumen stabilised materials (mixes) following the existing scientific and enginee-ring experience and approaches They also studied the activity of Reclaimed As-phalt binder in cold-recycled mixes the recyclability and multiple recyclability of cold-recycled mixes in cold and hot recycling and the environmental benefits associated with encapsulating hazardous materialsFor more information go to httpsilnicefsvcvutczcorepasol

The AllBack2Pave project ldquoSustainable 100 recycling of reclaimed asphalt in road pavementsrdquo focused on the research on the feasibility of going toward 100 recycling of asphalt pavements into wearing courses through an increasing per-centage of RA within the mixes They wanted to recycle 90 but the asphalt plants

for the project could not handle that percentage More information can be found at httpallback2pavefehrlorg

One of the conclusions of multi-recycling was that cold recycled materials can be recycled cold and in hot and warm processes and the cement of the cold recycling does not interfere with the recyclability of the bitumenAnother conclusion regarding Carbon-Footprint discussion was that recycling has more influence on lowering the carbon-footprint than Warm Mix Asphalt Thus to achieve really benefit of WMA the recycling percentage in WMA should be kept at the same level as for HMA

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David

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ROSANNE

On 4 December 2015 there was a ROSANNE Stakeholders Reference Group meetingDuring this meeting the Work Pack-age leaders informed the stakeholders about the progress madeThe ROSANNE project aims at de-velopingharmonising measurement methods for skid resistance noise emission and rolling resistance of road pavements as a preparation for stan-dardization

The objectives are in short

1Skid resistance The harmonisation of skid resistance measurement by deri-ving conversion factors for friction indi-ces based on similar groups of devices namely longitudinal and sideways skid resistance measurement devices

2Noise emission Combining the exis-ting measurement methods (SPB and CPX) into a harmonised pavement noi-se emission characterisation method

3Rolling resistance building on the re-sults obtained in MIRIAM and standar-dising trailer measurements of rolling resistance coefficients of road surfaces It is also studying the influencing road surface parameters and factors which disturb such measurements and in some cases to develop correction procedures for such influences

4Texture exploring the potential for re-cent developments in the measurement of surface texture to deliver parameters that better reflect the physical process of tyreroad interaction and that may improve our understanding of how the texture influences skid resistance noise emission and rolling resistance

5Reference tyres and pavements Defi-ning and investigating the performan-ce of reference tyres and pavements necessary for the measurement of all three road surface properties This is a prerequisite for the harmonisation of all future measurements

More information about this project can be found at httprosanne-projecteu

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ACEA MEETINGS

During the last months the EAPA Secretariat contributed heavily to different workshops and events of the European Automobile Manufacturers Associationrsquos (ACEA) initiative on ldquoJoining forces to tackle the road transport CO2 challengerdquo Amongst other stakeholders of the transport sector EAPA was invited to give input to two reports one for passenger cars and light vehicles as well as one for heavy duty vehicles Therefore the EAPA Secretariat prepared several presentations re-garding the positive aspects of asphalt pavements on rolling resistance and on quick maintenance to demonstrate that smooth and well maintained asphalt roads reduce the CO2 emissions of cars and vehicles during the use phase of pavements The presentations were based on independent and neutral studies and on rese-arch projects that proved the benefits of asphalt pavements

On 19th January EAPA Secretariat participated in a wrap-up event at Brussels where experts from different sectors (eg infrastructure fuels) discussed the draft report on the CO2 emissions reducing potential for passenger cars and light vehi-cles until 2030

EAPA will follow the initiative with providing relevant information and actively par-ticipating in future ACEA events Therefore EAPA Secretariat will participate and will give an oral statement during the presentation of the report for the heavy duty vehicles in a conference organised by ACEA in Brussels on 16th February 2016

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6 37

CZECH ASPHALT CONFERENCE AV`15

On 24th and 25th November 2015 the Czech Road Contractors Association Praha and the Czech Road Society Asphalt Pavements Section held its yearly Asphalt Pavement Conference in Českeacute Budějovice More than 400 participants from the asphalt sector with more than 50 participants from abroad attended this confe-rence The very well organised conference with an exhibition with more than 25 booths was a big success

During the two conference days there were several presentations about the latest developments in the Czech Asphalt Industry special paving projects and news from the road administration There were also reports of the latest results of rese-arch projects and ongoing projectsCarsten Karcher participated on behalf of EAPA and gave a presentation on ldquoNews from Brussels ndash 2015rdquo where he focused on Warm Mix Asphalt Re-use of Asphalt and the AsphaltAdvantages campaign

For more information all the presentations and some videos please go to httpwwwasfaltove-vozovkyczav2015

DANUBE REGION CONFERENCE

On 25 November 2015 the Danube Region Conference ldquoDevelopment and Main-tenance of Road surfaces in the Danube regionrdquo was held in Bled in SloveniaThis conference was organised by ZAS the Slovenia Ministry of Infrastructure and the European Commission The Danube Region encompasses 14 countries of South Eastern Europe

Slovenko Henigman President of Slovenian Asphalt Pavement Association (ZAS) explained in his welcome speech the importance of this event and why it was connected with the ZAS Colloquium The goal of this Danube conference is to strengthen the developments of the road construction field and the economic inte-gration Asphalt technology has a role of binding people and nations Mr Franc Žepič EUSDR Priority Area Coordinator Ministry of Infrastructure Slo-venia explained the ldquoEU Strategy for the Danube Regionrdquo (EUSDR) and the EUSDR Governance model More information about EUSDR can be found at httpwwwdanube-regioneu

In the 1st session ldquoGeneral situation and management on road network in the regi-onrdquo Jose Diez (ERF) showed the importance of roads and explained the impact of the backlog of maintenance on the economy This backlog will only increase the costs for maintenance He described different approaches for maintenance and mentioned that by applying Road Asset Management principles the municipality of Larvik (in Norway) found out they were losing euro 2000- per day for not main-taining their road network His good news was that solutions do existMitja Jurgele DRI Slovenia showed the effects of investment on the quality of the road network

In the 2nd session ldquoAsphalt Industry in the Danube regionrdquo Carsten Karcher (EAPA) gave a presentation on the current chances and challenges for the asphalt indus-try in Germany with a focus on asphalt recycling and noise reduction Many people in Germany are suffering from traffic noise in Germany and to reduce that traffic noise different types of asphalt were developed and are being applied in Germany like noise optimised SMA and noise optimised Asphalt Concrete which also has an optimised surface texture that also provides a lower rolling resistanceMiroslav Keller president of the Croatian Asphalt Association showed in his presentation the influence of the budget on the quality of the main road network in Croatia until the year 2026 Imre Pap of the Highway Institute Belgrade Serbia gave a review of technologies and specifications for construction and rehabilitation of roads in SerbiaEgbert Beuving (EAPA) explained in his presentation how the use of Information

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Technology in the asphalt paving process can stimulate sustainable developments A more homogeneous quality of the (surface) layers does results in more durable pavements Due to the tendering system where the lowest bid is mostly rewarded there is no incentive for the construction companies to use the available know-ledge and information technology to deliver a high quality product This system does not stimulate innovation Using quality best price-quality ratio bonusmalus-system experience and expertise in the tendering process (as mentioned in the Public Procurement Directive) will stimulate innovation and will contribute to sustainabilitySlovenko Henigman president ZAS Slovenia showed in his presentation the trends and developments in the asphalt industry in Slovenia

In the 3rd and last session ldquoSustainable development of road construction and maintenance in the Danube regionrdquo one of the speakers was Ms Olivera Djordje-vic of EuroRAP (European Road Assessment Programme) addressing road mainte-nance for safety She showed results of the SENSoR Project where they created a Road Safety Atlas for South East Europe For more information and safety maps see wwwsensorprojecteu

Miros

lav Ke

ller

(Croa

tian A

spha

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n)

Mitja

Jurge

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RI S

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Slove

nko H

enigm

an (Z

AS)

Carst

en Ka

rcher

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Highw

ay In

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Franc

Žepič

(Mini

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astru

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Slov

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Jose

Diez

(ERF

)

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ZAS COLLOQUIUM ON ASPHALT AND BITUMEN

On 26 November the 15th Colloquium on Asphalt and Bitumen was opened by Slovenko Henigman President of ZAS This two-day colloquium was held in Bled in Slovenia and was attended by 210 participants from 12 countries Henigman mentioned in his opening speech that the backlog in maintenance in Slovenia is big and he stressed that we need to work together to reach some changes as soon as possible Next to that several things need to be improved to be ready for the future As an example he mentioned the gasoline cent that is discussed in the Slovenian parliament for road maintenance which is really needed to get a stable incomeKlemen Grebensčk of the Slovenian Ministry of Infrastructure responded in his opening address that he was aware of the fact that the Slovenian roads are not in a good condition He expected to be able to get more funding for the next years to be able to keep the road network at a decent level In the Opening Session Ayberk Oumlzcan President of EAPA mentioned in his wel-come words that this Colloquium on Asphalt and Bitumen has become a very well-known and accepted event in our industry Since 1996 it became the biggest international meeting in the field of road construction and road maintenance in Slovenia and that made it an important meeting for the European asphalt industry and for EAPA members in this region

In the 1st Section ldquoBasic materials in asphalt industry - aggregates and bitumenrdquo Anja Soumlrensen ARBIT Eurobitume Germany gave a state-of-the-art of the Euro-pean bitumen standardisation and the progress of the Performance Related Bitu-men SpecificationBernhard Hofko of TU Vienna explained in his presentation the ageing process of bitumen in a very nice and clear way and explained why you can see an incre-asing amount of creaking when the pavements are getting older Next to ageing tests on bitumen it is also needed to age asphalt itself because of the influence of the aggregate filler and additive Therefore they developed a Viennese Aging Procedure (VAPro) to simulate ageing of asphalt in 4 daysWillem Vonk of Kraton Polymers gave a summary of 8 years work on Highly Modified Asphalt By using Highly Modified Asphalt it is possible to pave thinner and to safe material The thickness reduction that can be achieved is between 20 and 60 depending on the situation in this reduction also results in saving costs

Juan Jose Potti (Asefma) gave an invited lecture about the use of social media for the maintenance of road infrastructures He showed the impact social media can have and he also explained the effect of the Asefma manifesto regarding ldquoThe maintenance of roads is a social needrdquo

In the 2nd section ldquoBuilding Maintenance and Financing of Road Infrastructurerdquo Hans Litzka (Austria) spoke about the maintenance needs for State and Commu-nity roads in Austria and showed the budgets needed to keep the backlog at a constant or better levelAnders Hundahl (Asfaltindustrien) talked about PPP and functional projects on State roads Municipality roads and Private roads He showed the Danish situ-ation during the last 10 years He did not see a great future for PPP projects in Denmark and mentioned that functional contracts work for country roads but not for city roads Egbert Beuving (EAPA) spoke about Green Public Procurement (GPP) Criteria for Road Construction and explained the state-of-the-art of the update of the GPP criteria in Europe He also showed how GGP Criteria are being used in the NetherlandsJože Lun (Slovenia) presented examples of good and bad practice in public pro-curement of asphalt works in Slovenia

The first day ended with a Round Table discussion with the directors of the main Slovenian asphalt companies which got a nice coverage in the Slovenian press the next day

The second day started with the session ldquoAsphalt Recycling and layingrdquo In this session there were ao presentations regarding the use of reclaimed asphalt in Austria Slovenia and Switzerland and enhancing asphalt mixtures performance by using RAP and FT-wax There was an invited lecture of Brian Wood (Plantmix Asphalt Industry of Kentucky ndash PAIK (USA)) and Grant Gabbard (The Allen Co and Executive Vice President of PAIK) They gave an overview of the developments in the asphalt industry in Kentucky USA regarding recycling warm asphalt warranty periods etc

In the 4th and last session ldquoLong-time and sustainable development of asphalt technologiesrdquo Carsten Karcher (EAPA) gave an update on the use of Warm Mix Asphalt in Europe

On the website of ZAS the videos of the presentations of the technical papers and the Round Table can be found at httpwwwzdruzenje-zassikolokvijen

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venk

o Hen

igman

(Pres

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of ZA

S)

Bernh

ard H

ofko (

TU V

ienna

)

Aybe

rk Oumlz

can (

Presid

ent o

f EAP

A)

Anja

Soren

sen (

Eurob

itume

Germ

any)

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Wille

m Vo

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Polym

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Ande

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faltin

dustr

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Brian

Woo

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ntmix

Asph

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dustr

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Kentu

cky ndash

PAIK

(USA

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Gran

t Gab

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(The

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Roun

d Tab

leJu

an Jo

se Po

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sefm

a)

Carst

en Ka

rcher

(EAP

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On 11 November 2015 Member of European Parliament (MEP) Tomas Zdecho-vsky from Czech Republic invited to the seminar ldquoThe social and economic im-portance of road transportrdquo in the European Parliament He was supported by the MEPs Wim van de Camp and Kosma Zlotowski from the European Peoplersquos Parties (EPP) of the European Parliament Speakers addressed the seminarrsquos topic from different angles eg from the road userrsquos perspective by Julia Levasier from the Allgemeine Deutsche Automobil Club (ADAC) from Germany the European Commission DG Move by Rolf Diemer After having been asked Diemer stated that the Commission is not working on topics how to improve the rather bad con-dition of the European Road Network eg by providing funds EAPA Director Carsten Karcher exchanged ideas with colleagues from the branch and spoke with MEP Zdechovsky and invited him to come to the EampE Congress 2016 in his home country

SEMINAR OF MEP ZDECHOVSKY AT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Carst

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(left)

and M

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MEETING WITH MEP WIM VAN DE CAMP

On 10 December 2015 Egbert Beuving and Carsten Karcher of EAPA had a meeting with Member of European Parliament (MEP) Wim van de Camp from the Netherlands Van de Camp is MEP since 2009 and member of the Transport Com-mittee (TRAN Committee) He is member of the Group of the European Peoplersquos Party (Christian Democrats)

During this meeting several subjects were addressed

Van de Camp was informed about EAPA its goals the development and benefits of Warm Mix Asphalt and that asphalt is 100 re-usable which fits perfect in the lsquocircular economyrsquo EAPA also informed him about the possibilities to reduce CO2

emissions by cars and trucks by having well maintained roads and especially smooth roads

The idea of creating a European Road Agency was recently discussed in the TRAN Committee MEP Claudia TAPARDEL (Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament ndash Romania) raised this item and it is now in the procedure Many MEPs are against creating an ERA (Euro-pean Road Agency) because they do not want another agency There is already a European Railway Agency Van de Camp is in favour of a European Road Agency because it can also address the social issues of transport eg working times for truck drivers etc

For the European Commission (EC) infrastructure is related to the TEN-T network The lsquoRoad Packagersquo of European Commission which is expected in 2016 will mainly deal with EU road transport market and road infrastructure will only be one chapter The 3 pillars of this ldquoRoad packagerdquo is expected to become a ba-lanced set of initiatives regarding road charging access to internal market and social rules in road transport

For investing in roads the EFSI (European Fund for Strategic Investment) could be a partner and also the European Investment Bank (EIB) is very interested Van de Camp suggested to our industry to bring Road Maintenance to the attenti-on of the EIB or EFSI to see what they can do Van de Camp as a classic politician as he called himself is not in favour of ear-marking tax money In some years more money is needed for certain items than other years Politicians need flexibility to decide where to spend the tax payersrsquo money

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As a first step towards some guidance of the EC on European roads the EC could produce a communication document instead of creating an ERA This document could explain what European countries could do in the field of road maintenance to have low emissions (noise CO2 fine particles etc) and a good road safety (markings signs evenness surface condition etc) a bit like what they are doing regarding Green Public Procurement According to Van de Camp road mainte-nance is important but it is not a real main item in the European Parliament at this moment Most countries see road maintenance as a national item and for them there is no involvement of the EC needed Road maintenance has to be done by the national states the provincescounties and the local communities

To generate awareness of the importance of road maintenance in Europe he suggested EAPA to create a small campaign together with other like-minded Euro-pean road organisations like CEDR FEHRL ERF and EUPAVE These associations could create together a best practice paper eg on road maintenance and requi-red surface conditions

Van de Camp added that it is even more efficient when the European road organi-sations associations would come up with a practical approach like Best Practi-ces and rankings instead of the EC That might be a stimulus for the EU countries

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CROSS-MODAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

FEHRL organised a so called ldquoUSE-iT - FOX Workshoprdquo on 21 January 2016 in Brussels

USE-iT and FOX are two Horizon 2020 projects The acronym USE-iT stands for ldquoUsers Safety security and Energy In Transport Infrastructurerdquo and FOX for ldquoFore-ver Open infrastructure across (X) all transport modesrdquoThierry Goger (FEHRL) explained in his welcome speech that the aim of this work-shop was to present preliminary results of the USE-iT and FOX projects of the most appropriate technologies and approaches that have the potential of being applied on a cross-modal basis or on at least two transport modes

Maria Cristina Marolda (Policy Officer of Research and Innovation in EC Direc-torate General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) explained in her Opening speech that the European Commission had launched within the Horizon 2020 (H2020) Programme several initiatives to reflect on the necessary development of cross-modal transport infrastructure This because the European Commission is now more looking at transport systems as one system A set of three European H2020 Coordination and Support Actions namely the REFINET (REthinking Futu-re Infrastructure NETworks) FOX and USE-iT projects have been granted to sup-port this work Several partners from all transport modes and with various profiles (for example Research Providers Industry Transport Authority) are now actively involved in this attempt

Bob Collis (TRL UK) explained the structure of the Workshop The topic areas investigated in the FOX and USE-IT projects had been divided in 6 groups User information Safety amp security Energy amp carbon Constructing amp maintenance Inspection and Recycling amp reuse After the plenary session the participants of the Workshop were also divided in 6 groups and they visited during the workshop the various topics investigatedWhen a group visited one of the topics a detailed description of the technologies collected in the surveys was presented and the barriers and opportunities for cross modal application were discussed Also potential research topics that could be of benefit to more than one mode were identified Next to these discussions this workshop also give a nice overview of the state-of-the-art technologies that are used or can be used in the 4 transport modes Road Rail Runway and WaterwayAt the end of the projects a list of needs a road map for future research will be created

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Several activities such as desk studies surveys and workshops have been schedu-led over the coming two years to collect information and reflect together The 2nd workshop will be held during TRA 2016 in Warsaw and the 3rd on mid-September 2016

More information about these projects can be found at httpwwwrefineteu and wwwuseitandfoxprojectseu

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ACEA 25TH ANNIVERSARY

On 21st January 2016 the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) celebrated its 25th anniversary EAPA Secretary General Egbert Beuving and EAPA Director Carsten Karcher were invited together with 200 other execu-tives of European organisations and associations in the transport sectorACEA Secretary General Eric Jonnaert welcomed the guests and new elected ACEA president Dieter Zetsche and Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc from the European Commission addressed the guests Dieter Zetsche spoke about ACEArsquos history and coming challenges Violeta Bulc gave a motivating and inspiring speech about innovation in the transport sector and especially the automobile sectorThis reception was an excellent opportunity for EAPA Secretariat to network Carsten Karcher took the opportunity to talk with ACEA president Zetsche and to inform him briefly about our industry He also gave Zetsche the new EAPA calen-dar for the year 2016 with very nice asphalt pictures and short messages about the advantages of asphalt Furthermore he asked him whether he would be able to give a speech during the EampE Congress 2016 in Prague to address the needs of the road users and the automobile industry for well-maintained roads and the roads of the future

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UPCOMING CONGRESSES

DEUTSCHE ASPHALTTAGE 2016

EampE CONGRESS 2016

On 17 ndash 19 February 2016 the XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage will be held in Berchtesgaden Germany More infor-mation can soon be found at wwwasphaltde

On 1 ndash 3 June 2016 the 6th Eurasphalt amp Eurobitume Congress will be held in Prague More information can be found at wwweecongress2016org

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RILEM CONFERENCE

The 8th RILEM International Conference on ldquoMechanisms of Cracking and Debon-ding in Pavementsrdquo will be held on 7 ndash 9 June 2016 in Nantes France More information can be found at httpmcd2016sciencesconforg

2016 ISAP SYMPOSIUM

The 2016 ISAP Symposium ldquoFrom Molecules to Innovative Pavementsrdquo will be held on 18-21 July 2016 and is hosted by Western Research Institute USAThis International meeting focusing on the transfer of technology from funda-mental research to applied enginee-ring of asphalt pavements will be held in conjunction with the long-standing Petersen Asphalt Research Conference (wwwpetersenasphaltconferenceorg)

The web link for Call for Abstracts is httpwwwisap2016symposiumorgISAP2016-Abstractshtml

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EATA CONFERENCE 2017

On 12 ndash 14 June 2017 the 7th Inter-national EATA Conference will be held in Empa in Duumlbendorf Swit-zerland EATA - the European Asp-halt Technology Association - is an informal organisation of European engineers and scientists involved in Asphalt Technology Research More information can be found at httpeata2017empach

1ST EUROPEAN ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE CONGRESS

On 18-20 October 2016 the 1st European Road Infrastructure Congress will be held in Leeds UKThis congress is organised by the European Union Road Federation in partnership with the Road Safety Markings AssociationMore information can be found at wwweric2016eu

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Get the Advantages of Asphalt Pavement

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EVENTS LIST

2016

Task Force Providing Evidence Asphalt AdvantagesEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingCampD Waste Management Protocol ndash TF 1 meetingCEN TC336 Advisory Group meeting in ParisConference Swiss Asphalt Producing Industry Bern Road CO2 meeting in BrusselsACEA lsquoReducing CO2 from Road Transport Togetherrsquo ConferenceDAV XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage Berchtesgaden17th HAPA International Asphalt Conference

EAPA ExCo and Directorslsquo Group meeting in BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume ExCo meeting in BrusselsCEN TC336 WG1 TG5 meeting in BrusselsDAV Asphalt Days WillingenCEN T227 Chairmanrsquos Panel meeting in BerlinCEN TC227 WG6 meeting in BerlinCEN TC336 WG1 meeting in BrusselsEurobitume amp BAW Bitumen and Asphalt Day BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume TC meetingEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meeting

EAPA WG Carbon Footprint DocumentEAPA HSE meeting in OsloEAPA TC meeting in OsloBauma in Munich GermanyROSANNE Stakeholders Reference Group meetingTransport Research Arena Conference -TRA 2016CEN TC227 WG1 meeting in Helsinki

EampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meetingCEN TC336 meeting in PragueEAPA GCA meeting in Prague

3 Feb 4 Feb4 Feb5 Feb5 Feb

10 Feb16 Feb

17 ndash 19 Feb23 ndash 24 Feb

1 March2 March 4 March

7 ndash 9 March8 March9 March

10 - 11 March15 March 17 March 22 March23 March

5 April6 April 7 April

11-17 April12 April

18-21 April 25 ndash 26 April

11 May12 May

30 ndash 31 May31 May

EampE Congress 2016 in Prague Global Asphalt Pavement Alliance meeting in PragueCEN TC336 WG1 meetingEAPA HSE Committee meeting in ParisEAPA TC meeting in Paris1st European Road Infrastructure Congress in Leeds UKCEN TC227 WG1 meeting

1 ndash 3 June 3 June

20-21 Sept 12 Oct 13 Oct

18-20 Oct9-10 Nov

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MPA - Mineral Products Association

NCC AB

DAV - Deutscher Asphalt Verband eV

Asefma Asfaltindustrien

EBA HAPA - Hungarian Asphalt Pavement Association

Infra Contractorsrsquo Association

USIRF - Routes de France ZAS - Združenje asfalterjev

Slovenije

Peab Asphalt AB

Sdruženiacute pro vyacutestavbu silnic Praha

MEMBERS

ASMUD - Turkish Asphalt Contractors Association

Eesti Asfaldiliit IAPA - Irish Asphalt Pavement Association

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

ABZ-1 Ammann Group Antigo - MHB Breakers Ltd

Arizona Chemical

BTC Europe GmbHBenninghoven Caterpillar Paving Products Inc

CFF

ASTEC

DuPont CZ sro

CRH plc

Genan Honeywell

MeadWestvacoMarini Ruthman Sasol Wax

Turkish Petroleum Refineries Co

Volvo Construction Equipment

Voumlgele Vialit

Kraton Polymers Nederland BV

J Rettenmaier amp Soumlhne GmbH amp Co

ICL Performance Products LP

EUROPEAN ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION

Rue du Commerce 77B-1040 Brussels Belgium

Phone +32 2 502 5888E-mail infoeapaorgWeb wwweapaorg

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INTRODUCTION Dear EAPA members dear Asphalt friends

Welcome to the 36th issue of the EAPA Newsletter A new year started some weeks ago and many of us made plans for 2016 So did we in EAPA Howe-ver many activities we will work on this year started already some years ago

The main event this year will be the 6th Eurasphalt amp Eurobitume Congress that will be held in Prague on 1 ndash 3 June We are now working on the final pro-gramme and we are looking forward to meeting you in Prague in JuneThere will be many interesting subjects presented during the EampE Congress 2016 On the first day after the Ope-ning session there will be 3 sessions In the 1st session four representatives of European and international associati-ons will express what their needs are and what they expect from the asphalt industry in the future In the 2nd sessi-on three speakers will address external factors that will have an impact on the asphalt industry in the coming years and in the 3rd session four speakers will show that the industry can provide so-lutionsDuring the second and third day there will be technical presentations based on the received and evaluated papers for this congress Here authors of se-lected papers will present research and achievements they made since the previous EampE Congress Subjects that will be addressed are as an example

Warm Mix Asphalt with a high amount of Reclaimed Asphalt in order to achie-ve a low Carbon Footprint rejuvena-ting agents to allow high percentages of use of Reclaimed Asphalt We are sure that it will be a very interesting programme with enough space to visit the exhibition to meet authors of pa-pers during the Poster sessions and to meet old and new colleagues

Next to the Congress there will be many other activities in 2016 like sti-mulating the use of Warm Mix Asphalt and the re-use of Reclaimed Asphalt The recently published Asphalt in Figu-res 2014 showed that more than 80 of the reclaimed asphalt in Europe is re-cycled and 57 of the total amount of reclaimed asphalt is re-used in asphalt again When we compare this with the goal of the EU to re-use at least 50 and recycle at least 70 of the construction and demolition waste by 2020 we see that the asphalt industry already meets the EU goals of 2020 These numbers could be higher and that is important for the Green Public Procurement of the European Commis-sion which is coming

To be able to contribute to a sustaina-ble consumption and production the European Commission started to de-velop Green Public Procurement (GPP) for the public authorities of Europe

1ndash 3 June 2016 ndash Prague Congress CentreInvesting in our greatest asset

Invitation to Register

6th Eurasphalt amp Eurobitume Congress

In 2016 the revised EU Green Public Procurement (GPP) criteria for ldquoDe-sign construction and maintenance of roadsrdquo will be published It is up to the European countries to decide whether they will use (a part) of the GPP criteria for roads or not

When they are going to be used likethey are now being used in the Nether-lands re-use of Reclaimed Asphalt and Carbon Footprint will become impor-tant as well as durability and many other items That can mean that the ldquoBest va-lue for moneyrdquo offer will be rewarded in a tendering process although it has a higher price Countries could also decide to reward low rolling resistance road surfaces to reduce the CO2 emissions of cars and vehicles

In this Newsletter there is an article re-lated to this subject the European Au-tomobile Manufacturers Associationrsquos (ACEA) started in 2015 an initiative on ldquoJoining forces to tackle the road trans-port CO2 challengerdquo Good and well maintained asphalt roads and lower rolling resistance asphalt road surfaces can contribute to the CO2 reduction that has to be achieved by EuropeThis article and all the other articles in this issue of the EAPA Newsletter will give you an overview of what EAPA did in the past 4 months It will also

show you the items we will work on in 2016 and in which direction the exter-nal factors will lead the asphalt indus-try Enjoy reading it

Egbert Beuving Secretary-General of EAPA

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EAPA COMMITTEES

EAPA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE amp DIRECTORSrsquo GROUP

On 6 October 2015 the EAPA Executive Committee and the EAPA Directorsrsquo Group had a joint meeting in the EAPA offices in Brussels Because the agenda items discussed in both committees were partly similar and several members parti-cipated in both meetings it was decided to combine these two meetings The meeting started with financial items and the membership situation of EAPA Under the agenda item ldquoTechnical Topicsrdquo there was a short report of the EAPA Technical Committee the EAPA Asphalt Plant amp Equipment Producers Group and WMA promotion European Standardisation and Horizon 2020 projects

Under agenda item ldquoHealth amp Safety and Environment Topicsrdquo the main subjects of the EAPA Health amp Safety Committee the EAPA Environment Group and theEAPA Task Group Carbon Footprint Document were reported Other topics discus-sed were Green Public Procurement (GPP) Rolling resistance Post IARC regulati-ons and EU legislationactivities as Construction Product Directive and Construc-tion amp Demolition waste

Under the agenda item ldquoCommunication Dissemination and Educationrdquo several issues were discussed including the use of Social Media There was a report of the Global Asphalt Pavement Alliance meeting held in Au-gust 2015 and the contacts with NAPA in the USA It was decided that EAPA will become member of the European Union Road Fe-deration (ERF) which is a like-minded association in Brussels Currently the EAPA secretariat is working closely together with ERF and by being an ERF member this can be intensifiedThere was a short update regarding the EAPA Eurobitume Task Force ldquoProviding Evidence Asphalt Advantagesrdquo The AsphaltAdvantagescom website will also get a German French and Turkish part in 2016The EAPA Secretariat informed the meeting about the latest and ongoing lobbying activities The ExCo and the directors were informed about the progress made with the organisation of the EampE Congress 2016 and about potential venues for the EampE Congress of 2020

In the Round table discussion each director presented in short information about issues of particular interest and importance they are presently working on in their country

The next EAPA ExCo and EAPA Directorsrsquo Group meeting will be held on 1st March 2016 in the EAPA offices in Brussels and on 2nd March 2016 there will be a joint EAPA ndash Eurobitume ExCo meeting

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EAPA HSE COMMITTEE

The former EAPA Health amp Safety Com-mittee and the Environment Group reu-nited again and the HSE Committee meeting was held on 21 October 2015 in Paris Under the health items the cur-rent Post IARC Bitumen Monograph ac-tivities were discussed amongst them the handing of different testing proce-dures for measuring asphalt fumes and aerosols in the field and measuring the efficiency of fume extraction devices (Emission Reducing Device) on pavers

The committee spoke about the activi-ties where the asphalt industry gets in contact with silica dust and discussed possible upcoming tasks The asphalt industry gets in contact with silica dust only during two operations firstly the handling of the aggregates on the yard of the asphalt mixing plant and second-ly the milling process of asphalt pave-ments

Furthermore the committee decided to update a rather old document on the ldquouse of waste from other industries in new asphalt mixesrdquo The EAPA paper ldquoIndustry Statement on recycling of as-phalt mixes and use of waste of asphalt pavementsrdquo of July 2005 will be revie-wed and amended in the next months by a small working group This group will be called Working Group ldquoUpdate of Industry Position on the use of waste in new asphalt mixesrdquo

Under Environment items the committee discussed the topics Carbon Footprint (see extra article in this newsletter) Green Public Procurement Rolling Re-sistance EC Consultations on ldquoCircular Economyrdquo the flagship of the new Juncker Commission The cor-responding headlines to the latter are Zero Waste Circular Economy and Closing the Loop

At the end of the meeting the Work pro-gramme for 2016 was prepared and approved

The next meeting will be a one-day meeting to be held on 6 April 2016 in Oslo

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EAPA TECHNICAL COMMITTEE

On 22 October 2015 the EAPA Techni-cal Committee had a meeting in Paris During this meeting a large number of topics was discussed

The progress of CEN TC 227 WG1 ldquoBituminous Mixturesrdquo and CEN TC336 WG1 ldquoBituminous Binders for Pavingrdquo was discussed and there was an update of the FunDBitS projectThis FunDBitS project is in fact a con-tinuation of the BiTVal project The FunDBitS project is part of the CEDR Transnational Road Research Program-me and it is reviewing new internati-onally available literature and data in order to develop recommendations for performance-based bitumen characte-ristics which may be introduced into bitumen specification standards EN 12591 EN 14023 and EN 13924 This project will be finalised in the first half of 2016

Dr Thomas Woumlrner of the Munich Uni-versity presented the results of the Ger-man research project ldquoPerformance Asphaltrdquo under the title ldquoRepresentative determination of performance-relevant asphalt properties that provide the basis for new conditions of contractrdquo For 21 construction projects they tested asphalt of the Type Testing asphalt di-rectly from the asphalt mixing plants and cores of the finished pavement They did large series of testing and compared the results The presentation showed interesting results and did lead to an animated discussion

The Work plan 2015 ndash 2017 of the TC was discussed and updated It was decided to create a paper providing good examples for increasing the du-rability of asphalt pavements with the title ldquoThe ideal projectrdquo It was also decided to update the EAPA paper on heavy duty pavement surfaces

The progress made in the various Eu-ropean countries regarding the use of Warm Mix Asphalt was discussed There was also a short report of the EAPA Asphalt Plant amp Equipment Pro-ducers Group meeting and there was a discussion on ldquobig datardquo A lot of data can be collected and provided and the contractor needs to know how to use it The EAPA TC members have to formula-te which information they would need from the asphalt plant the paver and the rollers to be able to improve the quality This subject will be discussed at the next EAPA TC meeting

Under the heading ldquoRecyclingrdquo the-re was a report of the NAPA visit to Japan Multi recycling was discussed and milling of separate layers for bet-ter recyclingIn addition the preliminary results of the EAPA questionnaire regarding the Public Procurement Directive were dis-cussed

The next EAPA TC meeting will be held on Thursday 7 April 2016 in Oslo

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JOINT EAPA - EUROBITUME TC EAPA APampEM GROUP

On 15th October 2015 a Joint EAPA - Eurobitume Technical Committee Meeting was held in Brussels Under agenda item ldquoPaving Grade Bitumen standardrdquo there was a short report of the CEN TC 336 WG1 meeting held in Spain and of the CEN TC336 WG1 TG6 meeting concerning the revision of EN 12591 There was discussion about testing frequency and clauses relating to Factory Production Control and it was decided that Eurobitume will provide a draft solution for the next meeting At agenda item ldquoPMB standard and Performance Related Specificationsrdquo test me-thods to address the effects of Short Term Ageing and Long term ageing on eg stiffness were discussed For the next meeting a new proposal will be tabled Also VTAE (Vacuum Tower Asphalt Extender) REOB (Re-Refined Engine Oil Bot-toms) were also discussedOther agenda items were The progress of the revised asphalt standards PIARC Sub-committee 42 (Road Pavements) Carbon Footprinting EAPA and Eurobitu-me activities regarding Product Category Rules (PCR) and EPDrsquos EAPA activities regarding stimulating adoption of Warm Mix Asphalt and the Eurobitume CEN Data Collection re-analysis projectThe next joint TC EAPA ndash Eurobitume meeting will be held on 17 March 2016

The EAPA Asphalt Plant and Equipment Manufacturers (APampEM) Group had a meeting on 17 September 2015 in Paris The two main agenda items were Data Management Systems and Response to the wish-list of the EAPA Technical Com-mitteeUnder agenda item ldquoData Manage-ment Systemsrdquo it was concluded that the exchange of data generated by equipment and by devices added to equipment is a problem because there is no agreed standard Next to a stan-dard data format also the interfaces have to be defined

Regarding the data that can be col-lected some contractors do not realise what is possible and therefore it is im-portant to show them the possibilities Some data should be displayed real time and some data will only be used for reports in a later stageIt was agreed in the meeting that this group would create of list of items data that should be displayed this is from the asphalt plant to the roller and all in between

Also the Veta Data Management and Analyses Software used in the USA was shortly discussed as well as BIM (Building Information Model)

The members of the EAPA Technical Committee had created a Wish-list (Christmas list) regarding asphalt plants and equipment This Wish-list was dis-cussed in the APampEM Group and the group created a draft response to each wish mentioned by the EAPA Techni-cal Committee Several wishes were dealing with special situations where things are not optimal yet Some other wishes were dealing with the real futu-re It was agreed to check and structu-re the responses formulated in the next meeting of this group This might lead to priority settings and suggestions that can be used in a speech at the EampE Congress 2016

Other items discussed wereNews from CECE The main focus of CECE is on the regulations of emissions of machinesNews from ISO TC195 WG9 Ad-Hoc Group Fumes amp Aerosols from bitu-mensrdquo This Ad-hoc Group is creating an Annex to the standard for a test procedure for Emission Reducing Devi-ces (ERDrsquos) This is an informative an-nex and an Emission Reducing Device (ERD) is optional for pavers

The next meeting of EAPA Asphalt Plant amp Equipment Manufacturers Group will be scheduled after the BAUMA

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EPD WORKSHOP OF CPE

There are many actions going on in Europe and in the world on this topic eg Construction Products Europe (CPE) has organised a workshop last December in Brussels Under the heading ldquoEPD the current debate and challengesrdquo European experts presented and discussed the topic The most important learning was that the databases and tools to calculate eg the carbon footprint are quite different and they consequently produce different results for the evaluation which is not tolerable This is still a big question for the industry but also for the European Commission how to handle this and how to provide a proper solution More information about this workshop can be found on the CPE website wwwconstruction-productseu

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EAPA WORKING GROUP CARBON FOOTPRINT DOCUMENT

There have been several meetings in the last months of the Task Group Carbon Footprint Document (CFD) The latest meeting was held on 13 November 2015 in Brussels Eight representatives of EAPA members under the chairmanship of EAPA Director Carsten Karcher are working together to prepare guidelines for the Euro-pean asphalt industry to create an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for a European asphalt mixture The work is in progress and the wording of a guidance document is in full process A representative of the Norwegian Asphalt Industry where the first EPD for an asphalt Mix has been developed has recently joined the committee and there is a strong exchange with the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) from the USA A first draft of the guidance document will be presented at the next HSE meeting in April

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EAPA-EUROBITUME ACTIVITIES

PROVIDING ASPHALT ADVANTAGES

The joint EAPA and Eurobitume campaign on ldquoProviding Evidence Asphalt Advan-tagesrdquo started in spring 2014 is going on since almost 2 years now As you all should know by now the aim of this initiative is to inform the uninformed about the positive aspects of asphalt pavements The campaign is planned for several years and has created a website-based forum that provides more than 50 advantages of asphalt pavements To get all the asphalt advantages and further information on asphalt please go to wwwAsphaltAdvantagescom

Everybody is invited to spread the asphalt advantages and the information given on the website Therefore different supporting tools have been created Those are provided in a toolbox and can be downloaded from this website to support the campaign (httpwwwasphaltadvantagescomgraphics) Please feel free to add the provided tools on your associationrsquos or companyrsquos website or use the tools for your printed or online magazine We would be glad to see the advertisement in your publications Some of these adverts can be found in this newsletter as an example

At the moment the campaign is aiming to get more supporters and readers of its newsletter and of the information provided on Twitter Facebook and LinkedIn

Everybody is asked to connect to the campaign via social media and its newsletter to get all the advantages and latest news of the branch and to exchange her or his advantages with the community

The team behind this campaign is currently working on the German French and Turkish translation of the content of the website and it is expected to be on-line in the next months

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EampE CONGRESS 2016

GET REGISTERED

The 6th EampE Congress will be held in the Prague Congress Centre on 1 ndash 3 June 2016 under the title ldquoInvesting in our greatest assetrdquo This is congress is organised by EAPA and Eurobitume The registration is open now and you are all invite to register for this congress at httpwwweecongress2016org

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EampE CONGRESS 2016 ORGANISING COMMITTEE

The Organising Committee (OC) of the EampE Congress 2016 is organising the con-gress together with PCO (Professional Conference Organiser) Guarant in PragueMs Katrina Sichel will be the facilitator during the EampE Congress 2016 She will guide the congress delegates through the programme of the opening day and the closing session

The programme of the opening day was developed by the Organising Committee as well two parallel sessions (seminars) and the closing session One seminar is ldquoBest practice in communicationrdquo and the other one will be ldquoFinancing of road infrastructurerdquo

On Wednesday evening 1 June the Congress dinner will be held in the beautiful Žofiacuten Palace For the Accompanying Persons Programme a nice programme has been developedThere will also be a Congress App for mobile devises for the participants

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EampE CONGRESS 2016 TECHNICAL PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

The Technical Programme Committee (TPC) of the next Eurasphalt amp Eurobitume Congress 2016 in Prague had its latest meeting on 10th September 2015 in Pra-gue The TPC is responsible for planning and managing the technical programme of the EampE Congress The TPC is also responsible for the Call for abstracts the abstract selection the Call for papers the paper review process etc and reports to the Congress Organising Committee (OC)

The main activity of this committee during the last months has been steering and participating in the independent double review of approximately 250 technical papers for the congress together with other reviewers The reviewing process will be finished by the end of January so the authors will be informed about the final acceptance of their paper(s) in mid-February The next action is to prepare the structure and the content of technical sessions of the conference

The next meeting of the TPC will be held in Brussels on 4th February 2016

To be able to announce the location of the EampE Congress 2020 the Scouting Group EampE 2020 visited several possible venues90 of the Exhibition space is already sold and Eurobitume and EAPA will have a booth on the exhibition too The Exhibition Manual was finalised and is on the website now

The Invitation to Register and the online registration module are on the Congress website now so you can register for the congress at wwweecongress2016org

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EUROPEAN STANDARDISATION

CEN TC227 WG1

On 1 and 2 October 2015 there was a CEN TC227 WG1 ldquoBituminous mixturesrdquo meeting in Antalya Turkey This standardisation Working Group is responsible for the European asphalt (Bituminous mixtures) standards and the European test methods for asphalt At this moment 3 Task Groups are active in Working Group 1The first one is Task Group (TG) 2 ldquoTest methodsrdquo This Task Group is drafting new European test methods where needed and they are revising the existing 50 European test methods when needed The two new test methods that are being developed by TG2 at this moment are PrEN 12697-54 ldquoLab curing for Asphalt Concrete with emulsionsrdquo and PrEN 12697-55 ldquoCoating and consistency of a mixture with emulsionrdquoIn this Antalya meeting also 7 revised test methods were approved to go out for ldquoFormal Voterdquo (after some small corrections have been made)

Task Group 3 ldquoProduct Standardsrdquo is taking care of drafting product standards for asphalt At this moment the revised product standards (the EN 13108 series) are out for Formal Vote The Formal Vote process of the product standards will finish on 26 January 2016TG3 is now drafting a new standard for ldquoAsphalt concrete with Bituminous Emulsi-onrdquo (EN 13108-31) This mixture is produced in a plant and it does not deal with mixtures for road repair as sold in bags This is according to the Mandate CEN TC227 has The draft standard was discussed during this WG1 meeting

Task Group 4 ldquoConformity Assessment Standardsrdquo is drafting the (revised) stan-dards for EN 13108-20 ldquoType Testingrdquo (TT) EN 13108-21 ldquoFactory Production Controlrdquo (FPC) and EN 13108-8 ldquoReclaimed asphaltrdquo It was decided to start with modifying part EN 13108-20 and -21 (TT and FPC) for Asphalt Concrete with Bituminous Emulsion (ACBE) In a later stage it will be decided whether new separates standards are needed or not Having new standards for TT and FPC for ACBE might be easier to maintain in the future

In January 2016 the Convenors of TGs 2 3 and 4 will have a meeting to discuss several items related to ACBE that were raised during this CEN TC 227 WG1 meeting like the question whether ACBE will require its own Standards for Type Testing and Factory Production Control the contribution of Reclaimed Asphalt within ACBE and defining lsquocured conditionsrsquo of ACBE

Other items discussed in Antalya were the progress of CEN TC336 WG1 CEN TC227 WG6 and an Ageing Workshop that might be held if needed

The next CEN TC227 WG meeting will be held on 25 and 26 April 2016 in Helsinki Finland

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CEN TC154 WG13 TC227 WG6 CEN TC336 WG1

The latest CEN TC154 WG13 TC227 WG6 lsquoDangerous substancesrsquo meeting was held on 12 October 2015 in London The meeting started with an update of the activities of CEN TC351 ldquoAssessment of release of dangerous substancesrdquo and some new test methods of this TC were discussed This CEN TC 351 is creating test methods for determining oa the lea-ching behaviour of building materials In the future (ao) the leaching behaviour of ldquoMandatedrdquo building materials has to be declared in the CE-marking also for asphalt This to address the CPR Basic Requirement for Construction Works num-ber 3 ldquoHygiene health and the environmentrdquo dealing with the release of dange-rous substances into ground water marine waters surface waters or soil To avoid unnecessary testing it was the intention to create a possibility to classify products Without Further Testing (WFT) or Without Testing (WT) For being classified WFT or WT a dossier with leaching date had to be created and the European Com-mission would decide based on this dossier whether a certain material could be classified WFT or WT At this moment it is still unclear how this procedure will work At the meeting it was mentioned that a WFT (Without Further Testing) clas-sification must be justified by documents which must be included in the dossier It was originally intended that products could be classified simply in the same way as resistance to fire (eg glass does not burn) but this is not practical for all substances and all products It might be possible for TCs to provide WFT for some substances but the rest would be for producers

At the agenda item ldquoLiaison with CEN TC350 to address sustainability with an overview on Product Category Rules (PCR) and Environmental Products Declarati-ons (EPD) for aggregatesrdquo it was mentioned that the first draft of Product Category Rules (PCR) for aggregates (cradle to gate) will be available in the beginning of 2016 Manfred Fuchs of DG GROW also attended this meeting He explained that the Commission supports PEF (Product Environmental Footprint) as the overarching sustainability framework across all sectors but acknowledged that it is designed for final products and not for intermediate products He also explained the relation between the PEF (Product Environmental footprint) and the PCREPD It will come together and they will be linked CEN product committees can continue to use EN15804 to produce PCR and anything new from PEF can be added later Basic requirement for construction works number 7 ldquoSustainable use of natural resourcesrdquo will not be ready for at least 2 yearsThe next meeting of this joint WG will be held on 24th February 2016 in London

On 29 and 30 September 2015 CEN TC336 WG1 had a meeting in Tarragona (Spain) The main agenda item was Task Group Progress Reports and the WG1 Structure

The Task Groups that are still active in TC 336 WG1 arebull

bull

bull

bull

bull

bull

TG 1 ldquoHigh Service Temperature Propertiesrdquo This TG will be active until EN 16659 ldquoMSCRTrdquo is published At the time of the meeting it was in the Formal Vote process TG1 also prepared a paper for the EampE Congress 2016TG 2 ldquoLow Service Temperature Propertiesrdquo will continue its work and will look at new approaches for addressing low service temperature properties of bituminous bindersTG 5 ldquoSpecification Frameworkrdquo is now called ldquoRevision of EN 14023rdquo Based on the outcome of the systematic review of EN 14023 ldquoPMBrdquo it was decided to revise this standard This work will be done by TG5TG 6 ldquoRevision of EN 12591rdquo is dealing with the revision of EN 12591ldquoPa-ving Grade bitumenrdquo WG1 agreed to forward the new draft of prEN 12591 to CEN to start CEN Enquiry This CEN enquiry will start in early 2016TG 8 and TG 10 ldquoRevisions of Amendments to test standardsrdquo are taking care of the revision of the test methodsTG 9 ldquoPrecisionrdquo is dealing with precision of test methods The next WG1 meeting will be held in Brussels (Belgium) on 10 and 11 March 2016

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OTHER MEETINGS amp EVENTS

TECHNICAL PAPA SEMINAR

The 33rd Technical Seminar of PSWNA (Polish Asphalt Pavement Association - PAPA) was held on 27 and 28 October 2015 in Warsaw with the title ldquoSustaina-ble development and a selection of innovative road technologiesrdquo

After the opening speech of the PAPA President Mr Andrzej Wyszynski the first session started with a presentation of Egbert Beuving (EAPA) about Asphalt Ad-vantages He explained the benefits of using asphalt for road construction and road maintenanceBengt Sandman of Nynas AB showed in his presentation on ldquoSpecial modified bitumenrdquo the results of a study concerning the use of polymer modified bitumen on the High Coast Bridge (Houmlgakustenbron) in Sweden After 15 years of service the Polymer Modified Asphalt surface on this suspension bridge is still performing well and the modified binder is still very elastic and also retains good low and high temperature properties In the second session ldquoGood practices in the roadrdquo Jan Kroacutel of the Warsaw Uni-versity of Technology presented the effects of environmental and social costs of life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) He showed the elements that should be addressed to be able to make as an example a comparison of the expressway in asphalt with one in concrete In his summary he mentioned that Cost-benefit analysis enables verification of the validity of the investment in relation to refrain from investment activities It allows you to choose the best investment option and it is increasingly being demanded by investors and is appointed by public procurement law

One of the presentations on the second day during the 3rd session ldquoNew technolo-gies - innovations in materials Ecology (recycling) and Environmental Protectionrdquo was of prof Dariusz Sybilski of IBDiM He addressed the effect of a chemically reactive silane additive on the binder - aggregate interaction

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CEDR FINAL CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE

On 27th ndash 28th October 2015 the Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR) organised the CEDR final climate change conference in Brussels

CEDR Secretary General Steve Philips welcomed the participants and spoke about the importance of Climate Change for Road Operations and the role of CEDR in the light of EU Policy and research projects The priorities of CEDR are Intelligent Road Systems Maintenance Multi-Modality and Climate Change A further objective is to have a better life time return of roads He raised the questi-on how increase the sbquoappetitelsquo of the road authorities for adaption due to climate change and answered that CEDR is not a regulator but what CEDR can do is to raise the awareness propose procurement practices and propose standardisation practices During the day several major research results of the projects CliPDaR and ROADAPT were presented concerning eg the developed models and strategies to adapt climate changeOn second day adapting strategies for road infrastructure by CEDR Technical Group Climate Change Adaption as well as the administrations of The Nether-lands and Norway were presented followed by parallel workshopsChristian Axelsen of Danish Road Directorate and member of CEDR Technical Group Climate Change Adaption mentioned that many tools and solutions al-ready exist but they have to be applied in an efficient way and with a good and consistent strategyEva Lijegren of the Swedish Transport Administration National Coordinator for Climate Change Adaptation spoke about ldquoTransforming a strategy into an action planrdquo For example in Sweden 1500 documents with rules and regulations for roads rails and ferries do exist and they have to be inverted for changesKees van Muiswinkel Department of Infrastructure and the Environment of the Dutch Rijkswaterstaat gave a presentation about adaptation strategies in the Netherlands The Dutch Government has released several programmes like Delta Programme (NL climate proof and water robust by 2050 a high level of protecti-on to flooding) and National Adaptation Strategy (more long term thinking costs to make the Netherlands fit for the future are four times lower than long term costs of damage)Gordana Petkovic Norwegian Public Roads Administration informed the atten-dees amongst others about revised manuals for design and practice for the In-frastructure an inventory of vulnerable assets and a smartphone app to register natural hazards

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All the presentations and relevant reports can be downloaded from httpwwwfehrlorgindexphpm=32ampid_directory=7844 You can also see the first day of the conference that was web streamed at httpwwwfehrlorgindexphpm=32ampmode=downloadampid_file=17469

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CEDR WORKSHOP ON ROAD WORKER SAFETY

On 29th October 2015 CEDR organised the dissemination workshop on two CEDR projects called ASAP and BRoWSER at BBRC in Brussel

The workshop started with a welcome by Paul Mitchell chair of the CEDR pro-gramme executive board and Wanda Debauche from the Belgian Road Research Centre In the following keynote speech Pieter De Winne Head of the Road Engi-neering Division at the Flemish Agency for Roads and Traffic presented the CEDR research work and data concerning safety of workers on the Flemish network He mentioned that in one big construction site 60000 penalties for too high driving speeds were given which almost covered the construction costs

The presentation of the ASAP project (ASAP ndash Appropriate Speed saves All Peo-ple) was given by the project coordinator Anna Vadeby VTI Sweden She ex-plained the goals and results of this project The projectrsquos focus was on regula-ting motorist` driving behaviour in work zones She explained different measures with their expected impacts The final report with guidelines which are meant to complement existing national regulations and procedures has been released on the project website Most promising measures to reduce traffic speeding were amongst others police presence and speed control at the work site

Project coordinator Jill Weekly TRL UK presented the BRoWSER project (BRoW-SER ndash Baselining Road Worker Safety on European Roads) The goal of the project was to implement a European Road Worker Safety Database (EuRoWCas data-base) to count the number of road worker accidents compare these accidents un-derstand the causes and consequences of road worker accidents and to develop countermeasures to reduce the risk of road worker accidents The deliverables are the database itself and a related guidance document on the collection procedures The recommendations of the project are as followsbull National road authorities need to adopt a common typology for road worksbull Support on EU level to promote adoption and harmonisation of common typology across Europebull National road authorities need to adopt the EuRoWCas database con cept and fill it with consistent and accurate data

In the afternoon workshops for the implementation of the project`s findings were held The workshop was closed with the conclusions of Paul MitchellFor more information about the projects and the workshop please go to httpasapfehrlorg httpbrowserzagsi and wwwcedrfr

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CEDR WORKSHOP ON RECYCLING

On 24 and 25 September 2015 the ldquoInternational workshop on Recycling Road construction in a post fossil fuel societyrdquo was held in the Czech Technical Univer-sity in Prague Around 40 people attended this workshop

This workshop was the final event of the three research projects EARN CoRePaSol and AllBack2Pave that were procured under the CEDR Transnational Road Rese-arch Programme Call 2012 Recycling

During this workshop the results of these projects were presented and discussed

The EARN (Effects on Availability of Road Network) project reviewed existing data on service lifetime and availability of road materials and structures there was a site trial to evaluate varying proportions of RA and they did an experimen-tal evaluation of moisture damage and ageing in asphalt mixtures and developed an impact assessment modelThe main findings of this project were bull The use of Low Temperature Asphalt systems Reclaimed Asphalt secondary by-products andor binder additives can have an effect on the durability of flexible pavements but that affect is not always adverse and may not be great bull The effect of using lower temperature asphalt systems RA secondary by-products andor binder additives can be modelled in the expected service life of mixtures but more data are needed to make the model more accurate More information can be found at httpwwwtrlcouksolutionsroad-rail-infrastructuresustainable-infrastructureearn

The CoRePaSol project ldquoHarmonised characterisation of cold recycled asphalt pavement solutionsrdquo focused mainly on harmonising mix design of cold recycled bitumen stabilised materials (mixes) following the existing scientific and enginee-ring experience and approaches They also studied the activity of Reclaimed As-phalt binder in cold-recycled mixes the recyclability and multiple recyclability of cold-recycled mixes in cold and hot recycling and the environmental benefits associated with encapsulating hazardous materialsFor more information go to httpsilnicefsvcvutczcorepasol

The AllBack2Pave project ldquoSustainable 100 recycling of reclaimed asphalt in road pavementsrdquo focused on the research on the feasibility of going toward 100 recycling of asphalt pavements into wearing courses through an increasing per-centage of RA within the mixes They wanted to recycle 90 but the asphalt plants

for the project could not handle that percentage More information can be found at httpallback2pavefehrlorg

One of the conclusions of multi-recycling was that cold recycled materials can be recycled cold and in hot and warm processes and the cement of the cold recycling does not interfere with the recyclability of the bitumenAnother conclusion regarding Carbon-Footprint discussion was that recycling has more influence on lowering the carbon-footprint than Warm Mix Asphalt Thus to achieve really benefit of WMA the recycling percentage in WMA should be kept at the same level as for HMA

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ROSANNE

On 4 December 2015 there was a ROSANNE Stakeholders Reference Group meetingDuring this meeting the Work Pack-age leaders informed the stakeholders about the progress madeThe ROSANNE project aims at de-velopingharmonising measurement methods for skid resistance noise emission and rolling resistance of road pavements as a preparation for stan-dardization

The objectives are in short

1Skid resistance The harmonisation of skid resistance measurement by deri-ving conversion factors for friction indi-ces based on similar groups of devices namely longitudinal and sideways skid resistance measurement devices

2Noise emission Combining the exis-ting measurement methods (SPB and CPX) into a harmonised pavement noi-se emission characterisation method

3Rolling resistance building on the re-sults obtained in MIRIAM and standar-dising trailer measurements of rolling resistance coefficients of road surfaces It is also studying the influencing road surface parameters and factors which disturb such measurements and in some cases to develop correction procedures for such influences

4Texture exploring the potential for re-cent developments in the measurement of surface texture to deliver parameters that better reflect the physical process of tyreroad interaction and that may improve our understanding of how the texture influences skid resistance noise emission and rolling resistance

5Reference tyres and pavements Defi-ning and investigating the performan-ce of reference tyres and pavements necessary for the measurement of all three road surface properties This is a prerequisite for the harmonisation of all future measurements

More information about this project can be found at httprosanne-projecteu

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ACEA MEETINGS

During the last months the EAPA Secretariat contributed heavily to different workshops and events of the European Automobile Manufacturers Associationrsquos (ACEA) initiative on ldquoJoining forces to tackle the road transport CO2 challengerdquo Amongst other stakeholders of the transport sector EAPA was invited to give input to two reports one for passenger cars and light vehicles as well as one for heavy duty vehicles Therefore the EAPA Secretariat prepared several presentations re-garding the positive aspects of asphalt pavements on rolling resistance and on quick maintenance to demonstrate that smooth and well maintained asphalt roads reduce the CO2 emissions of cars and vehicles during the use phase of pavements The presentations were based on independent and neutral studies and on rese-arch projects that proved the benefits of asphalt pavements

On 19th January EAPA Secretariat participated in a wrap-up event at Brussels where experts from different sectors (eg infrastructure fuels) discussed the draft report on the CO2 emissions reducing potential for passenger cars and light vehi-cles until 2030

EAPA will follow the initiative with providing relevant information and actively par-ticipating in future ACEA events Therefore EAPA Secretariat will participate and will give an oral statement during the presentation of the report for the heavy duty vehicles in a conference organised by ACEA in Brussels on 16th February 2016

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CZECH ASPHALT CONFERENCE AV`15

On 24th and 25th November 2015 the Czech Road Contractors Association Praha and the Czech Road Society Asphalt Pavements Section held its yearly Asphalt Pavement Conference in Českeacute Budějovice More than 400 participants from the asphalt sector with more than 50 participants from abroad attended this confe-rence The very well organised conference with an exhibition with more than 25 booths was a big success

During the two conference days there were several presentations about the latest developments in the Czech Asphalt Industry special paving projects and news from the road administration There were also reports of the latest results of rese-arch projects and ongoing projectsCarsten Karcher participated on behalf of EAPA and gave a presentation on ldquoNews from Brussels ndash 2015rdquo where he focused on Warm Mix Asphalt Re-use of Asphalt and the AsphaltAdvantages campaign

For more information all the presentations and some videos please go to httpwwwasfaltove-vozovkyczav2015

DANUBE REGION CONFERENCE

On 25 November 2015 the Danube Region Conference ldquoDevelopment and Main-tenance of Road surfaces in the Danube regionrdquo was held in Bled in SloveniaThis conference was organised by ZAS the Slovenia Ministry of Infrastructure and the European Commission The Danube Region encompasses 14 countries of South Eastern Europe

Slovenko Henigman President of Slovenian Asphalt Pavement Association (ZAS) explained in his welcome speech the importance of this event and why it was connected with the ZAS Colloquium The goal of this Danube conference is to strengthen the developments of the road construction field and the economic inte-gration Asphalt technology has a role of binding people and nations Mr Franc Žepič EUSDR Priority Area Coordinator Ministry of Infrastructure Slo-venia explained the ldquoEU Strategy for the Danube Regionrdquo (EUSDR) and the EUSDR Governance model More information about EUSDR can be found at httpwwwdanube-regioneu

In the 1st session ldquoGeneral situation and management on road network in the regi-onrdquo Jose Diez (ERF) showed the importance of roads and explained the impact of the backlog of maintenance on the economy This backlog will only increase the costs for maintenance He described different approaches for maintenance and mentioned that by applying Road Asset Management principles the municipality of Larvik (in Norway) found out they were losing euro 2000- per day for not main-taining their road network His good news was that solutions do existMitja Jurgele DRI Slovenia showed the effects of investment on the quality of the road network

In the 2nd session ldquoAsphalt Industry in the Danube regionrdquo Carsten Karcher (EAPA) gave a presentation on the current chances and challenges for the asphalt indus-try in Germany with a focus on asphalt recycling and noise reduction Many people in Germany are suffering from traffic noise in Germany and to reduce that traffic noise different types of asphalt were developed and are being applied in Germany like noise optimised SMA and noise optimised Asphalt Concrete which also has an optimised surface texture that also provides a lower rolling resistanceMiroslav Keller president of the Croatian Asphalt Association showed in his presentation the influence of the budget on the quality of the main road network in Croatia until the year 2026 Imre Pap of the Highway Institute Belgrade Serbia gave a review of technologies and specifications for construction and rehabilitation of roads in SerbiaEgbert Beuving (EAPA) explained in his presentation how the use of Information

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Technology in the asphalt paving process can stimulate sustainable developments A more homogeneous quality of the (surface) layers does results in more durable pavements Due to the tendering system where the lowest bid is mostly rewarded there is no incentive for the construction companies to use the available know-ledge and information technology to deliver a high quality product This system does not stimulate innovation Using quality best price-quality ratio bonusmalus-system experience and expertise in the tendering process (as mentioned in the Public Procurement Directive) will stimulate innovation and will contribute to sustainabilitySlovenko Henigman president ZAS Slovenia showed in his presentation the trends and developments in the asphalt industry in Slovenia

In the 3rd and last session ldquoSustainable development of road construction and maintenance in the Danube regionrdquo one of the speakers was Ms Olivera Djordje-vic of EuroRAP (European Road Assessment Programme) addressing road mainte-nance for safety She showed results of the SENSoR Project where they created a Road Safety Atlas for South East Europe For more information and safety maps see wwwsensorprojecteu

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ZAS COLLOQUIUM ON ASPHALT AND BITUMEN

On 26 November the 15th Colloquium on Asphalt and Bitumen was opened by Slovenko Henigman President of ZAS This two-day colloquium was held in Bled in Slovenia and was attended by 210 participants from 12 countries Henigman mentioned in his opening speech that the backlog in maintenance in Slovenia is big and he stressed that we need to work together to reach some changes as soon as possible Next to that several things need to be improved to be ready for the future As an example he mentioned the gasoline cent that is discussed in the Slovenian parliament for road maintenance which is really needed to get a stable incomeKlemen Grebensčk of the Slovenian Ministry of Infrastructure responded in his opening address that he was aware of the fact that the Slovenian roads are not in a good condition He expected to be able to get more funding for the next years to be able to keep the road network at a decent level In the Opening Session Ayberk Oumlzcan President of EAPA mentioned in his wel-come words that this Colloquium on Asphalt and Bitumen has become a very well-known and accepted event in our industry Since 1996 it became the biggest international meeting in the field of road construction and road maintenance in Slovenia and that made it an important meeting for the European asphalt industry and for EAPA members in this region

In the 1st Section ldquoBasic materials in asphalt industry - aggregates and bitumenrdquo Anja Soumlrensen ARBIT Eurobitume Germany gave a state-of-the-art of the Euro-pean bitumen standardisation and the progress of the Performance Related Bitu-men SpecificationBernhard Hofko of TU Vienna explained in his presentation the ageing process of bitumen in a very nice and clear way and explained why you can see an incre-asing amount of creaking when the pavements are getting older Next to ageing tests on bitumen it is also needed to age asphalt itself because of the influence of the aggregate filler and additive Therefore they developed a Viennese Aging Procedure (VAPro) to simulate ageing of asphalt in 4 daysWillem Vonk of Kraton Polymers gave a summary of 8 years work on Highly Modified Asphalt By using Highly Modified Asphalt it is possible to pave thinner and to safe material The thickness reduction that can be achieved is between 20 and 60 depending on the situation in this reduction also results in saving costs

Juan Jose Potti (Asefma) gave an invited lecture about the use of social media for the maintenance of road infrastructures He showed the impact social media can have and he also explained the effect of the Asefma manifesto regarding ldquoThe maintenance of roads is a social needrdquo

In the 2nd section ldquoBuilding Maintenance and Financing of Road Infrastructurerdquo Hans Litzka (Austria) spoke about the maintenance needs for State and Commu-nity roads in Austria and showed the budgets needed to keep the backlog at a constant or better levelAnders Hundahl (Asfaltindustrien) talked about PPP and functional projects on State roads Municipality roads and Private roads He showed the Danish situ-ation during the last 10 years He did not see a great future for PPP projects in Denmark and mentioned that functional contracts work for country roads but not for city roads Egbert Beuving (EAPA) spoke about Green Public Procurement (GPP) Criteria for Road Construction and explained the state-of-the-art of the update of the GPP criteria in Europe He also showed how GGP Criteria are being used in the NetherlandsJože Lun (Slovenia) presented examples of good and bad practice in public pro-curement of asphalt works in Slovenia

The first day ended with a Round Table discussion with the directors of the main Slovenian asphalt companies which got a nice coverage in the Slovenian press the next day

The second day started with the session ldquoAsphalt Recycling and layingrdquo In this session there were ao presentations regarding the use of reclaimed asphalt in Austria Slovenia and Switzerland and enhancing asphalt mixtures performance by using RAP and FT-wax There was an invited lecture of Brian Wood (Plantmix Asphalt Industry of Kentucky ndash PAIK (USA)) and Grant Gabbard (The Allen Co and Executive Vice President of PAIK) They gave an overview of the developments in the asphalt industry in Kentucky USA regarding recycling warm asphalt warranty periods etc

In the 4th and last session ldquoLong-time and sustainable development of asphalt technologiesrdquo Carsten Karcher (EAPA) gave an update on the use of Warm Mix Asphalt in Europe

On the website of ZAS the videos of the presentations of the technical papers and the Round Table can be found at httpwwwzdruzenje-zassikolokvijen

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(EAP

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4 45

On 11 November 2015 Member of European Parliament (MEP) Tomas Zdecho-vsky from Czech Republic invited to the seminar ldquoThe social and economic im-portance of road transportrdquo in the European Parliament He was supported by the MEPs Wim van de Camp and Kosma Zlotowski from the European Peoplersquos Parties (EPP) of the European Parliament Speakers addressed the seminarrsquos topic from different angles eg from the road userrsquos perspective by Julia Levasier from the Allgemeine Deutsche Automobil Club (ADAC) from Germany the European Commission DG Move by Rolf Diemer After having been asked Diemer stated that the Commission is not working on topics how to improve the rather bad con-dition of the European Road Network eg by providing funds EAPA Director Carsten Karcher exchanged ideas with colleagues from the branch and spoke with MEP Zdechovsky and invited him to come to the EampE Congress 2016 in his home country

SEMINAR OF MEP ZDECHOVSKY AT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Carst

en Ka

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(left)

and M

EP To

mas Z

dech

ovsk

y

MEETING WITH MEP WIM VAN DE CAMP

On 10 December 2015 Egbert Beuving and Carsten Karcher of EAPA had a meeting with Member of European Parliament (MEP) Wim van de Camp from the Netherlands Van de Camp is MEP since 2009 and member of the Transport Com-mittee (TRAN Committee) He is member of the Group of the European Peoplersquos Party (Christian Democrats)

During this meeting several subjects were addressed

Van de Camp was informed about EAPA its goals the development and benefits of Warm Mix Asphalt and that asphalt is 100 re-usable which fits perfect in the lsquocircular economyrsquo EAPA also informed him about the possibilities to reduce CO2

emissions by cars and trucks by having well maintained roads and especially smooth roads

The idea of creating a European Road Agency was recently discussed in the TRAN Committee MEP Claudia TAPARDEL (Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament ndash Romania) raised this item and it is now in the procedure Many MEPs are against creating an ERA (Euro-pean Road Agency) because they do not want another agency There is already a European Railway Agency Van de Camp is in favour of a European Road Agency because it can also address the social issues of transport eg working times for truck drivers etc

For the European Commission (EC) infrastructure is related to the TEN-T network The lsquoRoad Packagersquo of European Commission which is expected in 2016 will mainly deal with EU road transport market and road infrastructure will only be one chapter The 3 pillars of this ldquoRoad packagerdquo is expected to become a ba-lanced set of initiatives regarding road charging access to internal market and social rules in road transport

For investing in roads the EFSI (European Fund for Strategic Investment) could be a partner and also the European Investment Bank (EIB) is very interested Van de Camp suggested to our industry to bring Road Maintenance to the attenti-on of the EIB or EFSI to see what they can do Van de Camp as a classic politician as he called himself is not in favour of ear-marking tax money In some years more money is needed for certain items than other years Politicians need flexibility to decide where to spend the tax payersrsquo money

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6 47

As a first step towards some guidance of the EC on European roads the EC could produce a communication document instead of creating an ERA This document could explain what European countries could do in the field of road maintenance to have low emissions (noise CO2 fine particles etc) and a good road safety (markings signs evenness surface condition etc) a bit like what they are doing regarding Green Public Procurement According to Van de Camp road mainte-nance is important but it is not a real main item in the European Parliament at this moment Most countries see road maintenance as a national item and for them there is no involvement of the EC needed Road maintenance has to be done by the national states the provincescounties and the local communities

To generate awareness of the importance of road maintenance in Europe he suggested EAPA to create a small campaign together with other like-minded Euro-pean road organisations like CEDR FEHRL ERF and EUPAVE These associations could create together a best practice paper eg on road maintenance and requi-red surface conditions

Van de Camp added that it is even more efficient when the European road organi-sations associations would come up with a practical approach like Best Practi-ces and rankings instead of the EC That might be a stimulus for the EU countries

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(left

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CROSS-MODAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

FEHRL organised a so called ldquoUSE-iT - FOX Workshoprdquo on 21 January 2016 in Brussels

USE-iT and FOX are two Horizon 2020 projects The acronym USE-iT stands for ldquoUsers Safety security and Energy In Transport Infrastructurerdquo and FOX for ldquoFore-ver Open infrastructure across (X) all transport modesrdquoThierry Goger (FEHRL) explained in his welcome speech that the aim of this work-shop was to present preliminary results of the USE-iT and FOX projects of the most appropriate technologies and approaches that have the potential of being applied on a cross-modal basis or on at least two transport modes

Maria Cristina Marolda (Policy Officer of Research and Innovation in EC Direc-torate General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) explained in her Opening speech that the European Commission had launched within the Horizon 2020 (H2020) Programme several initiatives to reflect on the necessary development of cross-modal transport infrastructure This because the European Commission is now more looking at transport systems as one system A set of three European H2020 Coordination and Support Actions namely the REFINET (REthinking Futu-re Infrastructure NETworks) FOX and USE-iT projects have been granted to sup-port this work Several partners from all transport modes and with various profiles (for example Research Providers Industry Transport Authority) are now actively involved in this attempt

Bob Collis (TRL UK) explained the structure of the Workshop The topic areas investigated in the FOX and USE-IT projects had been divided in 6 groups User information Safety amp security Energy amp carbon Constructing amp maintenance Inspection and Recycling amp reuse After the plenary session the participants of the Workshop were also divided in 6 groups and they visited during the workshop the various topics investigatedWhen a group visited one of the topics a detailed description of the technologies collected in the surveys was presented and the barriers and opportunities for cross modal application were discussed Also potential research topics that could be of benefit to more than one mode were identified Next to these discussions this workshop also give a nice overview of the state-of-the-art technologies that are used or can be used in the 4 transport modes Road Rail Runway and WaterwayAt the end of the projects a list of needs a road map for future research will be created

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Several activities such as desk studies surveys and workshops have been schedu-led over the coming two years to collect information and reflect together The 2nd workshop will be held during TRA 2016 in Warsaw and the 3rd on mid-September 2016

More information about these projects can be found at httpwwwrefineteu and wwwuseitandfoxprojectseu

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(TRL

UK)

ACEA 25TH ANNIVERSARY

On 21st January 2016 the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) celebrated its 25th anniversary EAPA Secretary General Egbert Beuving and EAPA Director Carsten Karcher were invited together with 200 other execu-tives of European organisations and associations in the transport sectorACEA Secretary General Eric Jonnaert welcomed the guests and new elected ACEA president Dieter Zetsche and Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc from the European Commission addressed the guests Dieter Zetsche spoke about ACEArsquos history and coming challenges Violeta Bulc gave a motivating and inspiring speech about innovation in the transport sector and especially the automobile sectorThis reception was an excellent opportunity for EAPA Secretariat to network Carsten Karcher took the opportunity to talk with ACEA president Zetsche and to inform him briefly about our industry He also gave Zetsche the new EAPA calen-dar for the year 2016 with very nice asphalt pictures and short messages about the advantages of asphalt Furthermore he asked him whether he would be able to give a speech during the EampE Congress 2016 in Prague to address the needs of the road users and the automobile industry for well-maintained roads and the roads of the future

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1

UPCOMING CONGRESSES

DEUTSCHE ASPHALTTAGE 2016

EampE CONGRESS 2016

On 17 ndash 19 February 2016 the XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage will be held in Berchtesgaden Germany More infor-mation can soon be found at wwwasphaltde

On 1 ndash 3 June 2016 the 6th Eurasphalt amp Eurobitume Congress will be held in Prague More information can be found at wwweecongress2016org

50

RILEM CONFERENCE

The 8th RILEM International Conference on ldquoMechanisms of Cracking and Debon-ding in Pavementsrdquo will be held on 7 ndash 9 June 2016 in Nantes France More information can be found at httpmcd2016sciencesconforg

2016 ISAP SYMPOSIUM

The 2016 ISAP Symposium ldquoFrom Molecules to Innovative Pavementsrdquo will be held on 18-21 July 2016 and is hosted by Western Research Institute USAThis International meeting focusing on the transfer of technology from funda-mental research to applied enginee-ring of asphalt pavements will be held in conjunction with the long-standing Petersen Asphalt Research Conference (wwwpetersenasphaltconferenceorg)

The web link for Call for Abstracts is httpwwwisap2016symposiumorgISAP2016-Abstractshtml

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EATA CONFERENCE 2017

On 12 ndash 14 June 2017 the 7th Inter-national EATA Conference will be held in Empa in Duumlbendorf Swit-zerland EATA - the European Asp-halt Technology Association - is an informal organisation of European engineers and scientists involved in Asphalt Technology Research More information can be found at httpeata2017empach

1ST EUROPEAN ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE CONGRESS

On 18-20 October 2016 the 1st European Road Infrastructure Congress will be held in Leeds UKThis congress is organised by the European Union Road Federation in partnership with the Road Safety Markings AssociationMore information can be found at wwweric2016eu

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EVENTS LIST

2016

Task Force Providing Evidence Asphalt AdvantagesEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingCampD Waste Management Protocol ndash TF 1 meetingCEN TC336 Advisory Group meeting in ParisConference Swiss Asphalt Producing Industry Bern Road CO2 meeting in BrusselsACEA lsquoReducing CO2 from Road Transport Togetherrsquo ConferenceDAV XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage Berchtesgaden17th HAPA International Asphalt Conference

EAPA ExCo and Directorslsquo Group meeting in BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume ExCo meeting in BrusselsCEN TC336 WG1 TG5 meeting in BrusselsDAV Asphalt Days WillingenCEN T227 Chairmanrsquos Panel meeting in BerlinCEN TC227 WG6 meeting in BerlinCEN TC336 WG1 meeting in BrusselsEurobitume amp BAW Bitumen and Asphalt Day BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume TC meetingEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meeting

EAPA WG Carbon Footprint DocumentEAPA HSE meeting in OsloEAPA TC meeting in OsloBauma in Munich GermanyROSANNE Stakeholders Reference Group meetingTransport Research Arena Conference -TRA 2016CEN TC227 WG1 meeting in Helsinki

EampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meetingCEN TC336 meeting in PragueEAPA GCA meeting in Prague

3 Feb 4 Feb4 Feb5 Feb5 Feb

10 Feb16 Feb

17 ndash 19 Feb23 ndash 24 Feb

1 March2 March 4 March

7 ndash 9 March8 March9 March

10 - 11 March15 March 17 March 22 March23 March

5 April6 April 7 April

11-17 April12 April

18-21 April 25 ndash 26 April

11 May12 May

30 ndash 31 May31 May

EampE Congress 2016 in Prague Global Asphalt Pavement Alliance meeting in PragueCEN TC336 WG1 meetingEAPA HSE Committee meeting in ParisEAPA TC meeting in Paris1st European Road Infrastructure Congress in Leeds UKCEN TC227 WG1 meeting

1 ndash 3 June 3 June

20-21 Sept 12 Oct 13 Oct

18-20 Oct9-10 Nov

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Egbert Beuving amp Carsten KarcherHelga BeuvingEgbert Beuving amp Carsten Karcher

TextLayout

Pictures

57

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MPA - Mineral Products Association

NCC AB

DAV - Deutscher Asphalt Verband eV

Asefma Asfaltindustrien

EBA HAPA - Hungarian Asphalt Pavement Association

Infra Contractorsrsquo Association

USIRF - Routes de France ZAS - Združenje asfalterjev

Slovenije

Peab Asphalt AB

Sdruženiacute pro vyacutestavbu silnic Praha

MEMBERS

ASMUD - Turkish Asphalt Contractors Association

Eesti Asfaldiliit IAPA - Irish Asphalt Pavement Association

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

ABZ-1 Ammann Group Antigo - MHB Breakers Ltd

Arizona Chemical

BTC Europe GmbHBenninghoven Caterpillar Paving Products Inc

CFF

ASTEC

DuPont CZ sro

CRH plc

Genan Honeywell

MeadWestvacoMarini Ruthman Sasol Wax

Turkish Petroleum Refineries Co

Volvo Construction Equipment

Voumlgele Vialit

Kraton Polymers Nederland BV

J Rettenmaier amp Soumlhne GmbH amp Co

ICL Performance Products LP

EUROPEAN ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION

Rue du Commerce 77B-1040 Brussels Belgium

Phone +32 2 502 5888E-mail infoeapaorgWeb wwweapaorg

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EAPA COMMITTEES

EAPA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE amp DIRECTORSrsquo GROUP

On 6 October 2015 the EAPA Executive Committee and the EAPA Directorsrsquo Group had a joint meeting in the EAPA offices in Brussels Because the agenda items discussed in both committees were partly similar and several members parti-cipated in both meetings it was decided to combine these two meetings The meeting started with financial items and the membership situation of EAPA Under the agenda item ldquoTechnical Topicsrdquo there was a short report of the EAPA Technical Committee the EAPA Asphalt Plant amp Equipment Producers Group and WMA promotion European Standardisation and Horizon 2020 projects

Under agenda item ldquoHealth amp Safety and Environment Topicsrdquo the main subjects of the EAPA Health amp Safety Committee the EAPA Environment Group and theEAPA Task Group Carbon Footprint Document were reported Other topics discus-sed were Green Public Procurement (GPP) Rolling resistance Post IARC regulati-ons and EU legislationactivities as Construction Product Directive and Construc-tion amp Demolition waste

Under the agenda item ldquoCommunication Dissemination and Educationrdquo several issues were discussed including the use of Social Media There was a report of the Global Asphalt Pavement Alliance meeting held in Au-gust 2015 and the contacts with NAPA in the USA It was decided that EAPA will become member of the European Union Road Fe-deration (ERF) which is a like-minded association in Brussels Currently the EAPA secretariat is working closely together with ERF and by being an ERF member this can be intensifiedThere was a short update regarding the EAPA Eurobitume Task Force ldquoProviding Evidence Asphalt Advantagesrdquo The AsphaltAdvantagescom website will also get a German French and Turkish part in 2016The EAPA Secretariat informed the meeting about the latest and ongoing lobbying activities The ExCo and the directors were informed about the progress made with the organisation of the EampE Congress 2016 and about potential venues for the EampE Congress of 2020

In the Round table discussion each director presented in short information about issues of particular interest and importance they are presently working on in their country

The next EAPA ExCo and EAPA Directorsrsquo Group meeting will be held on 1st March 2016 in the EAPA offices in Brussels and on 2nd March 2016 there will be a joint EAPA ndash Eurobitume ExCo meeting

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EAPA HSE COMMITTEE

The former EAPA Health amp Safety Com-mittee and the Environment Group reu-nited again and the HSE Committee meeting was held on 21 October 2015 in Paris Under the health items the cur-rent Post IARC Bitumen Monograph ac-tivities were discussed amongst them the handing of different testing proce-dures for measuring asphalt fumes and aerosols in the field and measuring the efficiency of fume extraction devices (Emission Reducing Device) on pavers

The committee spoke about the activi-ties where the asphalt industry gets in contact with silica dust and discussed possible upcoming tasks The asphalt industry gets in contact with silica dust only during two operations firstly the handling of the aggregates on the yard of the asphalt mixing plant and second-ly the milling process of asphalt pave-ments

Furthermore the committee decided to update a rather old document on the ldquouse of waste from other industries in new asphalt mixesrdquo The EAPA paper ldquoIndustry Statement on recycling of as-phalt mixes and use of waste of asphalt pavementsrdquo of July 2005 will be revie-wed and amended in the next months by a small working group This group will be called Working Group ldquoUpdate of Industry Position on the use of waste in new asphalt mixesrdquo

Under Environment items the committee discussed the topics Carbon Footprint (see extra article in this newsletter) Green Public Procurement Rolling Re-sistance EC Consultations on ldquoCircular Economyrdquo the flagship of the new Juncker Commission The cor-responding headlines to the latter are Zero Waste Circular Economy and Closing the Loop

At the end of the meeting the Work pro-gramme for 2016 was prepared and approved

The next meeting will be a one-day meeting to be held on 6 April 2016 in Oslo

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EAPA TECHNICAL COMMITTEE

On 22 October 2015 the EAPA Techni-cal Committee had a meeting in Paris During this meeting a large number of topics was discussed

The progress of CEN TC 227 WG1 ldquoBituminous Mixturesrdquo and CEN TC336 WG1 ldquoBituminous Binders for Pavingrdquo was discussed and there was an update of the FunDBitS projectThis FunDBitS project is in fact a con-tinuation of the BiTVal project The FunDBitS project is part of the CEDR Transnational Road Research Program-me and it is reviewing new internati-onally available literature and data in order to develop recommendations for performance-based bitumen characte-ristics which may be introduced into bitumen specification standards EN 12591 EN 14023 and EN 13924 This project will be finalised in the first half of 2016

Dr Thomas Woumlrner of the Munich Uni-versity presented the results of the Ger-man research project ldquoPerformance Asphaltrdquo under the title ldquoRepresentative determination of performance-relevant asphalt properties that provide the basis for new conditions of contractrdquo For 21 construction projects they tested asphalt of the Type Testing asphalt di-rectly from the asphalt mixing plants and cores of the finished pavement They did large series of testing and compared the results The presentation showed interesting results and did lead to an animated discussion

The Work plan 2015 ndash 2017 of the TC was discussed and updated It was decided to create a paper providing good examples for increasing the du-rability of asphalt pavements with the title ldquoThe ideal projectrdquo It was also decided to update the EAPA paper on heavy duty pavement surfaces

The progress made in the various Eu-ropean countries regarding the use of Warm Mix Asphalt was discussed There was also a short report of the EAPA Asphalt Plant amp Equipment Pro-ducers Group meeting and there was a discussion on ldquobig datardquo A lot of data can be collected and provided and the contractor needs to know how to use it The EAPA TC members have to formula-te which information they would need from the asphalt plant the paver and the rollers to be able to improve the quality This subject will be discussed at the next EAPA TC meeting

Under the heading ldquoRecyclingrdquo the-re was a report of the NAPA visit to Japan Multi recycling was discussed and milling of separate layers for bet-ter recyclingIn addition the preliminary results of the EAPA questionnaire regarding the Public Procurement Directive were dis-cussed

The next EAPA TC meeting will be held on Thursday 7 April 2016 in Oslo

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JOINT EAPA - EUROBITUME TC EAPA APampEM GROUP

On 15th October 2015 a Joint EAPA - Eurobitume Technical Committee Meeting was held in Brussels Under agenda item ldquoPaving Grade Bitumen standardrdquo there was a short report of the CEN TC 336 WG1 meeting held in Spain and of the CEN TC336 WG1 TG6 meeting concerning the revision of EN 12591 There was discussion about testing frequency and clauses relating to Factory Production Control and it was decided that Eurobitume will provide a draft solution for the next meeting At agenda item ldquoPMB standard and Performance Related Specificationsrdquo test me-thods to address the effects of Short Term Ageing and Long term ageing on eg stiffness were discussed For the next meeting a new proposal will be tabled Also VTAE (Vacuum Tower Asphalt Extender) REOB (Re-Refined Engine Oil Bot-toms) were also discussedOther agenda items were The progress of the revised asphalt standards PIARC Sub-committee 42 (Road Pavements) Carbon Footprinting EAPA and Eurobitu-me activities regarding Product Category Rules (PCR) and EPDrsquos EAPA activities regarding stimulating adoption of Warm Mix Asphalt and the Eurobitume CEN Data Collection re-analysis projectThe next joint TC EAPA ndash Eurobitume meeting will be held on 17 March 2016

The EAPA Asphalt Plant and Equipment Manufacturers (APampEM) Group had a meeting on 17 September 2015 in Paris The two main agenda items were Data Management Systems and Response to the wish-list of the EAPA Technical Com-mitteeUnder agenda item ldquoData Manage-ment Systemsrdquo it was concluded that the exchange of data generated by equipment and by devices added to equipment is a problem because there is no agreed standard Next to a stan-dard data format also the interfaces have to be defined

Regarding the data that can be col-lected some contractors do not realise what is possible and therefore it is im-portant to show them the possibilities Some data should be displayed real time and some data will only be used for reports in a later stageIt was agreed in the meeting that this group would create of list of items data that should be displayed this is from the asphalt plant to the roller and all in between

Also the Veta Data Management and Analyses Software used in the USA was shortly discussed as well as BIM (Building Information Model)

The members of the EAPA Technical Committee had created a Wish-list (Christmas list) regarding asphalt plants and equipment This Wish-list was dis-cussed in the APampEM Group and the group created a draft response to each wish mentioned by the EAPA Techni-cal Committee Several wishes were dealing with special situations where things are not optimal yet Some other wishes were dealing with the real futu-re It was agreed to check and structu-re the responses formulated in the next meeting of this group This might lead to priority settings and suggestions that can be used in a speech at the EampE Congress 2016

Other items discussed wereNews from CECE The main focus of CECE is on the regulations of emissions of machinesNews from ISO TC195 WG9 Ad-Hoc Group Fumes amp Aerosols from bitu-mensrdquo This Ad-hoc Group is creating an Annex to the standard for a test procedure for Emission Reducing Devi-ces (ERDrsquos) This is an informative an-nex and an Emission Reducing Device (ERD) is optional for pavers

The next meeting of EAPA Asphalt Plant amp Equipment Manufacturers Group will be scheduled after the BAUMA

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EPD WORKSHOP OF CPE

There are many actions going on in Europe and in the world on this topic eg Construction Products Europe (CPE) has organised a workshop last December in Brussels Under the heading ldquoEPD the current debate and challengesrdquo European experts presented and discussed the topic The most important learning was that the databases and tools to calculate eg the carbon footprint are quite different and they consequently produce different results for the evaluation which is not tolerable This is still a big question for the industry but also for the European Commission how to handle this and how to provide a proper solution More information about this workshop can be found on the CPE website wwwconstruction-productseu

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EAPA WORKING GROUP CARBON FOOTPRINT DOCUMENT

There have been several meetings in the last months of the Task Group Carbon Footprint Document (CFD) The latest meeting was held on 13 November 2015 in Brussels Eight representatives of EAPA members under the chairmanship of EAPA Director Carsten Karcher are working together to prepare guidelines for the Euro-pean asphalt industry to create an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for a European asphalt mixture The work is in progress and the wording of a guidance document is in full process A representative of the Norwegian Asphalt Industry where the first EPD for an asphalt Mix has been developed has recently joined the committee and there is a strong exchange with the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) from the USA A first draft of the guidance document will be presented at the next HSE meeting in April

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6

EAPA-EUROBITUME ACTIVITIES

PROVIDING ASPHALT ADVANTAGES

The joint EAPA and Eurobitume campaign on ldquoProviding Evidence Asphalt Advan-tagesrdquo started in spring 2014 is going on since almost 2 years now As you all should know by now the aim of this initiative is to inform the uninformed about the positive aspects of asphalt pavements The campaign is planned for several years and has created a website-based forum that provides more than 50 advantages of asphalt pavements To get all the asphalt advantages and further information on asphalt please go to wwwAsphaltAdvantagescom

Everybody is invited to spread the asphalt advantages and the information given on the website Therefore different supporting tools have been created Those are provided in a toolbox and can be downloaded from this website to support the campaign (httpwwwasphaltadvantagescomgraphics) Please feel free to add the provided tools on your associationrsquos or companyrsquos website or use the tools for your printed or online magazine We would be glad to see the advertisement in your publications Some of these adverts can be found in this newsletter as an example

At the moment the campaign is aiming to get more supporters and readers of its newsletter and of the information provided on Twitter Facebook and LinkedIn

Everybody is asked to connect to the campaign via social media and its newsletter to get all the advantages and latest news of the branch and to exchange her or his advantages with the community

The team behind this campaign is currently working on the German French and Turkish translation of the content of the website and it is expected to be on-line in the next months

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EampE CONGRESS 2016

GET REGISTERED

The 6th EampE Congress will be held in the Prague Congress Centre on 1 ndash 3 June 2016 under the title ldquoInvesting in our greatest assetrdquo This is congress is organised by EAPA and Eurobitume The registration is open now and you are all invite to register for this congress at httpwwweecongress2016org

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EampE CONGRESS 2016 ORGANISING COMMITTEE

The Organising Committee (OC) of the EampE Congress 2016 is organising the con-gress together with PCO (Professional Conference Organiser) Guarant in PragueMs Katrina Sichel will be the facilitator during the EampE Congress 2016 She will guide the congress delegates through the programme of the opening day and the closing session

The programme of the opening day was developed by the Organising Committee as well two parallel sessions (seminars) and the closing session One seminar is ldquoBest practice in communicationrdquo and the other one will be ldquoFinancing of road infrastructurerdquo

On Wednesday evening 1 June the Congress dinner will be held in the beautiful Žofiacuten Palace For the Accompanying Persons Programme a nice programme has been developedThere will also be a Congress App for mobile devises for the participants

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EampE CONGRESS 2016 TECHNICAL PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

The Technical Programme Committee (TPC) of the next Eurasphalt amp Eurobitume Congress 2016 in Prague had its latest meeting on 10th September 2015 in Pra-gue The TPC is responsible for planning and managing the technical programme of the EampE Congress The TPC is also responsible for the Call for abstracts the abstract selection the Call for papers the paper review process etc and reports to the Congress Organising Committee (OC)

The main activity of this committee during the last months has been steering and participating in the independent double review of approximately 250 technical papers for the congress together with other reviewers The reviewing process will be finished by the end of January so the authors will be informed about the final acceptance of their paper(s) in mid-February The next action is to prepare the structure and the content of technical sessions of the conference

The next meeting of the TPC will be held in Brussels on 4th February 2016

To be able to announce the location of the EampE Congress 2020 the Scouting Group EampE 2020 visited several possible venues90 of the Exhibition space is already sold and Eurobitume and EAPA will have a booth on the exhibition too The Exhibition Manual was finalised and is on the website now

The Invitation to Register and the online registration module are on the Congress website now so you can register for the congress at wwweecongress2016org

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EUROPEAN STANDARDISATION

CEN TC227 WG1

On 1 and 2 October 2015 there was a CEN TC227 WG1 ldquoBituminous mixturesrdquo meeting in Antalya Turkey This standardisation Working Group is responsible for the European asphalt (Bituminous mixtures) standards and the European test methods for asphalt At this moment 3 Task Groups are active in Working Group 1The first one is Task Group (TG) 2 ldquoTest methodsrdquo This Task Group is drafting new European test methods where needed and they are revising the existing 50 European test methods when needed The two new test methods that are being developed by TG2 at this moment are PrEN 12697-54 ldquoLab curing for Asphalt Concrete with emulsionsrdquo and PrEN 12697-55 ldquoCoating and consistency of a mixture with emulsionrdquoIn this Antalya meeting also 7 revised test methods were approved to go out for ldquoFormal Voterdquo (after some small corrections have been made)

Task Group 3 ldquoProduct Standardsrdquo is taking care of drafting product standards for asphalt At this moment the revised product standards (the EN 13108 series) are out for Formal Vote The Formal Vote process of the product standards will finish on 26 January 2016TG3 is now drafting a new standard for ldquoAsphalt concrete with Bituminous Emulsi-onrdquo (EN 13108-31) This mixture is produced in a plant and it does not deal with mixtures for road repair as sold in bags This is according to the Mandate CEN TC227 has The draft standard was discussed during this WG1 meeting

Task Group 4 ldquoConformity Assessment Standardsrdquo is drafting the (revised) stan-dards for EN 13108-20 ldquoType Testingrdquo (TT) EN 13108-21 ldquoFactory Production Controlrdquo (FPC) and EN 13108-8 ldquoReclaimed asphaltrdquo It was decided to start with modifying part EN 13108-20 and -21 (TT and FPC) for Asphalt Concrete with Bituminous Emulsion (ACBE) In a later stage it will be decided whether new separates standards are needed or not Having new standards for TT and FPC for ACBE might be easier to maintain in the future

In January 2016 the Convenors of TGs 2 3 and 4 will have a meeting to discuss several items related to ACBE that were raised during this CEN TC 227 WG1 meeting like the question whether ACBE will require its own Standards for Type Testing and Factory Production Control the contribution of Reclaimed Asphalt within ACBE and defining lsquocured conditionsrsquo of ACBE

Other items discussed in Antalya were the progress of CEN TC336 WG1 CEN TC227 WG6 and an Ageing Workshop that might be held if needed

The next CEN TC227 WG meeting will be held on 25 and 26 April 2016 in Helsinki Finland

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CEN TC154 WG13 TC227 WG6 CEN TC336 WG1

The latest CEN TC154 WG13 TC227 WG6 lsquoDangerous substancesrsquo meeting was held on 12 October 2015 in London The meeting started with an update of the activities of CEN TC351 ldquoAssessment of release of dangerous substancesrdquo and some new test methods of this TC were discussed This CEN TC 351 is creating test methods for determining oa the lea-ching behaviour of building materials In the future (ao) the leaching behaviour of ldquoMandatedrdquo building materials has to be declared in the CE-marking also for asphalt This to address the CPR Basic Requirement for Construction Works num-ber 3 ldquoHygiene health and the environmentrdquo dealing with the release of dange-rous substances into ground water marine waters surface waters or soil To avoid unnecessary testing it was the intention to create a possibility to classify products Without Further Testing (WFT) or Without Testing (WT) For being classified WFT or WT a dossier with leaching date had to be created and the European Com-mission would decide based on this dossier whether a certain material could be classified WFT or WT At this moment it is still unclear how this procedure will work At the meeting it was mentioned that a WFT (Without Further Testing) clas-sification must be justified by documents which must be included in the dossier It was originally intended that products could be classified simply in the same way as resistance to fire (eg glass does not burn) but this is not practical for all substances and all products It might be possible for TCs to provide WFT for some substances but the rest would be for producers

At the agenda item ldquoLiaison with CEN TC350 to address sustainability with an overview on Product Category Rules (PCR) and Environmental Products Declarati-ons (EPD) for aggregatesrdquo it was mentioned that the first draft of Product Category Rules (PCR) for aggregates (cradle to gate) will be available in the beginning of 2016 Manfred Fuchs of DG GROW also attended this meeting He explained that the Commission supports PEF (Product Environmental Footprint) as the overarching sustainability framework across all sectors but acknowledged that it is designed for final products and not for intermediate products He also explained the relation between the PEF (Product Environmental footprint) and the PCREPD It will come together and they will be linked CEN product committees can continue to use EN15804 to produce PCR and anything new from PEF can be added later Basic requirement for construction works number 7 ldquoSustainable use of natural resourcesrdquo will not be ready for at least 2 yearsThe next meeting of this joint WG will be held on 24th February 2016 in London

On 29 and 30 September 2015 CEN TC336 WG1 had a meeting in Tarragona (Spain) The main agenda item was Task Group Progress Reports and the WG1 Structure

The Task Groups that are still active in TC 336 WG1 arebull

bull

bull

bull

bull

bull

TG 1 ldquoHigh Service Temperature Propertiesrdquo This TG will be active until EN 16659 ldquoMSCRTrdquo is published At the time of the meeting it was in the Formal Vote process TG1 also prepared a paper for the EampE Congress 2016TG 2 ldquoLow Service Temperature Propertiesrdquo will continue its work and will look at new approaches for addressing low service temperature properties of bituminous bindersTG 5 ldquoSpecification Frameworkrdquo is now called ldquoRevision of EN 14023rdquo Based on the outcome of the systematic review of EN 14023 ldquoPMBrdquo it was decided to revise this standard This work will be done by TG5TG 6 ldquoRevision of EN 12591rdquo is dealing with the revision of EN 12591ldquoPa-ving Grade bitumenrdquo WG1 agreed to forward the new draft of prEN 12591 to CEN to start CEN Enquiry This CEN enquiry will start in early 2016TG 8 and TG 10 ldquoRevisions of Amendments to test standardsrdquo are taking care of the revision of the test methodsTG 9 ldquoPrecisionrdquo is dealing with precision of test methods The next WG1 meeting will be held in Brussels (Belgium) on 10 and 11 March 2016

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OTHER MEETINGS amp EVENTS

TECHNICAL PAPA SEMINAR

The 33rd Technical Seminar of PSWNA (Polish Asphalt Pavement Association - PAPA) was held on 27 and 28 October 2015 in Warsaw with the title ldquoSustaina-ble development and a selection of innovative road technologiesrdquo

After the opening speech of the PAPA President Mr Andrzej Wyszynski the first session started with a presentation of Egbert Beuving (EAPA) about Asphalt Ad-vantages He explained the benefits of using asphalt for road construction and road maintenanceBengt Sandman of Nynas AB showed in his presentation on ldquoSpecial modified bitumenrdquo the results of a study concerning the use of polymer modified bitumen on the High Coast Bridge (Houmlgakustenbron) in Sweden After 15 years of service the Polymer Modified Asphalt surface on this suspension bridge is still performing well and the modified binder is still very elastic and also retains good low and high temperature properties In the second session ldquoGood practices in the roadrdquo Jan Kroacutel of the Warsaw Uni-versity of Technology presented the effects of environmental and social costs of life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) He showed the elements that should be addressed to be able to make as an example a comparison of the expressway in asphalt with one in concrete In his summary he mentioned that Cost-benefit analysis enables verification of the validity of the investment in relation to refrain from investment activities It allows you to choose the best investment option and it is increasingly being demanded by investors and is appointed by public procurement law

One of the presentations on the second day during the 3rd session ldquoNew technolo-gies - innovations in materials Ecology (recycling) and Environmental Protectionrdquo was of prof Dariusz Sybilski of IBDiM He addressed the effect of a chemically reactive silane additive on the binder - aggregate interaction

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CEDR FINAL CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE

On 27th ndash 28th October 2015 the Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR) organised the CEDR final climate change conference in Brussels

CEDR Secretary General Steve Philips welcomed the participants and spoke about the importance of Climate Change for Road Operations and the role of CEDR in the light of EU Policy and research projects The priorities of CEDR are Intelligent Road Systems Maintenance Multi-Modality and Climate Change A further objective is to have a better life time return of roads He raised the questi-on how increase the sbquoappetitelsquo of the road authorities for adaption due to climate change and answered that CEDR is not a regulator but what CEDR can do is to raise the awareness propose procurement practices and propose standardisation practices During the day several major research results of the projects CliPDaR and ROADAPT were presented concerning eg the developed models and strategies to adapt climate changeOn second day adapting strategies for road infrastructure by CEDR Technical Group Climate Change Adaption as well as the administrations of The Nether-lands and Norway were presented followed by parallel workshopsChristian Axelsen of Danish Road Directorate and member of CEDR Technical Group Climate Change Adaption mentioned that many tools and solutions al-ready exist but they have to be applied in an efficient way and with a good and consistent strategyEva Lijegren of the Swedish Transport Administration National Coordinator for Climate Change Adaptation spoke about ldquoTransforming a strategy into an action planrdquo For example in Sweden 1500 documents with rules and regulations for roads rails and ferries do exist and they have to be inverted for changesKees van Muiswinkel Department of Infrastructure and the Environment of the Dutch Rijkswaterstaat gave a presentation about adaptation strategies in the Netherlands The Dutch Government has released several programmes like Delta Programme (NL climate proof and water robust by 2050 a high level of protecti-on to flooding) and National Adaptation Strategy (more long term thinking costs to make the Netherlands fit for the future are four times lower than long term costs of damage)Gordana Petkovic Norwegian Public Roads Administration informed the atten-dees amongst others about revised manuals for design and practice for the In-frastructure an inventory of vulnerable assets and a smartphone app to register natural hazards

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All the presentations and relevant reports can be downloaded from httpwwwfehrlorgindexphpm=32ampid_directory=7844 You can also see the first day of the conference that was web streamed at httpwwwfehrlorgindexphpm=32ampmode=downloadampid_file=17469

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CEDR WORKSHOP ON ROAD WORKER SAFETY

On 29th October 2015 CEDR organised the dissemination workshop on two CEDR projects called ASAP and BRoWSER at BBRC in Brussel

The workshop started with a welcome by Paul Mitchell chair of the CEDR pro-gramme executive board and Wanda Debauche from the Belgian Road Research Centre In the following keynote speech Pieter De Winne Head of the Road Engi-neering Division at the Flemish Agency for Roads and Traffic presented the CEDR research work and data concerning safety of workers on the Flemish network He mentioned that in one big construction site 60000 penalties for too high driving speeds were given which almost covered the construction costs

The presentation of the ASAP project (ASAP ndash Appropriate Speed saves All Peo-ple) was given by the project coordinator Anna Vadeby VTI Sweden She ex-plained the goals and results of this project The projectrsquos focus was on regula-ting motorist` driving behaviour in work zones She explained different measures with their expected impacts The final report with guidelines which are meant to complement existing national regulations and procedures has been released on the project website Most promising measures to reduce traffic speeding were amongst others police presence and speed control at the work site

Project coordinator Jill Weekly TRL UK presented the BRoWSER project (BRoW-SER ndash Baselining Road Worker Safety on European Roads) The goal of the project was to implement a European Road Worker Safety Database (EuRoWCas data-base) to count the number of road worker accidents compare these accidents un-derstand the causes and consequences of road worker accidents and to develop countermeasures to reduce the risk of road worker accidents The deliverables are the database itself and a related guidance document on the collection procedures The recommendations of the project are as followsbull National road authorities need to adopt a common typology for road worksbull Support on EU level to promote adoption and harmonisation of common typology across Europebull National road authorities need to adopt the EuRoWCas database con cept and fill it with consistent and accurate data

In the afternoon workshops for the implementation of the project`s findings were held The workshop was closed with the conclusions of Paul MitchellFor more information about the projects and the workshop please go to httpasapfehrlorg httpbrowserzagsi and wwwcedrfr

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CEDR WORKSHOP ON RECYCLING

On 24 and 25 September 2015 the ldquoInternational workshop on Recycling Road construction in a post fossil fuel societyrdquo was held in the Czech Technical Univer-sity in Prague Around 40 people attended this workshop

This workshop was the final event of the three research projects EARN CoRePaSol and AllBack2Pave that were procured under the CEDR Transnational Road Rese-arch Programme Call 2012 Recycling

During this workshop the results of these projects were presented and discussed

The EARN (Effects on Availability of Road Network) project reviewed existing data on service lifetime and availability of road materials and structures there was a site trial to evaluate varying proportions of RA and they did an experimen-tal evaluation of moisture damage and ageing in asphalt mixtures and developed an impact assessment modelThe main findings of this project were bull The use of Low Temperature Asphalt systems Reclaimed Asphalt secondary by-products andor binder additives can have an effect on the durability of flexible pavements but that affect is not always adverse and may not be great bull The effect of using lower temperature asphalt systems RA secondary by-products andor binder additives can be modelled in the expected service life of mixtures but more data are needed to make the model more accurate More information can be found at httpwwwtrlcouksolutionsroad-rail-infrastructuresustainable-infrastructureearn

The CoRePaSol project ldquoHarmonised characterisation of cold recycled asphalt pavement solutionsrdquo focused mainly on harmonising mix design of cold recycled bitumen stabilised materials (mixes) following the existing scientific and enginee-ring experience and approaches They also studied the activity of Reclaimed As-phalt binder in cold-recycled mixes the recyclability and multiple recyclability of cold-recycled mixes in cold and hot recycling and the environmental benefits associated with encapsulating hazardous materialsFor more information go to httpsilnicefsvcvutczcorepasol

The AllBack2Pave project ldquoSustainable 100 recycling of reclaimed asphalt in road pavementsrdquo focused on the research on the feasibility of going toward 100 recycling of asphalt pavements into wearing courses through an increasing per-centage of RA within the mixes They wanted to recycle 90 but the asphalt plants

for the project could not handle that percentage More information can be found at httpallback2pavefehrlorg

One of the conclusions of multi-recycling was that cold recycled materials can be recycled cold and in hot and warm processes and the cement of the cold recycling does not interfere with the recyclability of the bitumenAnother conclusion regarding Carbon-Footprint discussion was that recycling has more influence on lowering the carbon-footprint than Warm Mix Asphalt Thus to achieve really benefit of WMA the recycling percentage in WMA should be kept at the same level as for HMA

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ROSANNE

On 4 December 2015 there was a ROSANNE Stakeholders Reference Group meetingDuring this meeting the Work Pack-age leaders informed the stakeholders about the progress madeThe ROSANNE project aims at de-velopingharmonising measurement methods for skid resistance noise emission and rolling resistance of road pavements as a preparation for stan-dardization

The objectives are in short

1Skid resistance The harmonisation of skid resistance measurement by deri-ving conversion factors for friction indi-ces based on similar groups of devices namely longitudinal and sideways skid resistance measurement devices

2Noise emission Combining the exis-ting measurement methods (SPB and CPX) into a harmonised pavement noi-se emission characterisation method

3Rolling resistance building on the re-sults obtained in MIRIAM and standar-dising trailer measurements of rolling resistance coefficients of road surfaces It is also studying the influencing road surface parameters and factors which disturb such measurements and in some cases to develop correction procedures for such influences

4Texture exploring the potential for re-cent developments in the measurement of surface texture to deliver parameters that better reflect the physical process of tyreroad interaction and that may improve our understanding of how the texture influences skid resistance noise emission and rolling resistance

5Reference tyres and pavements Defi-ning and investigating the performan-ce of reference tyres and pavements necessary for the measurement of all three road surface properties This is a prerequisite for the harmonisation of all future measurements

More information about this project can be found at httprosanne-projecteu

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ACEA MEETINGS

During the last months the EAPA Secretariat contributed heavily to different workshops and events of the European Automobile Manufacturers Associationrsquos (ACEA) initiative on ldquoJoining forces to tackle the road transport CO2 challengerdquo Amongst other stakeholders of the transport sector EAPA was invited to give input to two reports one for passenger cars and light vehicles as well as one for heavy duty vehicles Therefore the EAPA Secretariat prepared several presentations re-garding the positive aspects of asphalt pavements on rolling resistance and on quick maintenance to demonstrate that smooth and well maintained asphalt roads reduce the CO2 emissions of cars and vehicles during the use phase of pavements The presentations were based on independent and neutral studies and on rese-arch projects that proved the benefits of asphalt pavements

On 19th January EAPA Secretariat participated in a wrap-up event at Brussels where experts from different sectors (eg infrastructure fuels) discussed the draft report on the CO2 emissions reducing potential for passenger cars and light vehi-cles until 2030

EAPA will follow the initiative with providing relevant information and actively par-ticipating in future ACEA events Therefore EAPA Secretariat will participate and will give an oral statement during the presentation of the report for the heavy duty vehicles in a conference organised by ACEA in Brussels on 16th February 2016

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CZECH ASPHALT CONFERENCE AV`15

On 24th and 25th November 2015 the Czech Road Contractors Association Praha and the Czech Road Society Asphalt Pavements Section held its yearly Asphalt Pavement Conference in Českeacute Budějovice More than 400 participants from the asphalt sector with more than 50 participants from abroad attended this confe-rence The very well organised conference with an exhibition with more than 25 booths was a big success

During the two conference days there were several presentations about the latest developments in the Czech Asphalt Industry special paving projects and news from the road administration There were also reports of the latest results of rese-arch projects and ongoing projectsCarsten Karcher participated on behalf of EAPA and gave a presentation on ldquoNews from Brussels ndash 2015rdquo where he focused on Warm Mix Asphalt Re-use of Asphalt and the AsphaltAdvantages campaign

For more information all the presentations and some videos please go to httpwwwasfaltove-vozovkyczav2015

DANUBE REGION CONFERENCE

On 25 November 2015 the Danube Region Conference ldquoDevelopment and Main-tenance of Road surfaces in the Danube regionrdquo was held in Bled in SloveniaThis conference was organised by ZAS the Slovenia Ministry of Infrastructure and the European Commission The Danube Region encompasses 14 countries of South Eastern Europe

Slovenko Henigman President of Slovenian Asphalt Pavement Association (ZAS) explained in his welcome speech the importance of this event and why it was connected with the ZAS Colloquium The goal of this Danube conference is to strengthen the developments of the road construction field and the economic inte-gration Asphalt technology has a role of binding people and nations Mr Franc Žepič EUSDR Priority Area Coordinator Ministry of Infrastructure Slo-venia explained the ldquoEU Strategy for the Danube Regionrdquo (EUSDR) and the EUSDR Governance model More information about EUSDR can be found at httpwwwdanube-regioneu

In the 1st session ldquoGeneral situation and management on road network in the regi-onrdquo Jose Diez (ERF) showed the importance of roads and explained the impact of the backlog of maintenance on the economy This backlog will only increase the costs for maintenance He described different approaches for maintenance and mentioned that by applying Road Asset Management principles the municipality of Larvik (in Norway) found out they were losing euro 2000- per day for not main-taining their road network His good news was that solutions do existMitja Jurgele DRI Slovenia showed the effects of investment on the quality of the road network

In the 2nd session ldquoAsphalt Industry in the Danube regionrdquo Carsten Karcher (EAPA) gave a presentation on the current chances and challenges for the asphalt indus-try in Germany with a focus on asphalt recycling and noise reduction Many people in Germany are suffering from traffic noise in Germany and to reduce that traffic noise different types of asphalt were developed and are being applied in Germany like noise optimised SMA and noise optimised Asphalt Concrete which also has an optimised surface texture that also provides a lower rolling resistanceMiroslav Keller president of the Croatian Asphalt Association showed in his presentation the influence of the budget on the quality of the main road network in Croatia until the year 2026 Imre Pap of the Highway Institute Belgrade Serbia gave a review of technologies and specifications for construction and rehabilitation of roads in SerbiaEgbert Beuving (EAPA) explained in his presentation how the use of Information

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Technology in the asphalt paving process can stimulate sustainable developments A more homogeneous quality of the (surface) layers does results in more durable pavements Due to the tendering system where the lowest bid is mostly rewarded there is no incentive for the construction companies to use the available know-ledge and information technology to deliver a high quality product This system does not stimulate innovation Using quality best price-quality ratio bonusmalus-system experience and expertise in the tendering process (as mentioned in the Public Procurement Directive) will stimulate innovation and will contribute to sustainabilitySlovenko Henigman president ZAS Slovenia showed in his presentation the trends and developments in the asphalt industry in Slovenia

In the 3rd and last session ldquoSustainable development of road construction and maintenance in the Danube regionrdquo one of the speakers was Ms Olivera Djordje-vic of EuroRAP (European Road Assessment Programme) addressing road mainte-nance for safety She showed results of the SENSoR Project where they created a Road Safety Atlas for South East Europe For more information and safety maps see wwwsensorprojecteu

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ZAS COLLOQUIUM ON ASPHALT AND BITUMEN

On 26 November the 15th Colloquium on Asphalt and Bitumen was opened by Slovenko Henigman President of ZAS This two-day colloquium was held in Bled in Slovenia and was attended by 210 participants from 12 countries Henigman mentioned in his opening speech that the backlog in maintenance in Slovenia is big and he stressed that we need to work together to reach some changes as soon as possible Next to that several things need to be improved to be ready for the future As an example he mentioned the gasoline cent that is discussed in the Slovenian parliament for road maintenance which is really needed to get a stable incomeKlemen Grebensčk of the Slovenian Ministry of Infrastructure responded in his opening address that he was aware of the fact that the Slovenian roads are not in a good condition He expected to be able to get more funding for the next years to be able to keep the road network at a decent level In the Opening Session Ayberk Oumlzcan President of EAPA mentioned in his wel-come words that this Colloquium on Asphalt and Bitumen has become a very well-known and accepted event in our industry Since 1996 it became the biggest international meeting in the field of road construction and road maintenance in Slovenia and that made it an important meeting for the European asphalt industry and for EAPA members in this region

In the 1st Section ldquoBasic materials in asphalt industry - aggregates and bitumenrdquo Anja Soumlrensen ARBIT Eurobitume Germany gave a state-of-the-art of the Euro-pean bitumen standardisation and the progress of the Performance Related Bitu-men SpecificationBernhard Hofko of TU Vienna explained in his presentation the ageing process of bitumen in a very nice and clear way and explained why you can see an incre-asing amount of creaking when the pavements are getting older Next to ageing tests on bitumen it is also needed to age asphalt itself because of the influence of the aggregate filler and additive Therefore they developed a Viennese Aging Procedure (VAPro) to simulate ageing of asphalt in 4 daysWillem Vonk of Kraton Polymers gave a summary of 8 years work on Highly Modified Asphalt By using Highly Modified Asphalt it is possible to pave thinner and to safe material The thickness reduction that can be achieved is between 20 and 60 depending on the situation in this reduction also results in saving costs

Juan Jose Potti (Asefma) gave an invited lecture about the use of social media for the maintenance of road infrastructures He showed the impact social media can have and he also explained the effect of the Asefma manifesto regarding ldquoThe maintenance of roads is a social needrdquo

In the 2nd section ldquoBuilding Maintenance and Financing of Road Infrastructurerdquo Hans Litzka (Austria) spoke about the maintenance needs for State and Commu-nity roads in Austria and showed the budgets needed to keep the backlog at a constant or better levelAnders Hundahl (Asfaltindustrien) talked about PPP and functional projects on State roads Municipality roads and Private roads He showed the Danish situ-ation during the last 10 years He did not see a great future for PPP projects in Denmark and mentioned that functional contracts work for country roads but not for city roads Egbert Beuving (EAPA) spoke about Green Public Procurement (GPP) Criteria for Road Construction and explained the state-of-the-art of the update of the GPP criteria in Europe He also showed how GGP Criteria are being used in the NetherlandsJože Lun (Slovenia) presented examples of good and bad practice in public pro-curement of asphalt works in Slovenia

The first day ended with a Round Table discussion with the directors of the main Slovenian asphalt companies which got a nice coverage in the Slovenian press the next day

The second day started with the session ldquoAsphalt Recycling and layingrdquo In this session there were ao presentations regarding the use of reclaimed asphalt in Austria Slovenia and Switzerland and enhancing asphalt mixtures performance by using RAP and FT-wax There was an invited lecture of Brian Wood (Plantmix Asphalt Industry of Kentucky ndash PAIK (USA)) and Grant Gabbard (The Allen Co and Executive Vice President of PAIK) They gave an overview of the developments in the asphalt industry in Kentucky USA regarding recycling warm asphalt warranty periods etc

In the 4th and last session ldquoLong-time and sustainable development of asphalt technologiesrdquo Carsten Karcher (EAPA) gave an update on the use of Warm Mix Asphalt in Europe

On the website of ZAS the videos of the presentations of the technical papers and the Round Table can be found at httpwwwzdruzenje-zassikolokvijen

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Presid

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Anja

Soren

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Polym

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dustr

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PAIK

(USA

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se Po

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Carst

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(EAP

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4 45

On 11 November 2015 Member of European Parliament (MEP) Tomas Zdecho-vsky from Czech Republic invited to the seminar ldquoThe social and economic im-portance of road transportrdquo in the European Parliament He was supported by the MEPs Wim van de Camp and Kosma Zlotowski from the European Peoplersquos Parties (EPP) of the European Parliament Speakers addressed the seminarrsquos topic from different angles eg from the road userrsquos perspective by Julia Levasier from the Allgemeine Deutsche Automobil Club (ADAC) from Germany the European Commission DG Move by Rolf Diemer After having been asked Diemer stated that the Commission is not working on topics how to improve the rather bad con-dition of the European Road Network eg by providing funds EAPA Director Carsten Karcher exchanged ideas with colleagues from the branch and spoke with MEP Zdechovsky and invited him to come to the EampE Congress 2016 in his home country

SEMINAR OF MEP ZDECHOVSKY AT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Carst

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(left)

and M

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dech

ovsk

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MEETING WITH MEP WIM VAN DE CAMP

On 10 December 2015 Egbert Beuving and Carsten Karcher of EAPA had a meeting with Member of European Parliament (MEP) Wim van de Camp from the Netherlands Van de Camp is MEP since 2009 and member of the Transport Com-mittee (TRAN Committee) He is member of the Group of the European Peoplersquos Party (Christian Democrats)

During this meeting several subjects were addressed

Van de Camp was informed about EAPA its goals the development and benefits of Warm Mix Asphalt and that asphalt is 100 re-usable which fits perfect in the lsquocircular economyrsquo EAPA also informed him about the possibilities to reduce CO2

emissions by cars and trucks by having well maintained roads and especially smooth roads

The idea of creating a European Road Agency was recently discussed in the TRAN Committee MEP Claudia TAPARDEL (Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament ndash Romania) raised this item and it is now in the procedure Many MEPs are against creating an ERA (Euro-pean Road Agency) because they do not want another agency There is already a European Railway Agency Van de Camp is in favour of a European Road Agency because it can also address the social issues of transport eg working times for truck drivers etc

For the European Commission (EC) infrastructure is related to the TEN-T network The lsquoRoad Packagersquo of European Commission which is expected in 2016 will mainly deal with EU road transport market and road infrastructure will only be one chapter The 3 pillars of this ldquoRoad packagerdquo is expected to become a ba-lanced set of initiatives regarding road charging access to internal market and social rules in road transport

For investing in roads the EFSI (European Fund for Strategic Investment) could be a partner and also the European Investment Bank (EIB) is very interested Van de Camp suggested to our industry to bring Road Maintenance to the attenti-on of the EIB or EFSI to see what they can do Van de Camp as a classic politician as he called himself is not in favour of ear-marking tax money In some years more money is needed for certain items than other years Politicians need flexibility to decide where to spend the tax payersrsquo money

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6 47

As a first step towards some guidance of the EC on European roads the EC could produce a communication document instead of creating an ERA This document could explain what European countries could do in the field of road maintenance to have low emissions (noise CO2 fine particles etc) and a good road safety (markings signs evenness surface condition etc) a bit like what they are doing regarding Green Public Procurement According to Van de Camp road mainte-nance is important but it is not a real main item in the European Parliament at this moment Most countries see road maintenance as a national item and for them there is no involvement of the EC needed Road maintenance has to be done by the national states the provincescounties and the local communities

To generate awareness of the importance of road maintenance in Europe he suggested EAPA to create a small campaign together with other like-minded Euro-pean road organisations like CEDR FEHRL ERF and EUPAVE These associations could create together a best practice paper eg on road maintenance and requi-red surface conditions

Van de Camp added that it is even more efficient when the European road organi-sations associations would come up with a practical approach like Best Practi-ces and rankings instead of the EC That might be a stimulus for the EU countries

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(left

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CROSS-MODAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

FEHRL organised a so called ldquoUSE-iT - FOX Workshoprdquo on 21 January 2016 in Brussels

USE-iT and FOX are two Horizon 2020 projects The acronym USE-iT stands for ldquoUsers Safety security and Energy In Transport Infrastructurerdquo and FOX for ldquoFore-ver Open infrastructure across (X) all transport modesrdquoThierry Goger (FEHRL) explained in his welcome speech that the aim of this work-shop was to present preliminary results of the USE-iT and FOX projects of the most appropriate technologies and approaches that have the potential of being applied on a cross-modal basis or on at least two transport modes

Maria Cristina Marolda (Policy Officer of Research and Innovation in EC Direc-torate General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) explained in her Opening speech that the European Commission had launched within the Horizon 2020 (H2020) Programme several initiatives to reflect on the necessary development of cross-modal transport infrastructure This because the European Commission is now more looking at transport systems as one system A set of three European H2020 Coordination and Support Actions namely the REFINET (REthinking Futu-re Infrastructure NETworks) FOX and USE-iT projects have been granted to sup-port this work Several partners from all transport modes and with various profiles (for example Research Providers Industry Transport Authority) are now actively involved in this attempt

Bob Collis (TRL UK) explained the structure of the Workshop The topic areas investigated in the FOX and USE-IT projects had been divided in 6 groups User information Safety amp security Energy amp carbon Constructing amp maintenance Inspection and Recycling amp reuse After the plenary session the participants of the Workshop were also divided in 6 groups and they visited during the workshop the various topics investigatedWhen a group visited one of the topics a detailed description of the technologies collected in the surveys was presented and the barriers and opportunities for cross modal application were discussed Also potential research topics that could be of benefit to more than one mode were identified Next to these discussions this workshop also give a nice overview of the state-of-the-art technologies that are used or can be used in the 4 transport modes Road Rail Runway and WaterwayAt the end of the projects a list of needs a road map for future research will be created

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Several activities such as desk studies surveys and workshops have been schedu-led over the coming two years to collect information and reflect together The 2nd workshop will be held during TRA 2016 in Warsaw and the 3rd on mid-September 2016

More information about these projects can be found at httpwwwrefineteu and wwwuseitandfoxprojectseu

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(TRL

UK)

ACEA 25TH ANNIVERSARY

On 21st January 2016 the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) celebrated its 25th anniversary EAPA Secretary General Egbert Beuving and EAPA Director Carsten Karcher were invited together with 200 other execu-tives of European organisations and associations in the transport sectorACEA Secretary General Eric Jonnaert welcomed the guests and new elected ACEA president Dieter Zetsche and Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc from the European Commission addressed the guests Dieter Zetsche spoke about ACEArsquos history and coming challenges Violeta Bulc gave a motivating and inspiring speech about innovation in the transport sector and especially the automobile sectorThis reception was an excellent opportunity for EAPA Secretariat to network Carsten Karcher took the opportunity to talk with ACEA president Zetsche and to inform him briefly about our industry He also gave Zetsche the new EAPA calen-dar for the year 2016 with very nice asphalt pictures and short messages about the advantages of asphalt Furthermore he asked him whether he would be able to give a speech during the EampE Congress 2016 in Prague to address the needs of the road users and the automobile industry for well-maintained roads and the roads of the future

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1

UPCOMING CONGRESSES

DEUTSCHE ASPHALTTAGE 2016

EampE CONGRESS 2016

On 17 ndash 19 February 2016 the XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage will be held in Berchtesgaden Germany More infor-mation can soon be found at wwwasphaltde

On 1 ndash 3 June 2016 the 6th Eurasphalt amp Eurobitume Congress will be held in Prague More information can be found at wwweecongress2016org

50

RILEM CONFERENCE

The 8th RILEM International Conference on ldquoMechanisms of Cracking and Debon-ding in Pavementsrdquo will be held on 7 ndash 9 June 2016 in Nantes France More information can be found at httpmcd2016sciencesconforg

2016 ISAP SYMPOSIUM

The 2016 ISAP Symposium ldquoFrom Molecules to Innovative Pavementsrdquo will be held on 18-21 July 2016 and is hosted by Western Research Institute USAThis International meeting focusing on the transfer of technology from funda-mental research to applied enginee-ring of asphalt pavements will be held in conjunction with the long-standing Petersen Asphalt Research Conference (wwwpetersenasphaltconferenceorg)

The web link for Call for Abstracts is httpwwwisap2016symposiumorgISAP2016-Abstractshtml

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EATA CONFERENCE 2017

On 12 ndash 14 June 2017 the 7th Inter-national EATA Conference will be held in Empa in Duumlbendorf Swit-zerland EATA - the European Asp-halt Technology Association - is an informal organisation of European engineers and scientists involved in Asphalt Technology Research More information can be found at httpeata2017empach

1ST EUROPEAN ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE CONGRESS

On 18-20 October 2016 the 1st European Road Infrastructure Congress will be held in Leeds UKThis congress is organised by the European Union Road Federation in partnership with the Road Safety Markings AssociationMore information can be found at wwweric2016eu

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EVENTS LIST

2016

Task Force Providing Evidence Asphalt AdvantagesEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingCampD Waste Management Protocol ndash TF 1 meetingCEN TC336 Advisory Group meeting in ParisConference Swiss Asphalt Producing Industry Bern Road CO2 meeting in BrusselsACEA lsquoReducing CO2 from Road Transport Togetherrsquo ConferenceDAV XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage Berchtesgaden17th HAPA International Asphalt Conference

EAPA ExCo and Directorslsquo Group meeting in BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume ExCo meeting in BrusselsCEN TC336 WG1 TG5 meeting in BrusselsDAV Asphalt Days WillingenCEN T227 Chairmanrsquos Panel meeting in BerlinCEN TC227 WG6 meeting in BerlinCEN TC336 WG1 meeting in BrusselsEurobitume amp BAW Bitumen and Asphalt Day BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume TC meetingEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meeting

EAPA WG Carbon Footprint DocumentEAPA HSE meeting in OsloEAPA TC meeting in OsloBauma in Munich GermanyROSANNE Stakeholders Reference Group meetingTransport Research Arena Conference -TRA 2016CEN TC227 WG1 meeting in Helsinki

EampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meetingCEN TC336 meeting in PragueEAPA GCA meeting in Prague

3 Feb 4 Feb4 Feb5 Feb5 Feb

10 Feb16 Feb

17 ndash 19 Feb23 ndash 24 Feb

1 March2 March 4 March

7 ndash 9 March8 March9 March

10 - 11 March15 March 17 March 22 March23 March

5 April6 April 7 April

11-17 April12 April

18-21 April 25 ndash 26 April

11 May12 May

30 ndash 31 May31 May

EampE Congress 2016 in Prague Global Asphalt Pavement Alliance meeting in PragueCEN TC336 WG1 meetingEAPA HSE Committee meeting in ParisEAPA TC meeting in Paris1st European Road Infrastructure Congress in Leeds UKCEN TC227 WG1 meeting

1 ndash 3 June 3 June

20-21 Sept 12 Oct 13 Oct

18-20 Oct9-10 Nov

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Pictures

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MPA - Mineral Products Association

NCC AB

DAV - Deutscher Asphalt Verband eV

Asefma Asfaltindustrien

EBA HAPA - Hungarian Asphalt Pavement Association

Infra Contractorsrsquo Association

USIRF - Routes de France ZAS - Združenje asfalterjev

Slovenije

Peab Asphalt AB

Sdruženiacute pro vyacutestavbu silnic Praha

MEMBERS

ASMUD - Turkish Asphalt Contractors Association

Eesti Asfaldiliit IAPA - Irish Asphalt Pavement Association

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

ABZ-1 Ammann Group Antigo - MHB Breakers Ltd

Arizona Chemical

BTC Europe GmbHBenninghoven Caterpillar Paving Products Inc

CFF

ASTEC

DuPont CZ sro

CRH plc

Genan Honeywell

MeadWestvacoMarini Ruthman Sasol Wax

Turkish Petroleum Refineries Co

Volvo Construction Equipment

Voumlgele Vialit

Kraton Polymers Nederland BV

J Rettenmaier amp Soumlhne GmbH amp Co

ICL Performance Products LP

EUROPEAN ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION

Rue du Commerce 77B-1040 Brussels Belgium

Phone +32 2 502 5888E-mail infoeapaorgWeb wwweapaorg

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EAPA HSE COMMITTEE

The former EAPA Health amp Safety Com-mittee and the Environment Group reu-nited again and the HSE Committee meeting was held on 21 October 2015 in Paris Under the health items the cur-rent Post IARC Bitumen Monograph ac-tivities were discussed amongst them the handing of different testing proce-dures for measuring asphalt fumes and aerosols in the field and measuring the efficiency of fume extraction devices (Emission Reducing Device) on pavers

The committee spoke about the activi-ties where the asphalt industry gets in contact with silica dust and discussed possible upcoming tasks The asphalt industry gets in contact with silica dust only during two operations firstly the handling of the aggregates on the yard of the asphalt mixing plant and second-ly the milling process of asphalt pave-ments

Furthermore the committee decided to update a rather old document on the ldquouse of waste from other industries in new asphalt mixesrdquo The EAPA paper ldquoIndustry Statement on recycling of as-phalt mixes and use of waste of asphalt pavementsrdquo of July 2005 will be revie-wed and amended in the next months by a small working group This group will be called Working Group ldquoUpdate of Industry Position on the use of waste in new asphalt mixesrdquo

Under Environment items the committee discussed the topics Carbon Footprint (see extra article in this newsletter) Green Public Procurement Rolling Re-sistance EC Consultations on ldquoCircular Economyrdquo the flagship of the new Juncker Commission The cor-responding headlines to the latter are Zero Waste Circular Economy and Closing the Loop

At the end of the meeting the Work pro-gramme for 2016 was prepared and approved

The next meeting will be a one-day meeting to be held on 6 April 2016 in Oslo

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EAPA TECHNICAL COMMITTEE

On 22 October 2015 the EAPA Techni-cal Committee had a meeting in Paris During this meeting a large number of topics was discussed

The progress of CEN TC 227 WG1 ldquoBituminous Mixturesrdquo and CEN TC336 WG1 ldquoBituminous Binders for Pavingrdquo was discussed and there was an update of the FunDBitS projectThis FunDBitS project is in fact a con-tinuation of the BiTVal project The FunDBitS project is part of the CEDR Transnational Road Research Program-me and it is reviewing new internati-onally available literature and data in order to develop recommendations for performance-based bitumen characte-ristics which may be introduced into bitumen specification standards EN 12591 EN 14023 and EN 13924 This project will be finalised in the first half of 2016

Dr Thomas Woumlrner of the Munich Uni-versity presented the results of the Ger-man research project ldquoPerformance Asphaltrdquo under the title ldquoRepresentative determination of performance-relevant asphalt properties that provide the basis for new conditions of contractrdquo For 21 construction projects they tested asphalt of the Type Testing asphalt di-rectly from the asphalt mixing plants and cores of the finished pavement They did large series of testing and compared the results The presentation showed interesting results and did lead to an animated discussion

The Work plan 2015 ndash 2017 of the TC was discussed and updated It was decided to create a paper providing good examples for increasing the du-rability of asphalt pavements with the title ldquoThe ideal projectrdquo It was also decided to update the EAPA paper on heavy duty pavement surfaces

The progress made in the various Eu-ropean countries regarding the use of Warm Mix Asphalt was discussed There was also a short report of the EAPA Asphalt Plant amp Equipment Pro-ducers Group meeting and there was a discussion on ldquobig datardquo A lot of data can be collected and provided and the contractor needs to know how to use it The EAPA TC members have to formula-te which information they would need from the asphalt plant the paver and the rollers to be able to improve the quality This subject will be discussed at the next EAPA TC meeting

Under the heading ldquoRecyclingrdquo the-re was a report of the NAPA visit to Japan Multi recycling was discussed and milling of separate layers for bet-ter recyclingIn addition the preliminary results of the EAPA questionnaire regarding the Public Procurement Directive were dis-cussed

The next EAPA TC meeting will be held on Thursday 7 April 2016 in Oslo

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JOINT EAPA - EUROBITUME TC EAPA APampEM GROUP

On 15th October 2015 a Joint EAPA - Eurobitume Technical Committee Meeting was held in Brussels Under agenda item ldquoPaving Grade Bitumen standardrdquo there was a short report of the CEN TC 336 WG1 meeting held in Spain and of the CEN TC336 WG1 TG6 meeting concerning the revision of EN 12591 There was discussion about testing frequency and clauses relating to Factory Production Control and it was decided that Eurobitume will provide a draft solution for the next meeting At agenda item ldquoPMB standard and Performance Related Specificationsrdquo test me-thods to address the effects of Short Term Ageing and Long term ageing on eg stiffness were discussed For the next meeting a new proposal will be tabled Also VTAE (Vacuum Tower Asphalt Extender) REOB (Re-Refined Engine Oil Bot-toms) were also discussedOther agenda items were The progress of the revised asphalt standards PIARC Sub-committee 42 (Road Pavements) Carbon Footprinting EAPA and Eurobitu-me activities regarding Product Category Rules (PCR) and EPDrsquos EAPA activities regarding stimulating adoption of Warm Mix Asphalt and the Eurobitume CEN Data Collection re-analysis projectThe next joint TC EAPA ndash Eurobitume meeting will be held on 17 March 2016

The EAPA Asphalt Plant and Equipment Manufacturers (APampEM) Group had a meeting on 17 September 2015 in Paris The two main agenda items were Data Management Systems and Response to the wish-list of the EAPA Technical Com-mitteeUnder agenda item ldquoData Manage-ment Systemsrdquo it was concluded that the exchange of data generated by equipment and by devices added to equipment is a problem because there is no agreed standard Next to a stan-dard data format also the interfaces have to be defined

Regarding the data that can be col-lected some contractors do not realise what is possible and therefore it is im-portant to show them the possibilities Some data should be displayed real time and some data will only be used for reports in a later stageIt was agreed in the meeting that this group would create of list of items data that should be displayed this is from the asphalt plant to the roller and all in between

Also the Veta Data Management and Analyses Software used in the USA was shortly discussed as well as BIM (Building Information Model)

The members of the EAPA Technical Committee had created a Wish-list (Christmas list) regarding asphalt plants and equipment This Wish-list was dis-cussed in the APampEM Group and the group created a draft response to each wish mentioned by the EAPA Techni-cal Committee Several wishes were dealing with special situations where things are not optimal yet Some other wishes were dealing with the real futu-re It was agreed to check and structu-re the responses formulated in the next meeting of this group This might lead to priority settings and suggestions that can be used in a speech at the EampE Congress 2016

Other items discussed wereNews from CECE The main focus of CECE is on the regulations of emissions of machinesNews from ISO TC195 WG9 Ad-Hoc Group Fumes amp Aerosols from bitu-mensrdquo This Ad-hoc Group is creating an Annex to the standard for a test procedure for Emission Reducing Devi-ces (ERDrsquos) This is an informative an-nex and an Emission Reducing Device (ERD) is optional for pavers

The next meeting of EAPA Asphalt Plant amp Equipment Manufacturers Group will be scheduled after the BAUMA

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EPD WORKSHOP OF CPE

There are many actions going on in Europe and in the world on this topic eg Construction Products Europe (CPE) has organised a workshop last December in Brussels Under the heading ldquoEPD the current debate and challengesrdquo European experts presented and discussed the topic The most important learning was that the databases and tools to calculate eg the carbon footprint are quite different and they consequently produce different results for the evaluation which is not tolerable This is still a big question for the industry but also for the European Commission how to handle this and how to provide a proper solution More information about this workshop can be found on the CPE website wwwconstruction-productseu

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EAPA WORKING GROUP CARBON FOOTPRINT DOCUMENT

There have been several meetings in the last months of the Task Group Carbon Footprint Document (CFD) The latest meeting was held on 13 November 2015 in Brussels Eight representatives of EAPA members under the chairmanship of EAPA Director Carsten Karcher are working together to prepare guidelines for the Euro-pean asphalt industry to create an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for a European asphalt mixture The work is in progress and the wording of a guidance document is in full process A representative of the Norwegian Asphalt Industry where the first EPD for an asphalt Mix has been developed has recently joined the committee and there is a strong exchange with the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) from the USA A first draft of the guidance document will be presented at the next HSE meeting in April

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6

EAPA-EUROBITUME ACTIVITIES

PROVIDING ASPHALT ADVANTAGES

The joint EAPA and Eurobitume campaign on ldquoProviding Evidence Asphalt Advan-tagesrdquo started in spring 2014 is going on since almost 2 years now As you all should know by now the aim of this initiative is to inform the uninformed about the positive aspects of asphalt pavements The campaign is planned for several years and has created a website-based forum that provides more than 50 advantages of asphalt pavements To get all the asphalt advantages and further information on asphalt please go to wwwAsphaltAdvantagescom

Everybody is invited to spread the asphalt advantages and the information given on the website Therefore different supporting tools have been created Those are provided in a toolbox and can be downloaded from this website to support the campaign (httpwwwasphaltadvantagescomgraphics) Please feel free to add the provided tools on your associationrsquos or companyrsquos website or use the tools for your printed or online magazine We would be glad to see the advertisement in your publications Some of these adverts can be found in this newsletter as an example

At the moment the campaign is aiming to get more supporters and readers of its newsletter and of the information provided on Twitter Facebook and LinkedIn

Everybody is asked to connect to the campaign via social media and its newsletter to get all the advantages and latest news of the branch and to exchange her or his advantages with the community

The team behind this campaign is currently working on the German French and Turkish translation of the content of the website and it is expected to be on-line in the next months

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EampE CONGRESS 2016

GET REGISTERED

The 6th EampE Congress will be held in the Prague Congress Centre on 1 ndash 3 June 2016 under the title ldquoInvesting in our greatest assetrdquo This is congress is organised by EAPA and Eurobitume The registration is open now and you are all invite to register for this congress at httpwwweecongress2016org

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EampE CONGRESS 2016 ORGANISING COMMITTEE

The Organising Committee (OC) of the EampE Congress 2016 is organising the con-gress together with PCO (Professional Conference Organiser) Guarant in PragueMs Katrina Sichel will be the facilitator during the EampE Congress 2016 She will guide the congress delegates through the programme of the opening day and the closing session

The programme of the opening day was developed by the Organising Committee as well two parallel sessions (seminars) and the closing session One seminar is ldquoBest practice in communicationrdquo and the other one will be ldquoFinancing of road infrastructurerdquo

On Wednesday evening 1 June the Congress dinner will be held in the beautiful Žofiacuten Palace For the Accompanying Persons Programme a nice programme has been developedThere will also be a Congress App for mobile devises for the participants

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EampE CONGRESS 2016 TECHNICAL PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

The Technical Programme Committee (TPC) of the next Eurasphalt amp Eurobitume Congress 2016 in Prague had its latest meeting on 10th September 2015 in Pra-gue The TPC is responsible for planning and managing the technical programme of the EampE Congress The TPC is also responsible for the Call for abstracts the abstract selection the Call for papers the paper review process etc and reports to the Congress Organising Committee (OC)

The main activity of this committee during the last months has been steering and participating in the independent double review of approximately 250 technical papers for the congress together with other reviewers The reviewing process will be finished by the end of January so the authors will be informed about the final acceptance of their paper(s) in mid-February The next action is to prepare the structure and the content of technical sessions of the conference

The next meeting of the TPC will be held in Brussels on 4th February 2016

To be able to announce the location of the EampE Congress 2020 the Scouting Group EampE 2020 visited several possible venues90 of the Exhibition space is already sold and Eurobitume and EAPA will have a booth on the exhibition too The Exhibition Manual was finalised and is on the website now

The Invitation to Register and the online registration module are on the Congress website now so you can register for the congress at wwweecongress2016org

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EUROPEAN STANDARDISATION

CEN TC227 WG1

On 1 and 2 October 2015 there was a CEN TC227 WG1 ldquoBituminous mixturesrdquo meeting in Antalya Turkey This standardisation Working Group is responsible for the European asphalt (Bituminous mixtures) standards and the European test methods for asphalt At this moment 3 Task Groups are active in Working Group 1The first one is Task Group (TG) 2 ldquoTest methodsrdquo This Task Group is drafting new European test methods where needed and they are revising the existing 50 European test methods when needed The two new test methods that are being developed by TG2 at this moment are PrEN 12697-54 ldquoLab curing for Asphalt Concrete with emulsionsrdquo and PrEN 12697-55 ldquoCoating and consistency of a mixture with emulsionrdquoIn this Antalya meeting also 7 revised test methods were approved to go out for ldquoFormal Voterdquo (after some small corrections have been made)

Task Group 3 ldquoProduct Standardsrdquo is taking care of drafting product standards for asphalt At this moment the revised product standards (the EN 13108 series) are out for Formal Vote The Formal Vote process of the product standards will finish on 26 January 2016TG3 is now drafting a new standard for ldquoAsphalt concrete with Bituminous Emulsi-onrdquo (EN 13108-31) This mixture is produced in a plant and it does not deal with mixtures for road repair as sold in bags This is according to the Mandate CEN TC227 has The draft standard was discussed during this WG1 meeting

Task Group 4 ldquoConformity Assessment Standardsrdquo is drafting the (revised) stan-dards for EN 13108-20 ldquoType Testingrdquo (TT) EN 13108-21 ldquoFactory Production Controlrdquo (FPC) and EN 13108-8 ldquoReclaimed asphaltrdquo It was decided to start with modifying part EN 13108-20 and -21 (TT and FPC) for Asphalt Concrete with Bituminous Emulsion (ACBE) In a later stage it will be decided whether new separates standards are needed or not Having new standards for TT and FPC for ACBE might be easier to maintain in the future

In January 2016 the Convenors of TGs 2 3 and 4 will have a meeting to discuss several items related to ACBE that were raised during this CEN TC 227 WG1 meeting like the question whether ACBE will require its own Standards for Type Testing and Factory Production Control the contribution of Reclaimed Asphalt within ACBE and defining lsquocured conditionsrsquo of ACBE

Other items discussed in Antalya were the progress of CEN TC336 WG1 CEN TC227 WG6 and an Ageing Workshop that might be held if needed

The next CEN TC227 WG meeting will be held on 25 and 26 April 2016 in Helsinki Finland

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CEN TC154 WG13 TC227 WG6 CEN TC336 WG1

The latest CEN TC154 WG13 TC227 WG6 lsquoDangerous substancesrsquo meeting was held on 12 October 2015 in London The meeting started with an update of the activities of CEN TC351 ldquoAssessment of release of dangerous substancesrdquo and some new test methods of this TC were discussed This CEN TC 351 is creating test methods for determining oa the lea-ching behaviour of building materials In the future (ao) the leaching behaviour of ldquoMandatedrdquo building materials has to be declared in the CE-marking also for asphalt This to address the CPR Basic Requirement for Construction Works num-ber 3 ldquoHygiene health and the environmentrdquo dealing with the release of dange-rous substances into ground water marine waters surface waters or soil To avoid unnecessary testing it was the intention to create a possibility to classify products Without Further Testing (WFT) or Without Testing (WT) For being classified WFT or WT a dossier with leaching date had to be created and the European Com-mission would decide based on this dossier whether a certain material could be classified WFT or WT At this moment it is still unclear how this procedure will work At the meeting it was mentioned that a WFT (Without Further Testing) clas-sification must be justified by documents which must be included in the dossier It was originally intended that products could be classified simply in the same way as resistance to fire (eg glass does not burn) but this is not practical for all substances and all products It might be possible for TCs to provide WFT for some substances but the rest would be for producers

At the agenda item ldquoLiaison with CEN TC350 to address sustainability with an overview on Product Category Rules (PCR) and Environmental Products Declarati-ons (EPD) for aggregatesrdquo it was mentioned that the first draft of Product Category Rules (PCR) for aggregates (cradle to gate) will be available in the beginning of 2016 Manfred Fuchs of DG GROW also attended this meeting He explained that the Commission supports PEF (Product Environmental Footprint) as the overarching sustainability framework across all sectors but acknowledged that it is designed for final products and not for intermediate products He also explained the relation between the PEF (Product Environmental footprint) and the PCREPD It will come together and they will be linked CEN product committees can continue to use EN15804 to produce PCR and anything new from PEF can be added later Basic requirement for construction works number 7 ldquoSustainable use of natural resourcesrdquo will not be ready for at least 2 yearsThe next meeting of this joint WG will be held on 24th February 2016 in London

On 29 and 30 September 2015 CEN TC336 WG1 had a meeting in Tarragona (Spain) The main agenda item was Task Group Progress Reports and the WG1 Structure

The Task Groups that are still active in TC 336 WG1 arebull

bull

bull

bull

bull

bull

TG 1 ldquoHigh Service Temperature Propertiesrdquo This TG will be active until EN 16659 ldquoMSCRTrdquo is published At the time of the meeting it was in the Formal Vote process TG1 also prepared a paper for the EampE Congress 2016TG 2 ldquoLow Service Temperature Propertiesrdquo will continue its work and will look at new approaches for addressing low service temperature properties of bituminous bindersTG 5 ldquoSpecification Frameworkrdquo is now called ldquoRevision of EN 14023rdquo Based on the outcome of the systematic review of EN 14023 ldquoPMBrdquo it was decided to revise this standard This work will be done by TG5TG 6 ldquoRevision of EN 12591rdquo is dealing with the revision of EN 12591ldquoPa-ving Grade bitumenrdquo WG1 agreed to forward the new draft of prEN 12591 to CEN to start CEN Enquiry This CEN enquiry will start in early 2016TG 8 and TG 10 ldquoRevisions of Amendments to test standardsrdquo are taking care of the revision of the test methodsTG 9 ldquoPrecisionrdquo is dealing with precision of test methods The next WG1 meeting will be held in Brussels (Belgium) on 10 and 11 March 2016

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OTHER MEETINGS amp EVENTS

TECHNICAL PAPA SEMINAR

The 33rd Technical Seminar of PSWNA (Polish Asphalt Pavement Association - PAPA) was held on 27 and 28 October 2015 in Warsaw with the title ldquoSustaina-ble development and a selection of innovative road technologiesrdquo

After the opening speech of the PAPA President Mr Andrzej Wyszynski the first session started with a presentation of Egbert Beuving (EAPA) about Asphalt Ad-vantages He explained the benefits of using asphalt for road construction and road maintenanceBengt Sandman of Nynas AB showed in his presentation on ldquoSpecial modified bitumenrdquo the results of a study concerning the use of polymer modified bitumen on the High Coast Bridge (Houmlgakustenbron) in Sweden After 15 years of service the Polymer Modified Asphalt surface on this suspension bridge is still performing well and the modified binder is still very elastic and also retains good low and high temperature properties In the second session ldquoGood practices in the roadrdquo Jan Kroacutel of the Warsaw Uni-versity of Technology presented the effects of environmental and social costs of life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) He showed the elements that should be addressed to be able to make as an example a comparison of the expressway in asphalt with one in concrete In his summary he mentioned that Cost-benefit analysis enables verification of the validity of the investment in relation to refrain from investment activities It allows you to choose the best investment option and it is increasingly being demanded by investors and is appointed by public procurement law

One of the presentations on the second day during the 3rd session ldquoNew technolo-gies - innovations in materials Ecology (recycling) and Environmental Protectionrdquo was of prof Dariusz Sybilski of IBDiM He addressed the effect of a chemically reactive silane additive on the binder - aggregate interaction

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CEDR FINAL CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE

On 27th ndash 28th October 2015 the Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR) organised the CEDR final climate change conference in Brussels

CEDR Secretary General Steve Philips welcomed the participants and spoke about the importance of Climate Change for Road Operations and the role of CEDR in the light of EU Policy and research projects The priorities of CEDR are Intelligent Road Systems Maintenance Multi-Modality and Climate Change A further objective is to have a better life time return of roads He raised the questi-on how increase the sbquoappetitelsquo of the road authorities for adaption due to climate change and answered that CEDR is not a regulator but what CEDR can do is to raise the awareness propose procurement practices and propose standardisation practices During the day several major research results of the projects CliPDaR and ROADAPT were presented concerning eg the developed models and strategies to adapt climate changeOn second day adapting strategies for road infrastructure by CEDR Technical Group Climate Change Adaption as well as the administrations of The Nether-lands and Norway were presented followed by parallel workshopsChristian Axelsen of Danish Road Directorate and member of CEDR Technical Group Climate Change Adaption mentioned that many tools and solutions al-ready exist but they have to be applied in an efficient way and with a good and consistent strategyEva Lijegren of the Swedish Transport Administration National Coordinator for Climate Change Adaptation spoke about ldquoTransforming a strategy into an action planrdquo For example in Sweden 1500 documents with rules and regulations for roads rails and ferries do exist and they have to be inverted for changesKees van Muiswinkel Department of Infrastructure and the Environment of the Dutch Rijkswaterstaat gave a presentation about adaptation strategies in the Netherlands The Dutch Government has released several programmes like Delta Programme (NL climate proof and water robust by 2050 a high level of protecti-on to flooding) and National Adaptation Strategy (more long term thinking costs to make the Netherlands fit for the future are four times lower than long term costs of damage)Gordana Petkovic Norwegian Public Roads Administration informed the atten-dees amongst others about revised manuals for design and practice for the In-frastructure an inventory of vulnerable assets and a smartphone app to register natural hazards

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All the presentations and relevant reports can be downloaded from httpwwwfehrlorgindexphpm=32ampid_directory=7844 You can also see the first day of the conference that was web streamed at httpwwwfehrlorgindexphpm=32ampmode=downloadampid_file=17469

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CEDR WORKSHOP ON ROAD WORKER SAFETY

On 29th October 2015 CEDR organised the dissemination workshop on two CEDR projects called ASAP and BRoWSER at BBRC in Brussel

The workshop started with a welcome by Paul Mitchell chair of the CEDR pro-gramme executive board and Wanda Debauche from the Belgian Road Research Centre In the following keynote speech Pieter De Winne Head of the Road Engi-neering Division at the Flemish Agency for Roads and Traffic presented the CEDR research work and data concerning safety of workers on the Flemish network He mentioned that in one big construction site 60000 penalties for too high driving speeds were given which almost covered the construction costs

The presentation of the ASAP project (ASAP ndash Appropriate Speed saves All Peo-ple) was given by the project coordinator Anna Vadeby VTI Sweden She ex-plained the goals and results of this project The projectrsquos focus was on regula-ting motorist` driving behaviour in work zones She explained different measures with their expected impacts The final report with guidelines which are meant to complement existing national regulations and procedures has been released on the project website Most promising measures to reduce traffic speeding were amongst others police presence and speed control at the work site

Project coordinator Jill Weekly TRL UK presented the BRoWSER project (BRoW-SER ndash Baselining Road Worker Safety on European Roads) The goal of the project was to implement a European Road Worker Safety Database (EuRoWCas data-base) to count the number of road worker accidents compare these accidents un-derstand the causes and consequences of road worker accidents and to develop countermeasures to reduce the risk of road worker accidents The deliverables are the database itself and a related guidance document on the collection procedures The recommendations of the project are as followsbull National road authorities need to adopt a common typology for road worksbull Support on EU level to promote adoption and harmonisation of common typology across Europebull National road authorities need to adopt the EuRoWCas database con cept and fill it with consistent and accurate data

In the afternoon workshops for the implementation of the project`s findings were held The workshop was closed with the conclusions of Paul MitchellFor more information about the projects and the workshop please go to httpasapfehrlorg httpbrowserzagsi and wwwcedrfr

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CEDR WORKSHOP ON RECYCLING

On 24 and 25 September 2015 the ldquoInternational workshop on Recycling Road construction in a post fossil fuel societyrdquo was held in the Czech Technical Univer-sity in Prague Around 40 people attended this workshop

This workshop was the final event of the three research projects EARN CoRePaSol and AllBack2Pave that were procured under the CEDR Transnational Road Rese-arch Programme Call 2012 Recycling

During this workshop the results of these projects were presented and discussed

The EARN (Effects on Availability of Road Network) project reviewed existing data on service lifetime and availability of road materials and structures there was a site trial to evaluate varying proportions of RA and they did an experimen-tal evaluation of moisture damage and ageing in asphalt mixtures and developed an impact assessment modelThe main findings of this project were bull The use of Low Temperature Asphalt systems Reclaimed Asphalt secondary by-products andor binder additives can have an effect on the durability of flexible pavements but that affect is not always adverse and may not be great bull The effect of using lower temperature asphalt systems RA secondary by-products andor binder additives can be modelled in the expected service life of mixtures but more data are needed to make the model more accurate More information can be found at httpwwwtrlcouksolutionsroad-rail-infrastructuresustainable-infrastructureearn

The CoRePaSol project ldquoHarmonised characterisation of cold recycled asphalt pavement solutionsrdquo focused mainly on harmonising mix design of cold recycled bitumen stabilised materials (mixes) following the existing scientific and enginee-ring experience and approaches They also studied the activity of Reclaimed As-phalt binder in cold-recycled mixes the recyclability and multiple recyclability of cold-recycled mixes in cold and hot recycling and the environmental benefits associated with encapsulating hazardous materialsFor more information go to httpsilnicefsvcvutczcorepasol

The AllBack2Pave project ldquoSustainable 100 recycling of reclaimed asphalt in road pavementsrdquo focused on the research on the feasibility of going toward 100 recycling of asphalt pavements into wearing courses through an increasing per-centage of RA within the mixes They wanted to recycle 90 but the asphalt plants

for the project could not handle that percentage More information can be found at httpallback2pavefehrlorg

One of the conclusions of multi-recycling was that cold recycled materials can be recycled cold and in hot and warm processes and the cement of the cold recycling does not interfere with the recyclability of the bitumenAnother conclusion regarding Carbon-Footprint discussion was that recycling has more influence on lowering the carbon-footprint than Warm Mix Asphalt Thus to achieve really benefit of WMA the recycling percentage in WMA should be kept at the same level as for HMA

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ROSANNE

On 4 December 2015 there was a ROSANNE Stakeholders Reference Group meetingDuring this meeting the Work Pack-age leaders informed the stakeholders about the progress madeThe ROSANNE project aims at de-velopingharmonising measurement methods for skid resistance noise emission and rolling resistance of road pavements as a preparation for stan-dardization

The objectives are in short

1Skid resistance The harmonisation of skid resistance measurement by deri-ving conversion factors for friction indi-ces based on similar groups of devices namely longitudinal and sideways skid resistance measurement devices

2Noise emission Combining the exis-ting measurement methods (SPB and CPX) into a harmonised pavement noi-se emission characterisation method

3Rolling resistance building on the re-sults obtained in MIRIAM and standar-dising trailer measurements of rolling resistance coefficients of road surfaces It is also studying the influencing road surface parameters and factors which disturb such measurements and in some cases to develop correction procedures for such influences

4Texture exploring the potential for re-cent developments in the measurement of surface texture to deliver parameters that better reflect the physical process of tyreroad interaction and that may improve our understanding of how the texture influences skid resistance noise emission and rolling resistance

5Reference tyres and pavements Defi-ning and investigating the performan-ce of reference tyres and pavements necessary for the measurement of all three road surface properties This is a prerequisite for the harmonisation of all future measurements

More information about this project can be found at httprosanne-projecteu

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ACEA MEETINGS

During the last months the EAPA Secretariat contributed heavily to different workshops and events of the European Automobile Manufacturers Associationrsquos (ACEA) initiative on ldquoJoining forces to tackle the road transport CO2 challengerdquo Amongst other stakeholders of the transport sector EAPA was invited to give input to two reports one for passenger cars and light vehicles as well as one for heavy duty vehicles Therefore the EAPA Secretariat prepared several presentations re-garding the positive aspects of asphalt pavements on rolling resistance and on quick maintenance to demonstrate that smooth and well maintained asphalt roads reduce the CO2 emissions of cars and vehicles during the use phase of pavements The presentations were based on independent and neutral studies and on rese-arch projects that proved the benefits of asphalt pavements

On 19th January EAPA Secretariat participated in a wrap-up event at Brussels where experts from different sectors (eg infrastructure fuels) discussed the draft report on the CO2 emissions reducing potential for passenger cars and light vehi-cles until 2030

EAPA will follow the initiative with providing relevant information and actively par-ticipating in future ACEA events Therefore EAPA Secretariat will participate and will give an oral statement during the presentation of the report for the heavy duty vehicles in a conference organised by ACEA in Brussels on 16th February 2016

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CZECH ASPHALT CONFERENCE AV`15

On 24th and 25th November 2015 the Czech Road Contractors Association Praha and the Czech Road Society Asphalt Pavements Section held its yearly Asphalt Pavement Conference in Českeacute Budějovice More than 400 participants from the asphalt sector with more than 50 participants from abroad attended this confe-rence The very well organised conference with an exhibition with more than 25 booths was a big success

During the two conference days there were several presentations about the latest developments in the Czech Asphalt Industry special paving projects and news from the road administration There were also reports of the latest results of rese-arch projects and ongoing projectsCarsten Karcher participated on behalf of EAPA and gave a presentation on ldquoNews from Brussels ndash 2015rdquo where he focused on Warm Mix Asphalt Re-use of Asphalt and the AsphaltAdvantages campaign

For more information all the presentations and some videos please go to httpwwwasfaltove-vozovkyczav2015

DANUBE REGION CONFERENCE

On 25 November 2015 the Danube Region Conference ldquoDevelopment and Main-tenance of Road surfaces in the Danube regionrdquo was held in Bled in SloveniaThis conference was organised by ZAS the Slovenia Ministry of Infrastructure and the European Commission The Danube Region encompasses 14 countries of South Eastern Europe

Slovenko Henigman President of Slovenian Asphalt Pavement Association (ZAS) explained in his welcome speech the importance of this event and why it was connected with the ZAS Colloquium The goal of this Danube conference is to strengthen the developments of the road construction field and the economic inte-gration Asphalt technology has a role of binding people and nations Mr Franc Žepič EUSDR Priority Area Coordinator Ministry of Infrastructure Slo-venia explained the ldquoEU Strategy for the Danube Regionrdquo (EUSDR) and the EUSDR Governance model More information about EUSDR can be found at httpwwwdanube-regioneu

In the 1st session ldquoGeneral situation and management on road network in the regi-onrdquo Jose Diez (ERF) showed the importance of roads and explained the impact of the backlog of maintenance on the economy This backlog will only increase the costs for maintenance He described different approaches for maintenance and mentioned that by applying Road Asset Management principles the municipality of Larvik (in Norway) found out they were losing euro 2000- per day for not main-taining their road network His good news was that solutions do existMitja Jurgele DRI Slovenia showed the effects of investment on the quality of the road network

In the 2nd session ldquoAsphalt Industry in the Danube regionrdquo Carsten Karcher (EAPA) gave a presentation on the current chances and challenges for the asphalt indus-try in Germany with a focus on asphalt recycling and noise reduction Many people in Germany are suffering from traffic noise in Germany and to reduce that traffic noise different types of asphalt were developed and are being applied in Germany like noise optimised SMA and noise optimised Asphalt Concrete which also has an optimised surface texture that also provides a lower rolling resistanceMiroslav Keller president of the Croatian Asphalt Association showed in his presentation the influence of the budget on the quality of the main road network in Croatia until the year 2026 Imre Pap of the Highway Institute Belgrade Serbia gave a review of technologies and specifications for construction and rehabilitation of roads in SerbiaEgbert Beuving (EAPA) explained in his presentation how the use of Information

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Technology in the asphalt paving process can stimulate sustainable developments A more homogeneous quality of the (surface) layers does results in more durable pavements Due to the tendering system where the lowest bid is mostly rewarded there is no incentive for the construction companies to use the available know-ledge and information technology to deliver a high quality product This system does not stimulate innovation Using quality best price-quality ratio bonusmalus-system experience and expertise in the tendering process (as mentioned in the Public Procurement Directive) will stimulate innovation and will contribute to sustainabilitySlovenko Henigman president ZAS Slovenia showed in his presentation the trends and developments in the asphalt industry in Slovenia

In the 3rd and last session ldquoSustainable development of road construction and maintenance in the Danube regionrdquo one of the speakers was Ms Olivera Djordje-vic of EuroRAP (European Road Assessment Programme) addressing road mainte-nance for safety She showed results of the SENSoR Project where they created a Road Safety Atlas for South East Europe For more information and safety maps see wwwsensorprojecteu

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ZAS COLLOQUIUM ON ASPHALT AND BITUMEN

On 26 November the 15th Colloquium on Asphalt and Bitumen was opened by Slovenko Henigman President of ZAS This two-day colloquium was held in Bled in Slovenia and was attended by 210 participants from 12 countries Henigman mentioned in his opening speech that the backlog in maintenance in Slovenia is big and he stressed that we need to work together to reach some changes as soon as possible Next to that several things need to be improved to be ready for the future As an example he mentioned the gasoline cent that is discussed in the Slovenian parliament for road maintenance which is really needed to get a stable incomeKlemen Grebensčk of the Slovenian Ministry of Infrastructure responded in his opening address that he was aware of the fact that the Slovenian roads are not in a good condition He expected to be able to get more funding for the next years to be able to keep the road network at a decent level In the Opening Session Ayberk Oumlzcan President of EAPA mentioned in his wel-come words that this Colloquium on Asphalt and Bitumen has become a very well-known and accepted event in our industry Since 1996 it became the biggest international meeting in the field of road construction and road maintenance in Slovenia and that made it an important meeting for the European asphalt industry and for EAPA members in this region

In the 1st Section ldquoBasic materials in asphalt industry - aggregates and bitumenrdquo Anja Soumlrensen ARBIT Eurobitume Germany gave a state-of-the-art of the Euro-pean bitumen standardisation and the progress of the Performance Related Bitu-men SpecificationBernhard Hofko of TU Vienna explained in his presentation the ageing process of bitumen in a very nice and clear way and explained why you can see an incre-asing amount of creaking when the pavements are getting older Next to ageing tests on bitumen it is also needed to age asphalt itself because of the influence of the aggregate filler and additive Therefore they developed a Viennese Aging Procedure (VAPro) to simulate ageing of asphalt in 4 daysWillem Vonk of Kraton Polymers gave a summary of 8 years work on Highly Modified Asphalt By using Highly Modified Asphalt it is possible to pave thinner and to safe material The thickness reduction that can be achieved is between 20 and 60 depending on the situation in this reduction also results in saving costs

Juan Jose Potti (Asefma) gave an invited lecture about the use of social media for the maintenance of road infrastructures He showed the impact social media can have and he also explained the effect of the Asefma manifesto regarding ldquoThe maintenance of roads is a social needrdquo

In the 2nd section ldquoBuilding Maintenance and Financing of Road Infrastructurerdquo Hans Litzka (Austria) spoke about the maintenance needs for State and Commu-nity roads in Austria and showed the budgets needed to keep the backlog at a constant or better levelAnders Hundahl (Asfaltindustrien) talked about PPP and functional projects on State roads Municipality roads and Private roads He showed the Danish situ-ation during the last 10 years He did not see a great future for PPP projects in Denmark and mentioned that functional contracts work for country roads but not for city roads Egbert Beuving (EAPA) spoke about Green Public Procurement (GPP) Criteria for Road Construction and explained the state-of-the-art of the update of the GPP criteria in Europe He also showed how GGP Criteria are being used in the NetherlandsJože Lun (Slovenia) presented examples of good and bad practice in public pro-curement of asphalt works in Slovenia

The first day ended with a Round Table discussion with the directors of the main Slovenian asphalt companies which got a nice coverage in the Slovenian press the next day

The second day started with the session ldquoAsphalt Recycling and layingrdquo In this session there were ao presentations regarding the use of reclaimed asphalt in Austria Slovenia and Switzerland and enhancing asphalt mixtures performance by using RAP and FT-wax There was an invited lecture of Brian Wood (Plantmix Asphalt Industry of Kentucky ndash PAIK (USA)) and Grant Gabbard (The Allen Co and Executive Vice President of PAIK) They gave an overview of the developments in the asphalt industry in Kentucky USA regarding recycling warm asphalt warranty periods etc

In the 4th and last session ldquoLong-time and sustainable development of asphalt technologiesrdquo Carsten Karcher (EAPA) gave an update on the use of Warm Mix Asphalt in Europe

On the website of ZAS the videos of the presentations of the technical papers and the Round Table can be found at httpwwwzdruzenje-zassikolokvijen

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(Pres

ident

of ZA

S)

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TU V

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)

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rk Oumlz

can (

Presid

ent o

f EAP

A)

Anja

Soren

sen (

Eurob

itume

Germ

any)

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m Vo

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raton

Polym

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faltin

dustr

ien)

Brian

Woo

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ntmix

Asph

alt In

dustr

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Kentu

cky ndash

PAIK

(USA

)

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t Gab

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(The

Allen

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ice Pr

eside

nt)

Roun

d Tab

leJu

an Jo

se Po

tti (A

sefm

a)

Carst

en Ka

rcher

(EAP

A)

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4 45

On 11 November 2015 Member of European Parliament (MEP) Tomas Zdecho-vsky from Czech Republic invited to the seminar ldquoThe social and economic im-portance of road transportrdquo in the European Parliament He was supported by the MEPs Wim van de Camp and Kosma Zlotowski from the European Peoplersquos Parties (EPP) of the European Parliament Speakers addressed the seminarrsquos topic from different angles eg from the road userrsquos perspective by Julia Levasier from the Allgemeine Deutsche Automobil Club (ADAC) from Germany the European Commission DG Move by Rolf Diemer After having been asked Diemer stated that the Commission is not working on topics how to improve the rather bad con-dition of the European Road Network eg by providing funds EAPA Director Carsten Karcher exchanged ideas with colleagues from the branch and spoke with MEP Zdechovsky and invited him to come to the EampE Congress 2016 in his home country

SEMINAR OF MEP ZDECHOVSKY AT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Carst

en Ka

rcher

(left)

and M

EP To

mas Z

dech

ovsk

y

MEETING WITH MEP WIM VAN DE CAMP

On 10 December 2015 Egbert Beuving and Carsten Karcher of EAPA had a meeting with Member of European Parliament (MEP) Wim van de Camp from the Netherlands Van de Camp is MEP since 2009 and member of the Transport Com-mittee (TRAN Committee) He is member of the Group of the European Peoplersquos Party (Christian Democrats)

During this meeting several subjects were addressed

Van de Camp was informed about EAPA its goals the development and benefits of Warm Mix Asphalt and that asphalt is 100 re-usable which fits perfect in the lsquocircular economyrsquo EAPA also informed him about the possibilities to reduce CO2

emissions by cars and trucks by having well maintained roads and especially smooth roads

The idea of creating a European Road Agency was recently discussed in the TRAN Committee MEP Claudia TAPARDEL (Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament ndash Romania) raised this item and it is now in the procedure Many MEPs are against creating an ERA (Euro-pean Road Agency) because they do not want another agency There is already a European Railway Agency Van de Camp is in favour of a European Road Agency because it can also address the social issues of transport eg working times for truck drivers etc

For the European Commission (EC) infrastructure is related to the TEN-T network The lsquoRoad Packagersquo of European Commission which is expected in 2016 will mainly deal with EU road transport market and road infrastructure will only be one chapter The 3 pillars of this ldquoRoad packagerdquo is expected to become a ba-lanced set of initiatives regarding road charging access to internal market and social rules in road transport

For investing in roads the EFSI (European Fund for Strategic Investment) could be a partner and also the European Investment Bank (EIB) is very interested Van de Camp suggested to our industry to bring Road Maintenance to the attenti-on of the EIB or EFSI to see what they can do Van de Camp as a classic politician as he called himself is not in favour of ear-marking tax money In some years more money is needed for certain items than other years Politicians need flexibility to decide where to spend the tax payersrsquo money

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As a first step towards some guidance of the EC on European roads the EC could produce a communication document instead of creating an ERA This document could explain what European countries could do in the field of road maintenance to have low emissions (noise CO2 fine particles etc) and a good road safety (markings signs evenness surface condition etc) a bit like what they are doing regarding Green Public Procurement According to Van de Camp road mainte-nance is important but it is not a real main item in the European Parliament at this moment Most countries see road maintenance as a national item and for them there is no involvement of the EC needed Road maintenance has to be done by the national states the provincescounties and the local communities

To generate awareness of the importance of road maintenance in Europe he suggested EAPA to create a small campaign together with other like-minded Euro-pean road organisations like CEDR FEHRL ERF and EUPAVE These associations could create together a best practice paper eg on road maintenance and requi-red surface conditions

Van de Camp added that it is even more efficient when the European road organi-sations associations would come up with a practical approach like Best Practi-ces and rankings instead of the EC That might be a stimulus for the EU countries

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uving

(left

) W

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CROSS-MODAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

FEHRL organised a so called ldquoUSE-iT - FOX Workshoprdquo on 21 January 2016 in Brussels

USE-iT and FOX are two Horizon 2020 projects The acronym USE-iT stands for ldquoUsers Safety security and Energy In Transport Infrastructurerdquo and FOX for ldquoFore-ver Open infrastructure across (X) all transport modesrdquoThierry Goger (FEHRL) explained in his welcome speech that the aim of this work-shop was to present preliminary results of the USE-iT and FOX projects of the most appropriate technologies and approaches that have the potential of being applied on a cross-modal basis or on at least two transport modes

Maria Cristina Marolda (Policy Officer of Research and Innovation in EC Direc-torate General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) explained in her Opening speech that the European Commission had launched within the Horizon 2020 (H2020) Programme several initiatives to reflect on the necessary development of cross-modal transport infrastructure This because the European Commission is now more looking at transport systems as one system A set of three European H2020 Coordination and Support Actions namely the REFINET (REthinking Futu-re Infrastructure NETworks) FOX and USE-iT projects have been granted to sup-port this work Several partners from all transport modes and with various profiles (for example Research Providers Industry Transport Authority) are now actively involved in this attempt

Bob Collis (TRL UK) explained the structure of the Workshop The topic areas investigated in the FOX and USE-IT projects had been divided in 6 groups User information Safety amp security Energy amp carbon Constructing amp maintenance Inspection and Recycling amp reuse After the plenary session the participants of the Workshop were also divided in 6 groups and they visited during the workshop the various topics investigatedWhen a group visited one of the topics a detailed description of the technologies collected in the surveys was presented and the barriers and opportunities for cross modal application were discussed Also potential research topics that could be of benefit to more than one mode were identified Next to these discussions this workshop also give a nice overview of the state-of-the-art technologies that are used or can be used in the 4 transport modes Road Rail Runway and WaterwayAt the end of the projects a list of needs a road map for future research will be created

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Several activities such as desk studies surveys and workshops have been schedu-led over the coming two years to collect information and reflect together The 2nd workshop will be held during TRA 2016 in Warsaw and the 3rd on mid-September 2016

More information about these projects can be found at httpwwwrefineteu and wwwuseitandfoxprojectseu

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(DG

MOVE

)

Bob C

ollis

(TRL

UK)

ACEA 25TH ANNIVERSARY

On 21st January 2016 the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) celebrated its 25th anniversary EAPA Secretary General Egbert Beuving and EAPA Director Carsten Karcher were invited together with 200 other execu-tives of European organisations and associations in the transport sectorACEA Secretary General Eric Jonnaert welcomed the guests and new elected ACEA president Dieter Zetsche and Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc from the European Commission addressed the guests Dieter Zetsche spoke about ACEArsquos history and coming challenges Violeta Bulc gave a motivating and inspiring speech about innovation in the transport sector and especially the automobile sectorThis reception was an excellent opportunity for EAPA Secretariat to network Carsten Karcher took the opportunity to talk with ACEA president Zetsche and to inform him briefly about our industry He also gave Zetsche the new EAPA calen-dar for the year 2016 with very nice asphalt pictures and short messages about the advantages of asphalt Furthermore he asked him whether he would be able to give a speech during the EampE Congress 2016 in Prague to address the needs of the road users and the automobile industry for well-maintained roads and the roads of the future

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Dieter

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ieter

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ACEA

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1

UPCOMING CONGRESSES

DEUTSCHE ASPHALTTAGE 2016

EampE CONGRESS 2016

On 17 ndash 19 February 2016 the XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage will be held in Berchtesgaden Germany More infor-mation can soon be found at wwwasphaltde

On 1 ndash 3 June 2016 the 6th Eurasphalt amp Eurobitume Congress will be held in Prague More information can be found at wwweecongress2016org

50

RILEM CONFERENCE

The 8th RILEM International Conference on ldquoMechanisms of Cracking and Debon-ding in Pavementsrdquo will be held on 7 ndash 9 June 2016 in Nantes France More information can be found at httpmcd2016sciencesconforg

2016 ISAP SYMPOSIUM

The 2016 ISAP Symposium ldquoFrom Molecules to Innovative Pavementsrdquo will be held on 18-21 July 2016 and is hosted by Western Research Institute USAThis International meeting focusing on the transfer of technology from funda-mental research to applied enginee-ring of asphalt pavements will be held in conjunction with the long-standing Petersen Asphalt Research Conference (wwwpetersenasphaltconferenceorg)

The web link for Call for Abstracts is httpwwwisap2016symposiumorgISAP2016-Abstractshtml

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EATA CONFERENCE 2017

On 12 ndash 14 June 2017 the 7th Inter-national EATA Conference will be held in Empa in Duumlbendorf Swit-zerland EATA - the European Asp-halt Technology Association - is an informal organisation of European engineers and scientists involved in Asphalt Technology Research More information can be found at httpeata2017empach

1ST EUROPEAN ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE CONGRESS

On 18-20 October 2016 the 1st European Road Infrastructure Congress will be held in Leeds UKThis congress is organised by the European Union Road Federation in partnership with the Road Safety Markings AssociationMore information can be found at wwweric2016eu

Asphalt ADVANTAGES

Get the Advantages of Asphalt Pavement

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AsphaltAdvantagescom

gt Sustainabilitygt Economics

The advantages of asphalt simply add up to superior value Want proof Learn about asphalt pavement and how it can benefit you

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EVENTS LIST

2016

Task Force Providing Evidence Asphalt AdvantagesEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingCampD Waste Management Protocol ndash TF 1 meetingCEN TC336 Advisory Group meeting in ParisConference Swiss Asphalt Producing Industry Bern Road CO2 meeting in BrusselsACEA lsquoReducing CO2 from Road Transport Togetherrsquo ConferenceDAV XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage Berchtesgaden17th HAPA International Asphalt Conference

EAPA ExCo and Directorslsquo Group meeting in BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume ExCo meeting in BrusselsCEN TC336 WG1 TG5 meeting in BrusselsDAV Asphalt Days WillingenCEN T227 Chairmanrsquos Panel meeting in BerlinCEN TC227 WG6 meeting in BerlinCEN TC336 WG1 meeting in BrusselsEurobitume amp BAW Bitumen and Asphalt Day BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume TC meetingEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meeting

EAPA WG Carbon Footprint DocumentEAPA HSE meeting in OsloEAPA TC meeting in OsloBauma in Munich GermanyROSANNE Stakeholders Reference Group meetingTransport Research Arena Conference -TRA 2016CEN TC227 WG1 meeting in Helsinki

EampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meetingCEN TC336 meeting in PragueEAPA GCA meeting in Prague

3 Feb 4 Feb4 Feb5 Feb5 Feb

10 Feb16 Feb

17 ndash 19 Feb23 ndash 24 Feb

1 March2 March 4 March

7 ndash 9 March8 March9 March

10 - 11 March15 March 17 March 22 March23 March

5 April6 April 7 April

11-17 April12 April

18-21 April 25 ndash 26 April

11 May12 May

30 ndash 31 May31 May

EampE Congress 2016 in Prague Global Asphalt Pavement Alliance meeting in PragueCEN TC336 WG1 meetingEAPA HSE Committee meeting in ParisEAPA TC meeting in Paris1st European Road Infrastructure Congress in Leeds UKCEN TC227 WG1 meeting

1 ndash 3 June 3 June

20-21 Sept 12 Oct 13 Oct

18-20 Oct9-10 Nov

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Egbert Beuving amp Carsten KarcherHelga BeuvingEgbert Beuving amp Carsten Karcher

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Pictures

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MPA - Mineral Products Association

NCC AB

DAV - Deutscher Asphalt Verband eV

Asefma Asfaltindustrien

EBA HAPA - Hungarian Asphalt Pavement Association

Infra Contractorsrsquo Association

USIRF - Routes de France ZAS - Združenje asfalterjev

Slovenije

Peab Asphalt AB

Sdruženiacute pro vyacutestavbu silnic Praha

MEMBERS

ASMUD - Turkish Asphalt Contractors Association

Eesti Asfaldiliit IAPA - Irish Asphalt Pavement Association

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

ABZ-1 Ammann Group Antigo - MHB Breakers Ltd

Arizona Chemical

BTC Europe GmbHBenninghoven Caterpillar Paving Products Inc

CFF

ASTEC

DuPont CZ sro

CRH plc

Genan Honeywell

MeadWestvacoMarini Ruthman Sasol Wax

Turkish Petroleum Refineries Co

Volvo Construction Equipment

Voumlgele Vialit

Kraton Polymers Nederland BV

J Rettenmaier amp Soumlhne GmbH amp Co

ICL Performance Products LP

EUROPEAN ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION

Rue du Commerce 77B-1040 Brussels Belgium

Phone +32 2 502 5888E-mail infoeapaorgWeb wwweapaorg

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EAPA TECHNICAL COMMITTEE

On 22 October 2015 the EAPA Techni-cal Committee had a meeting in Paris During this meeting a large number of topics was discussed

The progress of CEN TC 227 WG1 ldquoBituminous Mixturesrdquo and CEN TC336 WG1 ldquoBituminous Binders for Pavingrdquo was discussed and there was an update of the FunDBitS projectThis FunDBitS project is in fact a con-tinuation of the BiTVal project The FunDBitS project is part of the CEDR Transnational Road Research Program-me and it is reviewing new internati-onally available literature and data in order to develop recommendations for performance-based bitumen characte-ristics which may be introduced into bitumen specification standards EN 12591 EN 14023 and EN 13924 This project will be finalised in the first half of 2016

Dr Thomas Woumlrner of the Munich Uni-versity presented the results of the Ger-man research project ldquoPerformance Asphaltrdquo under the title ldquoRepresentative determination of performance-relevant asphalt properties that provide the basis for new conditions of contractrdquo For 21 construction projects they tested asphalt of the Type Testing asphalt di-rectly from the asphalt mixing plants and cores of the finished pavement They did large series of testing and compared the results The presentation showed interesting results and did lead to an animated discussion

The Work plan 2015 ndash 2017 of the TC was discussed and updated It was decided to create a paper providing good examples for increasing the du-rability of asphalt pavements with the title ldquoThe ideal projectrdquo It was also decided to update the EAPA paper on heavy duty pavement surfaces

The progress made in the various Eu-ropean countries regarding the use of Warm Mix Asphalt was discussed There was also a short report of the EAPA Asphalt Plant amp Equipment Pro-ducers Group meeting and there was a discussion on ldquobig datardquo A lot of data can be collected and provided and the contractor needs to know how to use it The EAPA TC members have to formula-te which information they would need from the asphalt plant the paver and the rollers to be able to improve the quality This subject will be discussed at the next EAPA TC meeting

Under the heading ldquoRecyclingrdquo the-re was a report of the NAPA visit to Japan Multi recycling was discussed and milling of separate layers for bet-ter recyclingIn addition the preliminary results of the EAPA questionnaire regarding the Public Procurement Directive were dis-cussed

The next EAPA TC meeting will be held on Thursday 7 April 2016 in Oslo

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JOINT EAPA - EUROBITUME TC EAPA APampEM GROUP

On 15th October 2015 a Joint EAPA - Eurobitume Technical Committee Meeting was held in Brussels Under agenda item ldquoPaving Grade Bitumen standardrdquo there was a short report of the CEN TC 336 WG1 meeting held in Spain and of the CEN TC336 WG1 TG6 meeting concerning the revision of EN 12591 There was discussion about testing frequency and clauses relating to Factory Production Control and it was decided that Eurobitume will provide a draft solution for the next meeting At agenda item ldquoPMB standard and Performance Related Specificationsrdquo test me-thods to address the effects of Short Term Ageing and Long term ageing on eg stiffness were discussed For the next meeting a new proposal will be tabled Also VTAE (Vacuum Tower Asphalt Extender) REOB (Re-Refined Engine Oil Bot-toms) were also discussedOther agenda items were The progress of the revised asphalt standards PIARC Sub-committee 42 (Road Pavements) Carbon Footprinting EAPA and Eurobitu-me activities regarding Product Category Rules (PCR) and EPDrsquos EAPA activities regarding stimulating adoption of Warm Mix Asphalt and the Eurobitume CEN Data Collection re-analysis projectThe next joint TC EAPA ndash Eurobitume meeting will be held on 17 March 2016

The EAPA Asphalt Plant and Equipment Manufacturers (APampEM) Group had a meeting on 17 September 2015 in Paris The two main agenda items were Data Management Systems and Response to the wish-list of the EAPA Technical Com-mitteeUnder agenda item ldquoData Manage-ment Systemsrdquo it was concluded that the exchange of data generated by equipment and by devices added to equipment is a problem because there is no agreed standard Next to a stan-dard data format also the interfaces have to be defined

Regarding the data that can be col-lected some contractors do not realise what is possible and therefore it is im-portant to show them the possibilities Some data should be displayed real time and some data will only be used for reports in a later stageIt was agreed in the meeting that this group would create of list of items data that should be displayed this is from the asphalt plant to the roller and all in between

Also the Veta Data Management and Analyses Software used in the USA was shortly discussed as well as BIM (Building Information Model)

The members of the EAPA Technical Committee had created a Wish-list (Christmas list) regarding asphalt plants and equipment This Wish-list was dis-cussed in the APampEM Group and the group created a draft response to each wish mentioned by the EAPA Techni-cal Committee Several wishes were dealing with special situations where things are not optimal yet Some other wishes were dealing with the real futu-re It was agreed to check and structu-re the responses formulated in the next meeting of this group This might lead to priority settings and suggestions that can be used in a speech at the EampE Congress 2016

Other items discussed wereNews from CECE The main focus of CECE is on the regulations of emissions of machinesNews from ISO TC195 WG9 Ad-Hoc Group Fumes amp Aerosols from bitu-mensrdquo This Ad-hoc Group is creating an Annex to the standard for a test procedure for Emission Reducing Devi-ces (ERDrsquos) This is an informative an-nex and an Emission Reducing Device (ERD) is optional for pavers

The next meeting of EAPA Asphalt Plant amp Equipment Manufacturers Group will be scheduled after the BAUMA

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EPD WORKSHOP OF CPE

There are many actions going on in Europe and in the world on this topic eg Construction Products Europe (CPE) has organised a workshop last December in Brussels Under the heading ldquoEPD the current debate and challengesrdquo European experts presented and discussed the topic The most important learning was that the databases and tools to calculate eg the carbon footprint are quite different and they consequently produce different results for the evaluation which is not tolerable This is still a big question for the industry but also for the European Commission how to handle this and how to provide a proper solution More information about this workshop can be found on the CPE website wwwconstruction-productseu

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EAPA WORKING GROUP CARBON FOOTPRINT DOCUMENT

There have been several meetings in the last months of the Task Group Carbon Footprint Document (CFD) The latest meeting was held on 13 November 2015 in Brussels Eight representatives of EAPA members under the chairmanship of EAPA Director Carsten Karcher are working together to prepare guidelines for the Euro-pean asphalt industry to create an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for a European asphalt mixture The work is in progress and the wording of a guidance document is in full process A representative of the Norwegian Asphalt Industry where the first EPD for an asphalt Mix has been developed has recently joined the committee and there is a strong exchange with the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) from the USA A first draft of the guidance document will be presented at the next HSE meeting in April

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EAPA-EUROBITUME ACTIVITIES

PROVIDING ASPHALT ADVANTAGES

The joint EAPA and Eurobitume campaign on ldquoProviding Evidence Asphalt Advan-tagesrdquo started in spring 2014 is going on since almost 2 years now As you all should know by now the aim of this initiative is to inform the uninformed about the positive aspects of asphalt pavements The campaign is planned for several years and has created a website-based forum that provides more than 50 advantages of asphalt pavements To get all the asphalt advantages and further information on asphalt please go to wwwAsphaltAdvantagescom

Everybody is invited to spread the asphalt advantages and the information given on the website Therefore different supporting tools have been created Those are provided in a toolbox and can be downloaded from this website to support the campaign (httpwwwasphaltadvantagescomgraphics) Please feel free to add the provided tools on your associationrsquos or companyrsquos website or use the tools for your printed or online magazine We would be glad to see the advertisement in your publications Some of these adverts can be found in this newsletter as an example

At the moment the campaign is aiming to get more supporters and readers of its newsletter and of the information provided on Twitter Facebook and LinkedIn

Everybody is asked to connect to the campaign via social media and its newsletter to get all the advantages and latest news of the branch and to exchange her or his advantages with the community

The team behind this campaign is currently working on the German French and Turkish translation of the content of the website and it is expected to be on-line in the next months

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EampE CONGRESS 2016

GET REGISTERED

The 6th EampE Congress will be held in the Prague Congress Centre on 1 ndash 3 June 2016 under the title ldquoInvesting in our greatest assetrdquo This is congress is organised by EAPA and Eurobitume The registration is open now and you are all invite to register for this congress at httpwwweecongress2016org

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e Con

gress

Centr

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EampE CONGRESS 2016 ORGANISING COMMITTEE

The Organising Committee (OC) of the EampE Congress 2016 is organising the con-gress together with PCO (Professional Conference Organiser) Guarant in PragueMs Katrina Sichel will be the facilitator during the EampE Congress 2016 She will guide the congress delegates through the programme of the opening day and the closing session

The programme of the opening day was developed by the Organising Committee as well two parallel sessions (seminars) and the closing session One seminar is ldquoBest practice in communicationrdquo and the other one will be ldquoFinancing of road infrastructurerdquo

On Wednesday evening 1 June the Congress dinner will be held in the beautiful Žofiacuten Palace For the Accompanying Persons Programme a nice programme has been developedThere will also be a Congress App for mobile devises for the participants

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EampE CONGRESS 2016 TECHNICAL PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

The Technical Programme Committee (TPC) of the next Eurasphalt amp Eurobitume Congress 2016 in Prague had its latest meeting on 10th September 2015 in Pra-gue The TPC is responsible for planning and managing the technical programme of the EampE Congress The TPC is also responsible for the Call for abstracts the abstract selection the Call for papers the paper review process etc and reports to the Congress Organising Committee (OC)

The main activity of this committee during the last months has been steering and participating in the independent double review of approximately 250 technical papers for the congress together with other reviewers The reviewing process will be finished by the end of January so the authors will be informed about the final acceptance of their paper(s) in mid-February The next action is to prepare the structure and the content of technical sessions of the conference

The next meeting of the TPC will be held in Brussels on 4th February 2016

To be able to announce the location of the EampE Congress 2020 the Scouting Group EampE 2020 visited several possible venues90 of the Exhibition space is already sold and Eurobitume and EAPA will have a booth on the exhibition too The Exhibition Manual was finalised and is on the website now

The Invitation to Register and the online registration module are on the Congress website now so you can register for the congress at wwweecongress2016org

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EUROPEAN STANDARDISATION

CEN TC227 WG1

On 1 and 2 October 2015 there was a CEN TC227 WG1 ldquoBituminous mixturesrdquo meeting in Antalya Turkey This standardisation Working Group is responsible for the European asphalt (Bituminous mixtures) standards and the European test methods for asphalt At this moment 3 Task Groups are active in Working Group 1The first one is Task Group (TG) 2 ldquoTest methodsrdquo This Task Group is drafting new European test methods where needed and they are revising the existing 50 European test methods when needed The two new test methods that are being developed by TG2 at this moment are PrEN 12697-54 ldquoLab curing for Asphalt Concrete with emulsionsrdquo and PrEN 12697-55 ldquoCoating and consistency of a mixture with emulsionrdquoIn this Antalya meeting also 7 revised test methods were approved to go out for ldquoFormal Voterdquo (after some small corrections have been made)

Task Group 3 ldquoProduct Standardsrdquo is taking care of drafting product standards for asphalt At this moment the revised product standards (the EN 13108 series) are out for Formal Vote The Formal Vote process of the product standards will finish on 26 January 2016TG3 is now drafting a new standard for ldquoAsphalt concrete with Bituminous Emulsi-onrdquo (EN 13108-31) This mixture is produced in a plant and it does not deal with mixtures for road repair as sold in bags This is according to the Mandate CEN TC227 has The draft standard was discussed during this WG1 meeting

Task Group 4 ldquoConformity Assessment Standardsrdquo is drafting the (revised) stan-dards for EN 13108-20 ldquoType Testingrdquo (TT) EN 13108-21 ldquoFactory Production Controlrdquo (FPC) and EN 13108-8 ldquoReclaimed asphaltrdquo It was decided to start with modifying part EN 13108-20 and -21 (TT and FPC) for Asphalt Concrete with Bituminous Emulsion (ACBE) In a later stage it will be decided whether new separates standards are needed or not Having new standards for TT and FPC for ACBE might be easier to maintain in the future

In January 2016 the Convenors of TGs 2 3 and 4 will have a meeting to discuss several items related to ACBE that were raised during this CEN TC 227 WG1 meeting like the question whether ACBE will require its own Standards for Type Testing and Factory Production Control the contribution of Reclaimed Asphalt within ACBE and defining lsquocured conditionsrsquo of ACBE

Other items discussed in Antalya were the progress of CEN TC336 WG1 CEN TC227 WG6 and an Ageing Workshop that might be held if needed

The next CEN TC227 WG meeting will be held on 25 and 26 April 2016 in Helsinki Finland

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CEN TC154 WG13 TC227 WG6 CEN TC336 WG1

The latest CEN TC154 WG13 TC227 WG6 lsquoDangerous substancesrsquo meeting was held on 12 October 2015 in London The meeting started with an update of the activities of CEN TC351 ldquoAssessment of release of dangerous substancesrdquo and some new test methods of this TC were discussed This CEN TC 351 is creating test methods for determining oa the lea-ching behaviour of building materials In the future (ao) the leaching behaviour of ldquoMandatedrdquo building materials has to be declared in the CE-marking also for asphalt This to address the CPR Basic Requirement for Construction Works num-ber 3 ldquoHygiene health and the environmentrdquo dealing with the release of dange-rous substances into ground water marine waters surface waters or soil To avoid unnecessary testing it was the intention to create a possibility to classify products Without Further Testing (WFT) or Without Testing (WT) For being classified WFT or WT a dossier with leaching date had to be created and the European Com-mission would decide based on this dossier whether a certain material could be classified WFT or WT At this moment it is still unclear how this procedure will work At the meeting it was mentioned that a WFT (Without Further Testing) clas-sification must be justified by documents which must be included in the dossier It was originally intended that products could be classified simply in the same way as resistance to fire (eg glass does not burn) but this is not practical for all substances and all products It might be possible for TCs to provide WFT for some substances but the rest would be for producers

At the agenda item ldquoLiaison with CEN TC350 to address sustainability with an overview on Product Category Rules (PCR) and Environmental Products Declarati-ons (EPD) for aggregatesrdquo it was mentioned that the first draft of Product Category Rules (PCR) for aggregates (cradle to gate) will be available in the beginning of 2016 Manfred Fuchs of DG GROW also attended this meeting He explained that the Commission supports PEF (Product Environmental Footprint) as the overarching sustainability framework across all sectors but acknowledged that it is designed for final products and not for intermediate products He also explained the relation between the PEF (Product Environmental footprint) and the PCREPD It will come together and they will be linked CEN product committees can continue to use EN15804 to produce PCR and anything new from PEF can be added later Basic requirement for construction works number 7 ldquoSustainable use of natural resourcesrdquo will not be ready for at least 2 yearsThe next meeting of this joint WG will be held on 24th February 2016 in London

On 29 and 30 September 2015 CEN TC336 WG1 had a meeting in Tarragona (Spain) The main agenda item was Task Group Progress Reports and the WG1 Structure

The Task Groups that are still active in TC 336 WG1 arebull

bull

bull

bull

bull

bull

TG 1 ldquoHigh Service Temperature Propertiesrdquo This TG will be active until EN 16659 ldquoMSCRTrdquo is published At the time of the meeting it was in the Formal Vote process TG1 also prepared a paper for the EampE Congress 2016TG 2 ldquoLow Service Temperature Propertiesrdquo will continue its work and will look at new approaches for addressing low service temperature properties of bituminous bindersTG 5 ldquoSpecification Frameworkrdquo is now called ldquoRevision of EN 14023rdquo Based on the outcome of the systematic review of EN 14023 ldquoPMBrdquo it was decided to revise this standard This work will be done by TG5TG 6 ldquoRevision of EN 12591rdquo is dealing with the revision of EN 12591ldquoPa-ving Grade bitumenrdquo WG1 agreed to forward the new draft of prEN 12591 to CEN to start CEN Enquiry This CEN enquiry will start in early 2016TG 8 and TG 10 ldquoRevisions of Amendments to test standardsrdquo are taking care of the revision of the test methodsTG 9 ldquoPrecisionrdquo is dealing with precision of test methods The next WG1 meeting will be held in Brussels (Belgium) on 10 and 11 March 2016

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OTHER MEETINGS amp EVENTS

TECHNICAL PAPA SEMINAR

The 33rd Technical Seminar of PSWNA (Polish Asphalt Pavement Association - PAPA) was held on 27 and 28 October 2015 in Warsaw with the title ldquoSustaina-ble development and a selection of innovative road technologiesrdquo

After the opening speech of the PAPA President Mr Andrzej Wyszynski the first session started with a presentation of Egbert Beuving (EAPA) about Asphalt Ad-vantages He explained the benefits of using asphalt for road construction and road maintenanceBengt Sandman of Nynas AB showed in his presentation on ldquoSpecial modified bitumenrdquo the results of a study concerning the use of polymer modified bitumen on the High Coast Bridge (Houmlgakustenbron) in Sweden After 15 years of service the Polymer Modified Asphalt surface on this suspension bridge is still performing well and the modified binder is still very elastic and also retains good low and high temperature properties In the second session ldquoGood practices in the roadrdquo Jan Kroacutel of the Warsaw Uni-versity of Technology presented the effects of environmental and social costs of life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) He showed the elements that should be addressed to be able to make as an example a comparison of the expressway in asphalt with one in concrete In his summary he mentioned that Cost-benefit analysis enables verification of the validity of the investment in relation to refrain from investment activities It allows you to choose the best investment option and it is increasingly being demanded by investors and is appointed by public procurement law

One of the presentations on the second day during the 3rd session ldquoNew technolo-gies - innovations in materials Ecology (recycling) and Environmental Protectionrdquo was of prof Dariusz Sybilski of IBDiM He addressed the effect of a chemically reactive silane additive on the binder - aggregate interaction

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CEDR FINAL CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE

On 27th ndash 28th October 2015 the Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR) organised the CEDR final climate change conference in Brussels

CEDR Secretary General Steve Philips welcomed the participants and spoke about the importance of Climate Change for Road Operations and the role of CEDR in the light of EU Policy and research projects The priorities of CEDR are Intelligent Road Systems Maintenance Multi-Modality and Climate Change A further objective is to have a better life time return of roads He raised the questi-on how increase the sbquoappetitelsquo of the road authorities for adaption due to climate change and answered that CEDR is not a regulator but what CEDR can do is to raise the awareness propose procurement practices and propose standardisation practices During the day several major research results of the projects CliPDaR and ROADAPT were presented concerning eg the developed models and strategies to adapt climate changeOn second day adapting strategies for road infrastructure by CEDR Technical Group Climate Change Adaption as well as the administrations of The Nether-lands and Norway were presented followed by parallel workshopsChristian Axelsen of Danish Road Directorate and member of CEDR Technical Group Climate Change Adaption mentioned that many tools and solutions al-ready exist but they have to be applied in an efficient way and with a good and consistent strategyEva Lijegren of the Swedish Transport Administration National Coordinator for Climate Change Adaptation spoke about ldquoTransforming a strategy into an action planrdquo For example in Sweden 1500 documents with rules and regulations for roads rails and ferries do exist and they have to be inverted for changesKees van Muiswinkel Department of Infrastructure and the Environment of the Dutch Rijkswaterstaat gave a presentation about adaptation strategies in the Netherlands The Dutch Government has released several programmes like Delta Programme (NL climate proof and water robust by 2050 a high level of protecti-on to flooding) and National Adaptation Strategy (more long term thinking costs to make the Netherlands fit for the future are four times lower than long term costs of damage)Gordana Petkovic Norwegian Public Roads Administration informed the atten-dees amongst others about revised manuals for design and practice for the In-frastructure an inventory of vulnerable assets and a smartphone app to register natural hazards

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All the presentations and relevant reports can be downloaded from httpwwwfehrlorgindexphpm=32ampid_directory=7844 You can also see the first day of the conference that was web streamed at httpwwwfehrlorgindexphpm=32ampmode=downloadampid_file=17469

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1

CEDR WORKSHOP ON ROAD WORKER SAFETY

On 29th October 2015 CEDR organised the dissemination workshop on two CEDR projects called ASAP and BRoWSER at BBRC in Brussel

The workshop started with a welcome by Paul Mitchell chair of the CEDR pro-gramme executive board and Wanda Debauche from the Belgian Road Research Centre In the following keynote speech Pieter De Winne Head of the Road Engi-neering Division at the Flemish Agency for Roads and Traffic presented the CEDR research work and data concerning safety of workers on the Flemish network He mentioned that in one big construction site 60000 penalties for too high driving speeds were given which almost covered the construction costs

The presentation of the ASAP project (ASAP ndash Appropriate Speed saves All Peo-ple) was given by the project coordinator Anna Vadeby VTI Sweden She ex-plained the goals and results of this project The projectrsquos focus was on regula-ting motorist` driving behaviour in work zones She explained different measures with their expected impacts The final report with guidelines which are meant to complement existing national regulations and procedures has been released on the project website Most promising measures to reduce traffic speeding were amongst others police presence and speed control at the work site

Project coordinator Jill Weekly TRL UK presented the BRoWSER project (BRoW-SER ndash Baselining Road Worker Safety on European Roads) The goal of the project was to implement a European Road Worker Safety Database (EuRoWCas data-base) to count the number of road worker accidents compare these accidents un-derstand the causes and consequences of road worker accidents and to develop countermeasures to reduce the risk of road worker accidents The deliverables are the database itself and a related guidance document on the collection procedures The recommendations of the project are as followsbull National road authorities need to adopt a common typology for road worksbull Support on EU level to promote adoption and harmonisation of common typology across Europebull National road authorities need to adopt the EuRoWCas database con cept and fill it with consistent and accurate data

In the afternoon workshops for the implementation of the project`s findings were held The workshop was closed with the conclusions of Paul MitchellFor more information about the projects and the workshop please go to httpasapfehrlorg httpbrowserzagsi and wwwcedrfr

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CEDR WORKSHOP ON RECYCLING

On 24 and 25 September 2015 the ldquoInternational workshop on Recycling Road construction in a post fossil fuel societyrdquo was held in the Czech Technical Univer-sity in Prague Around 40 people attended this workshop

This workshop was the final event of the three research projects EARN CoRePaSol and AllBack2Pave that were procured under the CEDR Transnational Road Rese-arch Programme Call 2012 Recycling

During this workshop the results of these projects were presented and discussed

The EARN (Effects on Availability of Road Network) project reviewed existing data on service lifetime and availability of road materials and structures there was a site trial to evaluate varying proportions of RA and they did an experimen-tal evaluation of moisture damage and ageing in asphalt mixtures and developed an impact assessment modelThe main findings of this project were bull The use of Low Temperature Asphalt systems Reclaimed Asphalt secondary by-products andor binder additives can have an effect on the durability of flexible pavements but that affect is not always adverse and may not be great bull The effect of using lower temperature asphalt systems RA secondary by-products andor binder additives can be modelled in the expected service life of mixtures but more data are needed to make the model more accurate More information can be found at httpwwwtrlcouksolutionsroad-rail-infrastructuresustainable-infrastructureearn

The CoRePaSol project ldquoHarmonised characterisation of cold recycled asphalt pavement solutionsrdquo focused mainly on harmonising mix design of cold recycled bitumen stabilised materials (mixes) following the existing scientific and enginee-ring experience and approaches They also studied the activity of Reclaimed As-phalt binder in cold-recycled mixes the recyclability and multiple recyclability of cold-recycled mixes in cold and hot recycling and the environmental benefits associated with encapsulating hazardous materialsFor more information go to httpsilnicefsvcvutczcorepasol

The AllBack2Pave project ldquoSustainable 100 recycling of reclaimed asphalt in road pavementsrdquo focused on the research on the feasibility of going toward 100 recycling of asphalt pavements into wearing courses through an increasing per-centage of RA within the mixes They wanted to recycle 90 but the asphalt plants

for the project could not handle that percentage More information can be found at httpallback2pavefehrlorg

One of the conclusions of multi-recycling was that cold recycled materials can be recycled cold and in hot and warm processes and the cement of the cold recycling does not interfere with the recyclability of the bitumenAnother conclusion regarding Carbon-Footprint discussion was that recycling has more influence on lowering the carbon-footprint than Warm Mix Asphalt Thus to achieve really benefit of WMA the recycling percentage in WMA should be kept at the same level as for HMA

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ROSANNE

On 4 December 2015 there was a ROSANNE Stakeholders Reference Group meetingDuring this meeting the Work Pack-age leaders informed the stakeholders about the progress madeThe ROSANNE project aims at de-velopingharmonising measurement methods for skid resistance noise emission and rolling resistance of road pavements as a preparation for stan-dardization

The objectives are in short

1Skid resistance The harmonisation of skid resistance measurement by deri-ving conversion factors for friction indi-ces based on similar groups of devices namely longitudinal and sideways skid resistance measurement devices

2Noise emission Combining the exis-ting measurement methods (SPB and CPX) into a harmonised pavement noi-se emission characterisation method

3Rolling resistance building on the re-sults obtained in MIRIAM and standar-dising trailer measurements of rolling resistance coefficients of road surfaces It is also studying the influencing road surface parameters and factors which disturb such measurements and in some cases to develop correction procedures for such influences

4Texture exploring the potential for re-cent developments in the measurement of surface texture to deliver parameters that better reflect the physical process of tyreroad interaction and that may improve our understanding of how the texture influences skid resistance noise emission and rolling resistance

5Reference tyres and pavements Defi-ning and investigating the performan-ce of reference tyres and pavements necessary for the measurement of all three road surface properties This is a prerequisite for the harmonisation of all future measurements

More information about this project can be found at httprosanne-projecteu

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ACEA MEETINGS

During the last months the EAPA Secretariat contributed heavily to different workshops and events of the European Automobile Manufacturers Associationrsquos (ACEA) initiative on ldquoJoining forces to tackle the road transport CO2 challengerdquo Amongst other stakeholders of the transport sector EAPA was invited to give input to two reports one for passenger cars and light vehicles as well as one for heavy duty vehicles Therefore the EAPA Secretariat prepared several presentations re-garding the positive aspects of asphalt pavements on rolling resistance and on quick maintenance to demonstrate that smooth and well maintained asphalt roads reduce the CO2 emissions of cars and vehicles during the use phase of pavements The presentations were based on independent and neutral studies and on rese-arch projects that proved the benefits of asphalt pavements

On 19th January EAPA Secretariat participated in a wrap-up event at Brussels where experts from different sectors (eg infrastructure fuels) discussed the draft report on the CO2 emissions reducing potential for passenger cars and light vehi-cles until 2030

EAPA will follow the initiative with providing relevant information and actively par-ticipating in future ACEA events Therefore EAPA Secretariat will participate and will give an oral statement during the presentation of the report for the heavy duty vehicles in a conference organised by ACEA in Brussels on 16th February 2016

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CZECH ASPHALT CONFERENCE AV`15

On 24th and 25th November 2015 the Czech Road Contractors Association Praha and the Czech Road Society Asphalt Pavements Section held its yearly Asphalt Pavement Conference in Českeacute Budějovice More than 400 participants from the asphalt sector with more than 50 participants from abroad attended this confe-rence The very well organised conference with an exhibition with more than 25 booths was a big success

During the two conference days there were several presentations about the latest developments in the Czech Asphalt Industry special paving projects and news from the road administration There were also reports of the latest results of rese-arch projects and ongoing projectsCarsten Karcher participated on behalf of EAPA and gave a presentation on ldquoNews from Brussels ndash 2015rdquo where he focused on Warm Mix Asphalt Re-use of Asphalt and the AsphaltAdvantages campaign

For more information all the presentations and some videos please go to httpwwwasfaltove-vozovkyczav2015

DANUBE REGION CONFERENCE

On 25 November 2015 the Danube Region Conference ldquoDevelopment and Main-tenance of Road surfaces in the Danube regionrdquo was held in Bled in SloveniaThis conference was organised by ZAS the Slovenia Ministry of Infrastructure and the European Commission The Danube Region encompasses 14 countries of South Eastern Europe

Slovenko Henigman President of Slovenian Asphalt Pavement Association (ZAS) explained in his welcome speech the importance of this event and why it was connected with the ZAS Colloquium The goal of this Danube conference is to strengthen the developments of the road construction field and the economic inte-gration Asphalt technology has a role of binding people and nations Mr Franc Žepič EUSDR Priority Area Coordinator Ministry of Infrastructure Slo-venia explained the ldquoEU Strategy for the Danube Regionrdquo (EUSDR) and the EUSDR Governance model More information about EUSDR can be found at httpwwwdanube-regioneu

In the 1st session ldquoGeneral situation and management on road network in the regi-onrdquo Jose Diez (ERF) showed the importance of roads and explained the impact of the backlog of maintenance on the economy This backlog will only increase the costs for maintenance He described different approaches for maintenance and mentioned that by applying Road Asset Management principles the municipality of Larvik (in Norway) found out they were losing euro 2000- per day for not main-taining their road network His good news was that solutions do existMitja Jurgele DRI Slovenia showed the effects of investment on the quality of the road network

In the 2nd session ldquoAsphalt Industry in the Danube regionrdquo Carsten Karcher (EAPA) gave a presentation on the current chances and challenges for the asphalt indus-try in Germany with a focus on asphalt recycling and noise reduction Many people in Germany are suffering from traffic noise in Germany and to reduce that traffic noise different types of asphalt were developed and are being applied in Germany like noise optimised SMA and noise optimised Asphalt Concrete which also has an optimised surface texture that also provides a lower rolling resistanceMiroslav Keller president of the Croatian Asphalt Association showed in his presentation the influence of the budget on the quality of the main road network in Croatia until the year 2026 Imre Pap of the Highway Institute Belgrade Serbia gave a review of technologies and specifications for construction and rehabilitation of roads in SerbiaEgbert Beuving (EAPA) explained in his presentation how the use of Information

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Technology in the asphalt paving process can stimulate sustainable developments A more homogeneous quality of the (surface) layers does results in more durable pavements Due to the tendering system where the lowest bid is mostly rewarded there is no incentive for the construction companies to use the available know-ledge and information technology to deliver a high quality product This system does not stimulate innovation Using quality best price-quality ratio bonusmalus-system experience and expertise in the tendering process (as mentioned in the Public Procurement Directive) will stimulate innovation and will contribute to sustainabilitySlovenko Henigman president ZAS Slovenia showed in his presentation the trends and developments in the asphalt industry in Slovenia

In the 3rd and last session ldquoSustainable development of road construction and maintenance in the Danube regionrdquo one of the speakers was Ms Olivera Djordje-vic of EuroRAP (European Road Assessment Programme) addressing road mainte-nance for safety She showed results of the SENSoR Project where they created a Road Safety Atlas for South East Europe For more information and safety maps see wwwsensorprojecteu

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ZAS COLLOQUIUM ON ASPHALT AND BITUMEN

On 26 November the 15th Colloquium on Asphalt and Bitumen was opened by Slovenko Henigman President of ZAS This two-day colloquium was held in Bled in Slovenia and was attended by 210 participants from 12 countries Henigman mentioned in his opening speech that the backlog in maintenance in Slovenia is big and he stressed that we need to work together to reach some changes as soon as possible Next to that several things need to be improved to be ready for the future As an example he mentioned the gasoline cent that is discussed in the Slovenian parliament for road maintenance which is really needed to get a stable incomeKlemen Grebensčk of the Slovenian Ministry of Infrastructure responded in his opening address that he was aware of the fact that the Slovenian roads are not in a good condition He expected to be able to get more funding for the next years to be able to keep the road network at a decent level In the Opening Session Ayberk Oumlzcan President of EAPA mentioned in his wel-come words that this Colloquium on Asphalt and Bitumen has become a very well-known and accepted event in our industry Since 1996 it became the biggest international meeting in the field of road construction and road maintenance in Slovenia and that made it an important meeting for the European asphalt industry and for EAPA members in this region

In the 1st Section ldquoBasic materials in asphalt industry - aggregates and bitumenrdquo Anja Soumlrensen ARBIT Eurobitume Germany gave a state-of-the-art of the Euro-pean bitumen standardisation and the progress of the Performance Related Bitu-men SpecificationBernhard Hofko of TU Vienna explained in his presentation the ageing process of bitumen in a very nice and clear way and explained why you can see an incre-asing amount of creaking when the pavements are getting older Next to ageing tests on bitumen it is also needed to age asphalt itself because of the influence of the aggregate filler and additive Therefore they developed a Viennese Aging Procedure (VAPro) to simulate ageing of asphalt in 4 daysWillem Vonk of Kraton Polymers gave a summary of 8 years work on Highly Modified Asphalt By using Highly Modified Asphalt it is possible to pave thinner and to safe material The thickness reduction that can be achieved is between 20 and 60 depending on the situation in this reduction also results in saving costs

Juan Jose Potti (Asefma) gave an invited lecture about the use of social media for the maintenance of road infrastructures He showed the impact social media can have and he also explained the effect of the Asefma manifesto regarding ldquoThe maintenance of roads is a social needrdquo

In the 2nd section ldquoBuilding Maintenance and Financing of Road Infrastructurerdquo Hans Litzka (Austria) spoke about the maintenance needs for State and Commu-nity roads in Austria and showed the budgets needed to keep the backlog at a constant or better levelAnders Hundahl (Asfaltindustrien) talked about PPP and functional projects on State roads Municipality roads and Private roads He showed the Danish situ-ation during the last 10 years He did not see a great future for PPP projects in Denmark and mentioned that functional contracts work for country roads but not for city roads Egbert Beuving (EAPA) spoke about Green Public Procurement (GPP) Criteria for Road Construction and explained the state-of-the-art of the update of the GPP criteria in Europe He also showed how GGP Criteria are being used in the NetherlandsJože Lun (Slovenia) presented examples of good and bad practice in public pro-curement of asphalt works in Slovenia

The first day ended with a Round Table discussion with the directors of the main Slovenian asphalt companies which got a nice coverage in the Slovenian press the next day

The second day started with the session ldquoAsphalt Recycling and layingrdquo In this session there were ao presentations regarding the use of reclaimed asphalt in Austria Slovenia and Switzerland and enhancing asphalt mixtures performance by using RAP and FT-wax There was an invited lecture of Brian Wood (Plantmix Asphalt Industry of Kentucky ndash PAIK (USA)) and Grant Gabbard (The Allen Co and Executive Vice President of PAIK) They gave an overview of the developments in the asphalt industry in Kentucky USA regarding recycling warm asphalt warranty periods etc

In the 4th and last session ldquoLong-time and sustainable development of asphalt technologiesrdquo Carsten Karcher (EAPA) gave an update on the use of Warm Mix Asphalt in Europe

On the website of ZAS the videos of the presentations of the technical papers and the Round Table can be found at httpwwwzdruzenje-zassikolokvijen

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(Pres

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of ZA

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Presid

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Anja

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Eurob

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(USA

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d Tab

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an Jo

se Po

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sefm

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Carst

en Ka

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(EAP

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4 45

On 11 November 2015 Member of European Parliament (MEP) Tomas Zdecho-vsky from Czech Republic invited to the seminar ldquoThe social and economic im-portance of road transportrdquo in the European Parliament He was supported by the MEPs Wim van de Camp and Kosma Zlotowski from the European Peoplersquos Parties (EPP) of the European Parliament Speakers addressed the seminarrsquos topic from different angles eg from the road userrsquos perspective by Julia Levasier from the Allgemeine Deutsche Automobil Club (ADAC) from Germany the European Commission DG Move by Rolf Diemer After having been asked Diemer stated that the Commission is not working on topics how to improve the rather bad con-dition of the European Road Network eg by providing funds EAPA Director Carsten Karcher exchanged ideas with colleagues from the branch and spoke with MEP Zdechovsky and invited him to come to the EampE Congress 2016 in his home country

SEMINAR OF MEP ZDECHOVSKY AT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Carst

en Ka

rcher

(left)

and M

EP To

mas Z

dech

ovsk

y

MEETING WITH MEP WIM VAN DE CAMP

On 10 December 2015 Egbert Beuving and Carsten Karcher of EAPA had a meeting with Member of European Parliament (MEP) Wim van de Camp from the Netherlands Van de Camp is MEP since 2009 and member of the Transport Com-mittee (TRAN Committee) He is member of the Group of the European Peoplersquos Party (Christian Democrats)

During this meeting several subjects were addressed

Van de Camp was informed about EAPA its goals the development and benefits of Warm Mix Asphalt and that asphalt is 100 re-usable which fits perfect in the lsquocircular economyrsquo EAPA also informed him about the possibilities to reduce CO2

emissions by cars and trucks by having well maintained roads and especially smooth roads

The idea of creating a European Road Agency was recently discussed in the TRAN Committee MEP Claudia TAPARDEL (Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament ndash Romania) raised this item and it is now in the procedure Many MEPs are against creating an ERA (Euro-pean Road Agency) because they do not want another agency There is already a European Railway Agency Van de Camp is in favour of a European Road Agency because it can also address the social issues of transport eg working times for truck drivers etc

For the European Commission (EC) infrastructure is related to the TEN-T network The lsquoRoad Packagersquo of European Commission which is expected in 2016 will mainly deal with EU road transport market and road infrastructure will only be one chapter The 3 pillars of this ldquoRoad packagerdquo is expected to become a ba-lanced set of initiatives regarding road charging access to internal market and social rules in road transport

For investing in roads the EFSI (European Fund for Strategic Investment) could be a partner and also the European Investment Bank (EIB) is very interested Van de Camp suggested to our industry to bring Road Maintenance to the attenti-on of the EIB or EFSI to see what they can do Van de Camp as a classic politician as he called himself is not in favour of ear-marking tax money In some years more money is needed for certain items than other years Politicians need flexibility to decide where to spend the tax payersrsquo money

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6 47

As a first step towards some guidance of the EC on European roads the EC could produce a communication document instead of creating an ERA This document could explain what European countries could do in the field of road maintenance to have low emissions (noise CO2 fine particles etc) and a good road safety (markings signs evenness surface condition etc) a bit like what they are doing regarding Green Public Procurement According to Van de Camp road mainte-nance is important but it is not a real main item in the European Parliament at this moment Most countries see road maintenance as a national item and for them there is no involvement of the EC needed Road maintenance has to be done by the national states the provincescounties and the local communities

To generate awareness of the importance of road maintenance in Europe he suggested EAPA to create a small campaign together with other like-minded Euro-pean road organisations like CEDR FEHRL ERF and EUPAVE These associations could create together a best practice paper eg on road maintenance and requi-red surface conditions

Van de Camp added that it is even more efficient when the European road organi-sations associations would come up with a practical approach like Best Practi-ces and rankings instead of the EC That might be a stimulus for the EU countries

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uving

(left

) W

im va

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rcher

CROSS-MODAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

FEHRL organised a so called ldquoUSE-iT - FOX Workshoprdquo on 21 January 2016 in Brussels

USE-iT and FOX are two Horizon 2020 projects The acronym USE-iT stands for ldquoUsers Safety security and Energy In Transport Infrastructurerdquo and FOX for ldquoFore-ver Open infrastructure across (X) all transport modesrdquoThierry Goger (FEHRL) explained in his welcome speech that the aim of this work-shop was to present preliminary results of the USE-iT and FOX projects of the most appropriate technologies and approaches that have the potential of being applied on a cross-modal basis or on at least two transport modes

Maria Cristina Marolda (Policy Officer of Research and Innovation in EC Direc-torate General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) explained in her Opening speech that the European Commission had launched within the Horizon 2020 (H2020) Programme several initiatives to reflect on the necessary development of cross-modal transport infrastructure This because the European Commission is now more looking at transport systems as one system A set of three European H2020 Coordination and Support Actions namely the REFINET (REthinking Futu-re Infrastructure NETworks) FOX and USE-iT projects have been granted to sup-port this work Several partners from all transport modes and with various profiles (for example Research Providers Industry Transport Authority) are now actively involved in this attempt

Bob Collis (TRL UK) explained the structure of the Workshop The topic areas investigated in the FOX and USE-IT projects had been divided in 6 groups User information Safety amp security Energy amp carbon Constructing amp maintenance Inspection and Recycling amp reuse After the plenary session the participants of the Workshop were also divided in 6 groups and they visited during the workshop the various topics investigatedWhen a group visited one of the topics a detailed description of the technologies collected in the surveys was presented and the barriers and opportunities for cross modal application were discussed Also potential research topics that could be of benefit to more than one mode were identified Next to these discussions this workshop also give a nice overview of the state-of-the-art technologies that are used or can be used in the 4 transport modes Road Rail Runway and WaterwayAt the end of the projects a list of needs a road map for future research will be created

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Several activities such as desk studies surveys and workshops have been schedu-led over the coming two years to collect information and reflect together The 2nd workshop will be held during TRA 2016 in Warsaw and the 3rd on mid-September 2016

More information about these projects can be found at httpwwwrefineteu and wwwuseitandfoxprojectseu

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(DG

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)

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ollis

(TRL

UK)

ACEA 25TH ANNIVERSARY

On 21st January 2016 the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) celebrated its 25th anniversary EAPA Secretary General Egbert Beuving and EAPA Director Carsten Karcher were invited together with 200 other execu-tives of European organisations and associations in the transport sectorACEA Secretary General Eric Jonnaert welcomed the guests and new elected ACEA president Dieter Zetsche and Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc from the European Commission addressed the guests Dieter Zetsche spoke about ACEArsquos history and coming challenges Violeta Bulc gave a motivating and inspiring speech about innovation in the transport sector and especially the automobile sectorThis reception was an excellent opportunity for EAPA Secretariat to network Carsten Karcher took the opportunity to talk with ACEA president Zetsche and to inform him briefly about our industry He also gave Zetsche the new EAPA calen-dar for the year 2016 with very nice asphalt pictures and short messages about the advantages of asphalt Furthermore he asked him whether he would be able to give a speech during the EampE Congress 2016 in Prague to address the needs of the road users and the automobile industry for well-maintained roads and the roads of the future

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1

UPCOMING CONGRESSES

DEUTSCHE ASPHALTTAGE 2016

EampE CONGRESS 2016

On 17 ndash 19 February 2016 the XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage will be held in Berchtesgaden Germany More infor-mation can soon be found at wwwasphaltde

On 1 ndash 3 June 2016 the 6th Eurasphalt amp Eurobitume Congress will be held in Prague More information can be found at wwweecongress2016org

50

RILEM CONFERENCE

The 8th RILEM International Conference on ldquoMechanisms of Cracking and Debon-ding in Pavementsrdquo will be held on 7 ndash 9 June 2016 in Nantes France More information can be found at httpmcd2016sciencesconforg

2016 ISAP SYMPOSIUM

The 2016 ISAP Symposium ldquoFrom Molecules to Innovative Pavementsrdquo will be held on 18-21 July 2016 and is hosted by Western Research Institute USAThis International meeting focusing on the transfer of technology from funda-mental research to applied enginee-ring of asphalt pavements will be held in conjunction with the long-standing Petersen Asphalt Research Conference (wwwpetersenasphaltconferenceorg)

The web link for Call for Abstracts is httpwwwisap2016symposiumorgISAP2016-Abstractshtml

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2 53

EATA CONFERENCE 2017

On 12 ndash 14 June 2017 the 7th Inter-national EATA Conference will be held in Empa in Duumlbendorf Swit-zerland EATA - the European Asp-halt Technology Association - is an informal organisation of European engineers and scientists involved in Asphalt Technology Research More information can be found at httpeata2017empach

1ST EUROPEAN ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE CONGRESS

On 18-20 October 2016 the 1st European Road Infrastructure Congress will be held in Leeds UKThis congress is organised by the European Union Road Federation in partnership with the Road Safety Markings AssociationMore information can be found at wwweric2016eu

Asphalt ADVANTAGES

Get the Advantages of Asphalt Pavement

AsphaltADVANTAGES

AsphaltAdvantagescom

gt Sustainabilitygt Economics

The advantages of asphalt simply add up to superior value Want proof Learn about asphalt pavement and how it can benefit you

gt Safety gt Comfort

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EVENTS LIST

2016

Task Force Providing Evidence Asphalt AdvantagesEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingCampD Waste Management Protocol ndash TF 1 meetingCEN TC336 Advisory Group meeting in ParisConference Swiss Asphalt Producing Industry Bern Road CO2 meeting in BrusselsACEA lsquoReducing CO2 from Road Transport Togetherrsquo ConferenceDAV XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage Berchtesgaden17th HAPA International Asphalt Conference

EAPA ExCo and Directorslsquo Group meeting in BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume ExCo meeting in BrusselsCEN TC336 WG1 TG5 meeting in BrusselsDAV Asphalt Days WillingenCEN T227 Chairmanrsquos Panel meeting in BerlinCEN TC227 WG6 meeting in BerlinCEN TC336 WG1 meeting in BrusselsEurobitume amp BAW Bitumen and Asphalt Day BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume TC meetingEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meeting

EAPA WG Carbon Footprint DocumentEAPA HSE meeting in OsloEAPA TC meeting in OsloBauma in Munich GermanyROSANNE Stakeholders Reference Group meetingTransport Research Arena Conference -TRA 2016CEN TC227 WG1 meeting in Helsinki

EampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meetingCEN TC336 meeting in PragueEAPA GCA meeting in Prague

3 Feb 4 Feb4 Feb5 Feb5 Feb

10 Feb16 Feb

17 ndash 19 Feb23 ndash 24 Feb

1 March2 March 4 March

7 ndash 9 March8 March9 March

10 - 11 March15 March 17 March 22 March23 March

5 April6 April 7 April

11-17 April12 April

18-21 April 25 ndash 26 April

11 May12 May

30 ndash 31 May31 May

EampE Congress 2016 in Prague Global Asphalt Pavement Alliance meeting in PragueCEN TC336 WG1 meetingEAPA HSE Committee meeting in ParisEAPA TC meeting in Paris1st European Road Infrastructure Congress in Leeds UKCEN TC227 WG1 meeting

1 ndash 3 June 3 June

20-21 Sept 12 Oct 13 Oct

18-20 Oct9-10 Nov

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COLOPHON

Egbert Beuving amp Carsten KarcherHelga BeuvingEgbert Beuving amp Carsten Karcher

TextLayout

Pictures

57

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MPA - Mineral Products Association

NCC AB

DAV - Deutscher Asphalt Verband eV

Asefma Asfaltindustrien

EBA HAPA - Hungarian Asphalt Pavement Association

Infra Contractorsrsquo Association

USIRF - Routes de France ZAS - Združenje asfalterjev

Slovenije

Peab Asphalt AB

Sdruženiacute pro vyacutestavbu silnic Praha

MEMBERS

ASMUD - Turkish Asphalt Contractors Association

Eesti Asfaldiliit IAPA - Irish Asphalt Pavement Association

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

ABZ-1 Ammann Group Antigo - MHB Breakers Ltd

Arizona Chemical

BTC Europe GmbHBenninghoven Caterpillar Paving Products Inc

CFF

ASTEC

DuPont CZ sro

CRH plc

Genan Honeywell

MeadWestvacoMarini Ruthman Sasol Wax

Turkish Petroleum Refineries Co

Volvo Construction Equipment

Voumlgele Vialit

Kraton Polymers Nederland BV

J Rettenmaier amp Soumlhne GmbH amp Co

ICL Performance Products LP

EUROPEAN ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION

Rue du Commerce 77B-1040 Brussels Belgium

Phone +32 2 502 5888E-mail infoeapaorgWeb wwweapaorg

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JOINT EAPA - EUROBITUME TC EAPA APampEM GROUP

On 15th October 2015 a Joint EAPA - Eurobitume Technical Committee Meeting was held in Brussels Under agenda item ldquoPaving Grade Bitumen standardrdquo there was a short report of the CEN TC 336 WG1 meeting held in Spain and of the CEN TC336 WG1 TG6 meeting concerning the revision of EN 12591 There was discussion about testing frequency and clauses relating to Factory Production Control and it was decided that Eurobitume will provide a draft solution for the next meeting At agenda item ldquoPMB standard and Performance Related Specificationsrdquo test me-thods to address the effects of Short Term Ageing and Long term ageing on eg stiffness were discussed For the next meeting a new proposal will be tabled Also VTAE (Vacuum Tower Asphalt Extender) REOB (Re-Refined Engine Oil Bot-toms) were also discussedOther agenda items were The progress of the revised asphalt standards PIARC Sub-committee 42 (Road Pavements) Carbon Footprinting EAPA and Eurobitu-me activities regarding Product Category Rules (PCR) and EPDrsquos EAPA activities regarding stimulating adoption of Warm Mix Asphalt and the Eurobitume CEN Data Collection re-analysis projectThe next joint TC EAPA ndash Eurobitume meeting will be held on 17 March 2016

The EAPA Asphalt Plant and Equipment Manufacturers (APampEM) Group had a meeting on 17 September 2015 in Paris The two main agenda items were Data Management Systems and Response to the wish-list of the EAPA Technical Com-mitteeUnder agenda item ldquoData Manage-ment Systemsrdquo it was concluded that the exchange of data generated by equipment and by devices added to equipment is a problem because there is no agreed standard Next to a stan-dard data format also the interfaces have to be defined

Regarding the data that can be col-lected some contractors do not realise what is possible and therefore it is im-portant to show them the possibilities Some data should be displayed real time and some data will only be used for reports in a later stageIt was agreed in the meeting that this group would create of list of items data that should be displayed this is from the asphalt plant to the roller and all in between

Also the Veta Data Management and Analyses Software used in the USA was shortly discussed as well as BIM (Building Information Model)

The members of the EAPA Technical Committee had created a Wish-list (Christmas list) regarding asphalt plants and equipment This Wish-list was dis-cussed in the APampEM Group and the group created a draft response to each wish mentioned by the EAPA Techni-cal Committee Several wishes were dealing with special situations where things are not optimal yet Some other wishes were dealing with the real futu-re It was agreed to check and structu-re the responses formulated in the next meeting of this group This might lead to priority settings and suggestions that can be used in a speech at the EampE Congress 2016

Other items discussed wereNews from CECE The main focus of CECE is on the regulations of emissions of machinesNews from ISO TC195 WG9 Ad-Hoc Group Fumes amp Aerosols from bitu-mensrdquo This Ad-hoc Group is creating an Annex to the standard for a test procedure for Emission Reducing Devi-ces (ERDrsquos) This is an informative an-nex and an Emission Reducing Device (ERD) is optional for pavers

The next meeting of EAPA Asphalt Plant amp Equipment Manufacturers Group will be scheduled after the BAUMA

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4 15

EPD WORKSHOP OF CPE

There are many actions going on in Europe and in the world on this topic eg Construction Products Europe (CPE) has organised a workshop last December in Brussels Under the heading ldquoEPD the current debate and challengesrdquo European experts presented and discussed the topic The most important learning was that the databases and tools to calculate eg the carbon footprint are quite different and they consequently produce different results for the evaluation which is not tolerable This is still a big question for the industry but also for the European Commission how to handle this and how to provide a proper solution More information about this workshop can be found on the CPE website wwwconstruction-productseu

EAPA

Task

Grou

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otprin

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rs

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orksh

op on

EPD

EAPA WORKING GROUP CARBON FOOTPRINT DOCUMENT

There have been several meetings in the last months of the Task Group Carbon Footprint Document (CFD) The latest meeting was held on 13 November 2015 in Brussels Eight representatives of EAPA members under the chairmanship of EAPA Director Carsten Karcher are working together to prepare guidelines for the Euro-pean asphalt industry to create an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for a European asphalt mixture The work is in progress and the wording of a guidance document is in full process A representative of the Norwegian Asphalt Industry where the first EPD for an asphalt Mix has been developed has recently joined the committee and there is a strong exchange with the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) from the USA A first draft of the guidance document will be presented at the next HSE meeting in April

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6

EAPA-EUROBITUME ACTIVITIES

PROVIDING ASPHALT ADVANTAGES

The joint EAPA and Eurobitume campaign on ldquoProviding Evidence Asphalt Advan-tagesrdquo started in spring 2014 is going on since almost 2 years now As you all should know by now the aim of this initiative is to inform the uninformed about the positive aspects of asphalt pavements The campaign is planned for several years and has created a website-based forum that provides more than 50 advantages of asphalt pavements To get all the asphalt advantages and further information on asphalt please go to wwwAsphaltAdvantagescom

Everybody is invited to spread the asphalt advantages and the information given on the website Therefore different supporting tools have been created Those are provided in a toolbox and can be downloaded from this website to support the campaign (httpwwwasphaltadvantagescomgraphics) Please feel free to add the provided tools on your associationrsquos or companyrsquos website or use the tools for your printed or online magazine We would be glad to see the advertisement in your publications Some of these adverts can be found in this newsletter as an example

At the moment the campaign is aiming to get more supporters and readers of its newsletter and of the information provided on Twitter Facebook and LinkedIn

Everybody is asked to connect to the campaign via social media and its newsletter to get all the advantages and latest news of the branch and to exchange her or his advantages with the community

The team behind this campaign is currently working on the German French and Turkish translation of the content of the website and it is expected to be on-line in the next months

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7

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8

EampE CONGRESS 2016

GET REGISTERED

The 6th EampE Congress will be held in the Prague Congress Centre on 1 ndash 3 June 2016 under the title ldquoInvesting in our greatest assetrdquo This is congress is organised by EAPA and Eurobitume The registration is open now and you are all invite to register for this congress at httpwwweecongress2016org

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

Pragu

e Con

gress

Centr

e

EampE CONGRESS 2016 ORGANISING COMMITTEE

The Organising Committee (OC) of the EampE Congress 2016 is organising the con-gress together with PCO (Professional Conference Organiser) Guarant in PragueMs Katrina Sichel will be the facilitator during the EampE Congress 2016 She will guide the congress delegates through the programme of the opening day and the closing session

The programme of the opening day was developed by the Organising Committee as well two parallel sessions (seminars) and the closing session One seminar is ldquoBest practice in communicationrdquo and the other one will be ldquoFinancing of road infrastructurerdquo

On Wednesday evening 1 June the Congress dinner will be held in the beautiful Žofiacuten Palace For the Accompanying Persons Programme a nice programme has been developedThere will also be a Congress App for mobile devises for the participants

19

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0E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

City o

f Prag

ue

EampE CONGRESS 2016 TECHNICAL PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

The Technical Programme Committee (TPC) of the next Eurasphalt amp Eurobitume Congress 2016 in Prague had its latest meeting on 10th September 2015 in Pra-gue The TPC is responsible for planning and managing the technical programme of the EampE Congress The TPC is also responsible for the Call for abstracts the abstract selection the Call for papers the paper review process etc and reports to the Congress Organising Committee (OC)

The main activity of this committee during the last months has been steering and participating in the independent double review of approximately 250 technical papers for the congress together with other reviewers The reviewing process will be finished by the end of January so the authors will be informed about the final acceptance of their paper(s) in mid-February The next action is to prepare the structure and the content of technical sessions of the conference

The next meeting of the TPC will be held in Brussels on 4th February 2016

To be able to announce the location of the EampE Congress 2020 the Scouting Group EampE 2020 visited several possible venues90 of the Exhibition space is already sold and Eurobitume and EAPA will have a booth on the exhibition too The Exhibition Manual was finalised and is on the website now

The Invitation to Register and the online registration module are on the Congress website now so you can register for the congress at wwweecongress2016org

21

City o

f Prag

ue

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EUROPEAN STANDARDISATION

CEN TC227 WG1

On 1 and 2 October 2015 there was a CEN TC227 WG1 ldquoBituminous mixturesrdquo meeting in Antalya Turkey This standardisation Working Group is responsible for the European asphalt (Bituminous mixtures) standards and the European test methods for asphalt At this moment 3 Task Groups are active in Working Group 1The first one is Task Group (TG) 2 ldquoTest methodsrdquo This Task Group is drafting new European test methods where needed and they are revising the existing 50 European test methods when needed The two new test methods that are being developed by TG2 at this moment are PrEN 12697-54 ldquoLab curing for Asphalt Concrete with emulsionsrdquo and PrEN 12697-55 ldquoCoating and consistency of a mixture with emulsionrdquoIn this Antalya meeting also 7 revised test methods were approved to go out for ldquoFormal Voterdquo (after some small corrections have been made)

Task Group 3 ldquoProduct Standardsrdquo is taking care of drafting product standards for asphalt At this moment the revised product standards (the EN 13108 series) are out for Formal Vote The Formal Vote process of the product standards will finish on 26 January 2016TG3 is now drafting a new standard for ldquoAsphalt concrete with Bituminous Emulsi-onrdquo (EN 13108-31) This mixture is produced in a plant and it does not deal with mixtures for road repair as sold in bags This is according to the Mandate CEN TC227 has The draft standard was discussed during this WG1 meeting

Task Group 4 ldquoConformity Assessment Standardsrdquo is drafting the (revised) stan-dards for EN 13108-20 ldquoType Testingrdquo (TT) EN 13108-21 ldquoFactory Production Controlrdquo (FPC) and EN 13108-8 ldquoReclaimed asphaltrdquo It was decided to start with modifying part EN 13108-20 and -21 (TT and FPC) for Asphalt Concrete with Bituminous Emulsion (ACBE) In a later stage it will be decided whether new separates standards are needed or not Having new standards for TT and FPC for ACBE might be easier to maintain in the future

In January 2016 the Convenors of TGs 2 3 and 4 will have a meeting to discuss several items related to ACBE that were raised during this CEN TC 227 WG1 meeting like the question whether ACBE will require its own Standards for Type Testing and Factory Production Control the contribution of Reclaimed Asphalt within ACBE and defining lsquocured conditionsrsquo of ACBE

Other items discussed in Antalya were the progress of CEN TC336 WG1 CEN TC227 WG6 and an Ageing Workshop that might be held if needed

The next CEN TC227 WG meeting will be held on 25 and 26 April 2016 in Helsinki Finland

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CEN TC154 WG13 TC227 WG6 CEN TC336 WG1

The latest CEN TC154 WG13 TC227 WG6 lsquoDangerous substancesrsquo meeting was held on 12 October 2015 in London The meeting started with an update of the activities of CEN TC351 ldquoAssessment of release of dangerous substancesrdquo and some new test methods of this TC were discussed This CEN TC 351 is creating test methods for determining oa the lea-ching behaviour of building materials In the future (ao) the leaching behaviour of ldquoMandatedrdquo building materials has to be declared in the CE-marking also for asphalt This to address the CPR Basic Requirement for Construction Works num-ber 3 ldquoHygiene health and the environmentrdquo dealing with the release of dange-rous substances into ground water marine waters surface waters or soil To avoid unnecessary testing it was the intention to create a possibility to classify products Without Further Testing (WFT) or Without Testing (WT) For being classified WFT or WT a dossier with leaching date had to be created and the European Com-mission would decide based on this dossier whether a certain material could be classified WFT or WT At this moment it is still unclear how this procedure will work At the meeting it was mentioned that a WFT (Without Further Testing) clas-sification must be justified by documents which must be included in the dossier It was originally intended that products could be classified simply in the same way as resistance to fire (eg glass does not burn) but this is not practical for all substances and all products It might be possible for TCs to provide WFT for some substances but the rest would be for producers

At the agenda item ldquoLiaison with CEN TC350 to address sustainability with an overview on Product Category Rules (PCR) and Environmental Products Declarati-ons (EPD) for aggregatesrdquo it was mentioned that the first draft of Product Category Rules (PCR) for aggregates (cradle to gate) will be available in the beginning of 2016 Manfred Fuchs of DG GROW also attended this meeting He explained that the Commission supports PEF (Product Environmental Footprint) as the overarching sustainability framework across all sectors but acknowledged that it is designed for final products and not for intermediate products He also explained the relation between the PEF (Product Environmental footprint) and the PCREPD It will come together and they will be linked CEN product committees can continue to use EN15804 to produce PCR and anything new from PEF can be added later Basic requirement for construction works number 7 ldquoSustainable use of natural resourcesrdquo will not be ready for at least 2 yearsThe next meeting of this joint WG will be held on 24th February 2016 in London

On 29 and 30 September 2015 CEN TC336 WG1 had a meeting in Tarragona (Spain) The main agenda item was Task Group Progress Reports and the WG1 Structure

The Task Groups that are still active in TC 336 WG1 arebull

bull

bull

bull

bull

bull

TG 1 ldquoHigh Service Temperature Propertiesrdquo This TG will be active until EN 16659 ldquoMSCRTrdquo is published At the time of the meeting it was in the Formal Vote process TG1 also prepared a paper for the EampE Congress 2016TG 2 ldquoLow Service Temperature Propertiesrdquo will continue its work and will look at new approaches for addressing low service temperature properties of bituminous bindersTG 5 ldquoSpecification Frameworkrdquo is now called ldquoRevision of EN 14023rdquo Based on the outcome of the systematic review of EN 14023 ldquoPMBrdquo it was decided to revise this standard This work will be done by TG5TG 6 ldquoRevision of EN 12591rdquo is dealing with the revision of EN 12591ldquoPa-ving Grade bitumenrdquo WG1 agreed to forward the new draft of prEN 12591 to CEN to start CEN Enquiry This CEN enquiry will start in early 2016TG 8 and TG 10 ldquoRevisions of Amendments to test standardsrdquo are taking care of the revision of the test methodsTG 9 ldquoPrecisionrdquo is dealing with precision of test methods The next WG1 meeting will be held in Brussels (Belgium) on 10 and 11 March 2016

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OTHER MEETINGS amp EVENTS

TECHNICAL PAPA SEMINAR

The 33rd Technical Seminar of PSWNA (Polish Asphalt Pavement Association - PAPA) was held on 27 and 28 October 2015 in Warsaw with the title ldquoSustaina-ble development and a selection of innovative road technologiesrdquo

After the opening speech of the PAPA President Mr Andrzej Wyszynski the first session started with a presentation of Egbert Beuving (EAPA) about Asphalt Ad-vantages He explained the benefits of using asphalt for road construction and road maintenanceBengt Sandman of Nynas AB showed in his presentation on ldquoSpecial modified bitumenrdquo the results of a study concerning the use of polymer modified bitumen on the High Coast Bridge (Houmlgakustenbron) in Sweden After 15 years of service the Polymer Modified Asphalt surface on this suspension bridge is still performing well and the modified binder is still very elastic and also retains good low and high temperature properties In the second session ldquoGood practices in the roadrdquo Jan Kroacutel of the Warsaw Uni-versity of Technology presented the effects of environmental and social costs of life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) He showed the elements that should be addressed to be able to make as an example a comparison of the expressway in asphalt with one in concrete In his summary he mentioned that Cost-benefit analysis enables verification of the validity of the investment in relation to refrain from investment activities It allows you to choose the best investment option and it is increasingly being demanded by investors and is appointed by public procurement law

One of the presentations on the second day during the 3rd session ldquoNew technolo-gies - innovations in materials Ecology (recycling) and Environmental Protectionrdquo was of prof Dariusz Sybilski of IBDiM He addressed the effect of a chemically reactive silane additive on the binder - aggregate interaction

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t San

dman

(Nyn

as)

Jan K

roacutel (W

arsaw

Univ

ersity

of Te

chno

logy)

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9 28

CEDR FINAL CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE

On 27th ndash 28th October 2015 the Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR) organised the CEDR final climate change conference in Brussels

CEDR Secretary General Steve Philips welcomed the participants and spoke about the importance of Climate Change for Road Operations and the role of CEDR in the light of EU Policy and research projects The priorities of CEDR are Intelligent Road Systems Maintenance Multi-Modality and Climate Change A further objective is to have a better life time return of roads He raised the questi-on how increase the sbquoappetitelsquo of the road authorities for adaption due to climate change and answered that CEDR is not a regulator but what CEDR can do is to raise the awareness propose procurement practices and propose standardisation practices During the day several major research results of the projects CliPDaR and ROADAPT were presented concerning eg the developed models and strategies to adapt climate changeOn second day adapting strategies for road infrastructure by CEDR Technical Group Climate Change Adaption as well as the administrations of The Nether-lands and Norway were presented followed by parallel workshopsChristian Axelsen of Danish Road Directorate and member of CEDR Technical Group Climate Change Adaption mentioned that many tools and solutions al-ready exist but they have to be applied in an efficient way and with a good and consistent strategyEva Lijegren of the Swedish Transport Administration National Coordinator for Climate Change Adaptation spoke about ldquoTransforming a strategy into an action planrdquo For example in Sweden 1500 documents with rules and regulations for roads rails and ferries do exist and they have to be inverted for changesKees van Muiswinkel Department of Infrastructure and the Environment of the Dutch Rijkswaterstaat gave a presentation about adaptation strategies in the Netherlands The Dutch Government has released several programmes like Delta Programme (NL climate proof and water robust by 2050 a high level of protecti-on to flooding) and National Adaptation Strategy (more long term thinking costs to make the Netherlands fit for the future are four times lower than long term costs of damage)Gordana Petkovic Norwegian Public Roads Administration informed the atten-dees amongst others about revised manuals for design and practice for the In-frastructure an inventory of vulnerable assets and a smartphone app to register natural hazards

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final

climate

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All the presentations and relevant reports can be downloaded from httpwwwfehrlorgindexphpm=32ampid_directory=7844 You can also see the first day of the conference that was web streamed at httpwwwfehrlorgindexphpm=32ampmode=downloadampid_file=17469

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1

CEDR WORKSHOP ON ROAD WORKER SAFETY

On 29th October 2015 CEDR organised the dissemination workshop on two CEDR projects called ASAP and BRoWSER at BBRC in Brussel

The workshop started with a welcome by Paul Mitchell chair of the CEDR pro-gramme executive board and Wanda Debauche from the Belgian Road Research Centre In the following keynote speech Pieter De Winne Head of the Road Engi-neering Division at the Flemish Agency for Roads and Traffic presented the CEDR research work and data concerning safety of workers on the Flemish network He mentioned that in one big construction site 60000 penalties for too high driving speeds were given which almost covered the construction costs

The presentation of the ASAP project (ASAP ndash Appropriate Speed saves All Peo-ple) was given by the project coordinator Anna Vadeby VTI Sweden She ex-plained the goals and results of this project The projectrsquos focus was on regula-ting motorist` driving behaviour in work zones She explained different measures with their expected impacts The final report with guidelines which are meant to complement existing national regulations and procedures has been released on the project website Most promising measures to reduce traffic speeding were amongst others police presence and speed control at the work site

Project coordinator Jill Weekly TRL UK presented the BRoWSER project (BRoW-SER ndash Baselining Road Worker Safety on European Roads) The goal of the project was to implement a European Road Worker Safety Database (EuRoWCas data-base) to count the number of road worker accidents compare these accidents un-derstand the causes and consequences of road worker accidents and to develop countermeasures to reduce the risk of road worker accidents The deliverables are the database itself and a related guidance document on the collection procedures The recommendations of the project are as followsbull National road authorities need to adopt a common typology for road worksbull Support on EU level to promote adoption and harmonisation of common typology across Europebull National road authorities need to adopt the EuRoWCas database con cept and fill it with consistent and accurate data

In the afternoon workshops for the implementation of the project`s findings were held The workshop was closed with the conclusions of Paul MitchellFor more information about the projects and the workshop please go to httpasapfehrlorg httpbrowserzagsi and wwwcedrfr

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CEDR WORKSHOP ON RECYCLING

On 24 and 25 September 2015 the ldquoInternational workshop on Recycling Road construction in a post fossil fuel societyrdquo was held in the Czech Technical Univer-sity in Prague Around 40 people attended this workshop

This workshop was the final event of the three research projects EARN CoRePaSol and AllBack2Pave that were procured under the CEDR Transnational Road Rese-arch Programme Call 2012 Recycling

During this workshop the results of these projects were presented and discussed

The EARN (Effects on Availability of Road Network) project reviewed existing data on service lifetime and availability of road materials and structures there was a site trial to evaluate varying proportions of RA and they did an experimen-tal evaluation of moisture damage and ageing in asphalt mixtures and developed an impact assessment modelThe main findings of this project were bull The use of Low Temperature Asphalt systems Reclaimed Asphalt secondary by-products andor binder additives can have an effect on the durability of flexible pavements but that affect is not always adverse and may not be great bull The effect of using lower temperature asphalt systems RA secondary by-products andor binder additives can be modelled in the expected service life of mixtures but more data are needed to make the model more accurate More information can be found at httpwwwtrlcouksolutionsroad-rail-infrastructuresustainable-infrastructureearn

The CoRePaSol project ldquoHarmonised characterisation of cold recycled asphalt pavement solutionsrdquo focused mainly on harmonising mix design of cold recycled bitumen stabilised materials (mixes) following the existing scientific and enginee-ring experience and approaches They also studied the activity of Reclaimed As-phalt binder in cold-recycled mixes the recyclability and multiple recyclability of cold-recycled mixes in cold and hot recycling and the environmental benefits associated with encapsulating hazardous materialsFor more information go to httpsilnicefsvcvutczcorepasol

The AllBack2Pave project ldquoSustainable 100 recycling of reclaimed asphalt in road pavementsrdquo focused on the research on the feasibility of going toward 100 recycling of asphalt pavements into wearing courses through an increasing per-centage of RA within the mixes They wanted to recycle 90 but the asphalt plants

for the project could not handle that percentage More information can be found at httpallback2pavefehrlorg

One of the conclusions of multi-recycling was that cold recycled materials can be recycled cold and in hot and warm processes and the cement of the cold recycling does not interfere with the recyclability of the bitumenAnother conclusion regarding Carbon-Footprint discussion was that recycling has more influence on lowering the carbon-footprint than Warm Mix Asphalt Thus to achieve really benefit of WMA the recycling percentage in WMA should be kept at the same level as for HMA

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David

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ROSANNE

On 4 December 2015 there was a ROSANNE Stakeholders Reference Group meetingDuring this meeting the Work Pack-age leaders informed the stakeholders about the progress madeThe ROSANNE project aims at de-velopingharmonising measurement methods for skid resistance noise emission and rolling resistance of road pavements as a preparation for stan-dardization

The objectives are in short

1Skid resistance The harmonisation of skid resistance measurement by deri-ving conversion factors for friction indi-ces based on similar groups of devices namely longitudinal and sideways skid resistance measurement devices

2Noise emission Combining the exis-ting measurement methods (SPB and CPX) into a harmonised pavement noi-se emission characterisation method

3Rolling resistance building on the re-sults obtained in MIRIAM and standar-dising trailer measurements of rolling resistance coefficients of road surfaces It is also studying the influencing road surface parameters and factors which disturb such measurements and in some cases to develop correction procedures for such influences

4Texture exploring the potential for re-cent developments in the measurement of surface texture to deliver parameters that better reflect the physical process of tyreroad interaction and that may improve our understanding of how the texture influences skid resistance noise emission and rolling resistance

5Reference tyres and pavements Defi-ning and investigating the performan-ce of reference tyres and pavements necessary for the measurement of all three road surface properties This is a prerequisite for the harmonisation of all future measurements

More information about this project can be found at httprosanne-projecteu

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ACEA MEETINGS

During the last months the EAPA Secretariat contributed heavily to different workshops and events of the European Automobile Manufacturers Associationrsquos (ACEA) initiative on ldquoJoining forces to tackle the road transport CO2 challengerdquo Amongst other stakeholders of the transport sector EAPA was invited to give input to two reports one for passenger cars and light vehicles as well as one for heavy duty vehicles Therefore the EAPA Secretariat prepared several presentations re-garding the positive aspects of asphalt pavements on rolling resistance and on quick maintenance to demonstrate that smooth and well maintained asphalt roads reduce the CO2 emissions of cars and vehicles during the use phase of pavements The presentations were based on independent and neutral studies and on rese-arch projects that proved the benefits of asphalt pavements

On 19th January EAPA Secretariat participated in a wrap-up event at Brussels where experts from different sectors (eg infrastructure fuels) discussed the draft report on the CO2 emissions reducing potential for passenger cars and light vehi-cles until 2030

EAPA will follow the initiative with providing relevant information and actively par-ticipating in future ACEA events Therefore EAPA Secretariat will participate and will give an oral statement during the presentation of the report for the heavy duty vehicles in a conference organised by ACEA in Brussels on 16th February 2016

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CZECH ASPHALT CONFERENCE AV`15

On 24th and 25th November 2015 the Czech Road Contractors Association Praha and the Czech Road Society Asphalt Pavements Section held its yearly Asphalt Pavement Conference in Českeacute Budějovice More than 400 participants from the asphalt sector with more than 50 participants from abroad attended this confe-rence The very well organised conference with an exhibition with more than 25 booths was a big success

During the two conference days there were several presentations about the latest developments in the Czech Asphalt Industry special paving projects and news from the road administration There were also reports of the latest results of rese-arch projects and ongoing projectsCarsten Karcher participated on behalf of EAPA and gave a presentation on ldquoNews from Brussels ndash 2015rdquo where he focused on Warm Mix Asphalt Re-use of Asphalt and the AsphaltAdvantages campaign

For more information all the presentations and some videos please go to httpwwwasfaltove-vozovkyczav2015

DANUBE REGION CONFERENCE

On 25 November 2015 the Danube Region Conference ldquoDevelopment and Main-tenance of Road surfaces in the Danube regionrdquo was held in Bled in SloveniaThis conference was organised by ZAS the Slovenia Ministry of Infrastructure and the European Commission The Danube Region encompasses 14 countries of South Eastern Europe

Slovenko Henigman President of Slovenian Asphalt Pavement Association (ZAS) explained in his welcome speech the importance of this event and why it was connected with the ZAS Colloquium The goal of this Danube conference is to strengthen the developments of the road construction field and the economic inte-gration Asphalt technology has a role of binding people and nations Mr Franc Žepič EUSDR Priority Area Coordinator Ministry of Infrastructure Slo-venia explained the ldquoEU Strategy for the Danube Regionrdquo (EUSDR) and the EUSDR Governance model More information about EUSDR can be found at httpwwwdanube-regioneu

In the 1st session ldquoGeneral situation and management on road network in the regi-onrdquo Jose Diez (ERF) showed the importance of roads and explained the impact of the backlog of maintenance on the economy This backlog will only increase the costs for maintenance He described different approaches for maintenance and mentioned that by applying Road Asset Management principles the municipality of Larvik (in Norway) found out they were losing euro 2000- per day for not main-taining their road network His good news was that solutions do existMitja Jurgele DRI Slovenia showed the effects of investment on the quality of the road network

In the 2nd session ldquoAsphalt Industry in the Danube regionrdquo Carsten Karcher (EAPA) gave a presentation on the current chances and challenges for the asphalt indus-try in Germany with a focus on asphalt recycling and noise reduction Many people in Germany are suffering from traffic noise in Germany and to reduce that traffic noise different types of asphalt were developed and are being applied in Germany like noise optimised SMA and noise optimised Asphalt Concrete which also has an optimised surface texture that also provides a lower rolling resistanceMiroslav Keller president of the Croatian Asphalt Association showed in his presentation the influence of the budget on the quality of the main road network in Croatia until the year 2026 Imre Pap of the Highway Institute Belgrade Serbia gave a review of technologies and specifications for construction and rehabilitation of roads in SerbiaEgbert Beuving (EAPA) explained in his presentation how the use of Information

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Technology in the asphalt paving process can stimulate sustainable developments A more homogeneous quality of the (surface) layers does results in more durable pavements Due to the tendering system where the lowest bid is mostly rewarded there is no incentive for the construction companies to use the available know-ledge and information technology to deliver a high quality product This system does not stimulate innovation Using quality best price-quality ratio bonusmalus-system experience and expertise in the tendering process (as mentioned in the Public Procurement Directive) will stimulate innovation and will contribute to sustainabilitySlovenko Henigman president ZAS Slovenia showed in his presentation the trends and developments in the asphalt industry in Slovenia

In the 3rd and last session ldquoSustainable development of road construction and maintenance in the Danube regionrdquo one of the speakers was Ms Olivera Djordje-vic of EuroRAP (European Road Assessment Programme) addressing road mainte-nance for safety She showed results of the SENSoR Project where they created a Road Safety Atlas for South East Europe For more information and safety maps see wwwsensorprojecteu

Miros

lav Ke

ller

(Croa

tian A

spha

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Jurge

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RI S

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Slove

nko H

enigm

an (Z

AS)

Carst

en Ka

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Highw

ay In

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Franc

Žepič

(Mini

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f Infr

astru

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Slov

enia)

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Jose

Diez

(ERF

)

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ZAS COLLOQUIUM ON ASPHALT AND BITUMEN

On 26 November the 15th Colloquium on Asphalt and Bitumen was opened by Slovenko Henigman President of ZAS This two-day colloquium was held in Bled in Slovenia and was attended by 210 participants from 12 countries Henigman mentioned in his opening speech that the backlog in maintenance in Slovenia is big and he stressed that we need to work together to reach some changes as soon as possible Next to that several things need to be improved to be ready for the future As an example he mentioned the gasoline cent that is discussed in the Slovenian parliament for road maintenance which is really needed to get a stable incomeKlemen Grebensčk of the Slovenian Ministry of Infrastructure responded in his opening address that he was aware of the fact that the Slovenian roads are not in a good condition He expected to be able to get more funding for the next years to be able to keep the road network at a decent level In the Opening Session Ayberk Oumlzcan President of EAPA mentioned in his wel-come words that this Colloquium on Asphalt and Bitumen has become a very well-known and accepted event in our industry Since 1996 it became the biggest international meeting in the field of road construction and road maintenance in Slovenia and that made it an important meeting for the European asphalt industry and for EAPA members in this region

In the 1st Section ldquoBasic materials in asphalt industry - aggregates and bitumenrdquo Anja Soumlrensen ARBIT Eurobitume Germany gave a state-of-the-art of the Euro-pean bitumen standardisation and the progress of the Performance Related Bitu-men SpecificationBernhard Hofko of TU Vienna explained in his presentation the ageing process of bitumen in a very nice and clear way and explained why you can see an incre-asing amount of creaking when the pavements are getting older Next to ageing tests on bitumen it is also needed to age asphalt itself because of the influence of the aggregate filler and additive Therefore they developed a Viennese Aging Procedure (VAPro) to simulate ageing of asphalt in 4 daysWillem Vonk of Kraton Polymers gave a summary of 8 years work on Highly Modified Asphalt By using Highly Modified Asphalt it is possible to pave thinner and to safe material The thickness reduction that can be achieved is between 20 and 60 depending on the situation in this reduction also results in saving costs

Juan Jose Potti (Asefma) gave an invited lecture about the use of social media for the maintenance of road infrastructures He showed the impact social media can have and he also explained the effect of the Asefma manifesto regarding ldquoThe maintenance of roads is a social needrdquo

In the 2nd section ldquoBuilding Maintenance and Financing of Road Infrastructurerdquo Hans Litzka (Austria) spoke about the maintenance needs for State and Commu-nity roads in Austria and showed the budgets needed to keep the backlog at a constant or better levelAnders Hundahl (Asfaltindustrien) talked about PPP and functional projects on State roads Municipality roads and Private roads He showed the Danish situ-ation during the last 10 years He did not see a great future for PPP projects in Denmark and mentioned that functional contracts work for country roads but not for city roads Egbert Beuving (EAPA) spoke about Green Public Procurement (GPP) Criteria for Road Construction and explained the state-of-the-art of the update of the GPP criteria in Europe He also showed how GGP Criteria are being used in the NetherlandsJože Lun (Slovenia) presented examples of good and bad practice in public pro-curement of asphalt works in Slovenia

The first day ended with a Round Table discussion with the directors of the main Slovenian asphalt companies which got a nice coverage in the Slovenian press the next day

The second day started with the session ldquoAsphalt Recycling and layingrdquo In this session there were ao presentations regarding the use of reclaimed asphalt in Austria Slovenia and Switzerland and enhancing asphalt mixtures performance by using RAP and FT-wax There was an invited lecture of Brian Wood (Plantmix Asphalt Industry of Kentucky ndash PAIK (USA)) and Grant Gabbard (The Allen Co and Executive Vice President of PAIK) They gave an overview of the developments in the asphalt industry in Kentucky USA regarding recycling warm asphalt warranty periods etc

In the 4th and last session ldquoLong-time and sustainable development of asphalt technologiesrdquo Carsten Karcher (EAPA) gave an update on the use of Warm Mix Asphalt in Europe

On the website of ZAS the videos of the presentations of the technical papers and the Round Table can be found at httpwwwzdruzenje-zassikolokvijen

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venk

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(Pres

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of ZA

S)

Bernh

ard H

ofko (

TU V

ienna

)

Aybe

rk Oumlz

can (

Presid

ent o

f EAP

A)

Anja

Soren

sen (

Eurob

itume

Germ

any)

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Wille

m Vo

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Polym

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Ande

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faltin

dustr

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Brian

Woo

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ntmix

Asph

alt In

dustr

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Kentu

cky ndash

PAIK

(USA

)

Gran

t Gab

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(The

Allen

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Roun

d Tab

leJu

an Jo

se Po

tti (A

sefm

a)

Carst

en Ka

rcher

(EAP

A)

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On 11 November 2015 Member of European Parliament (MEP) Tomas Zdecho-vsky from Czech Republic invited to the seminar ldquoThe social and economic im-portance of road transportrdquo in the European Parliament He was supported by the MEPs Wim van de Camp and Kosma Zlotowski from the European Peoplersquos Parties (EPP) of the European Parliament Speakers addressed the seminarrsquos topic from different angles eg from the road userrsquos perspective by Julia Levasier from the Allgemeine Deutsche Automobil Club (ADAC) from Germany the European Commission DG Move by Rolf Diemer After having been asked Diemer stated that the Commission is not working on topics how to improve the rather bad con-dition of the European Road Network eg by providing funds EAPA Director Carsten Karcher exchanged ideas with colleagues from the branch and spoke with MEP Zdechovsky and invited him to come to the EampE Congress 2016 in his home country

SEMINAR OF MEP ZDECHOVSKY AT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Carst

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(left)

and M

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MEETING WITH MEP WIM VAN DE CAMP

On 10 December 2015 Egbert Beuving and Carsten Karcher of EAPA had a meeting with Member of European Parliament (MEP) Wim van de Camp from the Netherlands Van de Camp is MEP since 2009 and member of the Transport Com-mittee (TRAN Committee) He is member of the Group of the European Peoplersquos Party (Christian Democrats)

During this meeting several subjects were addressed

Van de Camp was informed about EAPA its goals the development and benefits of Warm Mix Asphalt and that asphalt is 100 re-usable which fits perfect in the lsquocircular economyrsquo EAPA also informed him about the possibilities to reduce CO2

emissions by cars and trucks by having well maintained roads and especially smooth roads

The idea of creating a European Road Agency was recently discussed in the TRAN Committee MEP Claudia TAPARDEL (Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament ndash Romania) raised this item and it is now in the procedure Many MEPs are against creating an ERA (Euro-pean Road Agency) because they do not want another agency There is already a European Railway Agency Van de Camp is in favour of a European Road Agency because it can also address the social issues of transport eg working times for truck drivers etc

For the European Commission (EC) infrastructure is related to the TEN-T network The lsquoRoad Packagersquo of European Commission which is expected in 2016 will mainly deal with EU road transport market and road infrastructure will only be one chapter The 3 pillars of this ldquoRoad packagerdquo is expected to become a ba-lanced set of initiatives regarding road charging access to internal market and social rules in road transport

For investing in roads the EFSI (European Fund for Strategic Investment) could be a partner and also the European Investment Bank (EIB) is very interested Van de Camp suggested to our industry to bring Road Maintenance to the attenti-on of the EIB or EFSI to see what they can do Van de Camp as a classic politician as he called himself is not in favour of ear-marking tax money In some years more money is needed for certain items than other years Politicians need flexibility to decide where to spend the tax payersrsquo money

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As a first step towards some guidance of the EC on European roads the EC could produce a communication document instead of creating an ERA This document could explain what European countries could do in the field of road maintenance to have low emissions (noise CO2 fine particles etc) and a good road safety (markings signs evenness surface condition etc) a bit like what they are doing regarding Green Public Procurement According to Van de Camp road mainte-nance is important but it is not a real main item in the European Parliament at this moment Most countries see road maintenance as a national item and for them there is no involvement of the EC needed Road maintenance has to be done by the national states the provincescounties and the local communities

To generate awareness of the importance of road maintenance in Europe he suggested EAPA to create a small campaign together with other like-minded Euro-pean road organisations like CEDR FEHRL ERF and EUPAVE These associations could create together a best practice paper eg on road maintenance and requi-red surface conditions

Van de Camp added that it is even more efficient when the European road organi-sations associations would come up with a practical approach like Best Practi-ces and rankings instead of the EC That might be a stimulus for the EU countries

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CROSS-MODAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

FEHRL organised a so called ldquoUSE-iT - FOX Workshoprdquo on 21 January 2016 in Brussels

USE-iT and FOX are two Horizon 2020 projects The acronym USE-iT stands for ldquoUsers Safety security and Energy In Transport Infrastructurerdquo and FOX for ldquoFore-ver Open infrastructure across (X) all transport modesrdquoThierry Goger (FEHRL) explained in his welcome speech that the aim of this work-shop was to present preliminary results of the USE-iT and FOX projects of the most appropriate technologies and approaches that have the potential of being applied on a cross-modal basis or on at least two transport modes

Maria Cristina Marolda (Policy Officer of Research and Innovation in EC Direc-torate General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) explained in her Opening speech that the European Commission had launched within the Horizon 2020 (H2020) Programme several initiatives to reflect on the necessary development of cross-modal transport infrastructure This because the European Commission is now more looking at transport systems as one system A set of three European H2020 Coordination and Support Actions namely the REFINET (REthinking Futu-re Infrastructure NETworks) FOX and USE-iT projects have been granted to sup-port this work Several partners from all transport modes and with various profiles (for example Research Providers Industry Transport Authority) are now actively involved in this attempt

Bob Collis (TRL UK) explained the structure of the Workshop The topic areas investigated in the FOX and USE-IT projects had been divided in 6 groups User information Safety amp security Energy amp carbon Constructing amp maintenance Inspection and Recycling amp reuse After the plenary session the participants of the Workshop were also divided in 6 groups and they visited during the workshop the various topics investigatedWhen a group visited one of the topics a detailed description of the technologies collected in the surveys was presented and the barriers and opportunities for cross modal application were discussed Also potential research topics that could be of benefit to more than one mode were identified Next to these discussions this workshop also give a nice overview of the state-of-the-art technologies that are used or can be used in the 4 transport modes Road Rail Runway and WaterwayAt the end of the projects a list of needs a road map for future research will be created

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Several activities such as desk studies surveys and workshops have been schedu-led over the coming two years to collect information and reflect together The 2nd workshop will be held during TRA 2016 in Warsaw and the 3rd on mid-September 2016

More information about these projects can be found at httpwwwrefineteu and wwwuseitandfoxprojectseu

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(DG

MOVE

)

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ollis

(TRL

UK)

ACEA 25TH ANNIVERSARY

On 21st January 2016 the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) celebrated its 25th anniversary EAPA Secretary General Egbert Beuving and EAPA Director Carsten Karcher were invited together with 200 other execu-tives of European organisations and associations in the transport sectorACEA Secretary General Eric Jonnaert welcomed the guests and new elected ACEA president Dieter Zetsche and Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc from the European Commission addressed the guests Dieter Zetsche spoke about ACEArsquos history and coming challenges Violeta Bulc gave a motivating and inspiring speech about innovation in the transport sector and especially the automobile sectorThis reception was an excellent opportunity for EAPA Secretariat to network Carsten Karcher took the opportunity to talk with ACEA president Zetsche and to inform him briefly about our industry He also gave Zetsche the new EAPA calen-dar for the year 2016 with very nice asphalt pictures and short messages about the advantages of asphalt Furthermore he asked him whether he would be able to give a speech during the EampE Congress 2016 in Prague to address the needs of the road users and the automobile industry for well-maintained roads and the roads of the future

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1

UPCOMING CONGRESSES

DEUTSCHE ASPHALTTAGE 2016

EampE CONGRESS 2016

On 17 ndash 19 February 2016 the XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage will be held in Berchtesgaden Germany More infor-mation can soon be found at wwwasphaltde

On 1 ndash 3 June 2016 the 6th Eurasphalt amp Eurobitume Congress will be held in Prague More information can be found at wwweecongress2016org

50

RILEM CONFERENCE

The 8th RILEM International Conference on ldquoMechanisms of Cracking and Debon-ding in Pavementsrdquo will be held on 7 ndash 9 June 2016 in Nantes France More information can be found at httpmcd2016sciencesconforg

2016 ISAP SYMPOSIUM

The 2016 ISAP Symposium ldquoFrom Molecules to Innovative Pavementsrdquo will be held on 18-21 July 2016 and is hosted by Western Research Institute USAThis International meeting focusing on the transfer of technology from funda-mental research to applied enginee-ring of asphalt pavements will be held in conjunction with the long-standing Petersen Asphalt Research Conference (wwwpetersenasphaltconferenceorg)

The web link for Call for Abstracts is httpwwwisap2016symposiumorgISAP2016-Abstractshtml

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2 53

EATA CONFERENCE 2017

On 12 ndash 14 June 2017 the 7th Inter-national EATA Conference will be held in Empa in Duumlbendorf Swit-zerland EATA - the European Asp-halt Technology Association - is an informal organisation of European engineers and scientists involved in Asphalt Technology Research More information can be found at httpeata2017empach

1ST EUROPEAN ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE CONGRESS

On 18-20 October 2016 the 1st European Road Infrastructure Congress will be held in Leeds UKThis congress is organised by the European Union Road Federation in partnership with the Road Safety Markings AssociationMore information can be found at wwweric2016eu

Asphalt ADVANTAGES

Get the Advantages of Asphalt Pavement

AsphaltADVANTAGES

AsphaltAdvantagescom

gt Sustainabilitygt Economics

The advantages of asphalt simply add up to superior value Want proof Learn about asphalt pavement and how it can benefit you

gt Safety gt Comfort

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4 55

EVENTS LIST

2016

Task Force Providing Evidence Asphalt AdvantagesEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingCampD Waste Management Protocol ndash TF 1 meetingCEN TC336 Advisory Group meeting in ParisConference Swiss Asphalt Producing Industry Bern Road CO2 meeting in BrusselsACEA lsquoReducing CO2 from Road Transport Togetherrsquo ConferenceDAV XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage Berchtesgaden17th HAPA International Asphalt Conference

EAPA ExCo and Directorslsquo Group meeting in BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume ExCo meeting in BrusselsCEN TC336 WG1 TG5 meeting in BrusselsDAV Asphalt Days WillingenCEN T227 Chairmanrsquos Panel meeting in BerlinCEN TC227 WG6 meeting in BerlinCEN TC336 WG1 meeting in BrusselsEurobitume amp BAW Bitumen and Asphalt Day BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume TC meetingEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meeting

EAPA WG Carbon Footprint DocumentEAPA HSE meeting in OsloEAPA TC meeting in OsloBauma in Munich GermanyROSANNE Stakeholders Reference Group meetingTransport Research Arena Conference -TRA 2016CEN TC227 WG1 meeting in Helsinki

EampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meetingCEN TC336 meeting in PragueEAPA GCA meeting in Prague

3 Feb 4 Feb4 Feb5 Feb5 Feb

10 Feb16 Feb

17 ndash 19 Feb23 ndash 24 Feb

1 March2 March 4 March

7 ndash 9 March8 March9 March

10 - 11 March15 March 17 March 22 March23 March

5 April6 April 7 April

11-17 April12 April

18-21 April 25 ndash 26 April

11 May12 May

30 ndash 31 May31 May

EampE Congress 2016 in Prague Global Asphalt Pavement Alliance meeting in PragueCEN TC336 WG1 meetingEAPA HSE Committee meeting in ParisEAPA TC meeting in Paris1st European Road Infrastructure Congress in Leeds UKCEN TC227 WG1 meeting

1 ndash 3 June 3 June

20-21 Sept 12 Oct 13 Oct

18-20 Oct9-10 Nov

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COLOPHON

Egbert Beuving amp Carsten KarcherHelga BeuvingEgbert Beuving amp Carsten Karcher

TextLayout

Pictures

57

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MPA - Mineral Products Association

NCC AB

DAV - Deutscher Asphalt Verband eV

Asefma Asfaltindustrien

EBA HAPA - Hungarian Asphalt Pavement Association

Infra Contractorsrsquo Association

USIRF - Routes de France ZAS - Združenje asfalterjev

Slovenije

Peab Asphalt AB

Sdruženiacute pro vyacutestavbu silnic Praha

MEMBERS

ASMUD - Turkish Asphalt Contractors Association

Eesti Asfaldiliit IAPA - Irish Asphalt Pavement Association

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

ABZ-1 Ammann Group Antigo - MHB Breakers Ltd

Arizona Chemical

BTC Europe GmbHBenninghoven Caterpillar Paving Products Inc

CFF

ASTEC

DuPont CZ sro

CRH plc

Genan Honeywell

MeadWestvacoMarini Ruthman Sasol Wax

Turkish Petroleum Refineries Co

Volvo Construction Equipment

Voumlgele Vialit

Kraton Polymers Nederland BV

J Rettenmaier amp Soumlhne GmbH amp Co

ICL Performance Products LP

EUROPEAN ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION

Rue du Commerce 77B-1040 Brussels Belgium

Phone +32 2 502 5888E-mail infoeapaorgWeb wwweapaorg

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4 15

EPD WORKSHOP OF CPE

There are many actions going on in Europe and in the world on this topic eg Construction Products Europe (CPE) has organised a workshop last December in Brussels Under the heading ldquoEPD the current debate and challengesrdquo European experts presented and discussed the topic The most important learning was that the databases and tools to calculate eg the carbon footprint are quite different and they consequently produce different results for the evaluation which is not tolerable This is still a big question for the industry but also for the European Commission how to handle this and how to provide a proper solution More information about this workshop can be found on the CPE website wwwconstruction-productseu

EAPA

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EAPA WORKING GROUP CARBON FOOTPRINT DOCUMENT

There have been several meetings in the last months of the Task Group Carbon Footprint Document (CFD) The latest meeting was held on 13 November 2015 in Brussels Eight representatives of EAPA members under the chairmanship of EAPA Director Carsten Karcher are working together to prepare guidelines for the Euro-pean asphalt industry to create an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for a European asphalt mixture The work is in progress and the wording of a guidance document is in full process A representative of the Norwegian Asphalt Industry where the first EPD for an asphalt Mix has been developed has recently joined the committee and there is a strong exchange with the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) from the USA A first draft of the guidance document will be presented at the next HSE meeting in April

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6

EAPA-EUROBITUME ACTIVITIES

PROVIDING ASPHALT ADVANTAGES

The joint EAPA and Eurobitume campaign on ldquoProviding Evidence Asphalt Advan-tagesrdquo started in spring 2014 is going on since almost 2 years now As you all should know by now the aim of this initiative is to inform the uninformed about the positive aspects of asphalt pavements The campaign is planned for several years and has created a website-based forum that provides more than 50 advantages of asphalt pavements To get all the asphalt advantages and further information on asphalt please go to wwwAsphaltAdvantagescom

Everybody is invited to spread the asphalt advantages and the information given on the website Therefore different supporting tools have been created Those are provided in a toolbox and can be downloaded from this website to support the campaign (httpwwwasphaltadvantagescomgraphics) Please feel free to add the provided tools on your associationrsquos or companyrsquos website or use the tools for your printed or online magazine We would be glad to see the advertisement in your publications Some of these adverts can be found in this newsletter as an example

At the moment the campaign is aiming to get more supporters and readers of its newsletter and of the information provided on Twitter Facebook and LinkedIn

Everybody is asked to connect to the campaign via social media and its newsletter to get all the advantages and latest news of the branch and to exchange her or his advantages with the community

The team behind this campaign is currently working on the German French and Turkish translation of the content of the website and it is expected to be on-line in the next months

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8

EampE CONGRESS 2016

GET REGISTERED

The 6th EampE Congress will be held in the Prague Congress Centre on 1 ndash 3 June 2016 under the title ldquoInvesting in our greatest assetrdquo This is congress is organised by EAPA and Eurobitume The registration is open now and you are all invite to register for this congress at httpwwweecongress2016org

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Pragu

e Con

gress

Centr

e

EampE CONGRESS 2016 ORGANISING COMMITTEE

The Organising Committee (OC) of the EampE Congress 2016 is organising the con-gress together with PCO (Professional Conference Organiser) Guarant in PragueMs Katrina Sichel will be the facilitator during the EampE Congress 2016 She will guide the congress delegates through the programme of the opening day and the closing session

The programme of the opening day was developed by the Organising Committee as well two parallel sessions (seminars) and the closing session One seminar is ldquoBest practice in communicationrdquo and the other one will be ldquoFinancing of road infrastructurerdquo

On Wednesday evening 1 June the Congress dinner will be held in the beautiful Žofiacuten Palace For the Accompanying Persons Programme a nice programme has been developedThere will also be a Congress App for mobile devises for the participants

19

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City o

f Prag

ue

EampE CONGRESS 2016 TECHNICAL PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

The Technical Programme Committee (TPC) of the next Eurasphalt amp Eurobitume Congress 2016 in Prague had its latest meeting on 10th September 2015 in Pra-gue The TPC is responsible for planning and managing the technical programme of the EampE Congress The TPC is also responsible for the Call for abstracts the abstract selection the Call for papers the paper review process etc and reports to the Congress Organising Committee (OC)

The main activity of this committee during the last months has been steering and participating in the independent double review of approximately 250 technical papers for the congress together with other reviewers The reviewing process will be finished by the end of January so the authors will be informed about the final acceptance of their paper(s) in mid-February The next action is to prepare the structure and the content of technical sessions of the conference

The next meeting of the TPC will be held in Brussels on 4th February 2016

To be able to announce the location of the EampE Congress 2020 the Scouting Group EampE 2020 visited several possible venues90 of the Exhibition space is already sold and Eurobitume and EAPA will have a booth on the exhibition too The Exhibition Manual was finalised and is on the website now

The Invitation to Register and the online registration module are on the Congress website now so you can register for the congress at wwweecongress2016org

21

City o

f Prag

ue

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2 23

EUROPEAN STANDARDISATION

CEN TC227 WG1

On 1 and 2 October 2015 there was a CEN TC227 WG1 ldquoBituminous mixturesrdquo meeting in Antalya Turkey This standardisation Working Group is responsible for the European asphalt (Bituminous mixtures) standards and the European test methods for asphalt At this moment 3 Task Groups are active in Working Group 1The first one is Task Group (TG) 2 ldquoTest methodsrdquo This Task Group is drafting new European test methods where needed and they are revising the existing 50 European test methods when needed The two new test methods that are being developed by TG2 at this moment are PrEN 12697-54 ldquoLab curing for Asphalt Concrete with emulsionsrdquo and PrEN 12697-55 ldquoCoating and consistency of a mixture with emulsionrdquoIn this Antalya meeting also 7 revised test methods were approved to go out for ldquoFormal Voterdquo (after some small corrections have been made)

Task Group 3 ldquoProduct Standardsrdquo is taking care of drafting product standards for asphalt At this moment the revised product standards (the EN 13108 series) are out for Formal Vote The Formal Vote process of the product standards will finish on 26 January 2016TG3 is now drafting a new standard for ldquoAsphalt concrete with Bituminous Emulsi-onrdquo (EN 13108-31) This mixture is produced in a plant and it does not deal with mixtures for road repair as sold in bags This is according to the Mandate CEN TC227 has The draft standard was discussed during this WG1 meeting

Task Group 4 ldquoConformity Assessment Standardsrdquo is drafting the (revised) stan-dards for EN 13108-20 ldquoType Testingrdquo (TT) EN 13108-21 ldquoFactory Production Controlrdquo (FPC) and EN 13108-8 ldquoReclaimed asphaltrdquo It was decided to start with modifying part EN 13108-20 and -21 (TT and FPC) for Asphalt Concrete with Bituminous Emulsion (ACBE) In a later stage it will be decided whether new separates standards are needed or not Having new standards for TT and FPC for ACBE might be easier to maintain in the future

In January 2016 the Convenors of TGs 2 3 and 4 will have a meeting to discuss several items related to ACBE that were raised during this CEN TC 227 WG1 meeting like the question whether ACBE will require its own Standards for Type Testing and Factory Production Control the contribution of Reclaimed Asphalt within ACBE and defining lsquocured conditionsrsquo of ACBE

Other items discussed in Antalya were the progress of CEN TC336 WG1 CEN TC227 WG6 and an Ageing Workshop that might be held if needed

The next CEN TC227 WG meeting will be held on 25 and 26 April 2016 in Helsinki Finland

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4 25

CEN TC154 WG13 TC227 WG6 CEN TC336 WG1

The latest CEN TC154 WG13 TC227 WG6 lsquoDangerous substancesrsquo meeting was held on 12 October 2015 in London The meeting started with an update of the activities of CEN TC351 ldquoAssessment of release of dangerous substancesrdquo and some new test methods of this TC were discussed This CEN TC 351 is creating test methods for determining oa the lea-ching behaviour of building materials In the future (ao) the leaching behaviour of ldquoMandatedrdquo building materials has to be declared in the CE-marking also for asphalt This to address the CPR Basic Requirement for Construction Works num-ber 3 ldquoHygiene health and the environmentrdquo dealing with the release of dange-rous substances into ground water marine waters surface waters or soil To avoid unnecessary testing it was the intention to create a possibility to classify products Without Further Testing (WFT) or Without Testing (WT) For being classified WFT or WT a dossier with leaching date had to be created and the European Com-mission would decide based on this dossier whether a certain material could be classified WFT or WT At this moment it is still unclear how this procedure will work At the meeting it was mentioned that a WFT (Without Further Testing) clas-sification must be justified by documents which must be included in the dossier It was originally intended that products could be classified simply in the same way as resistance to fire (eg glass does not burn) but this is not practical for all substances and all products It might be possible for TCs to provide WFT for some substances but the rest would be for producers

At the agenda item ldquoLiaison with CEN TC350 to address sustainability with an overview on Product Category Rules (PCR) and Environmental Products Declarati-ons (EPD) for aggregatesrdquo it was mentioned that the first draft of Product Category Rules (PCR) for aggregates (cradle to gate) will be available in the beginning of 2016 Manfred Fuchs of DG GROW also attended this meeting He explained that the Commission supports PEF (Product Environmental Footprint) as the overarching sustainability framework across all sectors but acknowledged that it is designed for final products and not for intermediate products He also explained the relation between the PEF (Product Environmental footprint) and the PCREPD It will come together and they will be linked CEN product committees can continue to use EN15804 to produce PCR and anything new from PEF can be added later Basic requirement for construction works number 7 ldquoSustainable use of natural resourcesrdquo will not be ready for at least 2 yearsThe next meeting of this joint WG will be held on 24th February 2016 in London

On 29 and 30 September 2015 CEN TC336 WG1 had a meeting in Tarragona (Spain) The main agenda item was Task Group Progress Reports and the WG1 Structure

The Task Groups that are still active in TC 336 WG1 arebull

bull

bull

bull

bull

bull

TG 1 ldquoHigh Service Temperature Propertiesrdquo This TG will be active until EN 16659 ldquoMSCRTrdquo is published At the time of the meeting it was in the Formal Vote process TG1 also prepared a paper for the EampE Congress 2016TG 2 ldquoLow Service Temperature Propertiesrdquo will continue its work and will look at new approaches for addressing low service temperature properties of bituminous bindersTG 5 ldquoSpecification Frameworkrdquo is now called ldquoRevision of EN 14023rdquo Based on the outcome of the systematic review of EN 14023 ldquoPMBrdquo it was decided to revise this standard This work will be done by TG5TG 6 ldquoRevision of EN 12591rdquo is dealing with the revision of EN 12591ldquoPa-ving Grade bitumenrdquo WG1 agreed to forward the new draft of prEN 12591 to CEN to start CEN Enquiry This CEN enquiry will start in early 2016TG 8 and TG 10 ldquoRevisions of Amendments to test standardsrdquo are taking care of the revision of the test methodsTG 9 ldquoPrecisionrdquo is dealing with precision of test methods The next WG1 meeting will be held in Brussels (Belgium) on 10 and 11 March 2016

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OTHER MEETINGS amp EVENTS

TECHNICAL PAPA SEMINAR

The 33rd Technical Seminar of PSWNA (Polish Asphalt Pavement Association - PAPA) was held on 27 and 28 October 2015 in Warsaw with the title ldquoSustaina-ble development and a selection of innovative road technologiesrdquo

After the opening speech of the PAPA President Mr Andrzej Wyszynski the first session started with a presentation of Egbert Beuving (EAPA) about Asphalt Ad-vantages He explained the benefits of using asphalt for road construction and road maintenanceBengt Sandman of Nynas AB showed in his presentation on ldquoSpecial modified bitumenrdquo the results of a study concerning the use of polymer modified bitumen on the High Coast Bridge (Houmlgakustenbron) in Sweden After 15 years of service the Polymer Modified Asphalt surface on this suspension bridge is still performing well and the modified binder is still very elastic and also retains good low and high temperature properties In the second session ldquoGood practices in the roadrdquo Jan Kroacutel of the Warsaw Uni-versity of Technology presented the effects of environmental and social costs of life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) He showed the elements that should be addressed to be able to make as an example a comparison of the expressway in asphalt with one in concrete In his summary he mentioned that Cost-benefit analysis enables verification of the validity of the investment in relation to refrain from investment activities It allows you to choose the best investment option and it is increasingly being demanded by investors and is appointed by public procurement law

One of the presentations on the second day during the 3rd session ldquoNew technolo-gies - innovations in materials Ecology (recycling) and Environmental Protectionrdquo was of prof Dariusz Sybilski of IBDiM He addressed the effect of a chemically reactive silane additive on the binder - aggregate interaction

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t San

dman

(Nyn

as)

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arsaw

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ersity

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9 28

CEDR FINAL CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE

On 27th ndash 28th October 2015 the Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR) organised the CEDR final climate change conference in Brussels

CEDR Secretary General Steve Philips welcomed the participants and spoke about the importance of Climate Change for Road Operations and the role of CEDR in the light of EU Policy and research projects The priorities of CEDR are Intelligent Road Systems Maintenance Multi-Modality and Climate Change A further objective is to have a better life time return of roads He raised the questi-on how increase the sbquoappetitelsquo of the road authorities for adaption due to climate change and answered that CEDR is not a regulator but what CEDR can do is to raise the awareness propose procurement practices and propose standardisation practices During the day several major research results of the projects CliPDaR and ROADAPT were presented concerning eg the developed models and strategies to adapt climate changeOn second day adapting strategies for road infrastructure by CEDR Technical Group Climate Change Adaption as well as the administrations of The Nether-lands and Norway were presented followed by parallel workshopsChristian Axelsen of Danish Road Directorate and member of CEDR Technical Group Climate Change Adaption mentioned that many tools and solutions al-ready exist but they have to be applied in an efficient way and with a good and consistent strategyEva Lijegren of the Swedish Transport Administration National Coordinator for Climate Change Adaptation spoke about ldquoTransforming a strategy into an action planrdquo For example in Sweden 1500 documents with rules and regulations for roads rails and ferries do exist and they have to be inverted for changesKees van Muiswinkel Department of Infrastructure and the Environment of the Dutch Rijkswaterstaat gave a presentation about adaptation strategies in the Netherlands The Dutch Government has released several programmes like Delta Programme (NL climate proof and water robust by 2050 a high level of protecti-on to flooding) and National Adaptation Strategy (more long term thinking costs to make the Netherlands fit for the future are four times lower than long term costs of damage)Gordana Petkovic Norwegian Public Roads Administration informed the atten-dees amongst others about revised manuals for design and practice for the In-frastructure an inventory of vulnerable assets and a smartphone app to register natural hazards

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climate

chan

ge co

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All the presentations and relevant reports can be downloaded from httpwwwfehrlorgindexphpm=32ampid_directory=7844 You can also see the first day of the conference that was web streamed at httpwwwfehrlorgindexphpm=32ampmode=downloadampid_file=17469

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1

CEDR WORKSHOP ON ROAD WORKER SAFETY

On 29th October 2015 CEDR organised the dissemination workshop on two CEDR projects called ASAP and BRoWSER at BBRC in Brussel

The workshop started with a welcome by Paul Mitchell chair of the CEDR pro-gramme executive board and Wanda Debauche from the Belgian Road Research Centre In the following keynote speech Pieter De Winne Head of the Road Engi-neering Division at the Flemish Agency for Roads and Traffic presented the CEDR research work and data concerning safety of workers on the Flemish network He mentioned that in one big construction site 60000 penalties for too high driving speeds were given which almost covered the construction costs

The presentation of the ASAP project (ASAP ndash Appropriate Speed saves All Peo-ple) was given by the project coordinator Anna Vadeby VTI Sweden She ex-plained the goals and results of this project The projectrsquos focus was on regula-ting motorist` driving behaviour in work zones She explained different measures with their expected impacts The final report with guidelines which are meant to complement existing national regulations and procedures has been released on the project website Most promising measures to reduce traffic speeding were amongst others police presence and speed control at the work site

Project coordinator Jill Weekly TRL UK presented the BRoWSER project (BRoW-SER ndash Baselining Road Worker Safety on European Roads) The goal of the project was to implement a European Road Worker Safety Database (EuRoWCas data-base) to count the number of road worker accidents compare these accidents un-derstand the causes and consequences of road worker accidents and to develop countermeasures to reduce the risk of road worker accidents The deliverables are the database itself and a related guidance document on the collection procedures The recommendations of the project are as followsbull National road authorities need to adopt a common typology for road worksbull Support on EU level to promote adoption and harmonisation of common typology across Europebull National road authorities need to adopt the EuRoWCas database con cept and fill it with consistent and accurate data

In the afternoon workshops for the implementation of the project`s findings were held The workshop was closed with the conclusions of Paul MitchellFor more information about the projects and the workshop please go to httpasapfehrlorg httpbrowserzagsi and wwwcedrfr

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2 33

CEDR WORKSHOP ON RECYCLING

On 24 and 25 September 2015 the ldquoInternational workshop on Recycling Road construction in a post fossil fuel societyrdquo was held in the Czech Technical Univer-sity in Prague Around 40 people attended this workshop

This workshop was the final event of the three research projects EARN CoRePaSol and AllBack2Pave that were procured under the CEDR Transnational Road Rese-arch Programme Call 2012 Recycling

During this workshop the results of these projects were presented and discussed

The EARN (Effects on Availability of Road Network) project reviewed existing data on service lifetime and availability of road materials and structures there was a site trial to evaluate varying proportions of RA and they did an experimen-tal evaluation of moisture damage and ageing in asphalt mixtures and developed an impact assessment modelThe main findings of this project were bull The use of Low Temperature Asphalt systems Reclaimed Asphalt secondary by-products andor binder additives can have an effect on the durability of flexible pavements but that affect is not always adverse and may not be great bull The effect of using lower temperature asphalt systems RA secondary by-products andor binder additives can be modelled in the expected service life of mixtures but more data are needed to make the model more accurate More information can be found at httpwwwtrlcouksolutionsroad-rail-infrastructuresustainable-infrastructureearn

The CoRePaSol project ldquoHarmonised characterisation of cold recycled asphalt pavement solutionsrdquo focused mainly on harmonising mix design of cold recycled bitumen stabilised materials (mixes) following the existing scientific and enginee-ring experience and approaches They also studied the activity of Reclaimed As-phalt binder in cold-recycled mixes the recyclability and multiple recyclability of cold-recycled mixes in cold and hot recycling and the environmental benefits associated with encapsulating hazardous materialsFor more information go to httpsilnicefsvcvutczcorepasol

The AllBack2Pave project ldquoSustainable 100 recycling of reclaimed asphalt in road pavementsrdquo focused on the research on the feasibility of going toward 100 recycling of asphalt pavements into wearing courses through an increasing per-centage of RA within the mixes They wanted to recycle 90 but the asphalt plants

for the project could not handle that percentage More information can be found at httpallback2pavefehrlorg

One of the conclusions of multi-recycling was that cold recycled materials can be recycled cold and in hot and warm processes and the cement of the cold recycling does not interfere with the recyclability of the bitumenAnother conclusion regarding Carbon-Footprint discussion was that recycling has more influence on lowering the carbon-footprint than Warm Mix Asphalt Thus to achieve really benefit of WMA the recycling percentage in WMA should be kept at the same level as for HMA

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4 35

ROSANNE

On 4 December 2015 there was a ROSANNE Stakeholders Reference Group meetingDuring this meeting the Work Pack-age leaders informed the stakeholders about the progress madeThe ROSANNE project aims at de-velopingharmonising measurement methods for skid resistance noise emission and rolling resistance of road pavements as a preparation for stan-dardization

The objectives are in short

1Skid resistance The harmonisation of skid resistance measurement by deri-ving conversion factors for friction indi-ces based on similar groups of devices namely longitudinal and sideways skid resistance measurement devices

2Noise emission Combining the exis-ting measurement methods (SPB and CPX) into a harmonised pavement noi-se emission characterisation method

3Rolling resistance building on the re-sults obtained in MIRIAM and standar-dising trailer measurements of rolling resistance coefficients of road surfaces It is also studying the influencing road surface parameters and factors which disturb such measurements and in some cases to develop correction procedures for such influences

4Texture exploring the potential for re-cent developments in the measurement of surface texture to deliver parameters that better reflect the physical process of tyreroad interaction and that may improve our understanding of how the texture influences skid resistance noise emission and rolling resistance

5Reference tyres and pavements Defi-ning and investigating the performan-ce of reference tyres and pavements necessary for the measurement of all three road surface properties This is a prerequisite for the harmonisation of all future measurements

More information about this project can be found at httprosanne-projecteu

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ACEA MEETINGS

During the last months the EAPA Secretariat contributed heavily to different workshops and events of the European Automobile Manufacturers Associationrsquos (ACEA) initiative on ldquoJoining forces to tackle the road transport CO2 challengerdquo Amongst other stakeholders of the transport sector EAPA was invited to give input to two reports one for passenger cars and light vehicles as well as one for heavy duty vehicles Therefore the EAPA Secretariat prepared several presentations re-garding the positive aspects of asphalt pavements on rolling resistance and on quick maintenance to demonstrate that smooth and well maintained asphalt roads reduce the CO2 emissions of cars and vehicles during the use phase of pavements The presentations were based on independent and neutral studies and on rese-arch projects that proved the benefits of asphalt pavements

On 19th January EAPA Secretariat participated in a wrap-up event at Brussels where experts from different sectors (eg infrastructure fuels) discussed the draft report on the CO2 emissions reducing potential for passenger cars and light vehi-cles until 2030

EAPA will follow the initiative with providing relevant information and actively par-ticipating in future ACEA events Therefore EAPA Secretariat will participate and will give an oral statement during the presentation of the report for the heavy duty vehicles in a conference organised by ACEA in Brussels on 16th February 2016

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6 37

CZECH ASPHALT CONFERENCE AV`15

On 24th and 25th November 2015 the Czech Road Contractors Association Praha and the Czech Road Society Asphalt Pavements Section held its yearly Asphalt Pavement Conference in Českeacute Budějovice More than 400 participants from the asphalt sector with more than 50 participants from abroad attended this confe-rence The very well organised conference with an exhibition with more than 25 booths was a big success

During the two conference days there were several presentations about the latest developments in the Czech Asphalt Industry special paving projects and news from the road administration There were also reports of the latest results of rese-arch projects and ongoing projectsCarsten Karcher participated on behalf of EAPA and gave a presentation on ldquoNews from Brussels ndash 2015rdquo where he focused on Warm Mix Asphalt Re-use of Asphalt and the AsphaltAdvantages campaign

For more information all the presentations and some videos please go to httpwwwasfaltove-vozovkyczav2015

DANUBE REGION CONFERENCE

On 25 November 2015 the Danube Region Conference ldquoDevelopment and Main-tenance of Road surfaces in the Danube regionrdquo was held in Bled in SloveniaThis conference was organised by ZAS the Slovenia Ministry of Infrastructure and the European Commission The Danube Region encompasses 14 countries of South Eastern Europe

Slovenko Henigman President of Slovenian Asphalt Pavement Association (ZAS) explained in his welcome speech the importance of this event and why it was connected with the ZAS Colloquium The goal of this Danube conference is to strengthen the developments of the road construction field and the economic inte-gration Asphalt technology has a role of binding people and nations Mr Franc Žepič EUSDR Priority Area Coordinator Ministry of Infrastructure Slo-venia explained the ldquoEU Strategy for the Danube Regionrdquo (EUSDR) and the EUSDR Governance model More information about EUSDR can be found at httpwwwdanube-regioneu

In the 1st session ldquoGeneral situation and management on road network in the regi-onrdquo Jose Diez (ERF) showed the importance of roads and explained the impact of the backlog of maintenance on the economy This backlog will only increase the costs for maintenance He described different approaches for maintenance and mentioned that by applying Road Asset Management principles the municipality of Larvik (in Norway) found out they were losing euro 2000- per day for not main-taining their road network His good news was that solutions do existMitja Jurgele DRI Slovenia showed the effects of investment on the quality of the road network

In the 2nd session ldquoAsphalt Industry in the Danube regionrdquo Carsten Karcher (EAPA) gave a presentation on the current chances and challenges for the asphalt indus-try in Germany with a focus on asphalt recycling and noise reduction Many people in Germany are suffering from traffic noise in Germany and to reduce that traffic noise different types of asphalt were developed and are being applied in Germany like noise optimised SMA and noise optimised Asphalt Concrete which also has an optimised surface texture that also provides a lower rolling resistanceMiroslav Keller president of the Croatian Asphalt Association showed in his presentation the influence of the budget on the quality of the main road network in Croatia until the year 2026 Imre Pap of the Highway Institute Belgrade Serbia gave a review of technologies and specifications for construction and rehabilitation of roads in SerbiaEgbert Beuving (EAPA) explained in his presentation how the use of Information

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Technology in the asphalt paving process can stimulate sustainable developments A more homogeneous quality of the (surface) layers does results in more durable pavements Due to the tendering system where the lowest bid is mostly rewarded there is no incentive for the construction companies to use the available know-ledge and information technology to deliver a high quality product This system does not stimulate innovation Using quality best price-quality ratio bonusmalus-system experience and expertise in the tendering process (as mentioned in the Public Procurement Directive) will stimulate innovation and will contribute to sustainabilitySlovenko Henigman president ZAS Slovenia showed in his presentation the trends and developments in the asphalt industry in Slovenia

In the 3rd and last session ldquoSustainable development of road construction and maintenance in the Danube regionrdquo one of the speakers was Ms Olivera Djordje-vic of EuroRAP (European Road Assessment Programme) addressing road mainte-nance for safety She showed results of the SENSoR Project where they created a Road Safety Atlas for South East Europe For more information and safety maps see wwwsensorprojecteu

Miros

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(Croa

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Mitja

Jurge

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Slove

nko H

enigm

an (Z

AS)

Carst

en Ka

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(EAP

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Highw

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Franc

Žepič

(Mini

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Jose

Diez

(ERF

)

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0 41

ZAS COLLOQUIUM ON ASPHALT AND BITUMEN

On 26 November the 15th Colloquium on Asphalt and Bitumen was opened by Slovenko Henigman President of ZAS This two-day colloquium was held in Bled in Slovenia and was attended by 210 participants from 12 countries Henigman mentioned in his opening speech that the backlog in maintenance in Slovenia is big and he stressed that we need to work together to reach some changes as soon as possible Next to that several things need to be improved to be ready for the future As an example he mentioned the gasoline cent that is discussed in the Slovenian parliament for road maintenance which is really needed to get a stable incomeKlemen Grebensčk of the Slovenian Ministry of Infrastructure responded in his opening address that he was aware of the fact that the Slovenian roads are not in a good condition He expected to be able to get more funding for the next years to be able to keep the road network at a decent level In the Opening Session Ayberk Oumlzcan President of EAPA mentioned in his wel-come words that this Colloquium on Asphalt and Bitumen has become a very well-known and accepted event in our industry Since 1996 it became the biggest international meeting in the field of road construction and road maintenance in Slovenia and that made it an important meeting for the European asphalt industry and for EAPA members in this region

In the 1st Section ldquoBasic materials in asphalt industry - aggregates and bitumenrdquo Anja Soumlrensen ARBIT Eurobitume Germany gave a state-of-the-art of the Euro-pean bitumen standardisation and the progress of the Performance Related Bitu-men SpecificationBernhard Hofko of TU Vienna explained in his presentation the ageing process of bitumen in a very nice and clear way and explained why you can see an incre-asing amount of creaking when the pavements are getting older Next to ageing tests on bitumen it is also needed to age asphalt itself because of the influence of the aggregate filler and additive Therefore they developed a Viennese Aging Procedure (VAPro) to simulate ageing of asphalt in 4 daysWillem Vonk of Kraton Polymers gave a summary of 8 years work on Highly Modified Asphalt By using Highly Modified Asphalt it is possible to pave thinner and to safe material The thickness reduction that can be achieved is between 20 and 60 depending on the situation in this reduction also results in saving costs

Juan Jose Potti (Asefma) gave an invited lecture about the use of social media for the maintenance of road infrastructures He showed the impact social media can have and he also explained the effect of the Asefma manifesto regarding ldquoThe maintenance of roads is a social needrdquo

In the 2nd section ldquoBuilding Maintenance and Financing of Road Infrastructurerdquo Hans Litzka (Austria) spoke about the maintenance needs for State and Commu-nity roads in Austria and showed the budgets needed to keep the backlog at a constant or better levelAnders Hundahl (Asfaltindustrien) talked about PPP and functional projects on State roads Municipality roads and Private roads He showed the Danish situ-ation during the last 10 years He did not see a great future for PPP projects in Denmark and mentioned that functional contracts work for country roads but not for city roads Egbert Beuving (EAPA) spoke about Green Public Procurement (GPP) Criteria for Road Construction and explained the state-of-the-art of the update of the GPP criteria in Europe He also showed how GGP Criteria are being used in the NetherlandsJože Lun (Slovenia) presented examples of good and bad practice in public pro-curement of asphalt works in Slovenia

The first day ended with a Round Table discussion with the directors of the main Slovenian asphalt companies which got a nice coverage in the Slovenian press the next day

The second day started with the session ldquoAsphalt Recycling and layingrdquo In this session there were ao presentations regarding the use of reclaimed asphalt in Austria Slovenia and Switzerland and enhancing asphalt mixtures performance by using RAP and FT-wax There was an invited lecture of Brian Wood (Plantmix Asphalt Industry of Kentucky ndash PAIK (USA)) and Grant Gabbard (The Allen Co and Executive Vice President of PAIK) They gave an overview of the developments in the asphalt industry in Kentucky USA regarding recycling warm asphalt warranty periods etc

In the 4th and last session ldquoLong-time and sustainable development of asphalt technologiesrdquo Carsten Karcher (EAPA) gave an update on the use of Warm Mix Asphalt in Europe

On the website of ZAS the videos of the presentations of the technical papers and the Round Table can be found at httpwwwzdruzenje-zassikolokvijen

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venk

o Hen

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(Pres

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of ZA

S)

Bernh

ard H

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TU V

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Aybe

rk Oumlz

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Presid

ent o

f EAP

A)

Anja

Soren

sen (

Eurob

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Germ

any)

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Wille

m Vo

nk (K

raton

Polym

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Ande

rs Hu

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l (As

faltin

dustr

ien)

Brian

Woo

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ntmix

Asph

alt In

dustr

y of

Kentu

cky ndash

PAIK

(USA

)

Gran

t Gab

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(The

Allen

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ice Pr

eside

nt)

Roun

d Tab

leJu

an Jo

se Po

tti (A

sefm

a)

Carst

en Ka

rcher

(EAP

A)

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4 45

On 11 November 2015 Member of European Parliament (MEP) Tomas Zdecho-vsky from Czech Republic invited to the seminar ldquoThe social and economic im-portance of road transportrdquo in the European Parliament He was supported by the MEPs Wim van de Camp and Kosma Zlotowski from the European Peoplersquos Parties (EPP) of the European Parliament Speakers addressed the seminarrsquos topic from different angles eg from the road userrsquos perspective by Julia Levasier from the Allgemeine Deutsche Automobil Club (ADAC) from Germany the European Commission DG Move by Rolf Diemer After having been asked Diemer stated that the Commission is not working on topics how to improve the rather bad con-dition of the European Road Network eg by providing funds EAPA Director Carsten Karcher exchanged ideas with colleagues from the branch and spoke with MEP Zdechovsky and invited him to come to the EampE Congress 2016 in his home country

SEMINAR OF MEP ZDECHOVSKY AT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

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(left)

and M

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MEETING WITH MEP WIM VAN DE CAMP

On 10 December 2015 Egbert Beuving and Carsten Karcher of EAPA had a meeting with Member of European Parliament (MEP) Wim van de Camp from the Netherlands Van de Camp is MEP since 2009 and member of the Transport Com-mittee (TRAN Committee) He is member of the Group of the European Peoplersquos Party (Christian Democrats)

During this meeting several subjects were addressed

Van de Camp was informed about EAPA its goals the development and benefits of Warm Mix Asphalt and that asphalt is 100 re-usable which fits perfect in the lsquocircular economyrsquo EAPA also informed him about the possibilities to reduce CO2

emissions by cars and trucks by having well maintained roads and especially smooth roads

The idea of creating a European Road Agency was recently discussed in the TRAN Committee MEP Claudia TAPARDEL (Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament ndash Romania) raised this item and it is now in the procedure Many MEPs are against creating an ERA (Euro-pean Road Agency) because they do not want another agency There is already a European Railway Agency Van de Camp is in favour of a European Road Agency because it can also address the social issues of transport eg working times for truck drivers etc

For the European Commission (EC) infrastructure is related to the TEN-T network The lsquoRoad Packagersquo of European Commission which is expected in 2016 will mainly deal with EU road transport market and road infrastructure will only be one chapter The 3 pillars of this ldquoRoad packagerdquo is expected to become a ba-lanced set of initiatives regarding road charging access to internal market and social rules in road transport

For investing in roads the EFSI (European Fund for Strategic Investment) could be a partner and also the European Investment Bank (EIB) is very interested Van de Camp suggested to our industry to bring Road Maintenance to the attenti-on of the EIB or EFSI to see what they can do Van de Camp as a classic politician as he called himself is not in favour of ear-marking tax money In some years more money is needed for certain items than other years Politicians need flexibility to decide where to spend the tax payersrsquo money

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As a first step towards some guidance of the EC on European roads the EC could produce a communication document instead of creating an ERA This document could explain what European countries could do in the field of road maintenance to have low emissions (noise CO2 fine particles etc) and a good road safety (markings signs evenness surface condition etc) a bit like what they are doing regarding Green Public Procurement According to Van de Camp road mainte-nance is important but it is not a real main item in the European Parliament at this moment Most countries see road maintenance as a national item and for them there is no involvement of the EC needed Road maintenance has to be done by the national states the provincescounties and the local communities

To generate awareness of the importance of road maintenance in Europe he suggested EAPA to create a small campaign together with other like-minded Euro-pean road organisations like CEDR FEHRL ERF and EUPAVE These associations could create together a best practice paper eg on road maintenance and requi-red surface conditions

Van de Camp added that it is even more efficient when the European road organi-sations associations would come up with a practical approach like Best Practi-ces and rankings instead of the EC That might be a stimulus for the EU countries

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(left

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CROSS-MODAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

FEHRL organised a so called ldquoUSE-iT - FOX Workshoprdquo on 21 January 2016 in Brussels

USE-iT and FOX are two Horizon 2020 projects The acronym USE-iT stands for ldquoUsers Safety security and Energy In Transport Infrastructurerdquo and FOX for ldquoFore-ver Open infrastructure across (X) all transport modesrdquoThierry Goger (FEHRL) explained in his welcome speech that the aim of this work-shop was to present preliminary results of the USE-iT and FOX projects of the most appropriate technologies and approaches that have the potential of being applied on a cross-modal basis or on at least two transport modes

Maria Cristina Marolda (Policy Officer of Research and Innovation in EC Direc-torate General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) explained in her Opening speech that the European Commission had launched within the Horizon 2020 (H2020) Programme several initiatives to reflect on the necessary development of cross-modal transport infrastructure This because the European Commission is now more looking at transport systems as one system A set of three European H2020 Coordination and Support Actions namely the REFINET (REthinking Futu-re Infrastructure NETworks) FOX and USE-iT projects have been granted to sup-port this work Several partners from all transport modes and with various profiles (for example Research Providers Industry Transport Authority) are now actively involved in this attempt

Bob Collis (TRL UK) explained the structure of the Workshop The topic areas investigated in the FOX and USE-IT projects had been divided in 6 groups User information Safety amp security Energy amp carbon Constructing amp maintenance Inspection and Recycling amp reuse After the plenary session the participants of the Workshop were also divided in 6 groups and they visited during the workshop the various topics investigatedWhen a group visited one of the topics a detailed description of the technologies collected in the surveys was presented and the barriers and opportunities for cross modal application were discussed Also potential research topics that could be of benefit to more than one mode were identified Next to these discussions this workshop also give a nice overview of the state-of-the-art technologies that are used or can be used in the 4 transport modes Road Rail Runway and WaterwayAt the end of the projects a list of needs a road map for future research will be created

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Several activities such as desk studies surveys and workshops have been schedu-led over the coming two years to collect information and reflect together The 2nd workshop will be held during TRA 2016 in Warsaw and the 3rd on mid-September 2016

More information about these projects can be found at httpwwwrefineteu and wwwuseitandfoxprojectseu

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ry Go

ger (

FEHR

L)

Prese

ntatio

n of t

echn

ologie

s coll

ected

Cristi

na M

arolda

(DG

MOVE

)

Bob C

ollis

(TRL

UK)

ACEA 25TH ANNIVERSARY

On 21st January 2016 the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) celebrated its 25th anniversary EAPA Secretary General Egbert Beuving and EAPA Director Carsten Karcher were invited together with 200 other execu-tives of European organisations and associations in the transport sectorACEA Secretary General Eric Jonnaert welcomed the guests and new elected ACEA president Dieter Zetsche and Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc from the European Commission addressed the guests Dieter Zetsche spoke about ACEArsquos history and coming challenges Violeta Bulc gave a motivating and inspiring speech about innovation in the transport sector and especially the automobile sectorThis reception was an excellent opportunity for EAPA Secretariat to network Carsten Karcher took the opportunity to talk with ACEA president Zetsche and to inform him briefly about our industry He also gave Zetsche the new EAPA calen-dar for the year 2016 with very nice asphalt pictures and short messages about the advantages of asphalt Furthermore he asked him whether he would be able to give a speech during the EampE Congress 2016 in Prague to address the needs of the road users and the automobile industry for well-maintained roads and the roads of the future

ACEA

Pres

ident

Dieter

Zetsc

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Comm

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Tran

sport

Viol

et Bu

lc

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Zetsc

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ACEA

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Gen

eral E

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1

UPCOMING CONGRESSES

DEUTSCHE ASPHALTTAGE 2016

EampE CONGRESS 2016

On 17 ndash 19 February 2016 the XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage will be held in Berchtesgaden Germany More infor-mation can soon be found at wwwasphaltde

On 1 ndash 3 June 2016 the 6th Eurasphalt amp Eurobitume Congress will be held in Prague More information can be found at wwweecongress2016org

50

RILEM CONFERENCE

The 8th RILEM International Conference on ldquoMechanisms of Cracking and Debon-ding in Pavementsrdquo will be held on 7 ndash 9 June 2016 in Nantes France More information can be found at httpmcd2016sciencesconforg

2016 ISAP SYMPOSIUM

The 2016 ISAP Symposium ldquoFrom Molecules to Innovative Pavementsrdquo will be held on 18-21 July 2016 and is hosted by Western Research Institute USAThis International meeting focusing on the transfer of technology from funda-mental research to applied enginee-ring of asphalt pavements will be held in conjunction with the long-standing Petersen Asphalt Research Conference (wwwpetersenasphaltconferenceorg)

The web link for Call for Abstracts is httpwwwisap2016symposiumorgISAP2016-Abstractshtml

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2 53

EATA CONFERENCE 2017

On 12 ndash 14 June 2017 the 7th Inter-national EATA Conference will be held in Empa in Duumlbendorf Swit-zerland EATA - the European Asp-halt Technology Association - is an informal organisation of European engineers and scientists involved in Asphalt Technology Research More information can be found at httpeata2017empach

1ST EUROPEAN ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE CONGRESS

On 18-20 October 2016 the 1st European Road Infrastructure Congress will be held in Leeds UKThis congress is organised by the European Union Road Federation in partnership with the Road Safety Markings AssociationMore information can be found at wwweric2016eu

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EVENTS LIST

2016

Task Force Providing Evidence Asphalt AdvantagesEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingCampD Waste Management Protocol ndash TF 1 meetingCEN TC336 Advisory Group meeting in ParisConference Swiss Asphalt Producing Industry Bern Road CO2 meeting in BrusselsACEA lsquoReducing CO2 from Road Transport Togetherrsquo ConferenceDAV XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage Berchtesgaden17th HAPA International Asphalt Conference

EAPA ExCo and Directorslsquo Group meeting in BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume ExCo meeting in BrusselsCEN TC336 WG1 TG5 meeting in BrusselsDAV Asphalt Days WillingenCEN T227 Chairmanrsquos Panel meeting in BerlinCEN TC227 WG6 meeting in BerlinCEN TC336 WG1 meeting in BrusselsEurobitume amp BAW Bitumen and Asphalt Day BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume TC meetingEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meeting

EAPA WG Carbon Footprint DocumentEAPA HSE meeting in OsloEAPA TC meeting in OsloBauma in Munich GermanyROSANNE Stakeholders Reference Group meetingTransport Research Arena Conference -TRA 2016CEN TC227 WG1 meeting in Helsinki

EampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meetingCEN TC336 meeting in PragueEAPA GCA meeting in Prague

3 Feb 4 Feb4 Feb5 Feb5 Feb

10 Feb16 Feb

17 ndash 19 Feb23 ndash 24 Feb

1 March2 March 4 March

7 ndash 9 March8 March9 March

10 - 11 March15 March 17 March 22 March23 March

5 April6 April 7 April

11-17 April12 April

18-21 April 25 ndash 26 April

11 May12 May

30 ndash 31 May31 May

EampE Congress 2016 in Prague Global Asphalt Pavement Alliance meeting in PragueCEN TC336 WG1 meetingEAPA HSE Committee meeting in ParisEAPA TC meeting in Paris1st European Road Infrastructure Congress in Leeds UKCEN TC227 WG1 meeting

1 ndash 3 June 3 June

20-21 Sept 12 Oct 13 Oct

18-20 Oct9-10 Nov

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MPA - Mineral Products Association

NCC AB

DAV - Deutscher Asphalt Verband eV

Asefma Asfaltindustrien

EBA HAPA - Hungarian Asphalt Pavement Association

Infra Contractorsrsquo Association

USIRF - Routes de France ZAS - Združenje asfalterjev

Slovenije

Peab Asphalt AB

Sdruženiacute pro vyacutestavbu silnic Praha

MEMBERS

ASMUD - Turkish Asphalt Contractors Association

Eesti Asfaldiliit IAPA - Irish Asphalt Pavement Association

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

ABZ-1 Ammann Group Antigo - MHB Breakers Ltd

Arizona Chemical

BTC Europe GmbHBenninghoven Caterpillar Paving Products Inc

CFF

ASTEC

DuPont CZ sro

CRH plc

Genan Honeywell

MeadWestvacoMarini Ruthman Sasol Wax

Turkish Petroleum Refineries Co

Volvo Construction Equipment

Voumlgele Vialit

Kraton Polymers Nederland BV

J Rettenmaier amp Soumlhne GmbH amp Co

ICL Performance Products LP

EUROPEAN ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION

Rue du Commerce 77B-1040 Brussels Belgium

Phone +32 2 502 5888E-mail infoeapaorgWeb wwweapaorg

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EAPA-EUROBITUME ACTIVITIES

PROVIDING ASPHALT ADVANTAGES

The joint EAPA and Eurobitume campaign on ldquoProviding Evidence Asphalt Advan-tagesrdquo started in spring 2014 is going on since almost 2 years now As you all should know by now the aim of this initiative is to inform the uninformed about the positive aspects of asphalt pavements The campaign is planned for several years and has created a website-based forum that provides more than 50 advantages of asphalt pavements To get all the asphalt advantages and further information on asphalt please go to wwwAsphaltAdvantagescom

Everybody is invited to spread the asphalt advantages and the information given on the website Therefore different supporting tools have been created Those are provided in a toolbox and can be downloaded from this website to support the campaign (httpwwwasphaltadvantagescomgraphics) Please feel free to add the provided tools on your associationrsquos or companyrsquos website or use the tools for your printed or online magazine We would be glad to see the advertisement in your publications Some of these adverts can be found in this newsletter as an example

At the moment the campaign is aiming to get more supporters and readers of its newsletter and of the information provided on Twitter Facebook and LinkedIn

Everybody is asked to connect to the campaign via social media and its newsletter to get all the advantages and latest news of the branch and to exchange her or his advantages with the community

The team behind this campaign is currently working on the German French and Turkish translation of the content of the website and it is expected to be on-line in the next months

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EampE CONGRESS 2016

GET REGISTERED

The 6th EampE Congress will be held in the Prague Congress Centre on 1 ndash 3 June 2016 under the title ldquoInvesting in our greatest assetrdquo This is congress is organised by EAPA and Eurobitume The registration is open now and you are all invite to register for this congress at httpwwweecongress2016org

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e Con

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Centr

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EampE CONGRESS 2016 ORGANISING COMMITTEE

The Organising Committee (OC) of the EampE Congress 2016 is organising the con-gress together with PCO (Professional Conference Organiser) Guarant in PragueMs Katrina Sichel will be the facilitator during the EampE Congress 2016 She will guide the congress delegates through the programme of the opening day and the closing session

The programme of the opening day was developed by the Organising Committee as well two parallel sessions (seminars) and the closing session One seminar is ldquoBest practice in communicationrdquo and the other one will be ldquoFinancing of road infrastructurerdquo

On Wednesday evening 1 June the Congress dinner will be held in the beautiful Žofiacuten Palace For the Accompanying Persons Programme a nice programme has been developedThere will also be a Congress App for mobile devises for the participants

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f Prag

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EampE CONGRESS 2016 TECHNICAL PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

The Technical Programme Committee (TPC) of the next Eurasphalt amp Eurobitume Congress 2016 in Prague had its latest meeting on 10th September 2015 in Pra-gue The TPC is responsible for planning and managing the technical programme of the EampE Congress The TPC is also responsible for the Call for abstracts the abstract selection the Call for papers the paper review process etc and reports to the Congress Organising Committee (OC)

The main activity of this committee during the last months has been steering and participating in the independent double review of approximately 250 technical papers for the congress together with other reviewers The reviewing process will be finished by the end of January so the authors will be informed about the final acceptance of their paper(s) in mid-February The next action is to prepare the structure and the content of technical sessions of the conference

The next meeting of the TPC will be held in Brussels on 4th February 2016

To be able to announce the location of the EampE Congress 2020 the Scouting Group EampE 2020 visited several possible venues90 of the Exhibition space is already sold and Eurobitume and EAPA will have a booth on the exhibition too The Exhibition Manual was finalised and is on the website now

The Invitation to Register and the online registration module are on the Congress website now so you can register for the congress at wwweecongress2016org

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EUROPEAN STANDARDISATION

CEN TC227 WG1

On 1 and 2 October 2015 there was a CEN TC227 WG1 ldquoBituminous mixturesrdquo meeting in Antalya Turkey This standardisation Working Group is responsible for the European asphalt (Bituminous mixtures) standards and the European test methods for asphalt At this moment 3 Task Groups are active in Working Group 1The first one is Task Group (TG) 2 ldquoTest methodsrdquo This Task Group is drafting new European test methods where needed and they are revising the existing 50 European test methods when needed The two new test methods that are being developed by TG2 at this moment are PrEN 12697-54 ldquoLab curing for Asphalt Concrete with emulsionsrdquo and PrEN 12697-55 ldquoCoating and consistency of a mixture with emulsionrdquoIn this Antalya meeting also 7 revised test methods were approved to go out for ldquoFormal Voterdquo (after some small corrections have been made)

Task Group 3 ldquoProduct Standardsrdquo is taking care of drafting product standards for asphalt At this moment the revised product standards (the EN 13108 series) are out for Formal Vote The Formal Vote process of the product standards will finish on 26 January 2016TG3 is now drafting a new standard for ldquoAsphalt concrete with Bituminous Emulsi-onrdquo (EN 13108-31) This mixture is produced in a plant and it does not deal with mixtures for road repair as sold in bags This is according to the Mandate CEN TC227 has The draft standard was discussed during this WG1 meeting

Task Group 4 ldquoConformity Assessment Standardsrdquo is drafting the (revised) stan-dards for EN 13108-20 ldquoType Testingrdquo (TT) EN 13108-21 ldquoFactory Production Controlrdquo (FPC) and EN 13108-8 ldquoReclaimed asphaltrdquo It was decided to start with modifying part EN 13108-20 and -21 (TT and FPC) for Asphalt Concrete with Bituminous Emulsion (ACBE) In a later stage it will be decided whether new separates standards are needed or not Having new standards for TT and FPC for ACBE might be easier to maintain in the future

In January 2016 the Convenors of TGs 2 3 and 4 will have a meeting to discuss several items related to ACBE that were raised during this CEN TC 227 WG1 meeting like the question whether ACBE will require its own Standards for Type Testing and Factory Production Control the contribution of Reclaimed Asphalt within ACBE and defining lsquocured conditionsrsquo of ACBE

Other items discussed in Antalya were the progress of CEN TC336 WG1 CEN TC227 WG6 and an Ageing Workshop that might be held if needed

The next CEN TC227 WG meeting will be held on 25 and 26 April 2016 in Helsinki Finland

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CEN TC154 WG13 TC227 WG6 CEN TC336 WG1

The latest CEN TC154 WG13 TC227 WG6 lsquoDangerous substancesrsquo meeting was held on 12 October 2015 in London The meeting started with an update of the activities of CEN TC351 ldquoAssessment of release of dangerous substancesrdquo and some new test methods of this TC were discussed This CEN TC 351 is creating test methods for determining oa the lea-ching behaviour of building materials In the future (ao) the leaching behaviour of ldquoMandatedrdquo building materials has to be declared in the CE-marking also for asphalt This to address the CPR Basic Requirement for Construction Works num-ber 3 ldquoHygiene health and the environmentrdquo dealing with the release of dange-rous substances into ground water marine waters surface waters or soil To avoid unnecessary testing it was the intention to create a possibility to classify products Without Further Testing (WFT) or Without Testing (WT) For being classified WFT or WT a dossier with leaching date had to be created and the European Com-mission would decide based on this dossier whether a certain material could be classified WFT or WT At this moment it is still unclear how this procedure will work At the meeting it was mentioned that a WFT (Without Further Testing) clas-sification must be justified by documents which must be included in the dossier It was originally intended that products could be classified simply in the same way as resistance to fire (eg glass does not burn) but this is not practical for all substances and all products It might be possible for TCs to provide WFT for some substances but the rest would be for producers

At the agenda item ldquoLiaison with CEN TC350 to address sustainability with an overview on Product Category Rules (PCR) and Environmental Products Declarati-ons (EPD) for aggregatesrdquo it was mentioned that the first draft of Product Category Rules (PCR) for aggregates (cradle to gate) will be available in the beginning of 2016 Manfred Fuchs of DG GROW also attended this meeting He explained that the Commission supports PEF (Product Environmental Footprint) as the overarching sustainability framework across all sectors but acknowledged that it is designed for final products and not for intermediate products He also explained the relation between the PEF (Product Environmental footprint) and the PCREPD It will come together and they will be linked CEN product committees can continue to use EN15804 to produce PCR and anything new from PEF can be added later Basic requirement for construction works number 7 ldquoSustainable use of natural resourcesrdquo will not be ready for at least 2 yearsThe next meeting of this joint WG will be held on 24th February 2016 in London

On 29 and 30 September 2015 CEN TC336 WG1 had a meeting in Tarragona (Spain) The main agenda item was Task Group Progress Reports and the WG1 Structure

The Task Groups that are still active in TC 336 WG1 arebull

bull

bull

bull

bull

bull

TG 1 ldquoHigh Service Temperature Propertiesrdquo This TG will be active until EN 16659 ldquoMSCRTrdquo is published At the time of the meeting it was in the Formal Vote process TG1 also prepared a paper for the EampE Congress 2016TG 2 ldquoLow Service Temperature Propertiesrdquo will continue its work and will look at new approaches for addressing low service temperature properties of bituminous bindersTG 5 ldquoSpecification Frameworkrdquo is now called ldquoRevision of EN 14023rdquo Based on the outcome of the systematic review of EN 14023 ldquoPMBrdquo it was decided to revise this standard This work will be done by TG5TG 6 ldquoRevision of EN 12591rdquo is dealing with the revision of EN 12591ldquoPa-ving Grade bitumenrdquo WG1 agreed to forward the new draft of prEN 12591 to CEN to start CEN Enquiry This CEN enquiry will start in early 2016TG 8 and TG 10 ldquoRevisions of Amendments to test standardsrdquo are taking care of the revision of the test methodsTG 9 ldquoPrecisionrdquo is dealing with precision of test methods The next WG1 meeting will be held in Brussels (Belgium) on 10 and 11 March 2016

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OTHER MEETINGS amp EVENTS

TECHNICAL PAPA SEMINAR

The 33rd Technical Seminar of PSWNA (Polish Asphalt Pavement Association - PAPA) was held on 27 and 28 October 2015 in Warsaw with the title ldquoSustaina-ble development and a selection of innovative road technologiesrdquo

After the opening speech of the PAPA President Mr Andrzej Wyszynski the first session started with a presentation of Egbert Beuving (EAPA) about Asphalt Ad-vantages He explained the benefits of using asphalt for road construction and road maintenanceBengt Sandman of Nynas AB showed in his presentation on ldquoSpecial modified bitumenrdquo the results of a study concerning the use of polymer modified bitumen on the High Coast Bridge (Houmlgakustenbron) in Sweden After 15 years of service the Polymer Modified Asphalt surface on this suspension bridge is still performing well and the modified binder is still very elastic and also retains good low and high temperature properties In the second session ldquoGood practices in the roadrdquo Jan Kroacutel of the Warsaw Uni-versity of Technology presented the effects of environmental and social costs of life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) He showed the elements that should be addressed to be able to make as an example a comparison of the expressway in asphalt with one in concrete In his summary he mentioned that Cost-benefit analysis enables verification of the validity of the investment in relation to refrain from investment activities It allows you to choose the best investment option and it is increasingly being demanded by investors and is appointed by public procurement law

One of the presentations on the second day during the 3rd session ldquoNew technolo-gies - innovations in materials Ecology (recycling) and Environmental Protectionrdquo was of prof Dariusz Sybilski of IBDiM He addressed the effect of a chemically reactive silane additive on the binder - aggregate interaction

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CEDR FINAL CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE

On 27th ndash 28th October 2015 the Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR) organised the CEDR final climate change conference in Brussels

CEDR Secretary General Steve Philips welcomed the participants and spoke about the importance of Climate Change for Road Operations and the role of CEDR in the light of EU Policy and research projects The priorities of CEDR are Intelligent Road Systems Maintenance Multi-Modality and Climate Change A further objective is to have a better life time return of roads He raised the questi-on how increase the sbquoappetitelsquo of the road authorities for adaption due to climate change and answered that CEDR is not a regulator but what CEDR can do is to raise the awareness propose procurement practices and propose standardisation practices During the day several major research results of the projects CliPDaR and ROADAPT were presented concerning eg the developed models and strategies to adapt climate changeOn second day adapting strategies for road infrastructure by CEDR Technical Group Climate Change Adaption as well as the administrations of The Nether-lands and Norway were presented followed by parallel workshopsChristian Axelsen of Danish Road Directorate and member of CEDR Technical Group Climate Change Adaption mentioned that many tools and solutions al-ready exist but they have to be applied in an efficient way and with a good and consistent strategyEva Lijegren of the Swedish Transport Administration National Coordinator for Climate Change Adaptation spoke about ldquoTransforming a strategy into an action planrdquo For example in Sweden 1500 documents with rules and regulations for roads rails and ferries do exist and they have to be inverted for changesKees van Muiswinkel Department of Infrastructure and the Environment of the Dutch Rijkswaterstaat gave a presentation about adaptation strategies in the Netherlands The Dutch Government has released several programmes like Delta Programme (NL climate proof and water robust by 2050 a high level of protecti-on to flooding) and National Adaptation Strategy (more long term thinking costs to make the Netherlands fit for the future are four times lower than long term costs of damage)Gordana Petkovic Norwegian Public Roads Administration informed the atten-dees amongst others about revised manuals for design and practice for the In-frastructure an inventory of vulnerable assets and a smartphone app to register natural hazards

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All the presentations and relevant reports can be downloaded from httpwwwfehrlorgindexphpm=32ampid_directory=7844 You can also see the first day of the conference that was web streamed at httpwwwfehrlorgindexphpm=32ampmode=downloadampid_file=17469

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1

CEDR WORKSHOP ON ROAD WORKER SAFETY

On 29th October 2015 CEDR organised the dissemination workshop on two CEDR projects called ASAP and BRoWSER at BBRC in Brussel

The workshop started with a welcome by Paul Mitchell chair of the CEDR pro-gramme executive board and Wanda Debauche from the Belgian Road Research Centre In the following keynote speech Pieter De Winne Head of the Road Engi-neering Division at the Flemish Agency for Roads and Traffic presented the CEDR research work and data concerning safety of workers on the Flemish network He mentioned that in one big construction site 60000 penalties for too high driving speeds were given which almost covered the construction costs

The presentation of the ASAP project (ASAP ndash Appropriate Speed saves All Peo-ple) was given by the project coordinator Anna Vadeby VTI Sweden She ex-plained the goals and results of this project The projectrsquos focus was on regula-ting motorist` driving behaviour in work zones She explained different measures with their expected impacts The final report with guidelines which are meant to complement existing national regulations and procedures has been released on the project website Most promising measures to reduce traffic speeding were amongst others police presence and speed control at the work site

Project coordinator Jill Weekly TRL UK presented the BRoWSER project (BRoW-SER ndash Baselining Road Worker Safety on European Roads) The goal of the project was to implement a European Road Worker Safety Database (EuRoWCas data-base) to count the number of road worker accidents compare these accidents un-derstand the causes and consequences of road worker accidents and to develop countermeasures to reduce the risk of road worker accidents The deliverables are the database itself and a related guidance document on the collection procedures The recommendations of the project are as followsbull National road authorities need to adopt a common typology for road worksbull Support on EU level to promote adoption and harmonisation of common typology across Europebull National road authorities need to adopt the EuRoWCas database con cept and fill it with consistent and accurate data

In the afternoon workshops for the implementation of the project`s findings were held The workshop was closed with the conclusions of Paul MitchellFor more information about the projects and the workshop please go to httpasapfehrlorg httpbrowserzagsi and wwwcedrfr

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CEDR WORKSHOP ON RECYCLING

On 24 and 25 September 2015 the ldquoInternational workshop on Recycling Road construction in a post fossil fuel societyrdquo was held in the Czech Technical Univer-sity in Prague Around 40 people attended this workshop

This workshop was the final event of the three research projects EARN CoRePaSol and AllBack2Pave that were procured under the CEDR Transnational Road Rese-arch Programme Call 2012 Recycling

During this workshop the results of these projects were presented and discussed

The EARN (Effects on Availability of Road Network) project reviewed existing data on service lifetime and availability of road materials and structures there was a site trial to evaluate varying proportions of RA and they did an experimen-tal evaluation of moisture damage and ageing in asphalt mixtures and developed an impact assessment modelThe main findings of this project were bull The use of Low Temperature Asphalt systems Reclaimed Asphalt secondary by-products andor binder additives can have an effect on the durability of flexible pavements but that affect is not always adverse and may not be great bull The effect of using lower temperature asphalt systems RA secondary by-products andor binder additives can be modelled in the expected service life of mixtures but more data are needed to make the model more accurate More information can be found at httpwwwtrlcouksolutionsroad-rail-infrastructuresustainable-infrastructureearn

The CoRePaSol project ldquoHarmonised characterisation of cold recycled asphalt pavement solutionsrdquo focused mainly on harmonising mix design of cold recycled bitumen stabilised materials (mixes) following the existing scientific and enginee-ring experience and approaches They also studied the activity of Reclaimed As-phalt binder in cold-recycled mixes the recyclability and multiple recyclability of cold-recycled mixes in cold and hot recycling and the environmental benefits associated with encapsulating hazardous materialsFor more information go to httpsilnicefsvcvutczcorepasol

The AllBack2Pave project ldquoSustainable 100 recycling of reclaimed asphalt in road pavementsrdquo focused on the research on the feasibility of going toward 100 recycling of asphalt pavements into wearing courses through an increasing per-centage of RA within the mixes They wanted to recycle 90 but the asphalt plants

for the project could not handle that percentage More information can be found at httpallback2pavefehrlorg

One of the conclusions of multi-recycling was that cold recycled materials can be recycled cold and in hot and warm processes and the cement of the cold recycling does not interfere with the recyclability of the bitumenAnother conclusion regarding Carbon-Footprint discussion was that recycling has more influence on lowering the carbon-footprint than Warm Mix Asphalt Thus to achieve really benefit of WMA the recycling percentage in WMA should be kept at the same level as for HMA

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ROSANNE

On 4 December 2015 there was a ROSANNE Stakeholders Reference Group meetingDuring this meeting the Work Pack-age leaders informed the stakeholders about the progress madeThe ROSANNE project aims at de-velopingharmonising measurement methods for skid resistance noise emission and rolling resistance of road pavements as a preparation for stan-dardization

The objectives are in short

1Skid resistance The harmonisation of skid resistance measurement by deri-ving conversion factors for friction indi-ces based on similar groups of devices namely longitudinal and sideways skid resistance measurement devices

2Noise emission Combining the exis-ting measurement methods (SPB and CPX) into a harmonised pavement noi-se emission characterisation method

3Rolling resistance building on the re-sults obtained in MIRIAM and standar-dising trailer measurements of rolling resistance coefficients of road surfaces It is also studying the influencing road surface parameters and factors which disturb such measurements and in some cases to develop correction procedures for such influences

4Texture exploring the potential for re-cent developments in the measurement of surface texture to deliver parameters that better reflect the physical process of tyreroad interaction and that may improve our understanding of how the texture influences skid resistance noise emission and rolling resistance

5Reference tyres and pavements Defi-ning and investigating the performan-ce of reference tyres and pavements necessary for the measurement of all three road surface properties This is a prerequisite for the harmonisation of all future measurements

More information about this project can be found at httprosanne-projecteu

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ACEA MEETINGS

During the last months the EAPA Secretariat contributed heavily to different workshops and events of the European Automobile Manufacturers Associationrsquos (ACEA) initiative on ldquoJoining forces to tackle the road transport CO2 challengerdquo Amongst other stakeholders of the transport sector EAPA was invited to give input to two reports one for passenger cars and light vehicles as well as one for heavy duty vehicles Therefore the EAPA Secretariat prepared several presentations re-garding the positive aspects of asphalt pavements on rolling resistance and on quick maintenance to demonstrate that smooth and well maintained asphalt roads reduce the CO2 emissions of cars and vehicles during the use phase of pavements The presentations were based on independent and neutral studies and on rese-arch projects that proved the benefits of asphalt pavements

On 19th January EAPA Secretariat participated in a wrap-up event at Brussels where experts from different sectors (eg infrastructure fuels) discussed the draft report on the CO2 emissions reducing potential for passenger cars and light vehi-cles until 2030

EAPA will follow the initiative with providing relevant information and actively par-ticipating in future ACEA events Therefore EAPA Secretariat will participate and will give an oral statement during the presentation of the report for the heavy duty vehicles in a conference organised by ACEA in Brussels on 16th February 2016

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CZECH ASPHALT CONFERENCE AV`15

On 24th and 25th November 2015 the Czech Road Contractors Association Praha and the Czech Road Society Asphalt Pavements Section held its yearly Asphalt Pavement Conference in Českeacute Budějovice More than 400 participants from the asphalt sector with more than 50 participants from abroad attended this confe-rence The very well organised conference with an exhibition with more than 25 booths was a big success

During the two conference days there were several presentations about the latest developments in the Czech Asphalt Industry special paving projects and news from the road administration There were also reports of the latest results of rese-arch projects and ongoing projectsCarsten Karcher participated on behalf of EAPA and gave a presentation on ldquoNews from Brussels ndash 2015rdquo where he focused on Warm Mix Asphalt Re-use of Asphalt and the AsphaltAdvantages campaign

For more information all the presentations and some videos please go to httpwwwasfaltove-vozovkyczav2015

DANUBE REGION CONFERENCE

On 25 November 2015 the Danube Region Conference ldquoDevelopment and Main-tenance of Road surfaces in the Danube regionrdquo was held in Bled in SloveniaThis conference was organised by ZAS the Slovenia Ministry of Infrastructure and the European Commission The Danube Region encompasses 14 countries of South Eastern Europe

Slovenko Henigman President of Slovenian Asphalt Pavement Association (ZAS) explained in his welcome speech the importance of this event and why it was connected with the ZAS Colloquium The goal of this Danube conference is to strengthen the developments of the road construction field and the economic inte-gration Asphalt technology has a role of binding people and nations Mr Franc Žepič EUSDR Priority Area Coordinator Ministry of Infrastructure Slo-venia explained the ldquoEU Strategy for the Danube Regionrdquo (EUSDR) and the EUSDR Governance model More information about EUSDR can be found at httpwwwdanube-regioneu

In the 1st session ldquoGeneral situation and management on road network in the regi-onrdquo Jose Diez (ERF) showed the importance of roads and explained the impact of the backlog of maintenance on the economy This backlog will only increase the costs for maintenance He described different approaches for maintenance and mentioned that by applying Road Asset Management principles the municipality of Larvik (in Norway) found out they were losing euro 2000- per day for not main-taining their road network His good news was that solutions do existMitja Jurgele DRI Slovenia showed the effects of investment on the quality of the road network

In the 2nd session ldquoAsphalt Industry in the Danube regionrdquo Carsten Karcher (EAPA) gave a presentation on the current chances and challenges for the asphalt indus-try in Germany with a focus on asphalt recycling and noise reduction Many people in Germany are suffering from traffic noise in Germany and to reduce that traffic noise different types of asphalt were developed and are being applied in Germany like noise optimised SMA and noise optimised Asphalt Concrete which also has an optimised surface texture that also provides a lower rolling resistanceMiroslav Keller president of the Croatian Asphalt Association showed in his presentation the influence of the budget on the quality of the main road network in Croatia until the year 2026 Imre Pap of the Highway Institute Belgrade Serbia gave a review of technologies and specifications for construction and rehabilitation of roads in SerbiaEgbert Beuving (EAPA) explained in his presentation how the use of Information

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8

Technology in the asphalt paving process can stimulate sustainable developments A more homogeneous quality of the (surface) layers does results in more durable pavements Due to the tendering system where the lowest bid is mostly rewarded there is no incentive for the construction companies to use the available know-ledge and information technology to deliver a high quality product This system does not stimulate innovation Using quality best price-quality ratio bonusmalus-system experience and expertise in the tendering process (as mentioned in the Public Procurement Directive) will stimulate innovation and will contribute to sustainabilitySlovenko Henigman president ZAS Slovenia showed in his presentation the trends and developments in the asphalt industry in Slovenia

In the 3rd and last session ldquoSustainable development of road construction and maintenance in the Danube regionrdquo one of the speakers was Ms Olivera Djordje-vic of EuroRAP (European Road Assessment Programme) addressing road mainte-nance for safety She showed results of the SENSoR Project where they created a Road Safety Atlas for South East Europe For more information and safety maps see wwwsensorprojecteu

Miros

lav Ke

ller

(Croa

tian A

spha

lt Asso

ciatio

n)

Mitja

Jurge

le (D

RI S

loven

ia)

Slove

nko H

enigm

an (Z

AS)

Carst

en Ka

rcher

(EAP

A)

Imre

Pap (

Highw

ay In

stitut

e Belg

rade)

Franc

Žepič

(Mini

stry o

f Infr

astru

cture

Slov

enia)

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9

Jose

Diez

(ERF

)

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0 41

ZAS COLLOQUIUM ON ASPHALT AND BITUMEN

On 26 November the 15th Colloquium on Asphalt and Bitumen was opened by Slovenko Henigman President of ZAS This two-day colloquium was held in Bled in Slovenia and was attended by 210 participants from 12 countries Henigman mentioned in his opening speech that the backlog in maintenance in Slovenia is big and he stressed that we need to work together to reach some changes as soon as possible Next to that several things need to be improved to be ready for the future As an example he mentioned the gasoline cent that is discussed in the Slovenian parliament for road maintenance which is really needed to get a stable incomeKlemen Grebensčk of the Slovenian Ministry of Infrastructure responded in his opening address that he was aware of the fact that the Slovenian roads are not in a good condition He expected to be able to get more funding for the next years to be able to keep the road network at a decent level In the Opening Session Ayberk Oumlzcan President of EAPA mentioned in his wel-come words that this Colloquium on Asphalt and Bitumen has become a very well-known and accepted event in our industry Since 1996 it became the biggest international meeting in the field of road construction and road maintenance in Slovenia and that made it an important meeting for the European asphalt industry and for EAPA members in this region

In the 1st Section ldquoBasic materials in asphalt industry - aggregates and bitumenrdquo Anja Soumlrensen ARBIT Eurobitume Germany gave a state-of-the-art of the Euro-pean bitumen standardisation and the progress of the Performance Related Bitu-men SpecificationBernhard Hofko of TU Vienna explained in his presentation the ageing process of bitumen in a very nice and clear way and explained why you can see an incre-asing amount of creaking when the pavements are getting older Next to ageing tests on bitumen it is also needed to age asphalt itself because of the influence of the aggregate filler and additive Therefore they developed a Viennese Aging Procedure (VAPro) to simulate ageing of asphalt in 4 daysWillem Vonk of Kraton Polymers gave a summary of 8 years work on Highly Modified Asphalt By using Highly Modified Asphalt it is possible to pave thinner and to safe material The thickness reduction that can be achieved is between 20 and 60 depending on the situation in this reduction also results in saving costs

Juan Jose Potti (Asefma) gave an invited lecture about the use of social media for the maintenance of road infrastructures He showed the impact social media can have and he also explained the effect of the Asefma manifesto regarding ldquoThe maintenance of roads is a social needrdquo

In the 2nd section ldquoBuilding Maintenance and Financing of Road Infrastructurerdquo Hans Litzka (Austria) spoke about the maintenance needs for State and Commu-nity roads in Austria and showed the budgets needed to keep the backlog at a constant or better levelAnders Hundahl (Asfaltindustrien) talked about PPP and functional projects on State roads Municipality roads and Private roads He showed the Danish situ-ation during the last 10 years He did not see a great future for PPP projects in Denmark and mentioned that functional contracts work for country roads but not for city roads Egbert Beuving (EAPA) spoke about Green Public Procurement (GPP) Criteria for Road Construction and explained the state-of-the-art of the update of the GPP criteria in Europe He also showed how GGP Criteria are being used in the NetherlandsJože Lun (Slovenia) presented examples of good and bad practice in public pro-curement of asphalt works in Slovenia

The first day ended with a Round Table discussion with the directors of the main Slovenian asphalt companies which got a nice coverage in the Slovenian press the next day

The second day started with the session ldquoAsphalt Recycling and layingrdquo In this session there were ao presentations regarding the use of reclaimed asphalt in Austria Slovenia and Switzerland and enhancing asphalt mixtures performance by using RAP and FT-wax There was an invited lecture of Brian Wood (Plantmix Asphalt Industry of Kentucky ndash PAIK (USA)) and Grant Gabbard (The Allen Co and Executive Vice President of PAIK) They gave an overview of the developments in the asphalt industry in Kentucky USA regarding recycling warm asphalt warranty periods etc

In the 4th and last session ldquoLong-time and sustainable development of asphalt technologiesrdquo Carsten Karcher (EAPA) gave an update on the use of Warm Mix Asphalt in Europe

On the website of ZAS the videos of the presentations of the technical papers and the Round Table can be found at httpwwwzdruzenje-zassikolokvijen

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6Slo

venk

o Hen

igman

(Pres

ident

of ZA

S)

Bernh

ard H

ofko (

TU V

ienna

)

Aybe

rk Oumlz

can (

Presid

ent o

f EAP

A)

Anja

Soren

sen (

Eurob

itume

Germ

any)

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43

Wille

m Vo

nk (K

raton

Polym

ers)

Ande

rs Hu

ndah

l (As

faltin

dustr

ien)

Brian

Woo

d (Pla

ntmix

Asph

alt In

dustr

y of

Kentu

cky ndash

PAIK

(USA

)

Gran

t Gab

bard

(The

Allen

Co E

xecu

tive V

ice Pr

eside

nt)

Roun

d Tab

leJu

an Jo

se Po

tti (A

sefm

a)

Carst

en Ka

rcher

(EAP

A)

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4 45

On 11 November 2015 Member of European Parliament (MEP) Tomas Zdecho-vsky from Czech Republic invited to the seminar ldquoThe social and economic im-portance of road transportrdquo in the European Parliament He was supported by the MEPs Wim van de Camp and Kosma Zlotowski from the European Peoplersquos Parties (EPP) of the European Parliament Speakers addressed the seminarrsquos topic from different angles eg from the road userrsquos perspective by Julia Levasier from the Allgemeine Deutsche Automobil Club (ADAC) from Germany the European Commission DG Move by Rolf Diemer After having been asked Diemer stated that the Commission is not working on topics how to improve the rather bad con-dition of the European Road Network eg by providing funds EAPA Director Carsten Karcher exchanged ideas with colleagues from the branch and spoke with MEP Zdechovsky and invited him to come to the EampE Congress 2016 in his home country

SEMINAR OF MEP ZDECHOVSKY AT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Carst

en Ka

rcher

(left)

and M

EP To

mas Z

dech

ovsk

y

MEETING WITH MEP WIM VAN DE CAMP

On 10 December 2015 Egbert Beuving and Carsten Karcher of EAPA had a meeting with Member of European Parliament (MEP) Wim van de Camp from the Netherlands Van de Camp is MEP since 2009 and member of the Transport Com-mittee (TRAN Committee) He is member of the Group of the European Peoplersquos Party (Christian Democrats)

During this meeting several subjects were addressed

Van de Camp was informed about EAPA its goals the development and benefits of Warm Mix Asphalt and that asphalt is 100 re-usable which fits perfect in the lsquocircular economyrsquo EAPA also informed him about the possibilities to reduce CO2

emissions by cars and trucks by having well maintained roads and especially smooth roads

The idea of creating a European Road Agency was recently discussed in the TRAN Committee MEP Claudia TAPARDEL (Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament ndash Romania) raised this item and it is now in the procedure Many MEPs are against creating an ERA (Euro-pean Road Agency) because they do not want another agency There is already a European Railway Agency Van de Camp is in favour of a European Road Agency because it can also address the social issues of transport eg working times for truck drivers etc

For the European Commission (EC) infrastructure is related to the TEN-T network The lsquoRoad Packagersquo of European Commission which is expected in 2016 will mainly deal with EU road transport market and road infrastructure will only be one chapter The 3 pillars of this ldquoRoad packagerdquo is expected to become a ba-lanced set of initiatives regarding road charging access to internal market and social rules in road transport

For investing in roads the EFSI (European Fund for Strategic Investment) could be a partner and also the European Investment Bank (EIB) is very interested Van de Camp suggested to our industry to bring Road Maintenance to the attenti-on of the EIB or EFSI to see what they can do Van de Camp as a classic politician as he called himself is not in favour of ear-marking tax money In some years more money is needed for certain items than other years Politicians need flexibility to decide where to spend the tax payersrsquo money

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6 47

As a first step towards some guidance of the EC on European roads the EC could produce a communication document instead of creating an ERA This document could explain what European countries could do in the field of road maintenance to have low emissions (noise CO2 fine particles etc) and a good road safety (markings signs evenness surface condition etc) a bit like what they are doing regarding Green Public Procurement According to Van de Camp road mainte-nance is important but it is not a real main item in the European Parliament at this moment Most countries see road maintenance as a national item and for them there is no involvement of the EC needed Road maintenance has to be done by the national states the provincescounties and the local communities

To generate awareness of the importance of road maintenance in Europe he suggested EAPA to create a small campaign together with other like-minded Euro-pean road organisations like CEDR FEHRL ERF and EUPAVE These associations could create together a best practice paper eg on road maintenance and requi-red surface conditions

Van de Camp added that it is even more efficient when the European road organi-sations associations would come up with a practical approach like Best Practi-ces and rankings instead of the EC That might be a stimulus for the EU countries

Egbe

rt Be

uving

(left

) W

im va

n de C

amp (

midd

le) an

d Cars

ten Ka

rcher

CROSS-MODAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

FEHRL organised a so called ldquoUSE-iT - FOX Workshoprdquo on 21 January 2016 in Brussels

USE-iT and FOX are two Horizon 2020 projects The acronym USE-iT stands for ldquoUsers Safety security and Energy In Transport Infrastructurerdquo and FOX for ldquoFore-ver Open infrastructure across (X) all transport modesrdquoThierry Goger (FEHRL) explained in his welcome speech that the aim of this work-shop was to present preliminary results of the USE-iT and FOX projects of the most appropriate technologies and approaches that have the potential of being applied on a cross-modal basis or on at least two transport modes

Maria Cristina Marolda (Policy Officer of Research and Innovation in EC Direc-torate General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) explained in her Opening speech that the European Commission had launched within the Horizon 2020 (H2020) Programme several initiatives to reflect on the necessary development of cross-modal transport infrastructure This because the European Commission is now more looking at transport systems as one system A set of three European H2020 Coordination and Support Actions namely the REFINET (REthinking Futu-re Infrastructure NETworks) FOX and USE-iT projects have been granted to sup-port this work Several partners from all transport modes and with various profiles (for example Research Providers Industry Transport Authority) are now actively involved in this attempt

Bob Collis (TRL UK) explained the structure of the Workshop The topic areas investigated in the FOX and USE-IT projects had been divided in 6 groups User information Safety amp security Energy amp carbon Constructing amp maintenance Inspection and Recycling amp reuse After the plenary session the participants of the Workshop were also divided in 6 groups and they visited during the workshop the various topics investigatedWhen a group visited one of the topics a detailed description of the technologies collected in the surveys was presented and the barriers and opportunities for cross modal application were discussed Also potential research topics that could be of benefit to more than one mode were identified Next to these discussions this workshop also give a nice overview of the state-of-the-art technologies that are used or can be used in the 4 transport modes Road Rail Runway and WaterwayAt the end of the projects a list of needs a road map for future research will be created

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Several activities such as desk studies surveys and workshops have been schedu-led over the coming two years to collect information and reflect together The 2nd workshop will be held during TRA 2016 in Warsaw and the 3rd on mid-September 2016

More information about these projects can be found at httpwwwrefineteu and wwwuseitandfoxprojectseu

Thier

ry Go

ger (

FEHR

L)

Prese

ntatio

n of t

echn

ologie

s coll

ected

Cristi

na M

arolda

(DG

MOVE

)

Bob C

ollis

(TRL

UK)

ACEA 25TH ANNIVERSARY

On 21st January 2016 the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) celebrated its 25th anniversary EAPA Secretary General Egbert Beuving and EAPA Director Carsten Karcher were invited together with 200 other execu-tives of European organisations and associations in the transport sectorACEA Secretary General Eric Jonnaert welcomed the guests and new elected ACEA president Dieter Zetsche and Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc from the European Commission addressed the guests Dieter Zetsche spoke about ACEArsquos history and coming challenges Violeta Bulc gave a motivating and inspiring speech about innovation in the transport sector and especially the automobile sectorThis reception was an excellent opportunity for EAPA Secretariat to network Carsten Karcher took the opportunity to talk with ACEA president Zetsche and to inform him briefly about our industry He also gave Zetsche the new EAPA calen-dar for the year 2016 with very nice asphalt pictures and short messages about the advantages of asphalt Furthermore he asked him whether he would be able to give a speech during the EampE Congress 2016 in Prague to address the needs of the road users and the automobile industry for well-maintained roads and the roads of the future

ACEA

Pres

ident

Dieter

Zetsc

he

Comm

ission

er for

Tran

sport

Viol

et Bu

lc

Carst

en Ka

rcher

and D

ieter

Zetsc

he

ACEA

Sec

retary

Gen

eral E

ric Jo

nnae

rt

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1

UPCOMING CONGRESSES

DEUTSCHE ASPHALTTAGE 2016

EampE CONGRESS 2016

On 17 ndash 19 February 2016 the XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage will be held in Berchtesgaden Germany More infor-mation can soon be found at wwwasphaltde

On 1 ndash 3 June 2016 the 6th Eurasphalt amp Eurobitume Congress will be held in Prague More information can be found at wwweecongress2016org

50

RILEM CONFERENCE

The 8th RILEM International Conference on ldquoMechanisms of Cracking and Debon-ding in Pavementsrdquo will be held on 7 ndash 9 June 2016 in Nantes France More information can be found at httpmcd2016sciencesconforg

2016 ISAP SYMPOSIUM

The 2016 ISAP Symposium ldquoFrom Molecules to Innovative Pavementsrdquo will be held on 18-21 July 2016 and is hosted by Western Research Institute USAThis International meeting focusing on the transfer of technology from funda-mental research to applied enginee-ring of asphalt pavements will be held in conjunction with the long-standing Petersen Asphalt Research Conference (wwwpetersenasphaltconferenceorg)

The web link for Call for Abstracts is httpwwwisap2016symposiumorgISAP2016-Abstractshtml

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EATA CONFERENCE 2017

On 12 ndash 14 June 2017 the 7th Inter-national EATA Conference will be held in Empa in Duumlbendorf Swit-zerland EATA - the European Asp-halt Technology Association - is an informal organisation of European engineers and scientists involved in Asphalt Technology Research More information can be found at httpeata2017empach

1ST EUROPEAN ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE CONGRESS

On 18-20 October 2016 the 1st European Road Infrastructure Congress will be held in Leeds UKThis congress is organised by the European Union Road Federation in partnership with the Road Safety Markings AssociationMore information can be found at wwweric2016eu

Asphalt ADVANTAGES

Get the Advantages of Asphalt Pavement

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EVENTS LIST

2016

Task Force Providing Evidence Asphalt AdvantagesEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingCampD Waste Management Protocol ndash TF 1 meetingCEN TC336 Advisory Group meeting in ParisConference Swiss Asphalt Producing Industry Bern Road CO2 meeting in BrusselsACEA lsquoReducing CO2 from Road Transport Togetherrsquo ConferenceDAV XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage Berchtesgaden17th HAPA International Asphalt Conference

EAPA ExCo and Directorslsquo Group meeting in BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume ExCo meeting in BrusselsCEN TC336 WG1 TG5 meeting in BrusselsDAV Asphalt Days WillingenCEN T227 Chairmanrsquos Panel meeting in BerlinCEN TC227 WG6 meeting in BerlinCEN TC336 WG1 meeting in BrusselsEurobitume amp BAW Bitumen and Asphalt Day BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume TC meetingEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meeting

EAPA WG Carbon Footprint DocumentEAPA HSE meeting in OsloEAPA TC meeting in OsloBauma in Munich GermanyROSANNE Stakeholders Reference Group meetingTransport Research Arena Conference -TRA 2016CEN TC227 WG1 meeting in Helsinki

EampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meetingCEN TC336 meeting in PragueEAPA GCA meeting in Prague

3 Feb 4 Feb4 Feb5 Feb5 Feb

10 Feb16 Feb

17 ndash 19 Feb23 ndash 24 Feb

1 March2 March 4 March

7 ndash 9 March8 March9 March

10 - 11 March15 March 17 March 22 March23 March

5 April6 April 7 April

11-17 April12 April

18-21 April 25 ndash 26 April

11 May12 May

30 ndash 31 May31 May

EampE Congress 2016 in Prague Global Asphalt Pavement Alliance meeting in PragueCEN TC336 WG1 meetingEAPA HSE Committee meeting in ParisEAPA TC meeting in Paris1st European Road Infrastructure Congress in Leeds UKCEN TC227 WG1 meeting

1 ndash 3 June 3 June

20-21 Sept 12 Oct 13 Oct

18-20 Oct9-10 Nov

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6E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

COLOPHON

Egbert Beuving amp Carsten KarcherHelga BeuvingEgbert Beuving amp Carsten Karcher

TextLayout

Pictures

57

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MPA - Mineral Products Association

NCC AB

DAV - Deutscher Asphalt Verband eV

Asefma Asfaltindustrien

EBA HAPA - Hungarian Asphalt Pavement Association

Infra Contractorsrsquo Association

USIRF - Routes de France ZAS - Združenje asfalterjev

Slovenije

Peab Asphalt AB

Sdruženiacute pro vyacutestavbu silnic Praha

MEMBERS

ASMUD - Turkish Asphalt Contractors Association

Eesti Asfaldiliit IAPA - Irish Asphalt Pavement Association

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

ABZ-1 Ammann Group Antigo - MHB Breakers Ltd

Arizona Chemical

BTC Europe GmbHBenninghoven Caterpillar Paving Products Inc

CFF

ASTEC

DuPont CZ sro

CRH plc

Genan Honeywell

MeadWestvacoMarini Ruthman Sasol Wax

Turkish Petroleum Refineries Co

Volvo Construction Equipment

Voumlgele Vialit

Kraton Polymers Nederland BV

J Rettenmaier amp Soumlhne GmbH amp Co

ICL Performance Products LP

EUROPEAN ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION

Rue du Commerce 77B-1040 Brussels Belgium

Phone +32 2 502 5888E-mail infoeapaorgWeb wwweapaorg

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8

EampE CONGRESS 2016

GET REGISTERED

The 6th EampE Congress will be held in the Prague Congress Centre on 1 ndash 3 June 2016 under the title ldquoInvesting in our greatest assetrdquo This is congress is organised by EAPA and Eurobitume The registration is open now and you are all invite to register for this congress at httpwwweecongress2016org

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

Pragu

e Con

gress

Centr

e

EampE CONGRESS 2016 ORGANISING COMMITTEE

The Organising Committee (OC) of the EampE Congress 2016 is organising the con-gress together with PCO (Professional Conference Organiser) Guarant in PragueMs Katrina Sichel will be the facilitator during the EampE Congress 2016 She will guide the congress delegates through the programme of the opening day and the closing session

The programme of the opening day was developed by the Organising Committee as well two parallel sessions (seminars) and the closing session One seminar is ldquoBest practice in communicationrdquo and the other one will be ldquoFinancing of road infrastructurerdquo

On Wednesday evening 1 June the Congress dinner will be held in the beautiful Žofiacuten Palace For the Accompanying Persons Programme a nice programme has been developedThere will also be a Congress App for mobile devises for the participants

19

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0E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

City o

f Prag

ue

EampE CONGRESS 2016 TECHNICAL PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

The Technical Programme Committee (TPC) of the next Eurasphalt amp Eurobitume Congress 2016 in Prague had its latest meeting on 10th September 2015 in Pra-gue The TPC is responsible for planning and managing the technical programme of the EampE Congress The TPC is also responsible for the Call for abstracts the abstract selection the Call for papers the paper review process etc and reports to the Congress Organising Committee (OC)

The main activity of this committee during the last months has been steering and participating in the independent double review of approximately 250 technical papers for the congress together with other reviewers The reviewing process will be finished by the end of January so the authors will be informed about the final acceptance of their paper(s) in mid-February The next action is to prepare the structure and the content of technical sessions of the conference

The next meeting of the TPC will be held in Brussels on 4th February 2016

To be able to announce the location of the EampE Congress 2020 the Scouting Group EampE 2020 visited several possible venues90 of the Exhibition space is already sold and Eurobitume and EAPA will have a booth on the exhibition too The Exhibition Manual was finalised and is on the website now

The Invitation to Register and the online registration module are on the Congress website now so you can register for the congress at wwweecongress2016org

21

City o

f Prag

ue

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2 23

EUROPEAN STANDARDISATION

CEN TC227 WG1

On 1 and 2 October 2015 there was a CEN TC227 WG1 ldquoBituminous mixturesrdquo meeting in Antalya Turkey This standardisation Working Group is responsible for the European asphalt (Bituminous mixtures) standards and the European test methods for asphalt At this moment 3 Task Groups are active in Working Group 1The first one is Task Group (TG) 2 ldquoTest methodsrdquo This Task Group is drafting new European test methods where needed and they are revising the existing 50 European test methods when needed The two new test methods that are being developed by TG2 at this moment are PrEN 12697-54 ldquoLab curing for Asphalt Concrete with emulsionsrdquo and PrEN 12697-55 ldquoCoating and consistency of a mixture with emulsionrdquoIn this Antalya meeting also 7 revised test methods were approved to go out for ldquoFormal Voterdquo (after some small corrections have been made)

Task Group 3 ldquoProduct Standardsrdquo is taking care of drafting product standards for asphalt At this moment the revised product standards (the EN 13108 series) are out for Formal Vote The Formal Vote process of the product standards will finish on 26 January 2016TG3 is now drafting a new standard for ldquoAsphalt concrete with Bituminous Emulsi-onrdquo (EN 13108-31) This mixture is produced in a plant and it does not deal with mixtures for road repair as sold in bags This is according to the Mandate CEN TC227 has The draft standard was discussed during this WG1 meeting

Task Group 4 ldquoConformity Assessment Standardsrdquo is drafting the (revised) stan-dards for EN 13108-20 ldquoType Testingrdquo (TT) EN 13108-21 ldquoFactory Production Controlrdquo (FPC) and EN 13108-8 ldquoReclaimed asphaltrdquo It was decided to start with modifying part EN 13108-20 and -21 (TT and FPC) for Asphalt Concrete with Bituminous Emulsion (ACBE) In a later stage it will be decided whether new separates standards are needed or not Having new standards for TT and FPC for ACBE might be easier to maintain in the future

In January 2016 the Convenors of TGs 2 3 and 4 will have a meeting to discuss several items related to ACBE that were raised during this CEN TC 227 WG1 meeting like the question whether ACBE will require its own Standards for Type Testing and Factory Production Control the contribution of Reclaimed Asphalt within ACBE and defining lsquocured conditionsrsquo of ACBE

Other items discussed in Antalya were the progress of CEN TC336 WG1 CEN TC227 WG6 and an Ageing Workshop that might be held if needed

The next CEN TC227 WG meeting will be held on 25 and 26 April 2016 in Helsinki Finland

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CEN TC154 WG13 TC227 WG6 CEN TC336 WG1

The latest CEN TC154 WG13 TC227 WG6 lsquoDangerous substancesrsquo meeting was held on 12 October 2015 in London The meeting started with an update of the activities of CEN TC351 ldquoAssessment of release of dangerous substancesrdquo and some new test methods of this TC were discussed This CEN TC 351 is creating test methods for determining oa the lea-ching behaviour of building materials In the future (ao) the leaching behaviour of ldquoMandatedrdquo building materials has to be declared in the CE-marking also for asphalt This to address the CPR Basic Requirement for Construction Works num-ber 3 ldquoHygiene health and the environmentrdquo dealing with the release of dange-rous substances into ground water marine waters surface waters or soil To avoid unnecessary testing it was the intention to create a possibility to classify products Without Further Testing (WFT) or Without Testing (WT) For being classified WFT or WT a dossier with leaching date had to be created and the European Com-mission would decide based on this dossier whether a certain material could be classified WFT or WT At this moment it is still unclear how this procedure will work At the meeting it was mentioned that a WFT (Without Further Testing) clas-sification must be justified by documents which must be included in the dossier It was originally intended that products could be classified simply in the same way as resistance to fire (eg glass does not burn) but this is not practical for all substances and all products It might be possible for TCs to provide WFT for some substances but the rest would be for producers

At the agenda item ldquoLiaison with CEN TC350 to address sustainability with an overview on Product Category Rules (PCR) and Environmental Products Declarati-ons (EPD) for aggregatesrdquo it was mentioned that the first draft of Product Category Rules (PCR) for aggregates (cradle to gate) will be available in the beginning of 2016 Manfred Fuchs of DG GROW also attended this meeting He explained that the Commission supports PEF (Product Environmental Footprint) as the overarching sustainability framework across all sectors but acknowledged that it is designed for final products and not for intermediate products He also explained the relation between the PEF (Product Environmental footprint) and the PCREPD It will come together and they will be linked CEN product committees can continue to use EN15804 to produce PCR and anything new from PEF can be added later Basic requirement for construction works number 7 ldquoSustainable use of natural resourcesrdquo will not be ready for at least 2 yearsThe next meeting of this joint WG will be held on 24th February 2016 in London

On 29 and 30 September 2015 CEN TC336 WG1 had a meeting in Tarragona (Spain) The main agenda item was Task Group Progress Reports and the WG1 Structure

The Task Groups that are still active in TC 336 WG1 arebull

bull

bull

bull

bull

bull

TG 1 ldquoHigh Service Temperature Propertiesrdquo This TG will be active until EN 16659 ldquoMSCRTrdquo is published At the time of the meeting it was in the Formal Vote process TG1 also prepared a paper for the EampE Congress 2016TG 2 ldquoLow Service Temperature Propertiesrdquo will continue its work and will look at new approaches for addressing low service temperature properties of bituminous bindersTG 5 ldquoSpecification Frameworkrdquo is now called ldquoRevision of EN 14023rdquo Based on the outcome of the systematic review of EN 14023 ldquoPMBrdquo it was decided to revise this standard This work will be done by TG5TG 6 ldquoRevision of EN 12591rdquo is dealing with the revision of EN 12591ldquoPa-ving Grade bitumenrdquo WG1 agreed to forward the new draft of prEN 12591 to CEN to start CEN Enquiry This CEN enquiry will start in early 2016TG 8 and TG 10 ldquoRevisions of Amendments to test standardsrdquo are taking care of the revision of the test methodsTG 9 ldquoPrecisionrdquo is dealing with precision of test methods The next WG1 meeting will be held in Brussels (Belgium) on 10 and 11 March 2016

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6 27

OTHER MEETINGS amp EVENTS

TECHNICAL PAPA SEMINAR

The 33rd Technical Seminar of PSWNA (Polish Asphalt Pavement Association - PAPA) was held on 27 and 28 October 2015 in Warsaw with the title ldquoSustaina-ble development and a selection of innovative road technologiesrdquo

After the opening speech of the PAPA President Mr Andrzej Wyszynski the first session started with a presentation of Egbert Beuving (EAPA) about Asphalt Ad-vantages He explained the benefits of using asphalt for road construction and road maintenanceBengt Sandman of Nynas AB showed in his presentation on ldquoSpecial modified bitumenrdquo the results of a study concerning the use of polymer modified bitumen on the High Coast Bridge (Houmlgakustenbron) in Sweden After 15 years of service the Polymer Modified Asphalt surface on this suspension bridge is still performing well and the modified binder is still very elastic and also retains good low and high temperature properties In the second session ldquoGood practices in the roadrdquo Jan Kroacutel of the Warsaw Uni-versity of Technology presented the effects of environmental and social costs of life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) He showed the elements that should be addressed to be able to make as an example a comparison of the expressway in asphalt with one in concrete In his summary he mentioned that Cost-benefit analysis enables verification of the validity of the investment in relation to refrain from investment activities It allows you to choose the best investment option and it is increasingly being demanded by investors and is appointed by public procurement law

One of the presentations on the second day during the 3rd session ldquoNew technolo-gies - innovations in materials Ecology (recycling) and Environmental Protectionrdquo was of prof Dariusz Sybilski of IBDiM He addressed the effect of a chemically reactive silane additive on the binder - aggregate interaction

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Beng

t San

dman

(Nyn

as)

Jan K

roacutel (W

arsaw

Univ

ersity

of Te

chno

logy)

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9 28

CEDR FINAL CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE

On 27th ndash 28th October 2015 the Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR) organised the CEDR final climate change conference in Brussels

CEDR Secretary General Steve Philips welcomed the participants and spoke about the importance of Climate Change for Road Operations and the role of CEDR in the light of EU Policy and research projects The priorities of CEDR are Intelligent Road Systems Maintenance Multi-Modality and Climate Change A further objective is to have a better life time return of roads He raised the questi-on how increase the sbquoappetitelsquo of the road authorities for adaption due to climate change and answered that CEDR is not a regulator but what CEDR can do is to raise the awareness propose procurement practices and propose standardisation practices During the day several major research results of the projects CliPDaR and ROADAPT were presented concerning eg the developed models and strategies to adapt climate changeOn second day adapting strategies for road infrastructure by CEDR Technical Group Climate Change Adaption as well as the administrations of The Nether-lands and Norway were presented followed by parallel workshopsChristian Axelsen of Danish Road Directorate and member of CEDR Technical Group Climate Change Adaption mentioned that many tools and solutions al-ready exist but they have to be applied in an efficient way and with a good and consistent strategyEva Lijegren of the Swedish Transport Administration National Coordinator for Climate Change Adaptation spoke about ldquoTransforming a strategy into an action planrdquo For example in Sweden 1500 documents with rules and regulations for roads rails and ferries do exist and they have to be inverted for changesKees van Muiswinkel Department of Infrastructure and the Environment of the Dutch Rijkswaterstaat gave a presentation about adaptation strategies in the Netherlands The Dutch Government has released several programmes like Delta Programme (NL climate proof and water robust by 2050 a high level of protecti-on to flooding) and National Adaptation Strategy (more long term thinking costs to make the Netherlands fit for the future are four times lower than long term costs of damage)Gordana Petkovic Norwegian Public Roads Administration informed the atten-dees amongst others about revised manuals for design and practice for the In-frastructure an inventory of vulnerable assets and a smartphone app to register natural hazards

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final

climate

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All the presentations and relevant reports can be downloaded from httpwwwfehrlorgindexphpm=32ampid_directory=7844 You can also see the first day of the conference that was web streamed at httpwwwfehrlorgindexphpm=32ampmode=downloadampid_file=17469

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1

CEDR WORKSHOP ON ROAD WORKER SAFETY

On 29th October 2015 CEDR organised the dissemination workshop on two CEDR projects called ASAP and BRoWSER at BBRC in Brussel

The workshop started with a welcome by Paul Mitchell chair of the CEDR pro-gramme executive board and Wanda Debauche from the Belgian Road Research Centre In the following keynote speech Pieter De Winne Head of the Road Engi-neering Division at the Flemish Agency for Roads and Traffic presented the CEDR research work and data concerning safety of workers on the Flemish network He mentioned that in one big construction site 60000 penalties for too high driving speeds were given which almost covered the construction costs

The presentation of the ASAP project (ASAP ndash Appropriate Speed saves All Peo-ple) was given by the project coordinator Anna Vadeby VTI Sweden She ex-plained the goals and results of this project The projectrsquos focus was on regula-ting motorist` driving behaviour in work zones She explained different measures with their expected impacts The final report with guidelines which are meant to complement existing national regulations and procedures has been released on the project website Most promising measures to reduce traffic speeding were amongst others police presence and speed control at the work site

Project coordinator Jill Weekly TRL UK presented the BRoWSER project (BRoW-SER ndash Baselining Road Worker Safety on European Roads) The goal of the project was to implement a European Road Worker Safety Database (EuRoWCas data-base) to count the number of road worker accidents compare these accidents un-derstand the causes and consequences of road worker accidents and to develop countermeasures to reduce the risk of road worker accidents The deliverables are the database itself and a related guidance document on the collection procedures The recommendations of the project are as followsbull National road authorities need to adopt a common typology for road worksbull Support on EU level to promote adoption and harmonisation of common typology across Europebull National road authorities need to adopt the EuRoWCas database con cept and fill it with consistent and accurate data

In the afternoon workshops for the implementation of the project`s findings were held The workshop was closed with the conclusions of Paul MitchellFor more information about the projects and the workshop please go to httpasapfehrlorg httpbrowserzagsi and wwwcedrfr

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CEDR WORKSHOP ON RECYCLING

On 24 and 25 September 2015 the ldquoInternational workshop on Recycling Road construction in a post fossil fuel societyrdquo was held in the Czech Technical Univer-sity in Prague Around 40 people attended this workshop

This workshop was the final event of the three research projects EARN CoRePaSol and AllBack2Pave that were procured under the CEDR Transnational Road Rese-arch Programme Call 2012 Recycling

During this workshop the results of these projects were presented and discussed

The EARN (Effects on Availability of Road Network) project reviewed existing data on service lifetime and availability of road materials and structures there was a site trial to evaluate varying proportions of RA and they did an experimen-tal evaluation of moisture damage and ageing in asphalt mixtures and developed an impact assessment modelThe main findings of this project were bull The use of Low Temperature Asphalt systems Reclaimed Asphalt secondary by-products andor binder additives can have an effect on the durability of flexible pavements but that affect is not always adverse and may not be great bull The effect of using lower temperature asphalt systems RA secondary by-products andor binder additives can be modelled in the expected service life of mixtures but more data are needed to make the model more accurate More information can be found at httpwwwtrlcouksolutionsroad-rail-infrastructuresustainable-infrastructureearn

The CoRePaSol project ldquoHarmonised characterisation of cold recycled asphalt pavement solutionsrdquo focused mainly on harmonising mix design of cold recycled bitumen stabilised materials (mixes) following the existing scientific and enginee-ring experience and approaches They also studied the activity of Reclaimed As-phalt binder in cold-recycled mixes the recyclability and multiple recyclability of cold-recycled mixes in cold and hot recycling and the environmental benefits associated with encapsulating hazardous materialsFor more information go to httpsilnicefsvcvutczcorepasol

The AllBack2Pave project ldquoSustainable 100 recycling of reclaimed asphalt in road pavementsrdquo focused on the research on the feasibility of going toward 100 recycling of asphalt pavements into wearing courses through an increasing per-centage of RA within the mixes They wanted to recycle 90 but the asphalt plants

for the project could not handle that percentage More information can be found at httpallback2pavefehrlorg

One of the conclusions of multi-recycling was that cold recycled materials can be recycled cold and in hot and warm processes and the cement of the cold recycling does not interfere with the recyclability of the bitumenAnother conclusion regarding Carbon-Footprint discussion was that recycling has more influence on lowering the carbon-footprint than Warm Mix Asphalt Thus to achieve really benefit of WMA the recycling percentage in WMA should be kept at the same level as for HMA

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David

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ROSANNE

On 4 December 2015 there was a ROSANNE Stakeholders Reference Group meetingDuring this meeting the Work Pack-age leaders informed the stakeholders about the progress madeThe ROSANNE project aims at de-velopingharmonising measurement methods for skid resistance noise emission and rolling resistance of road pavements as a preparation for stan-dardization

The objectives are in short

1Skid resistance The harmonisation of skid resistance measurement by deri-ving conversion factors for friction indi-ces based on similar groups of devices namely longitudinal and sideways skid resistance measurement devices

2Noise emission Combining the exis-ting measurement methods (SPB and CPX) into a harmonised pavement noi-se emission characterisation method

3Rolling resistance building on the re-sults obtained in MIRIAM and standar-dising trailer measurements of rolling resistance coefficients of road surfaces It is also studying the influencing road surface parameters and factors which disturb such measurements and in some cases to develop correction procedures for such influences

4Texture exploring the potential for re-cent developments in the measurement of surface texture to deliver parameters that better reflect the physical process of tyreroad interaction and that may improve our understanding of how the texture influences skid resistance noise emission and rolling resistance

5Reference tyres and pavements Defi-ning and investigating the performan-ce of reference tyres and pavements necessary for the measurement of all three road surface properties This is a prerequisite for the harmonisation of all future measurements

More information about this project can be found at httprosanne-projecteu

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ACEA MEETINGS

During the last months the EAPA Secretariat contributed heavily to different workshops and events of the European Automobile Manufacturers Associationrsquos (ACEA) initiative on ldquoJoining forces to tackle the road transport CO2 challengerdquo Amongst other stakeholders of the transport sector EAPA was invited to give input to two reports one for passenger cars and light vehicles as well as one for heavy duty vehicles Therefore the EAPA Secretariat prepared several presentations re-garding the positive aspects of asphalt pavements on rolling resistance and on quick maintenance to demonstrate that smooth and well maintained asphalt roads reduce the CO2 emissions of cars and vehicles during the use phase of pavements The presentations were based on independent and neutral studies and on rese-arch projects that proved the benefits of asphalt pavements

On 19th January EAPA Secretariat participated in a wrap-up event at Brussels where experts from different sectors (eg infrastructure fuels) discussed the draft report on the CO2 emissions reducing potential for passenger cars and light vehi-cles until 2030

EAPA will follow the initiative with providing relevant information and actively par-ticipating in future ACEA events Therefore EAPA Secretariat will participate and will give an oral statement during the presentation of the report for the heavy duty vehicles in a conference organised by ACEA in Brussels on 16th February 2016

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CZECH ASPHALT CONFERENCE AV`15

On 24th and 25th November 2015 the Czech Road Contractors Association Praha and the Czech Road Society Asphalt Pavements Section held its yearly Asphalt Pavement Conference in Českeacute Budějovice More than 400 participants from the asphalt sector with more than 50 participants from abroad attended this confe-rence The very well organised conference with an exhibition with more than 25 booths was a big success

During the two conference days there were several presentations about the latest developments in the Czech Asphalt Industry special paving projects and news from the road administration There were also reports of the latest results of rese-arch projects and ongoing projectsCarsten Karcher participated on behalf of EAPA and gave a presentation on ldquoNews from Brussels ndash 2015rdquo where he focused on Warm Mix Asphalt Re-use of Asphalt and the AsphaltAdvantages campaign

For more information all the presentations and some videos please go to httpwwwasfaltove-vozovkyczav2015

DANUBE REGION CONFERENCE

On 25 November 2015 the Danube Region Conference ldquoDevelopment and Main-tenance of Road surfaces in the Danube regionrdquo was held in Bled in SloveniaThis conference was organised by ZAS the Slovenia Ministry of Infrastructure and the European Commission The Danube Region encompasses 14 countries of South Eastern Europe

Slovenko Henigman President of Slovenian Asphalt Pavement Association (ZAS) explained in his welcome speech the importance of this event and why it was connected with the ZAS Colloquium The goal of this Danube conference is to strengthen the developments of the road construction field and the economic inte-gration Asphalt technology has a role of binding people and nations Mr Franc Žepič EUSDR Priority Area Coordinator Ministry of Infrastructure Slo-venia explained the ldquoEU Strategy for the Danube Regionrdquo (EUSDR) and the EUSDR Governance model More information about EUSDR can be found at httpwwwdanube-regioneu

In the 1st session ldquoGeneral situation and management on road network in the regi-onrdquo Jose Diez (ERF) showed the importance of roads and explained the impact of the backlog of maintenance on the economy This backlog will only increase the costs for maintenance He described different approaches for maintenance and mentioned that by applying Road Asset Management principles the municipality of Larvik (in Norway) found out they were losing euro 2000- per day for not main-taining their road network His good news was that solutions do existMitja Jurgele DRI Slovenia showed the effects of investment on the quality of the road network

In the 2nd session ldquoAsphalt Industry in the Danube regionrdquo Carsten Karcher (EAPA) gave a presentation on the current chances and challenges for the asphalt indus-try in Germany with a focus on asphalt recycling and noise reduction Many people in Germany are suffering from traffic noise in Germany and to reduce that traffic noise different types of asphalt were developed and are being applied in Germany like noise optimised SMA and noise optimised Asphalt Concrete which also has an optimised surface texture that also provides a lower rolling resistanceMiroslav Keller president of the Croatian Asphalt Association showed in his presentation the influence of the budget on the quality of the main road network in Croatia until the year 2026 Imre Pap of the Highway Institute Belgrade Serbia gave a review of technologies and specifications for construction and rehabilitation of roads in SerbiaEgbert Beuving (EAPA) explained in his presentation how the use of Information

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Technology in the asphalt paving process can stimulate sustainable developments A more homogeneous quality of the (surface) layers does results in more durable pavements Due to the tendering system where the lowest bid is mostly rewarded there is no incentive for the construction companies to use the available know-ledge and information technology to deliver a high quality product This system does not stimulate innovation Using quality best price-quality ratio bonusmalus-system experience and expertise in the tendering process (as mentioned in the Public Procurement Directive) will stimulate innovation and will contribute to sustainabilitySlovenko Henigman president ZAS Slovenia showed in his presentation the trends and developments in the asphalt industry in Slovenia

In the 3rd and last session ldquoSustainable development of road construction and maintenance in the Danube regionrdquo one of the speakers was Ms Olivera Djordje-vic of EuroRAP (European Road Assessment Programme) addressing road mainte-nance for safety She showed results of the SENSoR Project where they created a Road Safety Atlas for South East Europe For more information and safety maps see wwwsensorprojecteu

Miros

lav Ke

ller

(Croa

tian A

spha

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Mitja

Jurge

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RI S

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Slove

nko H

enigm

an (Z

AS)

Carst

en Ka

rcher

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Highw

ay In

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Franc

Žepič

(Mini

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f Infr

astru

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Slov

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Jose

Diez

(ERF

)

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ZAS COLLOQUIUM ON ASPHALT AND BITUMEN

On 26 November the 15th Colloquium on Asphalt and Bitumen was opened by Slovenko Henigman President of ZAS This two-day colloquium was held in Bled in Slovenia and was attended by 210 participants from 12 countries Henigman mentioned in his opening speech that the backlog in maintenance in Slovenia is big and he stressed that we need to work together to reach some changes as soon as possible Next to that several things need to be improved to be ready for the future As an example he mentioned the gasoline cent that is discussed in the Slovenian parliament for road maintenance which is really needed to get a stable incomeKlemen Grebensčk of the Slovenian Ministry of Infrastructure responded in his opening address that he was aware of the fact that the Slovenian roads are not in a good condition He expected to be able to get more funding for the next years to be able to keep the road network at a decent level In the Opening Session Ayberk Oumlzcan President of EAPA mentioned in his wel-come words that this Colloquium on Asphalt and Bitumen has become a very well-known and accepted event in our industry Since 1996 it became the biggest international meeting in the field of road construction and road maintenance in Slovenia and that made it an important meeting for the European asphalt industry and for EAPA members in this region

In the 1st Section ldquoBasic materials in asphalt industry - aggregates and bitumenrdquo Anja Soumlrensen ARBIT Eurobitume Germany gave a state-of-the-art of the Euro-pean bitumen standardisation and the progress of the Performance Related Bitu-men SpecificationBernhard Hofko of TU Vienna explained in his presentation the ageing process of bitumen in a very nice and clear way and explained why you can see an incre-asing amount of creaking when the pavements are getting older Next to ageing tests on bitumen it is also needed to age asphalt itself because of the influence of the aggregate filler and additive Therefore they developed a Viennese Aging Procedure (VAPro) to simulate ageing of asphalt in 4 daysWillem Vonk of Kraton Polymers gave a summary of 8 years work on Highly Modified Asphalt By using Highly Modified Asphalt it is possible to pave thinner and to safe material The thickness reduction that can be achieved is between 20 and 60 depending on the situation in this reduction also results in saving costs

Juan Jose Potti (Asefma) gave an invited lecture about the use of social media for the maintenance of road infrastructures He showed the impact social media can have and he also explained the effect of the Asefma manifesto regarding ldquoThe maintenance of roads is a social needrdquo

In the 2nd section ldquoBuilding Maintenance and Financing of Road Infrastructurerdquo Hans Litzka (Austria) spoke about the maintenance needs for State and Commu-nity roads in Austria and showed the budgets needed to keep the backlog at a constant or better levelAnders Hundahl (Asfaltindustrien) talked about PPP and functional projects on State roads Municipality roads and Private roads He showed the Danish situ-ation during the last 10 years He did not see a great future for PPP projects in Denmark and mentioned that functional contracts work for country roads but not for city roads Egbert Beuving (EAPA) spoke about Green Public Procurement (GPP) Criteria for Road Construction and explained the state-of-the-art of the update of the GPP criteria in Europe He also showed how GGP Criteria are being used in the NetherlandsJože Lun (Slovenia) presented examples of good and bad practice in public pro-curement of asphalt works in Slovenia

The first day ended with a Round Table discussion with the directors of the main Slovenian asphalt companies which got a nice coverage in the Slovenian press the next day

The second day started with the session ldquoAsphalt Recycling and layingrdquo In this session there were ao presentations regarding the use of reclaimed asphalt in Austria Slovenia and Switzerland and enhancing asphalt mixtures performance by using RAP and FT-wax There was an invited lecture of Brian Wood (Plantmix Asphalt Industry of Kentucky ndash PAIK (USA)) and Grant Gabbard (The Allen Co and Executive Vice President of PAIK) They gave an overview of the developments in the asphalt industry in Kentucky USA regarding recycling warm asphalt warranty periods etc

In the 4th and last session ldquoLong-time and sustainable development of asphalt technologiesrdquo Carsten Karcher (EAPA) gave an update on the use of Warm Mix Asphalt in Europe

On the website of ZAS the videos of the presentations of the technical papers and the Round Table can be found at httpwwwzdruzenje-zassikolokvijen

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venk

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(Pres

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of ZA

S)

Bernh

ard H

ofko (

TU V

ienna

)

Aybe

rk Oumlz

can (

Presid

ent o

f EAP

A)

Anja

Soren

sen (

Eurob

itume

Germ

any)

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Wille

m Vo

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Polym

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Ande

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faltin

dustr

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Brian

Woo

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ntmix

Asph

alt In

dustr

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Kentu

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PAIK

(USA

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Gran

t Gab

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(The

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Roun

d Tab

leJu

an Jo

se Po

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sefm

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Carst

en Ka

rcher

(EAP

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On 11 November 2015 Member of European Parliament (MEP) Tomas Zdecho-vsky from Czech Republic invited to the seminar ldquoThe social and economic im-portance of road transportrdquo in the European Parliament He was supported by the MEPs Wim van de Camp and Kosma Zlotowski from the European Peoplersquos Parties (EPP) of the European Parliament Speakers addressed the seminarrsquos topic from different angles eg from the road userrsquos perspective by Julia Levasier from the Allgemeine Deutsche Automobil Club (ADAC) from Germany the European Commission DG Move by Rolf Diemer After having been asked Diemer stated that the Commission is not working on topics how to improve the rather bad con-dition of the European Road Network eg by providing funds EAPA Director Carsten Karcher exchanged ideas with colleagues from the branch and spoke with MEP Zdechovsky and invited him to come to the EampE Congress 2016 in his home country

SEMINAR OF MEP ZDECHOVSKY AT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Carst

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(left)

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MEETING WITH MEP WIM VAN DE CAMP

On 10 December 2015 Egbert Beuving and Carsten Karcher of EAPA had a meeting with Member of European Parliament (MEP) Wim van de Camp from the Netherlands Van de Camp is MEP since 2009 and member of the Transport Com-mittee (TRAN Committee) He is member of the Group of the European Peoplersquos Party (Christian Democrats)

During this meeting several subjects were addressed

Van de Camp was informed about EAPA its goals the development and benefits of Warm Mix Asphalt and that asphalt is 100 re-usable which fits perfect in the lsquocircular economyrsquo EAPA also informed him about the possibilities to reduce CO2

emissions by cars and trucks by having well maintained roads and especially smooth roads

The idea of creating a European Road Agency was recently discussed in the TRAN Committee MEP Claudia TAPARDEL (Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament ndash Romania) raised this item and it is now in the procedure Many MEPs are against creating an ERA (Euro-pean Road Agency) because they do not want another agency There is already a European Railway Agency Van de Camp is in favour of a European Road Agency because it can also address the social issues of transport eg working times for truck drivers etc

For the European Commission (EC) infrastructure is related to the TEN-T network The lsquoRoad Packagersquo of European Commission which is expected in 2016 will mainly deal with EU road transport market and road infrastructure will only be one chapter The 3 pillars of this ldquoRoad packagerdquo is expected to become a ba-lanced set of initiatives regarding road charging access to internal market and social rules in road transport

For investing in roads the EFSI (European Fund for Strategic Investment) could be a partner and also the European Investment Bank (EIB) is very interested Van de Camp suggested to our industry to bring Road Maintenance to the attenti-on of the EIB or EFSI to see what they can do Van de Camp as a classic politician as he called himself is not in favour of ear-marking tax money In some years more money is needed for certain items than other years Politicians need flexibility to decide where to spend the tax payersrsquo money

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As a first step towards some guidance of the EC on European roads the EC could produce a communication document instead of creating an ERA This document could explain what European countries could do in the field of road maintenance to have low emissions (noise CO2 fine particles etc) and a good road safety (markings signs evenness surface condition etc) a bit like what they are doing regarding Green Public Procurement According to Van de Camp road mainte-nance is important but it is not a real main item in the European Parliament at this moment Most countries see road maintenance as a national item and for them there is no involvement of the EC needed Road maintenance has to be done by the national states the provincescounties and the local communities

To generate awareness of the importance of road maintenance in Europe he suggested EAPA to create a small campaign together with other like-minded Euro-pean road organisations like CEDR FEHRL ERF and EUPAVE These associations could create together a best practice paper eg on road maintenance and requi-red surface conditions

Van de Camp added that it is even more efficient when the European road organi-sations associations would come up with a practical approach like Best Practi-ces and rankings instead of the EC That might be a stimulus for the EU countries

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CROSS-MODAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

FEHRL organised a so called ldquoUSE-iT - FOX Workshoprdquo on 21 January 2016 in Brussels

USE-iT and FOX are two Horizon 2020 projects The acronym USE-iT stands for ldquoUsers Safety security and Energy In Transport Infrastructurerdquo and FOX for ldquoFore-ver Open infrastructure across (X) all transport modesrdquoThierry Goger (FEHRL) explained in his welcome speech that the aim of this work-shop was to present preliminary results of the USE-iT and FOX projects of the most appropriate technologies and approaches that have the potential of being applied on a cross-modal basis or on at least two transport modes

Maria Cristina Marolda (Policy Officer of Research and Innovation in EC Direc-torate General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) explained in her Opening speech that the European Commission had launched within the Horizon 2020 (H2020) Programme several initiatives to reflect on the necessary development of cross-modal transport infrastructure This because the European Commission is now more looking at transport systems as one system A set of three European H2020 Coordination and Support Actions namely the REFINET (REthinking Futu-re Infrastructure NETworks) FOX and USE-iT projects have been granted to sup-port this work Several partners from all transport modes and with various profiles (for example Research Providers Industry Transport Authority) are now actively involved in this attempt

Bob Collis (TRL UK) explained the structure of the Workshop The topic areas investigated in the FOX and USE-IT projects had been divided in 6 groups User information Safety amp security Energy amp carbon Constructing amp maintenance Inspection and Recycling amp reuse After the plenary session the participants of the Workshop were also divided in 6 groups and they visited during the workshop the various topics investigatedWhen a group visited one of the topics a detailed description of the technologies collected in the surveys was presented and the barriers and opportunities for cross modal application were discussed Also potential research topics that could be of benefit to more than one mode were identified Next to these discussions this workshop also give a nice overview of the state-of-the-art technologies that are used or can be used in the 4 transport modes Road Rail Runway and WaterwayAt the end of the projects a list of needs a road map for future research will be created

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Several activities such as desk studies surveys and workshops have been schedu-led over the coming two years to collect information and reflect together The 2nd workshop will be held during TRA 2016 in Warsaw and the 3rd on mid-September 2016

More information about these projects can be found at httpwwwrefineteu and wwwuseitandfoxprojectseu

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(TRL

UK)

ACEA 25TH ANNIVERSARY

On 21st January 2016 the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) celebrated its 25th anniversary EAPA Secretary General Egbert Beuving and EAPA Director Carsten Karcher were invited together with 200 other execu-tives of European organisations and associations in the transport sectorACEA Secretary General Eric Jonnaert welcomed the guests and new elected ACEA president Dieter Zetsche and Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc from the European Commission addressed the guests Dieter Zetsche spoke about ACEArsquos history and coming challenges Violeta Bulc gave a motivating and inspiring speech about innovation in the transport sector and especially the automobile sectorThis reception was an excellent opportunity for EAPA Secretariat to network Carsten Karcher took the opportunity to talk with ACEA president Zetsche and to inform him briefly about our industry He also gave Zetsche the new EAPA calen-dar for the year 2016 with very nice asphalt pictures and short messages about the advantages of asphalt Furthermore he asked him whether he would be able to give a speech during the EampE Congress 2016 in Prague to address the needs of the road users and the automobile industry for well-maintained roads and the roads of the future

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1

UPCOMING CONGRESSES

DEUTSCHE ASPHALTTAGE 2016

EampE CONGRESS 2016

On 17 ndash 19 February 2016 the XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage will be held in Berchtesgaden Germany More infor-mation can soon be found at wwwasphaltde

On 1 ndash 3 June 2016 the 6th Eurasphalt amp Eurobitume Congress will be held in Prague More information can be found at wwweecongress2016org

50

RILEM CONFERENCE

The 8th RILEM International Conference on ldquoMechanisms of Cracking and Debon-ding in Pavementsrdquo will be held on 7 ndash 9 June 2016 in Nantes France More information can be found at httpmcd2016sciencesconforg

2016 ISAP SYMPOSIUM

The 2016 ISAP Symposium ldquoFrom Molecules to Innovative Pavementsrdquo will be held on 18-21 July 2016 and is hosted by Western Research Institute USAThis International meeting focusing on the transfer of technology from funda-mental research to applied enginee-ring of asphalt pavements will be held in conjunction with the long-standing Petersen Asphalt Research Conference (wwwpetersenasphaltconferenceorg)

The web link for Call for Abstracts is httpwwwisap2016symposiumorgISAP2016-Abstractshtml

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EATA CONFERENCE 2017

On 12 ndash 14 June 2017 the 7th Inter-national EATA Conference will be held in Empa in Duumlbendorf Swit-zerland EATA - the European Asp-halt Technology Association - is an informal organisation of European engineers and scientists involved in Asphalt Technology Research More information can be found at httpeata2017empach

1ST EUROPEAN ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE CONGRESS

On 18-20 October 2016 the 1st European Road Infrastructure Congress will be held in Leeds UKThis congress is organised by the European Union Road Federation in partnership with the Road Safety Markings AssociationMore information can be found at wwweric2016eu

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EVENTS LIST

2016

Task Force Providing Evidence Asphalt AdvantagesEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingCampD Waste Management Protocol ndash TF 1 meetingCEN TC336 Advisory Group meeting in ParisConference Swiss Asphalt Producing Industry Bern Road CO2 meeting in BrusselsACEA lsquoReducing CO2 from Road Transport Togetherrsquo ConferenceDAV XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage Berchtesgaden17th HAPA International Asphalt Conference

EAPA ExCo and Directorslsquo Group meeting in BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume ExCo meeting in BrusselsCEN TC336 WG1 TG5 meeting in BrusselsDAV Asphalt Days WillingenCEN T227 Chairmanrsquos Panel meeting in BerlinCEN TC227 WG6 meeting in BerlinCEN TC336 WG1 meeting in BrusselsEurobitume amp BAW Bitumen and Asphalt Day BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume TC meetingEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meeting

EAPA WG Carbon Footprint DocumentEAPA HSE meeting in OsloEAPA TC meeting in OsloBauma in Munich GermanyROSANNE Stakeholders Reference Group meetingTransport Research Arena Conference -TRA 2016CEN TC227 WG1 meeting in Helsinki

EampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meetingCEN TC336 meeting in PragueEAPA GCA meeting in Prague

3 Feb 4 Feb4 Feb5 Feb5 Feb

10 Feb16 Feb

17 ndash 19 Feb23 ndash 24 Feb

1 March2 March 4 March

7 ndash 9 March8 March9 March

10 - 11 March15 March 17 March 22 March23 March

5 April6 April 7 April

11-17 April12 April

18-21 April 25 ndash 26 April

11 May12 May

30 ndash 31 May31 May

EampE Congress 2016 in Prague Global Asphalt Pavement Alliance meeting in PragueCEN TC336 WG1 meetingEAPA HSE Committee meeting in ParisEAPA TC meeting in Paris1st European Road Infrastructure Congress in Leeds UKCEN TC227 WG1 meeting

1 ndash 3 June 3 June

20-21 Sept 12 Oct 13 Oct

18-20 Oct9-10 Nov

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Pictures

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MPA - Mineral Products Association

NCC AB

DAV - Deutscher Asphalt Verband eV

Asefma Asfaltindustrien

EBA HAPA - Hungarian Asphalt Pavement Association

Infra Contractorsrsquo Association

USIRF - Routes de France ZAS - Združenje asfalterjev

Slovenije

Peab Asphalt AB

Sdruženiacute pro vyacutestavbu silnic Praha

MEMBERS

ASMUD - Turkish Asphalt Contractors Association

Eesti Asfaldiliit IAPA - Irish Asphalt Pavement Association

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

ABZ-1 Ammann Group Antigo - MHB Breakers Ltd

Arizona Chemical

BTC Europe GmbHBenninghoven Caterpillar Paving Products Inc

CFF

ASTEC

DuPont CZ sro

CRH plc

Genan Honeywell

MeadWestvacoMarini Ruthman Sasol Wax

Turkish Petroleum Refineries Co

Volvo Construction Equipment

Voumlgele Vialit

Kraton Polymers Nederland BV

J Rettenmaier amp Soumlhne GmbH amp Co

ICL Performance Products LP

EUROPEAN ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION

Rue du Commerce 77B-1040 Brussels Belgium

Phone +32 2 502 5888E-mail infoeapaorgWeb wwweapaorg

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EampE CONGRESS 2016 TECHNICAL PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

The Technical Programme Committee (TPC) of the next Eurasphalt amp Eurobitume Congress 2016 in Prague had its latest meeting on 10th September 2015 in Pra-gue The TPC is responsible for planning and managing the technical programme of the EampE Congress The TPC is also responsible for the Call for abstracts the abstract selection the Call for papers the paper review process etc and reports to the Congress Organising Committee (OC)

The main activity of this committee during the last months has been steering and participating in the independent double review of approximately 250 technical papers for the congress together with other reviewers The reviewing process will be finished by the end of January so the authors will be informed about the final acceptance of their paper(s) in mid-February The next action is to prepare the structure and the content of technical sessions of the conference

The next meeting of the TPC will be held in Brussels on 4th February 2016

To be able to announce the location of the EampE Congress 2020 the Scouting Group EampE 2020 visited several possible venues90 of the Exhibition space is already sold and Eurobitume and EAPA will have a booth on the exhibition too The Exhibition Manual was finalised and is on the website now

The Invitation to Register and the online registration module are on the Congress website now so you can register for the congress at wwweecongress2016org

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2 23

EUROPEAN STANDARDISATION

CEN TC227 WG1

On 1 and 2 October 2015 there was a CEN TC227 WG1 ldquoBituminous mixturesrdquo meeting in Antalya Turkey This standardisation Working Group is responsible for the European asphalt (Bituminous mixtures) standards and the European test methods for asphalt At this moment 3 Task Groups are active in Working Group 1The first one is Task Group (TG) 2 ldquoTest methodsrdquo This Task Group is drafting new European test methods where needed and they are revising the existing 50 European test methods when needed The two new test methods that are being developed by TG2 at this moment are PrEN 12697-54 ldquoLab curing for Asphalt Concrete with emulsionsrdquo and PrEN 12697-55 ldquoCoating and consistency of a mixture with emulsionrdquoIn this Antalya meeting also 7 revised test methods were approved to go out for ldquoFormal Voterdquo (after some small corrections have been made)

Task Group 3 ldquoProduct Standardsrdquo is taking care of drafting product standards for asphalt At this moment the revised product standards (the EN 13108 series) are out for Formal Vote The Formal Vote process of the product standards will finish on 26 January 2016TG3 is now drafting a new standard for ldquoAsphalt concrete with Bituminous Emulsi-onrdquo (EN 13108-31) This mixture is produced in a plant and it does not deal with mixtures for road repair as sold in bags This is according to the Mandate CEN TC227 has The draft standard was discussed during this WG1 meeting

Task Group 4 ldquoConformity Assessment Standardsrdquo is drafting the (revised) stan-dards for EN 13108-20 ldquoType Testingrdquo (TT) EN 13108-21 ldquoFactory Production Controlrdquo (FPC) and EN 13108-8 ldquoReclaimed asphaltrdquo It was decided to start with modifying part EN 13108-20 and -21 (TT and FPC) for Asphalt Concrete with Bituminous Emulsion (ACBE) In a later stage it will be decided whether new separates standards are needed or not Having new standards for TT and FPC for ACBE might be easier to maintain in the future

In January 2016 the Convenors of TGs 2 3 and 4 will have a meeting to discuss several items related to ACBE that were raised during this CEN TC 227 WG1 meeting like the question whether ACBE will require its own Standards for Type Testing and Factory Production Control the contribution of Reclaimed Asphalt within ACBE and defining lsquocured conditionsrsquo of ACBE

Other items discussed in Antalya were the progress of CEN TC336 WG1 CEN TC227 WG6 and an Ageing Workshop that might be held if needed

The next CEN TC227 WG meeting will be held on 25 and 26 April 2016 in Helsinki Finland

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CEN TC154 WG13 TC227 WG6 CEN TC336 WG1

The latest CEN TC154 WG13 TC227 WG6 lsquoDangerous substancesrsquo meeting was held on 12 October 2015 in London The meeting started with an update of the activities of CEN TC351 ldquoAssessment of release of dangerous substancesrdquo and some new test methods of this TC were discussed This CEN TC 351 is creating test methods for determining oa the lea-ching behaviour of building materials In the future (ao) the leaching behaviour of ldquoMandatedrdquo building materials has to be declared in the CE-marking also for asphalt This to address the CPR Basic Requirement for Construction Works num-ber 3 ldquoHygiene health and the environmentrdquo dealing with the release of dange-rous substances into ground water marine waters surface waters or soil To avoid unnecessary testing it was the intention to create a possibility to classify products Without Further Testing (WFT) or Without Testing (WT) For being classified WFT or WT a dossier with leaching date had to be created and the European Com-mission would decide based on this dossier whether a certain material could be classified WFT or WT At this moment it is still unclear how this procedure will work At the meeting it was mentioned that a WFT (Without Further Testing) clas-sification must be justified by documents which must be included in the dossier It was originally intended that products could be classified simply in the same way as resistance to fire (eg glass does not burn) but this is not practical for all substances and all products It might be possible for TCs to provide WFT for some substances but the rest would be for producers

At the agenda item ldquoLiaison with CEN TC350 to address sustainability with an overview on Product Category Rules (PCR) and Environmental Products Declarati-ons (EPD) for aggregatesrdquo it was mentioned that the first draft of Product Category Rules (PCR) for aggregates (cradle to gate) will be available in the beginning of 2016 Manfred Fuchs of DG GROW also attended this meeting He explained that the Commission supports PEF (Product Environmental Footprint) as the overarching sustainability framework across all sectors but acknowledged that it is designed for final products and not for intermediate products He also explained the relation between the PEF (Product Environmental footprint) and the PCREPD It will come together and they will be linked CEN product committees can continue to use EN15804 to produce PCR and anything new from PEF can be added later Basic requirement for construction works number 7 ldquoSustainable use of natural resourcesrdquo will not be ready for at least 2 yearsThe next meeting of this joint WG will be held on 24th February 2016 in London

On 29 and 30 September 2015 CEN TC336 WG1 had a meeting in Tarragona (Spain) The main agenda item was Task Group Progress Reports and the WG1 Structure

The Task Groups that are still active in TC 336 WG1 arebull

bull

bull

bull

bull

bull

TG 1 ldquoHigh Service Temperature Propertiesrdquo This TG will be active until EN 16659 ldquoMSCRTrdquo is published At the time of the meeting it was in the Formal Vote process TG1 also prepared a paper for the EampE Congress 2016TG 2 ldquoLow Service Temperature Propertiesrdquo will continue its work and will look at new approaches for addressing low service temperature properties of bituminous bindersTG 5 ldquoSpecification Frameworkrdquo is now called ldquoRevision of EN 14023rdquo Based on the outcome of the systematic review of EN 14023 ldquoPMBrdquo it was decided to revise this standard This work will be done by TG5TG 6 ldquoRevision of EN 12591rdquo is dealing with the revision of EN 12591ldquoPa-ving Grade bitumenrdquo WG1 agreed to forward the new draft of prEN 12591 to CEN to start CEN Enquiry This CEN enquiry will start in early 2016TG 8 and TG 10 ldquoRevisions of Amendments to test standardsrdquo are taking care of the revision of the test methodsTG 9 ldquoPrecisionrdquo is dealing with precision of test methods The next WG1 meeting will be held in Brussels (Belgium) on 10 and 11 March 2016

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OTHER MEETINGS amp EVENTS

TECHNICAL PAPA SEMINAR

The 33rd Technical Seminar of PSWNA (Polish Asphalt Pavement Association - PAPA) was held on 27 and 28 October 2015 in Warsaw with the title ldquoSustaina-ble development and a selection of innovative road technologiesrdquo

After the opening speech of the PAPA President Mr Andrzej Wyszynski the first session started with a presentation of Egbert Beuving (EAPA) about Asphalt Ad-vantages He explained the benefits of using asphalt for road construction and road maintenanceBengt Sandman of Nynas AB showed in his presentation on ldquoSpecial modified bitumenrdquo the results of a study concerning the use of polymer modified bitumen on the High Coast Bridge (Houmlgakustenbron) in Sweden After 15 years of service the Polymer Modified Asphalt surface on this suspension bridge is still performing well and the modified binder is still very elastic and also retains good low and high temperature properties In the second session ldquoGood practices in the roadrdquo Jan Kroacutel of the Warsaw Uni-versity of Technology presented the effects of environmental and social costs of life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) He showed the elements that should be addressed to be able to make as an example a comparison of the expressway in asphalt with one in concrete In his summary he mentioned that Cost-benefit analysis enables verification of the validity of the investment in relation to refrain from investment activities It allows you to choose the best investment option and it is increasingly being demanded by investors and is appointed by public procurement law

One of the presentations on the second day during the 3rd session ldquoNew technolo-gies - innovations in materials Ecology (recycling) and Environmental Protectionrdquo was of prof Dariusz Sybilski of IBDiM He addressed the effect of a chemically reactive silane additive on the binder - aggregate interaction

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ersity

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CEDR FINAL CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE

On 27th ndash 28th October 2015 the Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR) organised the CEDR final climate change conference in Brussels

CEDR Secretary General Steve Philips welcomed the participants and spoke about the importance of Climate Change for Road Operations and the role of CEDR in the light of EU Policy and research projects The priorities of CEDR are Intelligent Road Systems Maintenance Multi-Modality and Climate Change A further objective is to have a better life time return of roads He raised the questi-on how increase the sbquoappetitelsquo of the road authorities for adaption due to climate change and answered that CEDR is not a regulator but what CEDR can do is to raise the awareness propose procurement practices and propose standardisation practices During the day several major research results of the projects CliPDaR and ROADAPT were presented concerning eg the developed models and strategies to adapt climate changeOn second day adapting strategies for road infrastructure by CEDR Technical Group Climate Change Adaption as well as the administrations of The Nether-lands and Norway were presented followed by parallel workshopsChristian Axelsen of Danish Road Directorate and member of CEDR Technical Group Climate Change Adaption mentioned that many tools and solutions al-ready exist but they have to be applied in an efficient way and with a good and consistent strategyEva Lijegren of the Swedish Transport Administration National Coordinator for Climate Change Adaptation spoke about ldquoTransforming a strategy into an action planrdquo For example in Sweden 1500 documents with rules and regulations for roads rails and ferries do exist and they have to be inverted for changesKees van Muiswinkel Department of Infrastructure and the Environment of the Dutch Rijkswaterstaat gave a presentation about adaptation strategies in the Netherlands The Dutch Government has released several programmes like Delta Programme (NL climate proof and water robust by 2050 a high level of protecti-on to flooding) and National Adaptation Strategy (more long term thinking costs to make the Netherlands fit for the future are four times lower than long term costs of damage)Gordana Petkovic Norwegian Public Roads Administration informed the atten-dees amongst others about revised manuals for design and practice for the In-frastructure an inventory of vulnerable assets and a smartphone app to register natural hazards

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All the presentations and relevant reports can be downloaded from httpwwwfehrlorgindexphpm=32ampid_directory=7844 You can also see the first day of the conference that was web streamed at httpwwwfehrlorgindexphpm=32ampmode=downloadampid_file=17469

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1

CEDR WORKSHOP ON ROAD WORKER SAFETY

On 29th October 2015 CEDR organised the dissemination workshop on two CEDR projects called ASAP and BRoWSER at BBRC in Brussel

The workshop started with a welcome by Paul Mitchell chair of the CEDR pro-gramme executive board and Wanda Debauche from the Belgian Road Research Centre In the following keynote speech Pieter De Winne Head of the Road Engi-neering Division at the Flemish Agency for Roads and Traffic presented the CEDR research work and data concerning safety of workers on the Flemish network He mentioned that in one big construction site 60000 penalties for too high driving speeds were given which almost covered the construction costs

The presentation of the ASAP project (ASAP ndash Appropriate Speed saves All Peo-ple) was given by the project coordinator Anna Vadeby VTI Sweden She ex-plained the goals and results of this project The projectrsquos focus was on regula-ting motorist` driving behaviour in work zones She explained different measures with their expected impacts The final report with guidelines which are meant to complement existing national regulations and procedures has been released on the project website Most promising measures to reduce traffic speeding were amongst others police presence and speed control at the work site

Project coordinator Jill Weekly TRL UK presented the BRoWSER project (BRoW-SER ndash Baselining Road Worker Safety on European Roads) The goal of the project was to implement a European Road Worker Safety Database (EuRoWCas data-base) to count the number of road worker accidents compare these accidents un-derstand the causes and consequences of road worker accidents and to develop countermeasures to reduce the risk of road worker accidents The deliverables are the database itself and a related guidance document on the collection procedures The recommendations of the project are as followsbull National road authorities need to adopt a common typology for road worksbull Support on EU level to promote adoption and harmonisation of common typology across Europebull National road authorities need to adopt the EuRoWCas database con cept and fill it with consistent and accurate data

In the afternoon workshops for the implementation of the project`s findings were held The workshop was closed with the conclusions of Paul MitchellFor more information about the projects and the workshop please go to httpasapfehrlorg httpbrowserzagsi and wwwcedrfr

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CEDR WORKSHOP ON RECYCLING

On 24 and 25 September 2015 the ldquoInternational workshop on Recycling Road construction in a post fossil fuel societyrdquo was held in the Czech Technical Univer-sity in Prague Around 40 people attended this workshop

This workshop was the final event of the three research projects EARN CoRePaSol and AllBack2Pave that were procured under the CEDR Transnational Road Rese-arch Programme Call 2012 Recycling

During this workshop the results of these projects were presented and discussed

The EARN (Effects on Availability of Road Network) project reviewed existing data on service lifetime and availability of road materials and structures there was a site trial to evaluate varying proportions of RA and they did an experimen-tal evaluation of moisture damage and ageing in asphalt mixtures and developed an impact assessment modelThe main findings of this project were bull The use of Low Temperature Asphalt systems Reclaimed Asphalt secondary by-products andor binder additives can have an effect on the durability of flexible pavements but that affect is not always adverse and may not be great bull The effect of using lower temperature asphalt systems RA secondary by-products andor binder additives can be modelled in the expected service life of mixtures but more data are needed to make the model more accurate More information can be found at httpwwwtrlcouksolutionsroad-rail-infrastructuresustainable-infrastructureearn

The CoRePaSol project ldquoHarmonised characterisation of cold recycled asphalt pavement solutionsrdquo focused mainly on harmonising mix design of cold recycled bitumen stabilised materials (mixes) following the existing scientific and enginee-ring experience and approaches They also studied the activity of Reclaimed As-phalt binder in cold-recycled mixes the recyclability and multiple recyclability of cold-recycled mixes in cold and hot recycling and the environmental benefits associated with encapsulating hazardous materialsFor more information go to httpsilnicefsvcvutczcorepasol

The AllBack2Pave project ldquoSustainable 100 recycling of reclaimed asphalt in road pavementsrdquo focused on the research on the feasibility of going toward 100 recycling of asphalt pavements into wearing courses through an increasing per-centage of RA within the mixes They wanted to recycle 90 but the asphalt plants

for the project could not handle that percentage More information can be found at httpallback2pavefehrlorg

One of the conclusions of multi-recycling was that cold recycled materials can be recycled cold and in hot and warm processes and the cement of the cold recycling does not interfere with the recyclability of the bitumenAnother conclusion regarding Carbon-Footprint discussion was that recycling has more influence on lowering the carbon-footprint than Warm Mix Asphalt Thus to achieve really benefit of WMA the recycling percentage in WMA should be kept at the same level as for HMA

Olive

r Ripk

e BA

St (C

EDR)

Fatim

a Bati

sta L

NEC (

CoRe

PaSo

l)

Cliff

Nicho

lls TR

L (EA

RN)

David

e Lo P

resti

Unive

rsity

of No

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4 35

ROSANNE

On 4 December 2015 there was a ROSANNE Stakeholders Reference Group meetingDuring this meeting the Work Pack-age leaders informed the stakeholders about the progress madeThe ROSANNE project aims at de-velopingharmonising measurement methods for skid resistance noise emission and rolling resistance of road pavements as a preparation for stan-dardization

The objectives are in short

1Skid resistance The harmonisation of skid resistance measurement by deri-ving conversion factors for friction indi-ces based on similar groups of devices namely longitudinal and sideways skid resistance measurement devices

2Noise emission Combining the exis-ting measurement methods (SPB and CPX) into a harmonised pavement noi-se emission characterisation method

3Rolling resistance building on the re-sults obtained in MIRIAM and standar-dising trailer measurements of rolling resistance coefficients of road surfaces It is also studying the influencing road surface parameters and factors which disturb such measurements and in some cases to develop correction procedures for such influences

4Texture exploring the potential for re-cent developments in the measurement of surface texture to deliver parameters that better reflect the physical process of tyreroad interaction and that may improve our understanding of how the texture influences skid resistance noise emission and rolling resistance

5Reference tyres and pavements Defi-ning and investigating the performan-ce of reference tyres and pavements necessary for the measurement of all three road surface properties This is a prerequisite for the harmonisation of all future measurements

More information about this project can be found at httprosanne-projecteu

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ACEA MEETINGS

During the last months the EAPA Secretariat contributed heavily to different workshops and events of the European Automobile Manufacturers Associationrsquos (ACEA) initiative on ldquoJoining forces to tackle the road transport CO2 challengerdquo Amongst other stakeholders of the transport sector EAPA was invited to give input to two reports one for passenger cars and light vehicles as well as one for heavy duty vehicles Therefore the EAPA Secretariat prepared several presentations re-garding the positive aspects of asphalt pavements on rolling resistance and on quick maintenance to demonstrate that smooth and well maintained asphalt roads reduce the CO2 emissions of cars and vehicles during the use phase of pavements The presentations were based on independent and neutral studies and on rese-arch projects that proved the benefits of asphalt pavements

On 19th January EAPA Secretariat participated in a wrap-up event at Brussels where experts from different sectors (eg infrastructure fuels) discussed the draft report on the CO2 emissions reducing potential for passenger cars and light vehi-cles until 2030

EAPA will follow the initiative with providing relevant information and actively par-ticipating in future ACEA events Therefore EAPA Secretariat will participate and will give an oral statement during the presentation of the report for the heavy duty vehicles in a conference organised by ACEA in Brussels on 16th February 2016

ACEA

Sec

retary

Gen

eral E

ric Jo

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Infras

tructu

re wo

rksho

p mod

erator

Chris

tian E

genh

ofer f

rom CE

PS

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6 37

CZECH ASPHALT CONFERENCE AV`15

On 24th and 25th November 2015 the Czech Road Contractors Association Praha and the Czech Road Society Asphalt Pavements Section held its yearly Asphalt Pavement Conference in Českeacute Budějovice More than 400 participants from the asphalt sector with more than 50 participants from abroad attended this confe-rence The very well organised conference with an exhibition with more than 25 booths was a big success

During the two conference days there were several presentations about the latest developments in the Czech Asphalt Industry special paving projects and news from the road administration There were also reports of the latest results of rese-arch projects and ongoing projectsCarsten Karcher participated on behalf of EAPA and gave a presentation on ldquoNews from Brussels ndash 2015rdquo where he focused on Warm Mix Asphalt Re-use of Asphalt and the AsphaltAdvantages campaign

For more information all the presentations and some videos please go to httpwwwasfaltove-vozovkyczav2015

DANUBE REGION CONFERENCE

On 25 November 2015 the Danube Region Conference ldquoDevelopment and Main-tenance of Road surfaces in the Danube regionrdquo was held in Bled in SloveniaThis conference was organised by ZAS the Slovenia Ministry of Infrastructure and the European Commission The Danube Region encompasses 14 countries of South Eastern Europe

Slovenko Henigman President of Slovenian Asphalt Pavement Association (ZAS) explained in his welcome speech the importance of this event and why it was connected with the ZAS Colloquium The goal of this Danube conference is to strengthen the developments of the road construction field and the economic inte-gration Asphalt technology has a role of binding people and nations Mr Franc Žepič EUSDR Priority Area Coordinator Ministry of Infrastructure Slo-venia explained the ldquoEU Strategy for the Danube Regionrdquo (EUSDR) and the EUSDR Governance model More information about EUSDR can be found at httpwwwdanube-regioneu

In the 1st session ldquoGeneral situation and management on road network in the regi-onrdquo Jose Diez (ERF) showed the importance of roads and explained the impact of the backlog of maintenance on the economy This backlog will only increase the costs for maintenance He described different approaches for maintenance and mentioned that by applying Road Asset Management principles the municipality of Larvik (in Norway) found out they were losing euro 2000- per day for not main-taining their road network His good news was that solutions do existMitja Jurgele DRI Slovenia showed the effects of investment on the quality of the road network

In the 2nd session ldquoAsphalt Industry in the Danube regionrdquo Carsten Karcher (EAPA) gave a presentation on the current chances and challenges for the asphalt indus-try in Germany with a focus on asphalt recycling and noise reduction Many people in Germany are suffering from traffic noise in Germany and to reduce that traffic noise different types of asphalt were developed and are being applied in Germany like noise optimised SMA and noise optimised Asphalt Concrete which also has an optimised surface texture that also provides a lower rolling resistanceMiroslav Keller president of the Croatian Asphalt Association showed in his presentation the influence of the budget on the quality of the main road network in Croatia until the year 2026 Imre Pap of the Highway Institute Belgrade Serbia gave a review of technologies and specifications for construction and rehabilitation of roads in SerbiaEgbert Beuving (EAPA) explained in his presentation how the use of Information

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8

Technology in the asphalt paving process can stimulate sustainable developments A more homogeneous quality of the (surface) layers does results in more durable pavements Due to the tendering system where the lowest bid is mostly rewarded there is no incentive for the construction companies to use the available know-ledge and information technology to deliver a high quality product This system does not stimulate innovation Using quality best price-quality ratio bonusmalus-system experience and expertise in the tendering process (as mentioned in the Public Procurement Directive) will stimulate innovation and will contribute to sustainabilitySlovenko Henigman president ZAS Slovenia showed in his presentation the trends and developments in the asphalt industry in Slovenia

In the 3rd and last session ldquoSustainable development of road construction and maintenance in the Danube regionrdquo one of the speakers was Ms Olivera Djordje-vic of EuroRAP (European Road Assessment Programme) addressing road mainte-nance for safety She showed results of the SENSoR Project where they created a Road Safety Atlas for South East Europe For more information and safety maps see wwwsensorprojecteu

Miros

lav Ke

ller

(Croa

tian A

spha

lt Asso

ciatio

n)

Mitja

Jurge

le (D

RI S

loven

ia)

Slove

nko H

enigm

an (Z

AS)

Carst

en Ka

rcher

(EAP

A)

Imre

Pap (

Highw

ay In

stitut

e Belg

rade)

Franc

Žepič

(Mini

stry o

f Infr

astru

cture

Slov

enia)

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9

Jose

Diez

(ERF

)

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0 41

ZAS COLLOQUIUM ON ASPHALT AND BITUMEN

On 26 November the 15th Colloquium on Asphalt and Bitumen was opened by Slovenko Henigman President of ZAS This two-day colloquium was held in Bled in Slovenia and was attended by 210 participants from 12 countries Henigman mentioned in his opening speech that the backlog in maintenance in Slovenia is big and he stressed that we need to work together to reach some changes as soon as possible Next to that several things need to be improved to be ready for the future As an example he mentioned the gasoline cent that is discussed in the Slovenian parliament for road maintenance which is really needed to get a stable incomeKlemen Grebensčk of the Slovenian Ministry of Infrastructure responded in his opening address that he was aware of the fact that the Slovenian roads are not in a good condition He expected to be able to get more funding for the next years to be able to keep the road network at a decent level In the Opening Session Ayberk Oumlzcan President of EAPA mentioned in his wel-come words that this Colloquium on Asphalt and Bitumen has become a very well-known and accepted event in our industry Since 1996 it became the biggest international meeting in the field of road construction and road maintenance in Slovenia and that made it an important meeting for the European asphalt industry and for EAPA members in this region

In the 1st Section ldquoBasic materials in asphalt industry - aggregates and bitumenrdquo Anja Soumlrensen ARBIT Eurobitume Germany gave a state-of-the-art of the Euro-pean bitumen standardisation and the progress of the Performance Related Bitu-men SpecificationBernhard Hofko of TU Vienna explained in his presentation the ageing process of bitumen in a very nice and clear way and explained why you can see an incre-asing amount of creaking when the pavements are getting older Next to ageing tests on bitumen it is also needed to age asphalt itself because of the influence of the aggregate filler and additive Therefore they developed a Viennese Aging Procedure (VAPro) to simulate ageing of asphalt in 4 daysWillem Vonk of Kraton Polymers gave a summary of 8 years work on Highly Modified Asphalt By using Highly Modified Asphalt it is possible to pave thinner and to safe material The thickness reduction that can be achieved is between 20 and 60 depending on the situation in this reduction also results in saving costs

Juan Jose Potti (Asefma) gave an invited lecture about the use of social media for the maintenance of road infrastructures He showed the impact social media can have and he also explained the effect of the Asefma manifesto regarding ldquoThe maintenance of roads is a social needrdquo

In the 2nd section ldquoBuilding Maintenance and Financing of Road Infrastructurerdquo Hans Litzka (Austria) spoke about the maintenance needs for State and Commu-nity roads in Austria and showed the budgets needed to keep the backlog at a constant or better levelAnders Hundahl (Asfaltindustrien) talked about PPP and functional projects on State roads Municipality roads and Private roads He showed the Danish situ-ation during the last 10 years He did not see a great future for PPP projects in Denmark and mentioned that functional contracts work for country roads but not for city roads Egbert Beuving (EAPA) spoke about Green Public Procurement (GPP) Criteria for Road Construction and explained the state-of-the-art of the update of the GPP criteria in Europe He also showed how GGP Criteria are being used in the NetherlandsJože Lun (Slovenia) presented examples of good and bad practice in public pro-curement of asphalt works in Slovenia

The first day ended with a Round Table discussion with the directors of the main Slovenian asphalt companies which got a nice coverage in the Slovenian press the next day

The second day started with the session ldquoAsphalt Recycling and layingrdquo In this session there were ao presentations regarding the use of reclaimed asphalt in Austria Slovenia and Switzerland and enhancing asphalt mixtures performance by using RAP and FT-wax There was an invited lecture of Brian Wood (Plantmix Asphalt Industry of Kentucky ndash PAIK (USA)) and Grant Gabbard (The Allen Co and Executive Vice President of PAIK) They gave an overview of the developments in the asphalt industry in Kentucky USA regarding recycling warm asphalt warranty periods etc

In the 4th and last session ldquoLong-time and sustainable development of asphalt technologiesrdquo Carsten Karcher (EAPA) gave an update on the use of Warm Mix Asphalt in Europe

On the website of ZAS the videos of the presentations of the technical papers and the Round Table can be found at httpwwwzdruzenje-zassikolokvijen

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6Slo

venk

o Hen

igman

(Pres

ident

of ZA

S)

Bernh

ard H

ofko (

TU V

ienna

)

Aybe

rk Oumlz

can (

Presid

ent o

f EAP

A)

Anja

Soren

sen (

Eurob

itume

Germ

any)

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43

Wille

m Vo

nk (K

raton

Polym

ers)

Ande

rs Hu

ndah

l (As

faltin

dustr

ien)

Brian

Woo

d (Pla

ntmix

Asph

alt In

dustr

y of

Kentu

cky ndash

PAIK

(USA

)

Gran

t Gab

bard

(The

Allen

Co E

xecu

tive V

ice Pr

eside

nt)

Roun

d Tab

leJu

an Jo

se Po

tti (A

sefm

a)

Carst

en Ka

rcher

(EAP

A)

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4 45

On 11 November 2015 Member of European Parliament (MEP) Tomas Zdecho-vsky from Czech Republic invited to the seminar ldquoThe social and economic im-portance of road transportrdquo in the European Parliament He was supported by the MEPs Wim van de Camp and Kosma Zlotowski from the European Peoplersquos Parties (EPP) of the European Parliament Speakers addressed the seminarrsquos topic from different angles eg from the road userrsquos perspective by Julia Levasier from the Allgemeine Deutsche Automobil Club (ADAC) from Germany the European Commission DG Move by Rolf Diemer After having been asked Diemer stated that the Commission is not working on topics how to improve the rather bad con-dition of the European Road Network eg by providing funds EAPA Director Carsten Karcher exchanged ideas with colleagues from the branch and spoke with MEP Zdechovsky and invited him to come to the EampE Congress 2016 in his home country

SEMINAR OF MEP ZDECHOVSKY AT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Carst

en Ka

rcher

(left)

and M

EP To

mas Z

dech

ovsk

y

MEETING WITH MEP WIM VAN DE CAMP

On 10 December 2015 Egbert Beuving and Carsten Karcher of EAPA had a meeting with Member of European Parliament (MEP) Wim van de Camp from the Netherlands Van de Camp is MEP since 2009 and member of the Transport Com-mittee (TRAN Committee) He is member of the Group of the European Peoplersquos Party (Christian Democrats)

During this meeting several subjects were addressed

Van de Camp was informed about EAPA its goals the development and benefits of Warm Mix Asphalt and that asphalt is 100 re-usable which fits perfect in the lsquocircular economyrsquo EAPA also informed him about the possibilities to reduce CO2

emissions by cars and trucks by having well maintained roads and especially smooth roads

The idea of creating a European Road Agency was recently discussed in the TRAN Committee MEP Claudia TAPARDEL (Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament ndash Romania) raised this item and it is now in the procedure Many MEPs are against creating an ERA (Euro-pean Road Agency) because they do not want another agency There is already a European Railway Agency Van de Camp is in favour of a European Road Agency because it can also address the social issues of transport eg working times for truck drivers etc

For the European Commission (EC) infrastructure is related to the TEN-T network The lsquoRoad Packagersquo of European Commission which is expected in 2016 will mainly deal with EU road transport market and road infrastructure will only be one chapter The 3 pillars of this ldquoRoad packagerdquo is expected to become a ba-lanced set of initiatives regarding road charging access to internal market and social rules in road transport

For investing in roads the EFSI (European Fund for Strategic Investment) could be a partner and also the European Investment Bank (EIB) is very interested Van de Camp suggested to our industry to bring Road Maintenance to the attenti-on of the EIB or EFSI to see what they can do Van de Camp as a classic politician as he called himself is not in favour of ear-marking tax money In some years more money is needed for certain items than other years Politicians need flexibility to decide where to spend the tax payersrsquo money

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As a first step towards some guidance of the EC on European roads the EC could produce a communication document instead of creating an ERA This document could explain what European countries could do in the field of road maintenance to have low emissions (noise CO2 fine particles etc) and a good road safety (markings signs evenness surface condition etc) a bit like what they are doing regarding Green Public Procurement According to Van de Camp road mainte-nance is important but it is not a real main item in the European Parliament at this moment Most countries see road maintenance as a national item and for them there is no involvement of the EC needed Road maintenance has to be done by the national states the provincescounties and the local communities

To generate awareness of the importance of road maintenance in Europe he suggested EAPA to create a small campaign together with other like-minded Euro-pean road organisations like CEDR FEHRL ERF and EUPAVE These associations could create together a best practice paper eg on road maintenance and requi-red surface conditions

Van de Camp added that it is even more efficient when the European road organi-sations associations would come up with a practical approach like Best Practi-ces and rankings instead of the EC That might be a stimulus for the EU countries

Egbe

rt Be

uving

(left

) W

im va

n de C

amp (

midd

le) an

d Cars

ten Ka

rcher

CROSS-MODAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

FEHRL organised a so called ldquoUSE-iT - FOX Workshoprdquo on 21 January 2016 in Brussels

USE-iT and FOX are two Horizon 2020 projects The acronym USE-iT stands for ldquoUsers Safety security and Energy In Transport Infrastructurerdquo and FOX for ldquoFore-ver Open infrastructure across (X) all transport modesrdquoThierry Goger (FEHRL) explained in his welcome speech that the aim of this work-shop was to present preliminary results of the USE-iT and FOX projects of the most appropriate technologies and approaches that have the potential of being applied on a cross-modal basis or on at least two transport modes

Maria Cristina Marolda (Policy Officer of Research and Innovation in EC Direc-torate General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) explained in her Opening speech that the European Commission had launched within the Horizon 2020 (H2020) Programme several initiatives to reflect on the necessary development of cross-modal transport infrastructure This because the European Commission is now more looking at transport systems as one system A set of three European H2020 Coordination and Support Actions namely the REFINET (REthinking Futu-re Infrastructure NETworks) FOX and USE-iT projects have been granted to sup-port this work Several partners from all transport modes and with various profiles (for example Research Providers Industry Transport Authority) are now actively involved in this attempt

Bob Collis (TRL UK) explained the structure of the Workshop The topic areas investigated in the FOX and USE-IT projects had been divided in 6 groups User information Safety amp security Energy amp carbon Constructing amp maintenance Inspection and Recycling amp reuse After the plenary session the participants of the Workshop were also divided in 6 groups and they visited during the workshop the various topics investigatedWhen a group visited one of the topics a detailed description of the technologies collected in the surveys was presented and the barriers and opportunities for cross modal application were discussed Also potential research topics that could be of benefit to more than one mode were identified Next to these discussions this workshop also give a nice overview of the state-of-the-art technologies that are used or can be used in the 4 transport modes Road Rail Runway and WaterwayAt the end of the projects a list of needs a road map for future research will be created

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Several activities such as desk studies surveys and workshops have been schedu-led over the coming two years to collect information and reflect together The 2nd workshop will be held during TRA 2016 in Warsaw and the 3rd on mid-September 2016

More information about these projects can be found at httpwwwrefineteu and wwwuseitandfoxprojectseu

Thier

ry Go

ger (

FEHR

L)

Prese

ntatio

n of t

echn

ologie

s coll

ected

Cristi

na M

arolda

(DG

MOVE

)

Bob C

ollis

(TRL

UK)

ACEA 25TH ANNIVERSARY

On 21st January 2016 the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) celebrated its 25th anniversary EAPA Secretary General Egbert Beuving and EAPA Director Carsten Karcher were invited together with 200 other execu-tives of European organisations and associations in the transport sectorACEA Secretary General Eric Jonnaert welcomed the guests and new elected ACEA president Dieter Zetsche and Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc from the European Commission addressed the guests Dieter Zetsche spoke about ACEArsquos history and coming challenges Violeta Bulc gave a motivating and inspiring speech about innovation in the transport sector and especially the automobile sectorThis reception was an excellent opportunity for EAPA Secretariat to network Carsten Karcher took the opportunity to talk with ACEA president Zetsche and to inform him briefly about our industry He also gave Zetsche the new EAPA calen-dar for the year 2016 with very nice asphalt pictures and short messages about the advantages of asphalt Furthermore he asked him whether he would be able to give a speech during the EampE Congress 2016 in Prague to address the needs of the road users and the automobile industry for well-maintained roads and the roads of the future

ACEA

Pres

ident

Dieter

Zetsc

he

Comm

ission

er for

Tran

sport

Viol

et Bu

lc

Carst

en Ka

rcher

and D

ieter

Zetsc

he

ACEA

Sec

retary

Gen

eral E

ric Jo

nnae

rt

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1

UPCOMING CONGRESSES

DEUTSCHE ASPHALTTAGE 2016

EampE CONGRESS 2016

On 17 ndash 19 February 2016 the XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage will be held in Berchtesgaden Germany More infor-mation can soon be found at wwwasphaltde

On 1 ndash 3 June 2016 the 6th Eurasphalt amp Eurobitume Congress will be held in Prague More information can be found at wwweecongress2016org

50

RILEM CONFERENCE

The 8th RILEM International Conference on ldquoMechanisms of Cracking and Debon-ding in Pavementsrdquo will be held on 7 ndash 9 June 2016 in Nantes France More information can be found at httpmcd2016sciencesconforg

2016 ISAP SYMPOSIUM

The 2016 ISAP Symposium ldquoFrom Molecules to Innovative Pavementsrdquo will be held on 18-21 July 2016 and is hosted by Western Research Institute USAThis International meeting focusing on the transfer of technology from funda-mental research to applied enginee-ring of asphalt pavements will be held in conjunction with the long-standing Petersen Asphalt Research Conference (wwwpetersenasphaltconferenceorg)

The web link for Call for Abstracts is httpwwwisap2016symposiumorgISAP2016-Abstractshtml

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EATA CONFERENCE 2017

On 12 ndash 14 June 2017 the 7th Inter-national EATA Conference will be held in Empa in Duumlbendorf Swit-zerland EATA - the European Asp-halt Technology Association - is an informal organisation of European engineers and scientists involved in Asphalt Technology Research More information can be found at httpeata2017empach

1ST EUROPEAN ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE CONGRESS

On 18-20 October 2016 the 1st European Road Infrastructure Congress will be held in Leeds UKThis congress is organised by the European Union Road Federation in partnership with the Road Safety Markings AssociationMore information can be found at wwweric2016eu

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EVENTS LIST

2016

Task Force Providing Evidence Asphalt AdvantagesEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingCampD Waste Management Protocol ndash TF 1 meetingCEN TC336 Advisory Group meeting in ParisConference Swiss Asphalt Producing Industry Bern Road CO2 meeting in BrusselsACEA lsquoReducing CO2 from Road Transport Togetherrsquo ConferenceDAV XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage Berchtesgaden17th HAPA International Asphalt Conference

EAPA ExCo and Directorslsquo Group meeting in BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume ExCo meeting in BrusselsCEN TC336 WG1 TG5 meeting in BrusselsDAV Asphalt Days WillingenCEN T227 Chairmanrsquos Panel meeting in BerlinCEN TC227 WG6 meeting in BerlinCEN TC336 WG1 meeting in BrusselsEurobitume amp BAW Bitumen and Asphalt Day BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume TC meetingEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meeting

EAPA WG Carbon Footprint DocumentEAPA HSE meeting in OsloEAPA TC meeting in OsloBauma in Munich GermanyROSANNE Stakeholders Reference Group meetingTransport Research Arena Conference -TRA 2016CEN TC227 WG1 meeting in Helsinki

EampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meetingCEN TC336 meeting in PragueEAPA GCA meeting in Prague

3 Feb 4 Feb4 Feb5 Feb5 Feb

10 Feb16 Feb

17 ndash 19 Feb23 ndash 24 Feb

1 March2 March 4 March

7 ndash 9 March8 March9 March

10 - 11 March15 March 17 March 22 March23 March

5 April6 April 7 April

11-17 April12 April

18-21 April 25 ndash 26 April

11 May12 May

30 ndash 31 May31 May

EampE Congress 2016 in Prague Global Asphalt Pavement Alliance meeting in PragueCEN TC336 WG1 meetingEAPA HSE Committee meeting in ParisEAPA TC meeting in Paris1st European Road Infrastructure Congress in Leeds UKCEN TC227 WG1 meeting

1 ndash 3 June 3 June

20-21 Sept 12 Oct 13 Oct

18-20 Oct9-10 Nov

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6E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

COLOPHON

Egbert Beuving amp Carsten KarcherHelga BeuvingEgbert Beuving amp Carsten Karcher

TextLayout

Pictures

57

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

MPA - Mineral Products Association

NCC AB

DAV - Deutscher Asphalt Verband eV

Asefma Asfaltindustrien

EBA HAPA - Hungarian Asphalt Pavement Association

Infra Contractorsrsquo Association

USIRF - Routes de France ZAS - Združenje asfalterjev

Slovenije

Peab Asphalt AB

Sdruženiacute pro vyacutestavbu silnic Praha

MEMBERS

ASMUD - Turkish Asphalt Contractors Association

Eesti Asfaldiliit IAPA - Irish Asphalt Pavement Association

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

ABZ-1 Ammann Group Antigo - MHB Breakers Ltd

Arizona Chemical

BTC Europe GmbHBenninghoven Caterpillar Paving Products Inc

CFF

ASTEC

DuPont CZ sro

CRH plc

Genan Honeywell

MeadWestvacoMarini Ruthman Sasol Wax

Turkish Petroleum Refineries Co

Volvo Construction Equipment

Voumlgele Vialit

Kraton Polymers Nederland BV

J Rettenmaier amp Soumlhne GmbH amp Co

ICL Performance Products LP

EUROPEAN ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION

Rue du Commerce 77B-1040 Brussels Belgium

Phone +32 2 502 5888E-mail infoeapaorgWeb wwweapaorg

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EUROPEAN STANDARDISATION

CEN TC227 WG1

On 1 and 2 October 2015 there was a CEN TC227 WG1 ldquoBituminous mixturesrdquo meeting in Antalya Turkey This standardisation Working Group is responsible for the European asphalt (Bituminous mixtures) standards and the European test methods for asphalt At this moment 3 Task Groups are active in Working Group 1The first one is Task Group (TG) 2 ldquoTest methodsrdquo This Task Group is drafting new European test methods where needed and they are revising the existing 50 European test methods when needed The two new test methods that are being developed by TG2 at this moment are PrEN 12697-54 ldquoLab curing for Asphalt Concrete with emulsionsrdquo and PrEN 12697-55 ldquoCoating and consistency of a mixture with emulsionrdquoIn this Antalya meeting also 7 revised test methods were approved to go out for ldquoFormal Voterdquo (after some small corrections have been made)

Task Group 3 ldquoProduct Standardsrdquo is taking care of drafting product standards for asphalt At this moment the revised product standards (the EN 13108 series) are out for Formal Vote The Formal Vote process of the product standards will finish on 26 January 2016TG3 is now drafting a new standard for ldquoAsphalt concrete with Bituminous Emulsi-onrdquo (EN 13108-31) This mixture is produced in a plant and it does not deal with mixtures for road repair as sold in bags This is according to the Mandate CEN TC227 has The draft standard was discussed during this WG1 meeting

Task Group 4 ldquoConformity Assessment Standardsrdquo is drafting the (revised) stan-dards for EN 13108-20 ldquoType Testingrdquo (TT) EN 13108-21 ldquoFactory Production Controlrdquo (FPC) and EN 13108-8 ldquoReclaimed asphaltrdquo It was decided to start with modifying part EN 13108-20 and -21 (TT and FPC) for Asphalt Concrete with Bituminous Emulsion (ACBE) In a later stage it will be decided whether new separates standards are needed or not Having new standards for TT and FPC for ACBE might be easier to maintain in the future

In January 2016 the Convenors of TGs 2 3 and 4 will have a meeting to discuss several items related to ACBE that were raised during this CEN TC 227 WG1 meeting like the question whether ACBE will require its own Standards for Type Testing and Factory Production Control the contribution of Reclaimed Asphalt within ACBE and defining lsquocured conditionsrsquo of ACBE

Other items discussed in Antalya were the progress of CEN TC336 WG1 CEN TC227 WG6 and an Ageing Workshop that might be held if needed

The next CEN TC227 WG meeting will be held on 25 and 26 April 2016 in Helsinki Finland

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CEN TC154 WG13 TC227 WG6 CEN TC336 WG1

The latest CEN TC154 WG13 TC227 WG6 lsquoDangerous substancesrsquo meeting was held on 12 October 2015 in London The meeting started with an update of the activities of CEN TC351 ldquoAssessment of release of dangerous substancesrdquo and some new test methods of this TC were discussed This CEN TC 351 is creating test methods for determining oa the lea-ching behaviour of building materials In the future (ao) the leaching behaviour of ldquoMandatedrdquo building materials has to be declared in the CE-marking also for asphalt This to address the CPR Basic Requirement for Construction Works num-ber 3 ldquoHygiene health and the environmentrdquo dealing with the release of dange-rous substances into ground water marine waters surface waters or soil To avoid unnecessary testing it was the intention to create a possibility to classify products Without Further Testing (WFT) or Without Testing (WT) For being classified WFT or WT a dossier with leaching date had to be created and the European Com-mission would decide based on this dossier whether a certain material could be classified WFT or WT At this moment it is still unclear how this procedure will work At the meeting it was mentioned that a WFT (Without Further Testing) clas-sification must be justified by documents which must be included in the dossier It was originally intended that products could be classified simply in the same way as resistance to fire (eg glass does not burn) but this is not practical for all substances and all products It might be possible for TCs to provide WFT for some substances but the rest would be for producers

At the agenda item ldquoLiaison with CEN TC350 to address sustainability with an overview on Product Category Rules (PCR) and Environmental Products Declarati-ons (EPD) for aggregatesrdquo it was mentioned that the first draft of Product Category Rules (PCR) for aggregates (cradle to gate) will be available in the beginning of 2016 Manfred Fuchs of DG GROW also attended this meeting He explained that the Commission supports PEF (Product Environmental Footprint) as the overarching sustainability framework across all sectors but acknowledged that it is designed for final products and not for intermediate products He also explained the relation between the PEF (Product Environmental footprint) and the PCREPD It will come together and they will be linked CEN product committees can continue to use EN15804 to produce PCR and anything new from PEF can be added later Basic requirement for construction works number 7 ldquoSustainable use of natural resourcesrdquo will not be ready for at least 2 yearsThe next meeting of this joint WG will be held on 24th February 2016 in London

On 29 and 30 September 2015 CEN TC336 WG1 had a meeting in Tarragona (Spain) The main agenda item was Task Group Progress Reports and the WG1 Structure

The Task Groups that are still active in TC 336 WG1 arebull

bull

bull

bull

bull

bull

TG 1 ldquoHigh Service Temperature Propertiesrdquo This TG will be active until EN 16659 ldquoMSCRTrdquo is published At the time of the meeting it was in the Formal Vote process TG1 also prepared a paper for the EampE Congress 2016TG 2 ldquoLow Service Temperature Propertiesrdquo will continue its work and will look at new approaches for addressing low service temperature properties of bituminous bindersTG 5 ldquoSpecification Frameworkrdquo is now called ldquoRevision of EN 14023rdquo Based on the outcome of the systematic review of EN 14023 ldquoPMBrdquo it was decided to revise this standard This work will be done by TG5TG 6 ldquoRevision of EN 12591rdquo is dealing with the revision of EN 12591ldquoPa-ving Grade bitumenrdquo WG1 agreed to forward the new draft of prEN 12591 to CEN to start CEN Enquiry This CEN enquiry will start in early 2016TG 8 and TG 10 ldquoRevisions of Amendments to test standardsrdquo are taking care of the revision of the test methodsTG 9 ldquoPrecisionrdquo is dealing with precision of test methods The next WG1 meeting will be held in Brussels (Belgium) on 10 and 11 March 2016

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OTHER MEETINGS amp EVENTS

TECHNICAL PAPA SEMINAR

The 33rd Technical Seminar of PSWNA (Polish Asphalt Pavement Association - PAPA) was held on 27 and 28 October 2015 in Warsaw with the title ldquoSustaina-ble development and a selection of innovative road technologiesrdquo

After the opening speech of the PAPA President Mr Andrzej Wyszynski the first session started with a presentation of Egbert Beuving (EAPA) about Asphalt Ad-vantages He explained the benefits of using asphalt for road construction and road maintenanceBengt Sandman of Nynas AB showed in his presentation on ldquoSpecial modified bitumenrdquo the results of a study concerning the use of polymer modified bitumen on the High Coast Bridge (Houmlgakustenbron) in Sweden After 15 years of service the Polymer Modified Asphalt surface on this suspension bridge is still performing well and the modified binder is still very elastic and also retains good low and high temperature properties In the second session ldquoGood practices in the roadrdquo Jan Kroacutel of the Warsaw Uni-versity of Technology presented the effects of environmental and social costs of life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) He showed the elements that should be addressed to be able to make as an example a comparison of the expressway in asphalt with one in concrete In his summary he mentioned that Cost-benefit analysis enables verification of the validity of the investment in relation to refrain from investment activities It allows you to choose the best investment option and it is increasingly being demanded by investors and is appointed by public procurement law

One of the presentations on the second day during the 3rd session ldquoNew technolo-gies - innovations in materials Ecology (recycling) and Environmental Protectionrdquo was of prof Dariusz Sybilski of IBDiM He addressed the effect of a chemically reactive silane additive on the binder - aggregate interaction

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CEDR FINAL CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE

On 27th ndash 28th October 2015 the Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR) organised the CEDR final climate change conference in Brussels

CEDR Secretary General Steve Philips welcomed the participants and spoke about the importance of Climate Change for Road Operations and the role of CEDR in the light of EU Policy and research projects The priorities of CEDR are Intelligent Road Systems Maintenance Multi-Modality and Climate Change A further objective is to have a better life time return of roads He raised the questi-on how increase the sbquoappetitelsquo of the road authorities for adaption due to climate change and answered that CEDR is not a regulator but what CEDR can do is to raise the awareness propose procurement practices and propose standardisation practices During the day several major research results of the projects CliPDaR and ROADAPT were presented concerning eg the developed models and strategies to adapt climate changeOn second day adapting strategies for road infrastructure by CEDR Technical Group Climate Change Adaption as well as the administrations of The Nether-lands and Norway were presented followed by parallel workshopsChristian Axelsen of Danish Road Directorate and member of CEDR Technical Group Climate Change Adaption mentioned that many tools and solutions al-ready exist but they have to be applied in an efficient way and with a good and consistent strategyEva Lijegren of the Swedish Transport Administration National Coordinator for Climate Change Adaptation spoke about ldquoTransforming a strategy into an action planrdquo For example in Sweden 1500 documents with rules and regulations for roads rails and ferries do exist and they have to be inverted for changesKees van Muiswinkel Department of Infrastructure and the Environment of the Dutch Rijkswaterstaat gave a presentation about adaptation strategies in the Netherlands The Dutch Government has released several programmes like Delta Programme (NL climate proof and water robust by 2050 a high level of protecti-on to flooding) and National Adaptation Strategy (more long term thinking costs to make the Netherlands fit for the future are four times lower than long term costs of damage)Gordana Petkovic Norwegian Public Roads Administration informed the atten-dees amongst others about revised manuals for design and practice for the In-frastructure an inventory of vulnerable assets and a smartphone app to register natural hazards

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All the presentations and relevant reports can be downloaded from httpwwwfehrlorgindexphpm=32ampid_directory=7844 You can also see the first day of the conference that was web streamed at httpwwwfehrlorgindexphpm=32ampmode=downloadampid_file=17469

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CEDR WORKSHOP ON ROAD WORKER SAFETY

On 29th October 2015 CEDR organised the dissemination workshop on two CEDR projects called ASAP and BRoWSER at BBRC in Brussel

The workshop started with a welcome by Paul Mitchell chair of the CEDR pro-gramme executive board and Wanda Debauche from the Belgian Road Research Centre In the following keynote speech Pieter De Winne Head of the Road Engi-neering Division at the Flemish Agency for Roads and Traffic presented the CEDR research work and data concerning safety of workers on the Flemish network He mentioned that in one big construction site 60000 penalties for too high driving speeds were given which almost covered the construction costs

The presentation of the ASAP project (ASAP ndash Appropriate Speed saves All Peo-ple) was given by the project coordinator Anna Vadeby VTI Sweden She ex-plained the goals and results of this project The projectrsquos focus was on regula-ting motorist` driving behaviour in work zones She explained different measures with their expected impacts The final report with guidelines which are meant to complement existing national regulations and procedures has been released on the project website Most promising measures to reduce traffic speeding were amongst others police presence and speed control at the work site

Project coordinator Jill Weekly TRL UK presented the BRoWSER project (BRoW-SER ndash Baselining Road Worker Safety on European Roads) The goal of the project was to implement a European Road Worker Safety Database (EuRoWCas data-base) to count the number of road worker accidents compare these accidents un-derstand the causes and consequences of road worker accidents and to develop countermeasures to reduce the risk of road worker accidents The deliverables are the database itself and a related guidance document on the collection procedures The recommendations of the project are as followsbull National road authorities need to adopt a common typology for road worksbull Support on EU level to promote adoption and harmonisation of common typology across Europebull National road authorities need to adopt the EuRoWCas database con cept and fill it with consistent and accurate data

In the afternoon workshops for the implementation of the project`s findings were held The workshop was closed with the conclusions of Paul MitchellFor more information about the projects and the workshop please go to httpasapfehrlorg httpbrowserzagsi and wwwcedrfr

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CEDR WORKSHOP ON RECYCLING

On 24 and 25 September 2015 the ldquoInternational workshop on Recycling Road construction in a post fossil fuel societyrdquo was held in the Czech Technical Univer-sity in Prague Around 40 people attended this workshop

This workshop was the final event of the three research projects EARN CoRePaSol and AllBack2Pave that were procured under the CEDR Transnational Road Rese-arch Programme Call 2012 Recycling

During this workshop the results of these projects were presented and discussed

The EARN (Effects on Availability of Road Network) project reviewed existing data on service lifetime and availability of road materials and structures there was a site trial to evaluate varying proportions of RA and they did an experimen-tal evaluation of moisture damage and ageing in asphalt mixtures and developed an impact assessment modelThe main findings of this project were bull The use of Low Temperature Asphalt systems Reclaimed Asphalt secondary by-products andor binder additives can have an effect on the durability of flexible pavements but that affect is not always adverse and may not be great bull The effect of using lower temperature asphalt systems RA secondary by-products andor binder additives can be modelled in the expected service life of mixtures but more data are needed to make the model more accurate More information can be found at httpwwwtrlcouksolutionsroad-rail-infrastructuresustainable-infrastructureearn

The CoRePaSol project ldquoHarmonised characterisation of cold recycled asphalt pavement solutionsrdquo focused mainly on harmonising mix design of cold recycled bitumen stabilised materials (mixes) following the existing scientific and enginee-ring experience and approaches They also studied the activity of Reclaimed As-phalt binder in cold-recycled mixes the recyclability and multiple recyclability of cold-recycled mixes in cold and hot recycling and the environmental benefits associated with encapsulating hazardous materialsFor more information go to httpsilnicefsvcvutczcorepasol

The AllBack2Pave project ldquoSustainable 100 recycling of reclaimed asphalt in road pavementsrdquo focused on the research on the feasibility of going toward 100 recycling of asphalt pavements into wearing courses through an increasing per-centage of RA within the mixes They wanted to recycle 90 but the asphalt plants

for the project could not handle that percentage More information can be found at httpallback2pavefehrlorg

One of the conclusions of multi-recycling was that cold recycled materials can be recycled cold and in hot and warm processes and the cement of the cold recycling does not interfere with the recyclability of the bitumenAnother conclusion regarding Carbon-Footprint discussion was that recycling has more influence on lowering the carbon-footprint than Warm Mix Asphalt Thus to achieve really benefit of WMA the recycling percentage in WMA should be kept at the same level as for HMA

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ROSANNE

On 4 December 2015 there was a ROSANNE Stakeholders Reference Group meetingDuring this meeting the Work Pack-age leaders informed the stakeholders about the progress madeThe ROSANNE project aims at de-velopingharmonising measurement methods for skid resistance noise emission and rolling resistance of road pavements as a preparation for stan-dardization

The objectives are in short

1Skid resistance The harmonisation of skid resistance measurement by deri-ving conversion factors for friction indi-ces based on similar groups of devices namely longitudinal and sideways skid resistance measurement devices

2Noise emission Combining the exis-ting measurement methods (SPB and CPX) into a harmonised pavement noi-se emission characterisation method

3Rolling resistance building on the re-sults obtained in MIRIAM and standar-dising trailer measurements of rolling resistance coefficients of road surfaces It is also studying the influencing road surface parameters and factors which disturb such measurements and in some cases to develop correction procedures for such influences

4Texture exploring the potential for re-cent developments in the measurement of surface texture to deliver parameters that better reflect the physical process of tyreroad interaction and that may improve our understanding of how the texture influences skid resistance noise emission and rolling resistance

5Reference tyres and pavements Defi-ning and investigating the performan-ce of reference tyres and pavements necessary for the measurement of all three road surface properties This is a prerequisite for the harmonisation of all future measurements

More information about this project can be found at httprosanne-projecteu

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ACEA MEETINGS

During the last months the EAPA Secretariat contributed heavily to different workshops and events of the European Automobile Manufacturers Associationrsquos (ACEA) initiative on ldquoJoining forces to tackle the road transport CO2 challengerdquo Amongst other stakeholders of the transport sector EAPA was invited to give input to two reports one for passenger cars and light vehicles as well as one for heavy duty vehicles Therefore the EAPA Secretariat prepared several presentations re-garding the positive aspects of asphalt pavements on rolling resistance and on quick maintenance to demonstrate that smooth and well maintained asphalt roads reduce the CO2 emissions of cars and vehicles during the use phase of pavements The presentations were based on independent and neutral studies and on rese-arch projects that proved the benefits of asphalt pavements

On 19th January EAPA Secretariat participated in a wrap-up event at Brussels where experts from different sectors (eg infrastructure fuels) discussed the draft report on the CO2 emissions reducing potential for passenger cars and light vehi-cles until 2030

EAPA will follow the initiative with providing relevant information and actively par-ticipating in future ACEA events Therefore EAPA Secretariat will participate and will give an oral statement during the presentation of the report for the heavy duty vehicles in a conference organised by ACEA in Brussels on 16th February 2016

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CZECH ASPHALT CONFERENCE AV`15

On 24th and 25th November 2015 the Czech Road Contractors Association Praha and the Czech Road Society Asphalt Pavements Section held its yearly Asphalt Pavement Conference in Českeacute Budějovice More than 400 participants from the asphalt sector with more than 50 participants from abroad attended this confe-rence The very well organised conference with an exhibition with more than 25 booths was a big success

During the two conference days there were several presentations about the latest developments in the Czech Asphalt Industry special paving projects and news from the road administration There were also reports of the latest results of rese-arch projects and ongoing projectsCarsten Karcher participated on behalf of EAPA and gave a presentation on ldquoNews from Brussels ndash 2015rdquo where he focused on Warm Mix Asphalt Re-use of Asphalt and the AsphaltAdvantages campaign

For more information all the presentations and some videos please go to httpwwwasfaltove-vozovkyczav2015

DANUBE REGION CONFERENCE

On 25 November 2015 the Danube Region Conference ldquoDevelopment and Main-tenance of Road surfaces in the Danube regionrdquo was held in Bled in SloveniaThis conference was organised by ZAS the Slovenia Ministry of Infrastructure and the European Commission The Danube Region encompasses 14 countries of South Eastern Europe

Slovenko Henigman President of Slovenian Asphalt Pavement Association (ZAS) explained in his welcome speech the importance of this event and why it was connected with the ZAS Colloquium The goal of this Danube conference is to strengthen the developments of the road construction field and the economic inte-gration Asphalt technology has a role of binding people and nations Mr Franc Žepič EUSDR Priority Area Coordinator Ministry of Infrastructure Slo-venia explained the ldquoEU Strategy for the Danube Regionrdquo (EUSDR) and the EUSDR Governance model More information about EUSDR can be found at httpwwwdanube-regioneu

In the 1st session ldquoGeneral situation and management on road network in the regi-onrdquo Jose Diez (ERF) showed the importance of roads and explained the impact of the backlog of maintenance on the economy This backlog will only increase the costs for maintenance He described different approaches for maintenance and mentioned that by applying Road Asset Management principles the municipality of Larvik (in Norway) found out they were losing euro 2000- per day for not main-taining their road network His good news was that solutions do existMitja Jurgele DRI Slovenia showed the effects of investment on the quality of the road network

In the 2nd session ldquoAsphalt Industry in the Danube regionrdquo Carsten Karcher (EAPA) gave a presentation on the current chances and challenges for the asphalt indus-try in Germany with a focus on asphalt recycling and noise reduction Many people in Germany are suffering from traffic noise in Germany and to reduce that traffic noise different types of asphalt were developed and are being applied in Germany like noise optimised SMA and noise optimised Asphalt Concrete which also has an optimised surface texture that also provides a lower rolling resistanceMiroslav Keller president of the Croatian Asphalt Association showed in his presentation the influence of the budget on the quality of the main road network in Croatia until the year 2026 Imre Pap of the Highway Institute Belgrade Serbia gave a review of technologies and specifications for construction and rehabilitation of roads in SerbiaEgbert Beuving (EAPA) explained in his presentation how the use of Information

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Technology in the asphalt paving process can stimulate sustainable developments A more homogeneous quality of the (surface) layers does results in more durable pavements Due to the tendering system where the lowest bid is mostly rewarded there is no incentive for the construction companies to use the available know-ledge and information technology to deliver a high quality product This system does not stimulate innovation Using quality best price-quality ratio bonusmalus-system experience and expertise in the tendering process (as mentioned in the Public Procurement Directive) will stimulate innovation and will contribute to sustainabilitySlovenko Henigman president ZAS Slovenia showed in his presentation the trends and developments in the asphalt industry in Slovenia

In the 3rd and last session ldquoSustainable development of road construction and maintenance in the Danube regionrdquo one of the speakers was Ms Olivera Djordje-vic of EuroRAP (European Road Assessment Programme) addressing road mainte-nance for safety She showed results of the SENSoR Project where they created a Road Safety Atlas for South East Europe For more information and safety maps see wwwsensorprojecteu

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ZAS COLLOQUIUM ON ASPHALT AND BITUMEN

On 26 November the 15th Colloquium on Asphalt and Bitumen was opened by Slovenko Henigman President of ZAS This two-day colloquium was held in Bled in Slovenia and was attended by 210 participants from 12 countries Henigman mentioned in his opening speech that the backlog in maintenance in Slovenia is big and he stressed that we need to work together to reach some changes as soon as possible Next to that several things need to be improved to be ready for the future As an example he mentioned the gasoline cent that is discussed in the Slovenian parliament for road maintenance which is really needed to get a stable incomeKlemen Grebensčk of the Slovenian Ministry of Infrastructure responded in his opening address that he was aware of the fact that the Slovenian roads are not in a good condition He expected to be able to get more funding for the next years to be able to keep the road network at a decent level In the Opening Session Ayberk Oumlzcan President of EAPA mentioned in his wel-come words that this Colloquium on Asphalt and Bitumen has become a very well-known and accepted event in our industry Since 1996 it became the biggest international meeting in the field of road construction and road maintenance in Slovenia and that made it an important meeting for the European asphalt industry and for EAPA members in this region

In the 1st Section ldquoBasic materials in asphalt industry - aggregates and bitumenrdquo Anja Soumlrensen ARBIT Eurobitume Germany gave a state-of-the-art of the Euro-pean bitumen standardisation and the progress of the Performance Related Bitu-men SpecificationBernhard Hofko of TU Vienna explained in his presentation the ageing process of bitumen in a very nice and clear way and explained why you can see an incre-asing amount of creaking when the pavements are getting older Next to ageing tests on bitumen it is also needed to age asphalt itself because of the influence of the aggregate filler and additive Therefore they developed a Viennese Aging Procedure (VAPro) to simulate ageing of asphalt in 4 daysWillem Vonk of Kraton Polymers gave a summary of 8 years work on Highly Modified Asphalt By using Highly Modified Asphalt it is possible to pave thinner and to safe material The thickness reduction that can be achieved is between 20 and 60 depending on the situation in this reduction also results in saving costs

Juan Jose Potti (Asefma) gave an invited lecture about the use of social media for the maintenance of road infrastructures He showed the impact social media can have and he also explained the effect of the Asefma manifesto regarding ldquoThe maintenance of roads is a social needrdquo

In the 2nd section ldquoBuilding Maintenance and Financing of Road Infrastructurerdquo Hans Litzka (Austria) spoke about the maintenance needs for State and Commu-nity roads in Austria and showed the budgets needed to keep the backlog at a constant or better levelAnders Hundahl (Asfaltindustrien) talked about PPP and functional projects on State roads Municipality roads and Private roads He showed the Danish situ-ation during the last 10 years He did not see a great future for PPP projects in Denmark and mentioned that functional contracts work for country roads but not for city roads Egbert Beuving (EAPA) spoke about Green Public Procurement (GPP) Criteria for Road Construction and explained the state-of-the-art of the update of the GPP criteria in Europe He also showed how GGP Criteria are being used in the NetherlandsJože Lun (Slovenia) presented examples of good and bad practice in public pro-curement of asphalt works in Slovenia

The first day ended with a Round Table discussion with the directors of the main Slovenian asphalt companies which got a nice coverage in the Slovenian press the next day

The second day started with the session ldquoAsphalt Recycling and layingrdquo In this session there were ao presentations regarding the use of reclaimed asphalt in Austria Slovenia and Switzerland and enhancing asphalt mixtures performance by using RAP and FT-wax There was an invited lecture of Brian Wood (Plantmix Asphalt Industry of Kentucky ndash PAIK (USA)) and Grant Gabbard (The Allen Co and Executive Vice President of PAIK) They gave an overview of the developments in the asphalt industry in Kentucky USA regarding recycling warm asphalt warranty periods etc

In the 4th and last session ldquoLong-time and sustainable development of asphalt technologiesrdquo Carsten Karcher (EAPA) gave an update on the use of Warm Mix Asphalt in Europe

On the website of ZAS the videos of the presentations of the technical papers and the Round Table can be found at httpwwwzdruzenje-zassikolokvijen

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Anja

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On 11 November 2015 Member of European Parliament (MEP) Tomas Zdecho-vsky from Czech Republic invited to the seminar ldquoThe social and economic im-portance of road transportrdquo in the European Parliament He was supported by the MEPs Wim van de Camp and Kosma Zlotowski from the European Peoplersquos Parties (EPP) of the European Parliament Speakers addressed the seminarrsquos topic from different angles eg from the road userrsquos perspective by Julia Levasier from the Allgemeine Deutsche Automobil Club (ADAC) from Germany the European Commission DG Move by Rolf Diemer After having been asked Diemer stated that the Commission is not working on topics how to improve the rather bad con-dition of the European Road Network eg by providing funds EAPA Director Carsten Karcher exchanged ideas with colleagues from the branch and spoke with MEP Zdechovsky and invited him to come to the EampE Congress 2016 in his home country

SEMINAR OF MEP ZDECHOVSKY AT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Carst

en Ka

rcher

(left)

and M

EP To

mas Z

dech

ovsk

y

MEETING WITH MEP WIM VAN DE CAMP

On 10 December 2015 Egbert Beuving and Carsten Karcher of EAPA had a meeting with Member of European Parliament (MEP) Wim van de Camp from the Netherlands Van de Camp is MEP since 2009 and member of the Transport Com-mittee (TRAN Committee) He is member of the Group of the European Peoplersquos Party (Christian Democrats)

During this meeting several subjects were addressed

Van de Camp was informed about EAPA its goals the development and benefits of Warm Mix Asphalt and that asphalt is 100 re-usable which fits perfect in the lsquocircular economyrsquo EAPA also informed him about the possibilities to reduce CO2

emissions by cars and trucks by having well maintained roads and especially smooth roads

The idea of creating a European Road Agency was recently discussed in the TRAN Committee MEP Claudia TAPARDEL (Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament ndash Romania) raised this item and it is now in the procedure Many MEPs are against creating an ERA (Euro-pean Road Agency) because they do not want another agency There is already a European Railway Agency Van de Camp is in favour of a European Road Agency because it can also address the social issues of transport eg working times for truck drivers etc

For the European Commission (EC) infrastructure is related to the TEN-T network The lsquoRoad Packagersquo of European Commission which is expected in 2016 will mainly deal with EU road transport market and road infrastructure will only be one chapter The 3 pillars of this ldquoRoad packagerdquo is expected to become a ba-lanced set of initiatives regarding road charging access to internal market and social rules in road transport

For investing in roads the EFSI (European Fund for Strategic Investment) could be a partner and also the European Investment Bank (EIB) is very interested Van de Camp suggested to our industry to bring Road Maintenance to the attenti-on of the EIB or EFSI to see what they can do Van de Camp as a classic politician as he called himself is not in favour of ear-marking tax money In some years more money is needed for certain items than other years Politicians need flexibility to decide where to spend the tax payersrsquo money

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6 47

As a first step towards some guidance of the EC on European roads the EC could produce a communication document instead of creating an ERA This document could explain what European countries could do in the field of road maintenance to have low emissions (noise CO2 fine particles etc) and a good road safety (markings signs evenness surface condition etc) a bit like what they are doing regarding Green Public Procurement According to Van de Camp road mainte-nance is important but it is not a real main item in the European Parliament at this moment Most countries see road maintenance as a national item and for them there is no involvement of the EC needed Road maintenance has to be done by the national states the provincescounties and the local communities

To generate awareness of the importance of road maintenance in Europe he suggested EAPA to create a small campaign together with other like-minded Euro-pean road organisations like CEDR FEHRL ERF and EUPAVE These associations could create together a best practice paper eg on road maintenance and requi-red surface conditions

Van de Camp added that it is even more efficient when the European road organi-sations associations would come up with a practical approach like Best Practi-ces and rankings instead of the EC That might be a stimulus for the EU countries

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rt Be

uving

(left

) W

im va

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midd

le) an

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rcher

CROSS-MODAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

FEHRL organised a so called ldquoUSE-iT - FOX Workshoprdquo on 21 January 2016 in Brussels

USE-iT and FOX are two Horizon 2020 projects The acronym USE-iT stands for ldquoUsers Safety security and Energy In Transport Infrastructurerdquo and FOX for ldquoFore-ver Open infrastructure across (X) all transport modesrdquoThierry Goger (FEHRL) explained in his welcome speech that the aim of this work-shop was to present preliminary results of the USE-iT and FOX projects of the most appropriate technologies and approaches that have the potential of being applied on a cross-modal basis or on at least two transport modes

Maria Cristina Marolda (Policy Officer of Research and Innovation in EC Direc-torate General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) explained in her Opening speech that the European Commission had launched within the Horizon 2020 (H2020) Programme several initiatives to reflect on the necessary development of cross-modal transport infrastructure This because the European Commission is now more looking at transport systems as one system A set of three European H2020 Coordination and Support Actions namely the REFINET (REthinking Futu-re Infrastructure NETworks) FOX and USE-iT projects have been granted to sup-port this work Several partners from all transport modes and with various profiles (for example Research Providers Industry Transport Authority) are now actively involved in this attempt

Bob Collis (TRL UK) explained the structure of the Workshop The topic areas investigated in the FOX and USE-IT projects had been divided in 6 groups User information Safety amp security Energy amp carbon Constructing amp maintenance Inspection and Recycling amp reuse After the plenary session the participants of the Workshop were also divided in 6 groups and they visited during the workshop the various topics investigatedWhen a group visited one of the topics a detailed description of the technologies collected in the surveys was presented and the barriers and opportunities for cross modal application were discussed Also potential research topics that could be of benefit to more than one mode were identified Next to these discussions this workshop also give a nice overview of the state-of-the-art technologies that are used or can be used in the 4 transport modes Road Rail Runway and WaterwayAt the end of the projects a list of needs a road map for future research will be created

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9 48

Several activities such as desk studies surveys and workshops have been schedu-led over the coming two years to collect information and reflect together The 2nd workshop will be held during TRA 2016 in Warsaw and the 3rd on mid-September 2016

More information about these projects can be found at httpwwwrefineteu and wwwuseitandfoxprojectseu

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(DG

MOVE

)

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ollis

(TRL

UK)

ACEA 25TH ANNIVERSARY

On 21st January 2016 the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) celebrated its 25th anniversary EAPA Secretary General Egbert Beuving and EAPA Director Carsten Karcher were invited together with 200 other execu-tives of European organisations and associations in the transport sectorACEA Secretary General Eric Jonnaert welcomed the guests and new elected ACEA president Dieter Zetsche and Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc from the European Commission addressed the guests Dieter Zetsche spoke about ACEArsquos history and coming challenges Violeta Bulc gave a motivating and inspiring speech about innovation in the transport sector and especially the automobile sectorThis reception was an excellent opportunity for EAPA Secretariat to network Carsten Karcher took the opportunity to talk with ACEA president Zetsche and to inform him briefly about our industry He also gave Zetsche the new EAPA calen-dar for the year 2016 with very nice asphalt pictures and short messages about the advantages of asphalt Furthermore he asked him whether he would be able to give a speech during the EampE Congress 2016 in Prague to address the needs of the road users and the automobile industry for well-maintained roads and the roads of the future

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ident

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Zetsc

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1

UPCOMING CONGRESSES

DEUTSCHE ASPHALTTAGE 2016

EampE CONGRESS 2016

On 17 ndash 19 February 2016 the XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage will be held in Berchtesgaden Germany More infor-mation can soon be found at wwwasphaltde

On 1 ndash 3 June 2016 the 6th Eurasphalt amp Eurobitume Congress will be held in Prague More information can be found at wwweecongress2016org

50

RILEM CONFERENCE

The 8th RILEM International Conference on ldquoMechanisms of Cracking and Debon-ding in Pavementsrdquo will be held on 7 ndash 9 June 2016 in Nantes France More information can be found at httpmcd2016sciencesconforg

2016 ISAP SYMPOSIUM

The 2016 ISAP Symposium ldquoFrom Molecules to Innovative Pavementsrdquo will be held on 18-21 July 2016 and is hosted by Western Research Institute USAThis International meeting focusing on the transfer of technology from funda-mental research to applied enginee-ring of asphalt pavements will be held in conjunction with the long-standing Petersen Asphalt Research Conference (wwwpetersenasphaltconferenceorg)

The web link for Call for Abstracts is httpwwwisap2016symposiumorgISAP2016-Abstractshtml

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2 53

EATA CONFERENCE 2017

On 12 ndash 14 June 2017 the 7th Inter-national EATA Conference will be held in Empa in Duumlbendorf Swit-zerland EATA - the European Asp-halt Technology Association - is an informal organisation of European engineers and scientists involved in Asphalt Technology Research More information can be found at httpeata2017empach

1ST EUROPEAN ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE CONGRESS

On 18-20 October 2016 the 1st European Road Infrastructure Congress will be held in Leeds UKThis congress is organised by the European Union Road Federation in partnership with the Road Safety Markings AssociationMore information can be found at wwweric2016eu

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Get the Advantages of Asphalt Pavement

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4 55

EVENTS LIST

2016

Task Force Providing Evidence Asphalt AdvantagesEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingCampD Waste Management Protocol ndash TF 1 meetingCEN TC336 Advisory Group meeting in ParisConference Swiss Asphalt Producing Industry Bern Road CO2 meeting in BrusselsACEA lsquoReducing CO2 from Road Transport Togetherrsquo ConferenceDAV XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage Berchtesgaden17th HAPA International Asphalt Conference

EAPA ExCo and Directorslsquo Group meeting in BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume ExCo meeting in BrusselsCEN TC336 WG1 TG5 meeting in BrusselsDAV Asphalt Days WillingenCEN T227 Chairmanrsquos Panel meeting in BerlinCEN TC227 WG6 meeting in BerlinCEN TC336 WG1 meeting in BrusselsEurobitume amp BAW Bitumen and Asphalt Day BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume TC meetingEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meeting

EAPA WG Carbon Footprint DocumentEAPA HSE meeting in OsloEAPA TC meeting in OsloBauma in Munich GermanyROSANNE Stakeholders Reference Group meetingTransport Research Arena Conference -TRA 2016CEN TC227 WG1 meeting in Helsinki

EampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meetingCEN TC336 meeting in PragueEAPA GCA meeting in Prague

3 Feb 4 Feb4 Feb5 Feb5 Feb

10 Feb16 Feb

17 ndash 19 Feb23 ndash 24 Feb

1 March2 March 4 March

7 ndash 9 March8 March9 March

10 - 11 March15 March 17 March 22 March23 March

5 April6 April 7 April

11-17 April12 April

18-21 April 25 ndash 26 April

11 May12 May

30 ndash 31 May31 May

EampE Congress 2016 in Prague Global Asphalt Pavement Alliance meeting in PragueCEN TC336 WG1 meetingEAPA HSE Committee meeting in ParisEAPA TC meeting in Paris1st European Road Infrastructure Congress in Leeds UKCEN TC227 WG1 meeting

1 ndash 3 June 3 June

20-21 Sept 12 Oct 13 Oct

18-20 Oct9-10 Nov

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6E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

COLOPHON

Egbert Beuving amp Carsten KarcherHelga BeuvingEgbert Beuving amp Carsten Karcher

TextLayout

Pictures

57

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MPA - Mineral Products Association

NCC AB

DAV - Deutscher Asphalt Verband eV

Asefma Asfaltindustrien

EBA HAPA - Hungarian Asphalt Pavement Association

Infra Contractorsrsquo Association

USIRF - Routes de France ZAS - Združenje asfalterjev

Slovenije

Peab Asphalt AB

Sdruženiacute pro vyacutestavbu silnic Praha

MEMBERS

ASMUD - Turkish Asphalt Contractors Association

Eesti Asfaldiliit IAPA - Irish Asphalt Pavement Association

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

ABZ-1 Ammann Group Antigo - MHB Breakers Ltd

Arizona Chemical

BTC Europe GmbHBenninghoven Caterpillar Paving Products Inc

CFF

ASTEC

DuPont CZ sro

CRH plc

Genan Honeywell

MeadWestvacoMarini Ruthman Sasol Wax

Turkish Petroleum Refineries Co

Volvo Construction Equipment

Voumlgele Vialit

Kraton Polymers Nederland BV

J Rettenmaier amp Soumlhne GmbH amp Co

ICL Performance Products LP

EUROPEAN ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION

Rue du Commerce 77B-1040 Brussels Belgium

Phone +32 2 502 5888E-mail infoeapaorgWeb wwweapaorg

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4 25

CEN TC154 WG13 TC227 WG6 CEN TC336 WG1

The latest CEN TC154 WG13 TC227 WG6 lsquoDangerous substancesrsquo meeting was held on 12 October 2015 in London The meeting started with an update of the activities of CEN TC351 ldquoAssessment of release of dangerous substancesrdquo and some new test methods of this TC were discussed This CEN TC 351 is creating test methods for determining oa the lea-ching behaviour of building materials In the future (ao) the leaching behaviour of ldquoMandatedrdquo building materials has to be declared in the CE-marking also for asphalt This to address the CPR Basic Requirement for Construction Works num-ber 3 ldquoHygiene health and the environmentrdquo dealing with the release of dange-rous substances into ground water marine waters surface waters or soil To avoid unnecessary testing it was the intention to create a possibility to classify products Without Further Testing (WFT) or Without Testing (WT) For being classified WFT or WT a dossier with leaching date had to be created and the European Com-mission would decide based on this dossier whether a certain material could be classified WFT or WT At this moment it is still unclear how this procedure will work At the meeting it was mentioned that a WFT (Without Further Testing) clas-sification must be justified by documents which must be included in the dossier It was originally intended that products could be classified simply in the same way as resistance to fire (eg glass does not burn) but this is not practical for all substances and all products It might be possible for TCs to provide WFT for some substances but the rest would be for producers

At the agenda item ldquoLiaison with CEN TC350 to address sustainability with an overview on Product Category Rules (PCR) and Environmental Products Declarati-ons (EPD) for aggregatesrdquo it was mentioned that the first draft of Product Category Rules (PCR) for aggregates (cradle to gate) will be available in the beginning of 2016 Manfred Fuchs of DG GROW also attended this meeting He explained that the Commission supports PEF (Product Environmental Footprint) as the overarching sustainability framework across all sectors but acknowledged that it is designed for final products and not for intermediate products He also explained the relation between the PEF (Product Environmental footprint) and the PCREPD It will come together and they will be linked CEN product committees can continue to use EN15804 to produce PCR and anything new from PEF can be added later Basic requirement for construction works number 7 ldquoSustainable use of natural resourcesrdquo will not be ready for at least 2 yearsThe next meeting of this joint WG will be held on 24th February 2016 in London

On 29 and 30 September 2015 CEN TC336 WG1 had a meeting in Tarragona (Spain) The main agenda item was Task Group Progress Reports and the WG1 Structure

The Task Groups that are still active in TC 336 WG1 arebull

bull

bull

bull

bull

bull

TG 1 ldquoHigh Service Temperature Propertiesrdquo This TG will be active until EN 16659 ldquoMSCRTrdquo is published At the time of the meeting it was in the Formal Vote process TG1 also prepared a paper for the EampE Congress 2016TG 2 ldquoLow Service Temperature Propertiesrdquo will continue its work and will look at new approaches for addressing low service temperature properties of bituminous bindersTG 5 ldquoSpecification Frameworkrdquo is now called ldquoRevision of EN 14023rdquo Based on the outcome of the systematic review of EN 14023 ldquoPMBrdquo it was decided to revise this standard This work will be done by TG5TG 6 ldquoRevision of EN 12591rdquo is dealing with the revision of EN 12591ldquoPa-ving Grade bitumenrdquo WG1 agreed to forward the new draft of prEN 12591 to CEN to start CEN Enquiry This CEN enquiry will start in early 2016TG 8 and TG 10 ldquoRevisions of Amendments to test standardsrdquo are taking care of the revision of the test methodsTG 9 ldquoPrecisionrdquo is dealing with precision of test methods The next WG1 meeting will be held in Brussels (Belgium) on 10 and 11 March 2016

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OTHER MEETINGS amp EVENTS

TECHNICAL PAPA SEMINAR

The 33rd Technical Seminar of PSWNA (Polish Asphalt Pavement Association - PAPA) was held on 27 and 28 October 2015 in Warsaw with the title ldquoSustaina-ble development and a selection of innovative road technologiesrdquo

After the opening speech of the PAPA President Mr Andrzej Wyszynski the first session started with a presentation of Egbert Beuving (EAPA) about Asphalt Ad-vantages He explained the benefits of using asphalt for road construction and road maintenanceBengt Sandman of Nynas AB showed in his presentation on ldquoSpecial modified bitumenrdquo the results of a study concerning the use of polymer modified bitumen on the High Coast Bridge (Houmlgakustenbron) in Sweden After 15 years of service the Polymer Modified Asphalt surface on this suspension bridge is still performing well and the modified binder is still very elastic and also retains good low and high temperature properties In the second session ldquoGood practices in the roadrdquo Jan Kroacutel of the Warsaw Uni-versity of Technology presented the effects of environmental and social costs of life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) He showed the elements that should be addressed to be able to make as an example a comparison of the expressway in asphalt with one in concrete In his summary he mentioned that Cost-benefit analysis enables verification of the validity of the investment in relation to refrain from investment activities It allows you to choose the best investment option and it is increasingly being demanded by investors and is appointed by public procurement law

One of the presentations on the second day during the 3rd session ldquoNew technolo-gies - innovations in materials Ecology (recycling) and Environmental Protectionrdquo was of prof Dariusz Sybilski of IBDiM He addressed the effect of a chemically reactive silane additive on the binder - aggregate interaction

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9 28

CEDR FINAL CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE

On 27th ndash 28th October 2015 the Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR) organised the CEDR final climate change conference in Brussels

CEDR Secretary General Steve Philips welcomed the participants and spoke about the importance of Climate Change for Road Operations and the role of CEDR in the light of EU Policy and research projects The priorities of CEDR are Intelligent Road Systems Maintenance Multi-Modality and Climate Change A further objective is to have a better life time return of roads He raised the questi-on how increase the sbquoappetitelsquo of the road authorities for adaption due to climate change and answered that CEDR is not a regulator but what CEDR can do is to raise the awareness propose procurement practices and propose standardisation practices During the day several major research results of the projects CliPDaR and ROADAPT were presented concerning eg the developed models and strategies to adapt climate changeOn second day adapting strategies for road infrastructure by CEDR Technical Group Climate Change Adaption as well as the administrations of The Nether-lands and Norway were presented followed by parallel workshopsChristian Axelsen of Danish Road Directorate and member of CEDR Technical Group Climate Change Adaption mentioned that many tools and solutions al-ready exist but they have to be applied in an efficient way and with a good and consistent strategyEva Lijegren of the Swedish Transport Administration National Coordinator for Climate Change Adaptation spoke about ldquoTransforming a strategy into an action planrdquo For example in Sweden 1500 documents with rules and regulations for roads rails and ferries do exist and they have to be inverted for changesKees van Muiswinkel Department of Infrastructure and the Environment of the Dutch Rijkswaterstaat gave a presentation about adaptation strategies in the Netherlands The Dutch Government has released several programmes like Delta Programme (NL climate proof and water robust by 2050 a high level of protecti-on to flooding) and National Adaptation Strategy (more long term thinking costs to make the Netherlands fit for the future are four times lower than long term costs of damage)Gordana Petkovic Norwegian Public Roads Administration informed the atten-dees amongst others about revised manuals for design and practice for the In-frastructure an inventory of vulnerable assets and a smartphone app to register natural hazards

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All the presentations and relevant reports can be downloaded from httpwwwfehrlorgindexphpm=32ampid_directory=7844 You can also see the first day of the conference that was web streamed at httpwwwfehrlorgindexphpm=32ampmode=downloadampid_file=17469

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 3

1

CEDR WORKSHOP ON ROAD WORKER SAFETY

On 29th October 2015 CEDR organised the dissemination workshop on two CEDR projects called ASAP and BRoWSER at BBRC in Brussel

The workshop started with a welcome by Paul Mitchell chair of the CEDR pro-gramme executive board and Wanda Debauche from the Belgian Road Research Centre In the following keynote speech Pieter De Winne Head of the Road Engi-neering Division at the Flemish Agency for Roads and Traffic presented the CEDR research work and data concerning safety of workers on the Flemish network He mentioned that in one big construction site 60000 penalties for too high driving speeds were given which almost covered the construction costs

The presentation of the ASAP project (ASAP ndash Appropriate Speed saves All Peo-ple) was given by the project coordinator Anna Vadeby VTI Sweden She ex-plained the goals and results of this project The projectrsquos focus was on regula-ting motorist` driving behaviour in work zones She explained different measures with their expected impacts The final report with guidelines which are meant to complement existing national regulations and procedures has been released on the project website Most promising measures to reduce traffic speeding were amongst others police presence and speed control at the work site

Project coordinator Jill Weekly TRL UK presented the BRoWSER project (BRoW-SER ndash Baselining Road Worker Safety on European Roads) The goal of the project was to implement a European Road Worker Safety Database (EuRoWCas data-base) to count the number of road worker accidents compare these accidents un-derstand the causes and consequences of road worker accidents and to develop countermeasures to reduce the risk of road worker accidents The deliverables are the database itself and a related guidance document on the collection procedures The recommendations of the project are as followsbull National road authorities need to adopt a common typology for road worksbull Support on EU level to promote adoption and harmonisation of common typology across Europebull National road authorities need to adopt the EuRoWCas database con cept and fill it with consistent and accurate data

In the afternoon workshops for the implementation of the project`s findings were held The workshop was closed with the conclusions of Paul MitchellFor more information about the projects and the workshop please go to httpasapfehrlorg httpbrowserzagsi and wwwcedrfr

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2 33

CEDR WORKSHOP ON RECYCLING

On 24 and 25 September 2015 the ldquoInternational workshop on Recycling Road construction in a post fossil fuel societyrdquo was held in the Czech Technical Univer-sity in Prague Around 40 people attended this workshop

This workshop was the final event of the three research projects EARN CoRePaSol and AllBack2Pave that were procured under the CEDR Transnational Road Rese-arch Programme Call 2012 Recycling

During this workshop the results of these projects were presented and discussed

The EARN (Effects on Availability of Road Network) project reviewed existing data on service lifetime and availability of road materials and structures there was a site trial to evaluate varying proportions of RA and they did an experimen-tal evaluation of moisture damage and ageing in asphalt mixtures and developed an impact assessment modelThe main findings of this project were bull The use of Low Temperature Asphalt systems Reclaimed Asphalt secondary by-products andor binder additives can have an effect on the durability of flexible pavements but that affect is not always adverse and may not be great bull The effect of using lower temperature asphalt systems RA secondary by-products andor binder additives can be modelled in the expected service life of mixtures but more data are needed to make the model more accurate More information can be found at httpwwwtrlcouksolutionsroad-rail-infrastructuresustainable-infrastructureearn

The CoRePaSol project ldquoHarmonised characterisation of cold recycled asphalt pavement solutionsrdquo focused mainly on harmonising mix design of cold recycled bitumen stabilised materials (mixes) following the existing scientific and enginee-ring experience and approaches They also studied the activity of Reclaimed As-phalt binder in cold-recycled mixes the recyclability and multiple recyclability of cold-recycled mixes in cold and hot recycling and the environmental benefits associated with encapsulating hazardous materialsFor more information go to httpsilnicefsvcvutczcorepasol

The AllBack2Pave project ldquoSustainable 100 recycling of reclaimed asphalt in road pavementsrdquo focused on the research on the feasibility of going toward 100 recycling of asphalt pavements into wearing courses through an increasing per-centage of RA within the mixes They wanted to recycle 90 but the asphalt plants

for the project could not handle that percentage More information can be found at httpallback2pavefehrlorg

One of the conclusions of multi-recycling was that cold recycled materials can be recycled cold and in hot and warm processes and the cement of the cold recycling does not interfere with the recyclability of the bitumenAnother conclusion regarding Carbon-Footprint discussion was that recycling has more influence on lowering the carbon-footprint than Warm Mix Asphalt Thus to achieve really benefit of WMA the recycling percentage in WMA should be kept at the same level as for HMA

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ROSANNE

On 4 December 2015 there was a ROSANNE Stakeholders Reference Group meetingDuring this meeting the Work Pack-age leaders informed the stakeholders about the progress madeThe ROSANNE project aims at de-velopingharmonising measurement methods for skid resistance noise emission and rolling resistance of road pavements as a preparation for stan-dardization

The objectives are in short

1Skid resistance The harmonisation of skid resistance measurement by deri-ving conversion factors for friction indi-ces based on similar groups of devices namely longitudinal and sideways skid resistance measurement devices

2Noise emission Combining the exis-ting measurement methods (SPB and CPX) into a harmonised pavement noi-se emission characterisation method

3Rolling resistance building on the re-sults obtained in MIRIAM and standar-dising trailer measurements of rolling resistance coefficients of road surfaces It is also studying the influencing road surface parameters and factors which disturb such measurements and in some cases to develop correction procedures for such influences

4Texture exploring the potential for re-cent developments in the measurement of surface texture to deliver parameters that better reflect the physical process of tyreroad interaction and that may improve our understanding of how the texture influences skid resistance noise emission and rolling resistance

5Reference tyres and pavements Defi-ning and investigating the performan-ce of reference tyres and pavements necessary for the measurement of all three road surface properties This is a prerequisite for the harmonisation of all future measurements

More information about this project can be found at httprosanne-projecteu

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ACEA MEETINGS

During the last months the EAPA Secretariat contributed heavily to different workshops and events of the European Automobile Manufacturers Associationrsquos (ACEA) initiative on ldquoJoining forces to tackle the road transport CO2 challengerdquo Amongst other stakeholders of the transport sector EAPA was invited to give input to two reports one for passenger cars and light vehicles as well as one for heavy duty vehicles Therefore the EAPA Secretariat prepared several presentations re-garding the positive aspects of asphalt pavements on rolling resistance and on quick maintenance to demonstrate that smooth and well maintained asphalt roads reduce the CO2 emissions of cars and vehicles during the use phase of pavements The presentations were based on independent and neutral studies and on rese-arch projects that proved the benefits of asphalt pavements

On 19th January EAPA Secretariat participated in a wrap-up event at Brussels where experts from different sectors (eg infrastructure fuels) discussed the draft report on the CO2 emissions reducing potential for passenger cars and light vehi-cles until 2030

EAPA will follow the initiative with providing relevant information and actively par-ticipating in future ACEA events Therefore EAPA Secretariat will participate and will give an oral statement during the presentation of the report for the heavy duty vehicles in a conference organised by ACEA in Brussels on 16th February 2016

ACEA

Sec

retary

Gen

eral E

ric Jo

nnae

r

Infras

tructu

re wo

rksho

p mod

erator

Chris

tian E

genh

ofer f

rom CE

PS

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6 37

CZECH ASPHALT CONFERENCE AV`15

On 24th and 25th November 2015 the Czech Road Contractors Association Praha and the Czech Road Society Asphalt Pavements Section held its yearly Asphalt Pavement Conference in Českeacute Budějovice More than 400 participants from the asphalt sector with more than 50 participants from abroad attended this confe-rence The very well organised conference with an exhibition with more than 25 booths was a big success

During the two conference days there were several presentations about the latest developments in the Czech Asphalt Industry special paving projects and news from the road administration There were also reports of the latest results of rese-arch projects and ongoing projectsCarsten Karcher participated on behalf of EAPA and gave a presentation on ldquoNews from Brussels ndash 2015rdquo where he focused on Warm Mix Asphalt Re-use of Asphalt and the AsphaltAdvantages campaign

For more information all the presentations and some videos please go to httpwwwasfaltove-vozovkyczav2015

DANUBE REGION CONFERENCE

On 25 November 2015 the Danube Region Conference ldquoDevelopment and Main-tenance of Road surfaces in the Danube regionrdquo was held in Bled in SloveniaThis conference was organised by ZAS the Slovenia Ministry of Infrastructure and the European Commission The Danube Region encompasses 14 countries of South Eastern Europe

Slovenko Henigman President of Slovenian Asphalt Pavement Association (ZAS) explained in his welcome speech the importance of this event and why it was connected with the ZAS Colloquium The goal of this Danube conference is to strengthen the developments of the road construction field and the economic inte-gration Asphalt technology has a role of binding people and nations Mr Franc Žepič EUSDR Priority Area Coordinator Ministry of Infrastructure Slo-venia explained the ldquoEU Strategy for the Danube Regionrdquo (EUSDR) and the EUSDR Governance model More information about EUSDR can be found at httpwwwdanube-regioneu

In the 1st session ldquoGeneral situation and management on road network in the regi-onrdquo Jose Diez (ERF) showed the importance of roads and explained the impact of the backlog of maintenance on the economy This backlog will only increase the costs for maintenance He described different approaches for maintenance and mentioned that by applying Road Asset Management principles the municipality of Larvik (in Norway) found out they were losing euro 2000- per day for not main-taining their road network His good news was that solutions do existMitja Jurgele DRI Slovenia showed the effects of investment on the quality of the road network

In the 2nd session ldquoAsphalt Industry in the Danube regionrdquo Carsten Karcher (EAPA) gave a presentation on the current chances and challenges for the asphalt indus-try in Germany with a focus on asphalt recycling and noise reduction Many people in Germany are suffering from traffic noise in Germany and to reduce that traffic noise different types of asphalt were developed and are being applied in Germany like noise optimised SMA and noise optimised Asphalt Concrete which also has an optimised surface texture that also provides a lower rolling resistanceMiroslav Keller president of the Croatian Asphalt Association showed in his presentation the influence of the budget on the quality of the main road network in Croatia until the year 2026 Imre Pap of the Highway Institute Belgrade Serbia gave a review of technologies and specifications for construction and rehabilitation of roads in SerbiaEgbert Beuving (EAPA) explained in his presentation how the use of Information

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8

Technology in the asphalt paving process can stimulate sustainable developments A more homogeneous quality of the (surface) layers does results in more durable pavements Due to the tendering system where the lowest bid is mostly rewarded there is no incentive for the construction companies to use the available know-ledge and information technology to deliver a high quality product This system does not stimulate innovation Using quality best price-quality ratio bonusmalus-system experience and expertise in the tendering process (as mentioned in the Public Procurement Directive) will stimulate innovation and will contribute to sustainabilitySlovenko Henigman president ZAS Slovenia showed in his presentation the trends and developments in the asphalt industry in Slovenia

In the 3rd and last session ldquoSustainable development of road construction and maintenance in the Danube regionrdquo one of the speakers was Ms Olivera Djordje-vic of EuroRAP (European Road Assessment Programme) addressing road mainte-nance for safety She showed results of the SENSoR Project where they created a Road Safety Atlas for South East Europe For more information and safety maps see wwwsensorprojecteu

Miros

lav Ke

ller

(Croa

tian A

spha

lt Asso

ciatio

n)

Mitja

Jurge

le (D

RI S

loven

ia)

Slove

nko H

enigm

an (Z

AS)

Carst

en Ka

rcher

(EAP

A)

Imre

Pap (

Highw

ay In

stitut

e Belg

rade)

Franc

Žepič

(Mini

stry o

f Infr

astru

cture

Slov

enia)

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9

Jose

Diez

(ERF

)

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0 41

ZAS COLLOQUIUM ON ASPHALT AND BITUMEN

On 26 November the 15th Colloquium on Asphalt and Bitumen was opened by Slovenko Henigman President of ZAS This two-day colloquium was held in Bled in Slovenia and was attended by 210 participants from 12 countries Henigman mentioned in his opening speech that the backlog in maintenance in Slovenia is big and he stressed that we need to work together to reach some changes as soon as possible Next to that several things need to be improved to be ready for the future As an example he mentioned the gasoline cent that is discussed in the Slovenian parliament for road maintenance which is really needed to get a stable incomeKlemen Grebensčk of the Slovenian Ministry of Infrastructure responded in his opening address that he was aware of the fact that the Slovenian roads are not in a good condition He expected to be able to get more funding for the next years to be able to keep the road network at a decent level In the Opening Session Ayberk Oumlzcan President of EAPA mentioned in his wel-come words that this Colloquium on Asphalt and Bitumen has become a very well-known and accepted event in our industry Since 1996 it became the biggest international meeting in the field of road construction and road maintenance in Slovenia and that made it an important meeting for the European asphalt industry and for EAPA members in this region

In the 1st Section ldquoBasic materials in asphalt industry - aggregates and bitumenrdquo Anja Soumlrensen ARBIT Eurobitume Germany gave a state-of-the-art of the Euro-pean bitumen standardisation and the progress of the Performance Related Bitu-men SpecificationBernhard Hofko of TU Vienna explained in his presentation the ageing process of bitumen in a very nice and clear way and explained why you can see an incre-asing amount of creaking when the pavements are getting older Next to ageing tests on bitumen it is also needed to age asphalt itself because of the influence of the aggregate filler and additive Therefore they developed a Viennese Aging Procedure (VAPro) to simulate ageing of asphalt in 4 daysWillem Vonk of Kraton Polymers gave a summary of 8 years work on Highly Modified Asphalt By using Highly Modified Asphalt it is possible to pave thinner and to safe material The thickness reduction that can be achieved is between 20 and 60 depending on the situation in this reduction also results in saving costs

Juan Jose Potti (Asefma) gave an invited lecture about the use of social media for the maintenance of road infrastructures He showed the impact social media can have and he also explained the effect of the Asefma manifesto regarding ldquoThe maintenance of roads is a social needrdquo

In the 2nd section ldquoBuilding Maintenance and Financing of Road Infrastructurerdquo Hans Litzka (Austria) spoke about the maintenance needs for State and Commu-nity roads in Austria and showed the budgets needed to keep the backlog at a constant or better levelAnders Hundahl (Asfaltindustrien) talked about PPP and functional projects on State roads Municipality roads and Private roads He showed the Danish situ-ation during the last 10 years He did not see a great future for PPP projects in Denmark and mentioned that functional contracts work for country roads but not for city roads Egbert Beuving (EAPA) spoke about Green Public Procurement (GPP) Criteria for Road Construction and explained the state-of-the-art of the update of the GPP criteria in Europe He also showed how GGP Criteria are being used in the NetherlandsJože Lun (Slovenia) presented examples of good and bad practice in public pro-curement of asphalt works in Slovenia

The first day ended with a Round Table discussion with the directors of the main Slovenian asphalt companies which got a nice coverage in the Slovenian press the next day

The second day started with the session ldquoAsphalt Recycling and layingrdquo In this session there were ao presentations regarding the use of reclaimed asphalt in Austria Slovenia and Switzerland and enhancing asphalt mixtures performance by using RAP and FT-wax There was an invited lecture of Brian Wood (Plantmix Asphalt Industry of Kentucky ndash PAIK (USA)) and Grant Gabbard (The Allen Co and Executive Vice President of PAIK) They gave an overview of the developments in the asphalt industry in Kentucky USA regarding recycling warm asphalt warranty periods etc

In the 4th and last session ldquoLong-time and sustainable development of asphalt technologiesrdquo Carsten Karcher (EAPA) gave an update on the use of Warm Mix Asphalt in Europe

On the website of ZAS the videos of the presentations of the technical papers and the Round Table can be found at httpwwwzdruzenje-zassikolokvijen

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6Slo

venk

o Hen

igman

(Pres

ident

of ZA

S)

Bernh

ard H

ofko (

TU V

ienna

)

Aybe

rk Oumlz

can (

Presid

ent o

f EAP

A)

Anja

Soren

sen (

Eurob

itume

Germ

any)

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43

Wille

m Vo

nk (K

raton

Polym

ers)

Ande

rs Hu

ndah

l (As

faltin

dustr

ien)

Brian

Woo

d (Pla

ntmix

Asph

alt In

dustr

y of

Kentu

cky ndash

PAIK

(USA

)

Gran

t Gab

bard

(The

Allen

Co E

xecu

tive V

ice Pr

eside

nt)

Roun

d Tab

leJu

an Jo

se Po

tti (A

sefm

a)

Carst

en Ka

rcher

(EAP

A)

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4 45

On 11 November 2015 Member of European Parliament (MEP) Tomas Zdecho-vsky from Czech Republic invited to the seminar ldquoThe social and economic im-portance of road transportrdquo in the European Parliament He was supported by the MEPs Wim van de Camp and Kosma Zlotowski from the European Peoplersquos Parties (EPP) of the European Parliament Speakers addressed the seminarrsquos topic from different angles eg from the road userrsquos perspective by Julia Levasier from the Allgemeine Deutsche Automobil Club (ADAC) from Germany the European Commission DG Move by Rolf Diemer After having been asked Diemer stated that the Commission is not working on topics how to improve the rather bad con-dition of the European Road Network eg by providing funds EAPA Director Carsten Karcher exchanged ideas with colleagues from the branch and spoke with MEP Zdechovsky and invited him to come to the EampE Congress 2016 in his home country

SEMINAR OF MEP ZDECHOVSKY AT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Carst

en Ka

rcher

(left)

and M

EP To

mas Z

dech

ovsk

y

MEETING WITH MEP WIM VAN DE CAMP

On 10 December 2015 Egbert Beuving and Carsten Karcher of EAPA had a meeting with Member of European Parliament (MEP) Wim van de Camp from the Netherlands Van de Camp is MEP since 2009 and member of the Transport Com-mittee (TRAN Committee) He is member of the Group of the European Peoplersquos Party (Christian Democrats)

During this meeting several subjects were addressed

Van de Camp was informed about EAPA its goals the development and benefits of Warm Mix Asphalt and that asphalt is 100 re-usable which fits perfect in the lsquocircular economyrsquo EAPA also informed him about the possibilities to reduce CO2

emissions by cars and trucks by having well maintained roads and especially smooth roads

The idea of creating a European Road Agency was recently discussed in the TRAN Committee MEP Claudia TAPARDEL (Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament ndash Romania) raised this item and it is now in the procedure Many MEPs are against creating an ERA (Euro-pean Road Agency) because they do not want another agency There is already a European Railway Agency Van de Camp is in favour of a European Road Agency because it can also address the social issues of transport eg working times for truck drivers etc

For the European Commission (EC) infrastructure is related to the TEN-T network The lsquoRoad Packagersquo of European Commission which is expected in 2016 will mainly deal with EU road transport market and road infrastructure will only be one chapter The 3 pillars of this ldquoRoad packagerdquo is expected to become a ba-lanced set of initiatives regarding road charging access to internal market and social rules in road transport

For investing in roads the EFSI (European Fund for Strategic Investment) could be a partner and also the European Investment Bank (EIB) is very interested Van de Camp suggested to our industry to bring Road Maintenance to the attenti-on of the EIB or EFSI to see what they can do Van de Camp as a classic politician as he called himself is not in favour of ear-marking tax money In some years more money is needed for certain items than other years Politicians need flexibility to decide where to spend the tax payersrsquo money

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6 47

As a first step towards some guidance of the EC on European roads the EC could produce a communication document instead of creating an ERA This document could explain what European countries could do in the field of road maintenance to have low emissions (noise CO2 fine particles etc) and a good road safety (markings signs evenness surface condition etc) a bit like what they are doing regarding Green Public Procurement According to Van de Camp road mainte-nance is important but it is not a real main item in the European Parliament at this moment Most countries see road maintenance as a national item and for them there is no involvement of the EC needed Road maintenance has to be done by the national states the provincescounties and the local communities

To generate awareness of the importance of road maintenance in Europe he suggested EAPA to create a small campaign together with other like-minded Euro-pean road organisations like CEDR FEHRL ERF and EUPAVE These associations could create together a best practice paper eg on road maintenance and requi-red surface conditions

Van de Camp added that it is even more efficient when the European road organi-sations associations would come up with a practical approach like Best Practi-ces and rankings instead of the EC That might be a stimulus for the EU countries

Egbe

rt Be

uving

(left

) W

im va

n de C

amp (

midd

le) an

d Cars

ten Ka

rcher

CROSS-MODAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

FEHRL organised a so called ldquoUSE-iT - FOX Workshoprdquo on 21 January 2016 in Brussels

USE-iT and FOX are two Horizon 2020 projects The acronym USE-iT stands for ldquoUsers Safety security and Energy In Transport Infrastructurerdquo and FOX for ldquoFore-ver Open infrastructure across (X) all transport modesrdquoThierry Goger (FEHRL) explained in his welcome speech that the aim of this work-shop was to present preliminary results of the USE-iT and FOX projects of the most appropriate technologies and approaches that have the potential of being applied on a cross-modal basis or on at least two transport modes

Maria Cristina Marolda (Policy Officer of Research and Innovation in EC Direc-torate General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) explained in her Opening speech that the European Commission had launched within the Horizon 2020 (H2020) Programme several initiatives to reflect on the necessary development of cross-modal transport infrastructure This because the European Commission is now more looking at transport systems as one system A set of three European H2020 Coordination and Support Actions namely the REFINET (REthinking Futu-re Infrastructure NETworks) FOX and USE-iT projects have been granted to sup-port this work Several partners from all transport modes and with various profiles (for example Research Providers Industry Transport Authority) are now actively involved in this attempt

Bob Collis (TRL UK) explained the structure of the Workshop The topic areas investigated in the FOX and USE-IT projects had been divided in 6 groups User information Safety amp security Energy amp carbon Constructing amp maintenance Inspection and Recycling amp reuse After the plenary session the participants of the Workshop were also divided in 6 groups and they visited during the workshop the various topics investigatedWhen a group visited one of the topics a detailed description of the technologies collected in the surveys was presented and the barriers and opportunities for cross modal application were discussed Also potential research topics that could be of benefit to more than one mode were identified Next to these discussions this workshop also give a nice overview of the state-of-the-art technologies that are used or can be used in the 4 transport modes Road Rail Runway and WaterwayAt the end of the projects a list of needs a road map for future research will be created

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9 48

Several activities such as desk studies surveys and workshops have been schedu-led over the coming two years to collect information and reflect together The 2nd workshop will be held during TRA 2016 in Warsaw and the 3rd on mid-September 2016

More information about these projects can be found at httpwwwrefineteu and wwwuseitandfoxprojectseu

Thier

ry Go

ger (

FEHR

L)

Prese

ntatio

n of t

echn

ologie

s coll

ected

Cristi

na M

arolda

(DG

MOVE

)

Bob C

ollis

(TRL

UK)

ACEA 25TH ANNIVERSARY

On 21st January 2016 the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) celebrated its 25th anniversary EAPA Secretary General Egbert Beuving and EAPA Director Carsten Karcher were invited together with 200 other execu-tives of European organisations and associations in the transport sectorACEA Secretary General Eric Jonnaert welcomed the guests and new elected ACEA president Dieter Zetsche and Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc from the European Commission addressed the guests Dieter Zetsche spoke about ACEArsquos history and coming challenges Violeta Bulc gave a motivating and inspiring speech about innovation in the transport sector and especially the automobile sectorThis reception was an excellent opportunity for EAPA Secretariat to network Carsten Karcher took the opportunity to talk with ACEA president Zetsche and to inform him briefly about our industry He also gave Zetsche the new EAPA calen-dar for the year 2016 with very nice asphalt pictures and short messages about the advantages of asphalt Furthermore he asked him whether he would be able to give a speech during the EampE Congress 2016 in Prague to address the needs of the road users and the automobile industry for well-maintained roads and the roads of the future

ACEA

Pres

ident

Dieter

Zetsc

he

Comm

ission

er for

Tran

sport

Viol

et Bu

lc

Carst

en Ka

rcher

and D

ieter

Zetsc

he

ACEA

Sec

retary

Gen

eral E

ric Jo

nnae

rt

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1

UPCOMING CONGRESSES

DEUTSCHE ASPHALTTAGE 2016

EampE CONGRESS 2016

On 17 ndash 19 February 2016 the XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage will be held in Berchtesgaden Germany More infor-mation can soon be found at wwwasphaltde

On 1 ndash 3 June 2016 the 6th Eurasphalt amp Eurobitume Congress will be held in Prague More information can be found at wwweecongress2016org

50

RILEM CONFERENCE

The 8th RILEM International Conference on ldquoMechanisms of Cracking and Debon-ding in Pavementsrdquo will be held on 7 ndash 9 June 2016 in Nantes France More information can be found at httpmcd2016sciencesconforg

2016 ISAP SYMPOSIUM

The 2016 ISAP Symposium ldquoFrom Molecules to Innovative Pavementsrdquo will be held on 18-21 July 2016 and is hosted by Western Research Institute USAThis International meeting focusing on the transfer of technology from funda-mental research to applied enginee-ring of asphalt pavements will be held in conjunction with the long-standing Petersen Asphalt Research Conference (wwwpetersenasphaltconferenceorg)

The web link for Call for Abstracts is httpwwwisap2016symposiumorgISAP2016-Abstractshtml

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2 53

EATA CONFERENCE 2017

On 12 ndash 14 June 2017 the 7th Inter-national EATA Conference will be held in Empa in Duumlbendorf Swit-zerland EATA - the European Asp-halt Technology Association - is an informal organisation of European engineers and scientists involved in Asphalt Technology Research More information can be found at httpeata2017empach

1ST EUROPEAN ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE CONGRESS

On 18-20 October 2016 the 1st European Road Infrastructure Congress will be held in Leeds UKThis congress is organised by the European Union Road Federation in partnership with the Road Safety Markings AssociationMore information can be found at wwweric2016eu

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Get the Advantages of Asphalt Pavement

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EVENTS LIST

2016

Task Force Providing Evidence Asphalt AdvantagesEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingCampD Waste Management Protocol ndash TF 1 meetingCEN TC336 Advisory Group meeting in ParisConference Swiss Asphalt Producing Industry Bern Road CO2 meeting in BrusselsACEA lsquoReducing CO2 from Road Transport Togetherrsquo ConferenceDAV XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage Berchtesgaden17th HAPA International Asphalt Conference

EAPA ExCo and Directorslsquo Group meeting in BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume ExCo meeting in BrusselsCEN TC336 WG1 TG5 meeting in BrusselsDAV Asphalt Days WillingenCEN T227 Chairmanrsquos Panel meeting in BerlinCEN TC227 WG6 meeting in BerlinCEN TC336 WG1 meeting in BrusselsEurobitume amp BAW Bitumen and Asphalt Day BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume TC meetingEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meeting

EAPA WG Carbon Footprint DocumentEAPA HSE meeting in OsloEAPA TC meeting in OsloBauma in Munich GermanyROSANNE Stakeholders Reference Group meetingTransport Research Arena Conference -TRA 2016CEN TC227 WG1 meeting in Helsinki

EampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meetingCEN TC336 meeting in PragueEAPA GCA meeting in Prague

3 Feb 4 Feb4 Feb5 Feb5 Feb

10 Feb16 Feb

17 ndash 19 Feb23 ndash 24 Feb

1 March2 March 4 March

7 ndash 9 March8 March9 March

10 - 11 March15 March 17 March 22 March23 March

5 April6 April 7 April

11-17 April12 April

18-21 April 25 ndash 26 April

11 May12 May

30 ndash 31 May31 May

EampE Congress 2016 in Prague Global Asphalt Pavement Alliance meeting in PragueCEN TC336 WG1 meetingEAPA HSE Committee meeting in ParisEAPA TC meeting in Paris1st European Road Infrastructure Congress in Leeds UKCEN TC227 WG1 meeting

1 ndash 3 June 3 June

20-21 Sept 12 Oct 13 Oct

18-20 Oct9-10 Nov

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6E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

COLOPHON

Egbert Beuving amp Carsten KarcherHelga BeuvingEgbert Beuving amp Carsten Karcher

TextLayout

Pictures

57

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

MPA - Mineral Products Association

NCC AB

DAV - Deutscher Asphalt Verband eV

Asefma Asfaltindustrien

EBA HAPA - Hungarian Asphalt Pavement Association

Infra Contractorsrsquo Association

USIRF - Routes de France ZAS - Združenje asfalterjev

Slovenije

Peab Asphalt AB

Sdruženiacute pro vyacutestavbu silnic Praha

MEMBERS

ASMUD - Turkish Asphalt Contractors Association

Eesti Asfaldiliit IAPA - Irish Asphalt Pavement Association

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

ABZ-1 Ammann Group Antigo - MHB Breakers Ltd

Arizona Chemical

BTC Europe GmbHBenninghoven Caterpillar Paving Products Inc

CFF

ASTEC

DuPont CZ sro

CRH plc

Genan Honeywell

MeadWestvacoMarini Ruthman Sasol Wax

Turkish Petroleum Refineries Co

Volvo Construction Equipment

Voumlgele Vialit

Kraton Polymers Nederland BV

J Rettenmaier amp Soumlhne GmbH amp Co

ICL Performance Products LP

EUROPEAN ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION

Rue du Commerce 77B-1040 Brussels Belgium

Phone +32 2 502 5888E-mail infoeapaorgWeb wwweapaorg

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6 27

OTHER MEETINGS amp EVENTS

TECHNICAL PAPA SEMINAR

The 33rd Technical Seminar of PSWNA (Polish Asphalt Pavement Association - PAPA) was held on 27 and 28 October 2015 in Warsaw with the title ldquoSustaina-ble development and a selection of innovative road technologiesrdquo

After the opening speech of the PAPA President Mr Andrzej Wyszynski the first session started with a presentation of Egbert Beuving (EAPA) about Asphalt Ad-vantages He explained the benefits of using asphalt for road construction and road maintenanceBengt Sandman of Nynas AB showed in his presentation on ldquoSpecial modified bitumenrdquo the results of a study concerning the use of polymer modified bitumen on the High Coast Bridge (Houmlgakustenbron) in Sweden After 15 years of service the Polymer Modified Asphalt surface on this suspension bridge is still performing well and the modified binder is still very elastic and also retains good low and high temperature properties In the second session ldquoGood practices in the roadrdquo Jan Kroacutel of the Warsaw Uni-versity of Technology presented the effects of environmental and social costs of life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) He showed the elements that should be addressed to be able to make as an example a comparison of the expressway in asphalt with one in concrete In his summary he mentioned that Cost-benefit analysis enables verification of the validity of the investment in relation to refrain from investment activities It allows you to choose the best investment option and it is increasingly being demanded by investors and is appointed by public procurement law

One of the presentations on the second day during the 3rd session ldquoNew technolo-gies - innovations in materials Ecology (recycling) and Environmental Protectionrdquo was of prof Dariusz Sybilski of IBDiM He addressed the effect of a chemically reactive silane additive on the binder - aggregate interaction

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7

Beng

t San

dman

(Nyn

as)

Jan K

roacutel (W

arsaw

Univ

ersity

of Te

chno

logy)

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9 28

CEDR FINAL CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE

On 27th ndash 28th October 2015 the Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR) organised the CEDR final climate change conference in Brussels

CEDR Secretary General Steve Philips welcomed the participants and spoke about the importance of Climate Change for Road Operations and the role of CEDR in the light of EU Policy and research projects The priorities of CEDR are Intelligent Road Systems Maintenance Multi-Modality and Climate Change A further objective is to have a better life time return of roads He raised the questi-on how increase the sbquoappetitelsquo of the road authorities for adaption due to climate change and answered that CEDR is not a regulator but what CEDR can do is to raise the awareness propose procurement practices and propose standardisation practices During the day several major research results of the projects CliPDaR and ROADAPT were presented concerning eg the developed models and strategies to adapt climate changeOn second day adapting strategies for road infrastructure by CEDR Technical Group Climate Change Adaption as well as the administrations of The Nether-lands and Norway were presented followed by parallel workshopsChristian Axelsen of Danish Road Directorate and member of CEDR Technical Group Climate Change Adaption mentioned that many tools and solutions al-ready exist but they have to be applied in an efficient way and with a good and consistent strategyEva Lijegren of the Swedish Transport Administration National Coordinator for Climate Change Adaptation spoke about ldquoTransforming a strategy into an action planrdquo For example in Sweden 1500 documents with rules and regulations for roads rails and ferries do exist and they have to be inverted for changesKees van Muiswinkel Department of Infrastructure and the Environment of the Dutch Rijkswaterstaat gave a presentation about adaptation strategies in the Netherlands The Dutch Government has released several programmes like Delta Programme (NL climate proof and water robust by 2050 a high level of protecti-on to flooding) and National Adaptation Strategy (more long term thinking costs to make the Netherlands fit for the future are four times lower than long term costs of damage)Gordana Petkovic Norwegian Public Roads Administration informed the atten-dees amongst others about revised manuals for design and practice for the In-frastructure an inventory of vulnerable assets and a smartphone app to register natural hazards

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All the presentations and relevant reports can be downloaded from httpwwwfehrlorgindexphpm=32ampid_directory=7844 You can also see the first day of the conference that was web streamed at httpwwwfehrlorgindexphpm=32ampmode=downloadampid_file=17469

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CEDR WORKSHOP ON ROAD WORKER SAFETY

On 29th October 2015 CEDR organised the dissemination workshop on two CEDR projects called ASAP and BRoWSER at BBRC in Brussel

The workshop started with a welcome by Paul Mitchell chair of the CEDR pro-gramme executive board and Wanda Debauche from the Belgian Road Research Centre In the following keynote speech Pieter De Winne Head of the Road Engi-neering Division at the Flemish Agency for Roads and Traffic presented the CEDR research work and data concerning safety of workers on the Flemish network He mentioned that in one big construction site 60000 penalties for too high driving speeds were given which almost covered the construction costs

The presentation of the ASAP project (ASAP ndash Appropriate Speed saves All Peo-ple) was given by the project coordinator Anna Vadeby VTI Sweden She ex-plained the goals and results of this project The projectrsquos focus was on regula-ting motorist` driving behaviour in work zones She explained different measures with their expected impacts The final report with guidelines which are meant to complement existing national regulations and procedures has been released on the project website Most promising measures to reduce traffic speeding were amongst others police presence and speed control at the work site

Project coordinator Jill Weekly TRL UK presented the BRoWSER project (BRoW-SER ndash Baselining Road Worker Safety on European Roads) The goal of the project was to implement a European Road Worker Safety Database (EuRoWCas data-base) to count the number of road worker accidents compare these accidents un-derstand the causes and consequences of road worker accidents and to develop countermeasures to reduce the risk of road worker accidents The deliverables are the database itself and a related guidance document on the collection procedures The recommendations of the project are as followsbull National road authorities need to adopt a common typology for road worksbull Support on EU level to promote adoption and harmonisation of common typology across Europebull National road authorities need to adopt the EuRoWCas database con cept and fill it with consistent and accurate data

In the afternoon workshops for the implementation of the project`s findings were held The workshop was closed with the conclusions of Paul MitchellFor more information about the projects and the workshop please go to httpasapfehrlorg httpbrowserzagsi and wwwcedrfr

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CEDR WORKSHOP ON RECYCLING

On 24 and 25 September 2015 the ldquoInternational workshop on Recycling Road construction in a post fossil fuel societyrdquo was held in the Czech Technical Univer-sity in Prague Around 40 people attended this workshop

This workshop was the final event of the three research projects EARN CoRePaSol and AllBack2Pave that were procured under the CEDR Transnational Road Rese-arch Programme Call 2012 Recycling

During this workshop the results of these projects were presented and discussed

The EARN (Effects on Availability of Road Network) project reviewed existing data on service lifetime and availability of road materials and structures there was a site trial to evaluate varying proportions of RA and they did an experimen-tal evaluation of moisture damage and ageing in asphalt mixtures and developed an impact assessment modelThe main findings of this project were bull The use of Low Temperature Asphalt systems Reclaimed Asphalt secondary by-products andor binder additives can have an effect on the durability of flexible pavements but that affect is not always adverse and may not be great bull The effect of using lower temperature asphalt systems RA secondary by-products andor binder additives can be modelled in the expected service life of mixtures but more data are needed to make the model more accurate More information can be found at httpwwwtrlcouksolutionsroad-rail-infrastructuresustainable-infrastructureearn

The CoRePaSol project ldquoHarmonised characterisation of cold recycled asphalt pavement solutionsrdquo focused mainly on harmonising mix design of cold recycled bitumen stabilised materials (mixes) following the existing scientific and enginee-ring experience and approaches They also studied the activity of Reclaimed As-phalt binder in cold-recycled mixes the recyclability and multiple recyclability of cold-recycled mixes in cold and hot recycling and the environmental benefits associated with encapsulating hazardous materialsFor more information go to httpsilnicefsvcvutczcorepasol

The AllBack2Pave project ldquoSustainable 100 recycling of reclaimed asphalt in road pavementsrdquo focused on the research on the feasibility of going toward 100 recycling of asphalt pavements into wearing courses through an increasing per-centage of RA within the mixes They wanted to recycle 90 but the asphalt plants

for the project could not handle that percentage More information can be found at httpallback2pavefehrlorg

One of the conclusions of multi-recycling was that cold recycled materials can be recycled cold and in hot and warm processes and the cement of the cold recycling does not interfere with the recyclability of the bitumenAnother conclusion regarding Carbon-Footprint discussion was that recycling has more influence on lowering the carbon-footprint than Warm Mix Asphalt Thus to achieve really benefit of WMA the recycling percentage in WMA should be kept at the same level as for HMA

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ROSANNE

On 4 December 2015 there was a ROSANNE Stakeholders Reference Group meetingDuring this meeting the Work Pack-age leaders informed the stakeholders about the progress madeThe ROSANNE project aims at de-velopingharmonising measurement methods for skid resistance noise emission and rolling resistance of road pavements as a preparation for stan-dardization

The objectives are in short

1Skid resistance The harmonisation of skid resistance measurement by deri-ving conversion factors for friction indi-ces based on similar groups of devices namely longitudinal and sideways skid resistance measurement devices

2Noise emission Combining the exis-ting measurement methods (SPB and CPX) into a harmonised pavement noi-se emission characterisation method

3Rolling resistance building on the re-sults obtained in MIRIAM and standar-dising trailer measurements of rolling resistance coefficients of road surfaces It is also studying the influencing road surface parameters and factors which disturb such measurements and in some cases to develop correction procedures for such influences

4Texture exploring the potential for re-cent developments in the measurement of surface texture to deliver parameters that better reflect the physical process of tyreroad interaction and that may improve our understanding of how the texture influences skid resistance noise emission and rolling resistance

5Reference tyres and pavements Defi-ning and investigating the performan-ce of reference tyres and pavements necessary for the measurement of all three road surface properties This is a prerequisite for the harmonisation of all future measurements

More information about this project can be found at httprosanne-projecteu

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ACEA MEETINGS

During the last months the EAPA Secretariat contributed heavily to different workshops and events of the European Automobile Manufacturers Associationrsquos (ACEA) initiative on ldquoJoining forces to tackle the road transport CO2 challengerdquo Amongst other stakeholders of the transport sector EAPA was invited to give input to two reports one for passenger cars and light vehicles as well as one for heavy duty vehicles Therefore the EAPA Secretariat prepared several presentations re-garding the positive aspects of asphalt pavements on rolling resistance and on quick maintenance to demonstrate that smooth and well maintained asphalt roads reduce the CO2 emissions of cars and vehicles during the use phase of pavements The presentations were based on independent and neutral studies and on rese-arch projects that proved the benefits of asphalt pavements

On 19th January EAPA Secretariat participated in a wrap-up event at Brussels where experts from different sectors (eg infrastructure fuels) discussed the draft report on the CO2 emissions reducing potential for passenger cars and light vehi-cles until 2030

EAPA will follow the initiative with providing relevant information and actively par-ticipating in future ACEA events Therefore EAPA Secretariat will participate and will give an oral statement during the presentation of the report for the heavy duty vehicles in a conference organised by ACEA in Brussels on 16th February 2016

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CZECH ASPHALT CONFERENCE AV`15

On 24th and 25th November 2015 the Czech Road Contractors Association Praha and the Czech Road Society Asphalt Pavements Section held its yearly Asphalt Pavement Conference in Českeacute Budějovice More than 400 participants from the asphalt sector with more than 50 participants from abroad attended this confe-rence The very well organised conference with an exhibition with more than 25 booths was a big success

During the two conference days there were several presentations about the latest developments in the Czech Asphalt Industry special paving projects and news from the road administration There were also reports of the latest results of rese-arch projects and ongoing projectsCarsten Karcher participated on behalf of EAPA and gave a presentation on ldquoNews from Brussels ndash 2015rdquo where he focused on Warm Mix Asphalt Re-use of Asphalt and the AsphaltAdvantages campaign

For more information all the presentations and some videos please go to httpwwwasfaltove-vozovkyczav2015

DANUBE REGION CONFERENCE

On 25 November 2015 the Danube Region Conference ldquoDevelopment and Main-tenance of Road surfaces in the Danube regionrdquo was held in Bled in SloveniaThis conference was organised by ZAS the Slovenia Ministry of Infrastructure and the European Commission The Danube Region encompasses 14 countries of South Eastern Europe

Slovenko Henigman President of Slovenian Asphalt Pavement Association (ZAS) explained in his welcome speech the importance of this event and why it was connected with the ZAS Colloquium The goal of this Danube conference is to strengthen the developments of the road construction field and the economic inte-gration Asphalt technology has a role of binding people and nations Mr Franc Žepič EUSDR Priority Area Coordinator Ministry of Infrastructure Slo-venia explained the ldquoEU Strategy for the Danube Regionrdquo (EUSDR) and the EUSDR Governance model More information about EUSDR can be found at httpwwwdanube-regioneu

In the 1st session ldquoGeneral situation and management on road network in the regi-onrdquo Jose Diez (ERF) showed the importance of roads and explained the impact of the backlog of maintenance on the economy This backlog will only increase the costs for maintenance He described different approaches for maintenance and mentioned that by applying Road Asset Management principles the municipality of Larvik (in Norway) found out they were losing euro 2000- per day for not main-taining their road network His good news was that solutions do existMitja Jurgele DRI Slovenia showed the effects of investment on the quality of the road network

In the 2nd session ldquoAsphalt Industry in the Danube regionrdquo Carsten Karcher (EAPA) gave a presentation on the current chances and challenges for the asphalt indus-try in Germany with a focus on asphalt recycling and noise reduction Many people in Germany are suffering from traffic noise in Germany and to reduce that traffic noise different types of asphalt were developed and are being applied in Germany like noise optimised SMA and noise optimised Asphalt Concrete which also has an optimised surface texture that also provides a lower rolling resistanceMiroslav Keller president of the Croatian Asphalt Association showed in his presentation the influence of the budget on the quality of the main road network in Croatia until the year 2026 Imre Pap of the Highway Institute Belgrade Serbia gave a review of technologies and specifications for construction and rehabilitation of roads in SerbiaEgbert Beuving (EAPA) explained in his presentation how the use of Information

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Technology in the asphalt paving process can stimulate sustainable developments A more homogeneous quality of the (surface) layers does results in more durable pavements Due to the tendering system where the lowest bid is mostly rewarded there is no incentive for the construction companies to use the available know-ledge and information technology to deliver a high quality product This system does not stimulate innovation Using quality best price-quality ratio bonusmalus-system experience and expertise in the tendering process (as mentioned in the Public Procurement Directive) will stimulate innovation and will contribute to sustainabilitySlovenko Henigman president ZAS Slovenia showed in his presentation the trends and developments in the asphalt industry in Slovenia

In the 3rd and last session ldquoSustainable development of road construction and maintenance in the Danube regionrdquo one of the speakers was Ms Olivera Djordje-vic of EuroRAP (European Road Assessment Programme) addressing road mainte-nance for safety She showed results of the SENSoR Project where they created a Road Safety Atlas for South East Europe For more information and safety maps see wwwsensorprojecteu

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Slove

nko H

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Diez

(ERF

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ZAS COLLOQUIUM ON ASPHALT AND BITUMEN

On 26 November the 15th Colloquium on Asphalt and Bitumen was opened by Slovenko Henigman President of ZAS This two-day colloquium was held in Bled in Slovenia and was attended by 210 participants from 12 countries Henigman mentioned in his opening speech that the backlog in maintenance in Slovenia is big and he stressed that we need to work together to reach some changes as soon as possible Next to that several things need to be improved to be ready for the future As an example he mentioned the gasoline cent that is discussed in the Slovenian parliament for road maintenance which is really needed to get a stable incomeKlemen Grebensčk of the Slovenian Ministry of Infrastructure responded in his opening address that he was aware of the fact that the Slovenian roads are not in a good condition He expected to be able to get more funding for the next years to be able to keep the road network at a decent level In the Opening Session Ayberk Oumlzcan President of EAPA mentioned in his wel-come words that this Colloquium on Asphalt and Bitumen has become a very well-known and accepted event in our industry Since 1996 it became the biggest international meeting in the field of road construction and road maintenance in Slovenia and that made it an important meeting for the European asphalt industry and for EAPA members in this region

In the 1st Section ldquoBasic materials in asphalt industry - aggregates and bitumenrdquo Anja Soumlrensen ARBIT Eurobitume Germany gave a state-of-the-art of the Euro-pean bitumen standardisation and the progress of the Performance Related Bitu-men SpecificationBernhard Hofko of TU Vienna explained in his presentation the ageing process of bitumen in a very nice and clear way and explained why you can see an incre-asing amount of creaking when the pavements are getting older Next to ageing tests on bitumen it is also needed to age asphalt itself because of the influence of the aggregate filler and additive Therefore they developed a Viennese Aging Procedure (VAPro) to simulate ageing of asphalt in 4 daysWillem Vonk of Kraton Polymers gave a summary of 8 years work on Highly Modified Asphalt By using Highly Modified Asphalt it is possible to pave thinner and to safe material The thickness reduction that can be achieved is between 20 and 60 depending on the situation in this reduction also results in saving costs

Juan Jose Potti (Asefma) gave an invited lecture about the use of social media for the maintenance of road infrastructures He showed the impact social media can have and he also explained the effect of the Asefma manifesto regarding ldquoThe maintenance of roads is a social needrdquo

In the 2nd section ldquoBuilding Maintenance and Financing of Road Infrastructurerdquo Hans Litzka (Austria) spoke about the maintenance needs for State and Commu-nity roads in Austria and showed the budgets needed to keep the backlog at a constant or better levelAnders Hundahl (Asfaltindustrien) talked about PPP and functional projects on State roads Municipality roads and Private roads He showed the Danish situ-ation during the last 10 years He did not see a great future for PPP projects in Denmark and mentioned that functional contracts work for country roads but not for city roads Egbert Beuving (EAPA) spoke about Green Public Procurement (GPP) Criteria for Road Construction and explained the state-of-the-art of the update of the GPP criteria in Europe He also showed how GGP Criteria are being used in the NetherlandsJože Lun (Slovenia) presented examples of good and bad practice in public pro-curement of asphalt works in Slovenia

The first day ended with a Round Table discussion with the directors of the main Slovenian asphalt companies which got a nice coverage in the Slovenian press the next day

The second day started with the session ldquoAsphalt Recycling and layingrdquo In this session there were ao presentations regarding the use of reclaimed asphalt in Austria Slovenia and Switzerland and enhancing asphalt mixtures performance by using RAP and FT-wax There was an invited lecture of Brian Wood (Plantmix Asphalt Industry of Kentucky ndash PAIK (USA)) and Grant Gabbard (The Allen Co and Executive Vice President of PAIK) They gave an overview of the developments in the asphalt industry in Kentucky USA regarding recycling warm asphalt warranty periods etc

In the 4th and last session ldquoLong-time and sustainable development of asphalt technologiesrdquo Carsten Karcher (EAPA) gave an update on the use of Warm Mix Asphalt in Europe

On the website of ZAS the videos of the presentations of the technical papers and the Round Table can be found at httpwwwzdruzenje-zassikolokvijen

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Presid

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Anja

Soren

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dustr

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Woo

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ntmix

Asph

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Kentu

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Roun

d Tab

leJu

an Jo

se Po

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Carst

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(EAP

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On 11 November 2015 Member of European Parliament (MEP) Tomas Zdecho-vsky from Czech Republic invited to the seminar ldquoThe social and economic im-portance of road transportrdquo in the European Parliament He was supported by the MEPs Wim van de Camp and Kosma Zlotowski from the European Peoplersquos Parties (EPP) of the European Parliament Speakers addressed the seminarrsquos topic from different angles eg from the road userrsquos perspective by Julia Levasier from the Allgemeine Deutsche Automobil Club (ADAC) from Germany the European Commission DG Move by Rolf Diemer After having been asked Diemer stated that the Commission is not working on topics how to improve the rather bad con-dition of the European Road Network eg by providing funds EAPA Director Carsten Karcher exchanged ideas with colleagues from the branch and spoke with MEP Zdechovsky and invited him to come to the EampE Congress 2016 in his home country

SEMINAR OF MEP ZDECHOVSKY AT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

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(left)

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MEETING WITH MEP WIM VAN DE CAMP

On 10 December 2015 Egbert Beuving and Carsten Karcher of EAPA had a meeting with Member of European Parliament (MEP) Wim van de Camp from the Netherlands Van de Camp is MEP since 2009 and member of the Transport Com-mittee (TRAN Committee) He is member of the Group of the European Peoplersquos Party (Christian Democrats)

During this meeting several subjects were addressed

Van de Camp was informed about EAPA its goals the development and benefits of Warm Mix Asphalt and that asphalt is 100 re-usable which fits perfect in the lsquocircular economyrsquo EAPA also informed him about the possibilities to reduce CO2

emissions by cars and trucks by having well maintained roads and especially smooth roads

The idea of creating a European Road Agency was recently discussed in the TRAN Committee MEP Claudia TAPARDEL (Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament ndash Romania) raised this item and it is now in the procedure Many MEPs are against creating an ERA (Euro-pean Road Agency) because they do not want another agency There is already a European Railway Agency Van de Camp is in favour of a European Road Agency because it can also address the social issues of transport eg working times for truck drivers etc

For the European Commission (EC) infrastructure is related to the TEN-T network The lsquoRoad Packagersquo of European Commission which is expected in 2016 will mainly deal with EU road transport market and road infrastructure will only be one chapter The 3 pillars of this ldquoRoad packagerdquo is expected to become a ba-lanced set of initiatives regarding road charging access to internal market and social rules in road transport

For investing in roads the EFSI (European Fund for Strategic Investment) could be a partner and also the European Investment Bank (EIB) is very interested Van de Camp suggested to our industry to bring Road Maintenance to the attenti-on of the EIB or EFSI to see what they can do Van de Camp as a classic politician as he called himself is not in favour of ear-marking tax money In some years more money is needed for certain items than other years Politicians need flexibility to decide where to spend the tax payersrsquo money

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As a first step towards some guidance of the EC on European roads the EC could produce a communication document instead of creating an ERA This document could explain what European countries could do in the field of road maintenance to have low emissions (noise CO2 fine particles etc) and a good road safety (markings signs evenness surface condition etc) a bit like what they are doing regarding Green Public Procurement According to Van de Camp road mainte-nance is important but it is not a real main item in the European Parliament at this moment Most countries see road maintenance as a national item and for them there is no involvement of the EC needed Road maintenance has to be done by the national states the provincescounties and the local communities

To generate awareness of the importance of road maintenance in Europe he suggested EAPA to create a small campaign together with other like-minded Euro-pean road organisations like CEDR FEHRL ERF and EUPAVE These associations could create together a best practice paper eg on road maintenance and requi-red surface conditions

Van de Camp added that it is even more efficient when the European road organi-sations associations would come up with a practical approach like Best Practi-ces and rankings instead of the EC That might be a stimulus for the EU countries

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CROSS-MODAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

FEHRL organised a so called ldquoUSE-iT - FOX Workshoprdquo on 21 January 2016 in Brussels

USE-iT and FOX are two Horizon 2020 projects The acronym USE-iT stands for ldquoUsers Safety security and Energy In Transport Infrastructurerdquo and FOX for ldquoFore-ver Open infrastructure across (X) all transport modesrdquoThierry Goger (FEHRL) explained in his welcome speech that the aim of this work-shop was to present preliminary results of the USE-iT and FOX projects of the most appropriate technologies and approaches that have the potential of being applied on a cross-modal basis or on at least two transport modes

Maria Cristina Marolda (Policy Officer of Research and Innovation in EC Direc-torate General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) explained in her Opening speech that the European Commission had launched within the Horizon 2020 (H2020) Programme several initiatives to reflect on the necessary development of cross-modal transport infrastructure This because the European Commission is now more looking at transport systems as one system A set of three European H2020 Coordination and Support Actions namely the REFINET (REthinking Futu-re Infrastructure NETworks) FOX and USE-iT projects have been granted to sup-port this work Several partners from all transport modes and with various profiles (for example Research Providers Industry Transport Authority) are now actively involved in this attempt

Bob Collis (TRL UK) explained the structure of the Workshop The topic areas investigated in the FOX and USE-IT projects had been divided in 6 groups User information Safety amp security Energy amp carbon Constructing amp maintenance Inspection and Recycling amp reuse After the plenary session the participants of the Workshop were also divided in 6 groups and they visited during the workshop the various topics investigatedWhen a group visited one of the topics a detailed description of the technologies collected in the surveys was presented and the barriers and opportunities for cross modal application were discussed Also potential research topics that could be of benefit to more than one mode were identified Next to these discussions this workshop also give a nice overview of the state-of-the-art technologies that are used or can be used in the 4 transport modes Road Rail Runway and WaterwayAt the end of the projects a list of needs a road map for future research will be created

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Several activities such as desk studies surveys and workshops have been schedu-led over the coming two years to collect information and reflect together The 2nd workshop will be held during TRA 2016 in Warsaw and the 3rd on mid-September 2016

More information about these projects can be found at httpwwwrefineteu and wwwuseitandfoxprojectseu

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Prese

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n of t

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Cristi

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MOVE

)

Bob C

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(TRL

UK)

ACEA 25TH ANNIVERSARY

On 21st January 2016 the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) celebrated its 25th anniversary EAPA Secretary General Egbert Beuving and EAPA Director Carsten Karcher were invited together with 200 other execu-tives of European organisations and associations in the transport sectorACEA Secretary General Eric Jonnaert welcomed the guests and new elected ACEA president Dieter Zetsche and Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc from the European Commission addressed the guests Dieter Zetsche spoke about ACEArsquos history and coming challenges Violeta Bulc gave a motivating and inspiring speech about innovation in the transport sector and especially the automobile sectorThis reception was an excellent opportunity for EAPA Secretariat to network Carsten Karcher took the opportunity to talk with ACEA president Zetsche and to inform him briefly about our industry He also gave Zetsche the new EAPA calen-dar for the year 2016 with very nice asphalt pictures and short messages about the advantages of asphalt Furthermore he asked him whether he would be able to give a speech during the EampE Congress 2016 in Prague to address the needs of the road users and the automobile industry for well-maintained roads and the roads of the future

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Pres

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1

UPCOMING CONGRESSES

DEUTSCHE ASPHALTTAGE 2016

EampE CONGRESS 2016

On 17 ndash 19 February 2016 the XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage will be held in Berchtesgaden Germany More infor-mation can soon be found at wwwasphaltde

On 1 ndash 3 June 2016 the 6th Eurasphalt amp Eurobitume Congress will be held in Prague More information can be found at wwweecongress2016org

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RILEM CONFERENCE

The 8th RILEM International Conference on ldquoMechanisms of Cracking and Debon-ding in Pavementsrdquo will be held on 7 ndash 9 June 2016 in Nantes France More information can be found at httpmcd2016sciencesconforg

2016 ISAP SYMPOSIUM

The 2016 ISAP Symposium ldquoFrom Molecules to Innovative Pavementsrdquo will be held on 18-21 July 2016 and is hosted by Western Research Institute USAThis International meeting focusing on the transfer of technology from funda-mental research to applied enginee-ring of asphalt pavements will be held in conjunction with the long-standing Petersen Asphalt Research Conference (wwwpetersenasphaltconferenceorg)

The web link for Call for Abstracts is httpwwwisap2016symposiumorgISAP2016-Abstractshtml

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EATA CONFERENCE 2017

On 12 ndash 14 June 2017 the 7th Inter-national EATA Conference will be held in Empa in Duumlbendorf Swit-zerland EATA - the European Asp-halt Technology Association - is an informal organisation of European engineers and scientists involved in Asphalt Technology Research More information can be found at httpeata2017empach

1ST EUROPEAN ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE CONGRESS

On 18-20 October 2016 the 1st European Road Infrastructure Congress will be held in Leeds UKThis congress is organised by the European Union Road Federation in partnership with the Road Safety Markings AssociationMore information can be found at wwweric2016eu

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EVENTS LIST

2016

Task Force Providing Evidence Asphalt AdvantagesEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingCampD Waste Management Protocol ndash TF 1 meetingCEN TC336 Advisory Group meeting in ParisConference Swiss Asphalt Producing Industry Bern Road CO2 meeting in BrusselsACEA lsquoReducing CO2 from Road Transport Togetherrsquo ConferenceDAV XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage Berchtesgaden17th HAPA International Asphalt Conference

EAPA ExCo and Directorslsquo Group meeting in BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume ExCo meeting in BrusselsCEN TC336 WG1 TG5 meeting in BrusselsDAV Asphalt Days WillingenCEN T227 Chairmanrsquos Panel meeting in BerlinCEN TC227 WG6 meeting in BerlinCEN TC336 WG1 meeting in BrusselsEurobitume amp BAW Bitumen and Asphalt Day BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume TC meetingEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meeting

EAPA WG Carbon Footprint DocumentEAPA HSE meeting in OsloEAPA TC meeting in OsloBauma in Munich GermanyROSANNE Stakeholders Reference Group meetingTransport Research Arena Conference -TRA 2016CEN TC227 WG1 meeting in Helsinki

EampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meetingCEN TC336 meeting in PragueEAPA GCA meeting in Prague

3 Feb 4 Feb4 Feb5 Feb5 Feb

10 Feb16 Feb

17 ndash 19 Feb23 ndash 24 Feb

1 March2 March 4 March

7 ndash 9 March8 March9 March

10 - 11 March15 March 17 March 22 March23 March

5 April6 April 7 April

11-17 April12 April

18-21 April 25 ndash 26 April

11 May12 May

30 ndash 31 May31 May

EampE Congress 2016 in Prague Global Asphalt Pavement Alliance meeting in PragueCEN TC336 WG1 meetingEAPA HSE Committee meeting in ParisEAPA TC meeting in Paris1st European Road Infrastructure Congress in Leeds UKCEN TC227 WG1 meeting

1 ndash 3 June 3 June

20-21 Sept 12 Oct 13 Oct

18-20 Oct9-10 Nov

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COLOPHON

Egbert Beuving amp Carsten KarcherHelga BeuvingEgbert Beuving amp Carsten Karcher

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Pictures

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MPA - Mineral Products Association

NCC AB

DAV - Deutscher Asphalt Verband eV

Asefma Asfaltindustrien

EBA HAPA - Hungarian Asphalt Pavement Association

Infra Contractorsrsquo Association

USIRF - Routes de France ZAS - Združenje asfalterjev

Slovenije

Peab Asphalt AB

Sdruženiacute pro vyacutestavbu silnic Praha

MEMBERS

ASMUD - Turkish Asphalt Contractors Association

Eesti Asfaldiliit IAPA - Irish Asphalt Pavement Association

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

ABZ-1 Ammann Group Antigo - MHB Breakers Ltd

Arizona Chemical

BTC Europe GmbHBenninghoven Caterpillar Paving Products Inc

CFF

ASTEC

DuPont CZ sro

CRH plc

Genan Honeywell

MeadWestvacoMarini Ruthman Sasol Wax

Turkish Petroleum Refineries Co

Volvo Construction Equipment

Voumlgele Vialit

Kraton Polymers Nederland BV

J Rettenmaier amp Soumlhne GmbH amp Co

ICL Performance Products LP

EUROPEAN ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION

Rue du Commerce 77B-1040 Brussels Belgium

Phone +32 2 502 5888E-mail infoeapaorgWeb wwweapaorg

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9 28

CEDR FINAL CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE

On 27th ndash 28th October 2015 the Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR) organised the CEDR final climate change conference in Brussels

CEDR Secretary General Steve Philips welcomed the participants and spoke about the importance of Climate Change for Road Operations and the role of CEDR in the light of EU Policy and research projects The priorities of CEDR are Intelligent Road Systems Maintenance Multi-Modality and Climate Change A further objective is to have a better life time return of roads He raised the questi-on how increase the sbquoappetitelsquo of the road authorities for adaption due to climate change and answered that CEDR is not a regulator but what CEDR can do is to raise the awareness propose procurement practices and propose standardisation practices During the day several major research results of the projects CliPDaR and ROADAPT were presented concerning eg the developed models and strategies to adapt climate changeOn second day adapting strategies for road infrastructure by CEDR Technical Group Climate Change Adaption as well as the administrations of The Nether-lands and Norway were presented followed by parallel workshopsChristian Axelsen of Danish Road Directorate and member of CEDR Technical Group Climate Change Adaption mentioned that many tools and solutions al-ready exist but they have to be applied in an efficient way and with a good and consistent strategyEva Lijegren of the Swedish Transport Administration National Coordinator for Climate Change Adaptation spoke about ldquoTransforming a strategy into an action planrdquo For example in Sweden 1500 documents with rules and regulations for roads rails and ferries do exist and they have to be inverted for changesKees van Muiswinkel Department of Infrastructure and the Environment of the Dutch Rijkswaterstaat gave a presentation about adaptation strategies in the Netherlands The Dutch Government has released several programmes like Delta Programme (NL climate proof and water robust by 2050 a high level of protecti-on to flooding) and National Adaptation Strategy (more long term thinking costs to make the Netherlands fit for the future are four times lower than long term costs of damage)Gordana Petkovic Norwegian Public Roads Administration informed the atten-dees amongst others about revised manuals for design and practice for the In-frastructure an inventory of vulnerable assets and a smartphone app to register natural hazards

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All the presentations and relevant reports can be downloaded from httpwwwfehrlorgindexphpm=32ampid_directory=7844 You can also see the first day of the conference that was web streamed at httpwwwfehrlorgindexphpm=32ampmode=downloadampid_file=17469

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1

CEDR WORKSHOP ON ROAD WORKER SAFETY

On 29th October 2015 CEDR organised the dissemination workshop on two CEDR projects called ASAP and BRoWSER at BBRC in Brussel

The workshop started with a welcome by Paul Mitchell chair of the CEDR pro-gramme executive board and Wanda Debauche from the Belgian Road Research Centre In the following keynote speech Pieter De Winne Head of the Road Engi-neering Division at the Flemish Agency for Roads and Traffic presented the CEDR research work and data concerning safety of workers on the Flemish network He mentioned that in one big construction site 60000 penalties for too high driving speeds were given which almost covered the construction costs

The presentation of the ASAP project (ASAP ndash Appropriate Speed saves All Peo-ple) was given by the project coordinator Anna Vadeby VTI Sweden She ex-plained the goals and results of this project The projectrsquos focus was on regula-ting motorist` driving behaviour in work zones She explained different measures with their expected impacts The final report with guidelines which are meant to complement existing national regulations and procedures has been released on the project website Most promising measures to reduce traffic speeding were amongst others police presence and speed control at the work site

Project coordinator Jill Weekly TRL UK presented the BRoWSER project (BRoW-SER ndash Baselining Road Worker Safety on European Roads) The goal of the project was to implement a European Road Worker Safety Database (EuRoWCas data-base) to count the number of road worker accidents compare these accidents un-derstand the causes and consequences of road worker accidents and to develop countermeasures to reduce the risk of road worker accidents The deliverables are the database itself and a related guidance document on the collection procedures The recommendations of the project are as followsbull National road authorities need to adopt a common typology for road worksbull Support on EU level to promote adoption and harmonisation of common typology across Europebull National road authorities need to adopt the EuRoWCas database con cept and fill it with consistent and accurate data

In the afternoon workshops for the implementation of the project`s findings were held The workshop was closed with the conclusions of Paul MitchellFor more information about the projects and the workshop please go to httpasapfehrlorg httpbrowserzagsi and wwwcedrfr

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2 33

CEDR WORKSHOP ON RECYCLING

On 24 and 25 September 2015 the ldquoInternational workshop on Recycling Road construction in a post fossil fuel societyrdquo was held in the Czech Technical Univer-sity in Prague Around 40 people attended this workshop

This workshop was the final event of the three research projects EARN CoRePaSol and AllBack2Pave that were procured under the CEDR Transnational Road Rese-arch Programme Call 2012 Recycling

During this workshop the results of these projects were presented and discussed

The EARN (Effects on Availability of Road Network) project reviewed existing data on service lifetime and availability of road materials and structures there was a site trial to evaluate varying proportions of RA and they did an experimen-tal evaluation of moisture damage and ageing in asphalt mixtures and developed an impact assessment modelThe main findings of this project were bull The use of Low Temperature Asphalt systems Reclaimed Asphalt secondary by-products andor binder additives can have an effect on the durability of flexible pavements but that affect is not always adverse and may not be great bull The effect of using lower temperature asphalt systems RA secondary by-products andor binder additives can be modelled in the expected service life of mixtures but more data are needed to make the model more accurate More information can be found at httpwwwtrlcouksolutionsroad-rail-infrastructuresustainable-infrastructureearn

The CoRePaSol project ldquoHarmonised characterisation of cold recycled asphalt pavement solutionsrdquo focused mainly on harmonising mix design of cold recycled bitumen stabilised materials (mixes) following the existing scientific and enginee-ring experience and approaches They also studied the activity of Reclaimed As-phalt binder in cold-recycled mixes the recyclability and multiple recyclability of cold-recycled mixes in cold and hot recycling and the environmental benefits associated with encapsulating hazardous materialsFor more information go to httpsilnicefsvcvutczcorepasol

The AllBack2Pave project ldquoSustainable 100 recycling of reclaimed asphalt in road pavementsrdquo focused on the research on the feasibility of going toward 100 recycling of asphalt pavements into wearing courses through an increasing per-centage of RA within the mixes They wanted to recycle 90 but the asphalt plants

for the project could not handle that percentage More information can be found at httpallback2pavefehrlorg

One of the conclusions of multi-recycling was that cold recycled materials can be recycled cold and in hot and warm processes and the cement of the cold recycling does not interfere with the recyclability of the bitumenAnother conclusion regarding Carbon-Footprint discussion was that recycling has more influence on lowering the carbon-footprint than Warm Mix Asphalt Thus to achieve really benefit of WMA the recycling percentage in WMA should be kept at the same level as for HMA

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4 35

ROSANNE

On 4 December 2015 there was a ROSANNE Stakeholders Reference Group meetingDuring this meeting the Work Pack-age leaders informed the stakeholders about the progress madeThe ROSANNE project aims at de-velopingharmonising measurement methods for skid resistance noise emission and rolling resistance of road pavements as a preparation for stan-dardization

The objectives are in short

1Skid resistance The harmonisation of skid resistance measurement by deri-ving conversion factors for friction indi-ces based on similar groups of devices namely longitudinal and sideways skid resistance measurement devices

2Noise emission Combining the exis-ting measurement methods (SPB and CPX) into a harmonised pavement noi-se emission characterisation method

3Rolling resistance building on the re-sults obtained in MIRIAM and standar-dising trailer measurements of rolling resistance coefficients of road surfaces It is also studying the influencing road surface parameters and factors which disturb such measurements and in some cases to develop correction procedures for such influences

4Texture exploring the potential for re-cent developments in the measurement of surface texture to deliver parameters that better reflect the physical process of tyreroad interaction and that may improve our understanding of how the texture influences skid resistance noise emission and rolling resistance

5Reference tyres and pavements Defi-ning and investigating the performan-ce of reference tyres and pavements necessary for the measurement of all three road surface properties This is a prerequisite for the harmonisation of all future measurements

More information about this project can be found at httprosanne-projecteu

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ACEA MEETINGS

During the last months the EAPA Secretariat contributed heavily to different workshops and events of the European Automobile Manufacturers Associationrsquos (ACEA) initiative on ldquoJoining forces to tackle the road transport CO2 challengerdquo Amongst other stakeholders of the transport sector EAPA was invited to give input to two reports one for passenger cars and light vehicles as well as one for heavy duty vehicles Therefore the EAPA Secretariat prepared several presentations re-garding the positive aspects of asphalt pavements on rolling resistance and on quick maintenance to demonstrate that smooth and well maintained asphalt roads reduce the CO2 emissions of cars and vehicles during the use phase of pavements The presentations were based on independent and neutral studies and on rese-arch projects that proved the benefits of asphalt pavements

On 19th January EAPA Secretariat participated in a wrap-up event at Brussels where experts from different sectors (eg infrastructure fuels) discussed the draft report on the CO2 emissions reducing potential for passenger cars and light vehi-cles until 2030

EAPA will follow the initiative with providing relevant information and actively par-ticipating in future ACEA events Therefore EAPA Secretariat will participate and will give an oral statement during the presentation of the report for the heavy duty vehicles in a conference organised by ACEA in Brussels on 16th February 2016

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CZECH ASPHALT CONFERENCE AV`15

On 24th and 25th November 2015 the Czech Road Contractors Association Praha and the Czech Road Society Asphalt Pavements Section held its yearly Asphalt Pavement Conference in Českeacute Budějovice More than 400 participants from the asphalt sector with more than 50 participants from abroad attended this confe-rence The very well organised conference with an exhibition with more than 25 booths was a big success

During the two conference days there were several presentations about the latest developments in the Czech Asphalt Industry special paving projects and news from the road administration There were also reports of the latest results of rese-arch projects and ongoing projectsCarsten Karcher participated on behalf of EAPA and gave a presentation on ldquoNews from Brussels ndash 2015rdquo where he focused on Warm Mix Asphalt Re-use of Asphalt and the AsphaltAdvantages campaign

For more information all the presentations and some videos please go to httpwwwasfaltove-vozovkyczav2015

DANUBE REGION CONFERENCE

On 25 November 2015 the Danube Region Conference ldquoDevelopment and Main-tenance of Road surfaces in the Danube regionrdquo was held in Bled in SloveniaThis conference was organised by ZAS the Slovenia Ministry of Infrastructure and the European Commission The Danube Region encompasses 14 countries of South Eastern Europe

Slovenko Henigman President of Slovenian Asphalt Pavement Association (ZAS) explained in his welcome speech the importance of this event and why it was connected with the ZAS Colloquium The goal of this Danube conference is to strengthen the developments of the road construction field and the economic inte-gration Asphalt technology has a role of binding people and nations Mr Franc Žepič EUSDR Priority Area Coordinator Ministry of Infrastructure Slo-venia explained the ldquoEU Strategy for the Danube Regionrdquo (EUSDR) and the EUSDR Governance model More information about EUSDR can be found at httpwwwdanube-regioneu

In the 1st session ldquoGeneral situation and management on road network in the regi-onrdquo Jose Diez (ERF) showed the importance of roads and explained the impact of the backlog of maintenance on the economy This backlog will only increase the costs for maintenance He described different approaches for maintenance and mentioned that by applying Road Asset Management principles the municipality of Larvik (in Norway) found out they were losing euro 2000- per day for not main-taining their road network His good news was that solutions do existMitja Jurgele DRI Slovenia showed the effects of investment on the quality of the road network

In the 2nd session ldquoAsphalt Industry in the Danube regionrdquo Carsten Karcher (EAPA) gave a presentation on the current chances and challenges for the asphalt indus-try in Germany with a focus on asphalt recycling and noise reduction Many people in Germany are suffering from traffic noise in Germany and to reduce that traffic noise different types of asphalt were developed and are being applied in Germany like noise optimised SMA and noise optimised Asphalt Concrete which also has an optimised surface texture that also provides a lower rolling resistanceMiroslav Keller president of the Croatian Asphalt Association showed in his presentation the influence of the budget on the quality of the main road network in Croatia until the year 2026 Imre Pap of the Highway Institute Belgrade Serbia gave a review of technologies and specifications for construction and rehabilitation of roads in SerbiaEgbert Beuving (EAPA) explained in his presentation how the use of Information

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Technology in the asphalt paving process can stimulate sustainable developments A more homogeneous quality of the (surface) layers does results in more durable pavements Due to the tendering system where the lowest bid is mostly rewarded there is no incentive for the construction companies to use the available know-ledge and information technology to deliver a high quality product This system does not stimulate innovation Using quality best price-quality ratio bonusmalus-system experience and expertise in the tendering process (as mentioned in the Public Procurement Directive) will stimulate innovation and will contribute to sustainabilitySlovenko Henigman president ZAS Slovenia showed in his presentation the trends and developments in the asphalt industry in Slovenia

In the 3rd and last session ldquoSustainable development of road construction and maintenance in the Danube regionrdquo one of the speakers was Ms Olivera Djordje-vic of EuroRAP (European Road Assessment Programme) addressing road mainte-nance for safety She showed results of the SENSoR Project where they created a Road Safety Atlas for South East Europe For more information and safety maps see wwwsensorprojecteu

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ZAS COLLOQUIUM ON ASPHALT AND BITUMEN

On 26 November the 15th Colloquium on Asphalt and Bitumen was opened by Slovenko Henigman President of ZAS This two-day colloquium was held in Bled in Slovenia and was attended by 210 participants from 12 countries Henigman mentioned in his opening speech that the backlog in maintenance in Slovenia is big and he stressed that we need to work together to reach some changes as soon as possible Next to that several things need to be improved to be ready for the future As an example he mentioned the gasoline cent that is discussed in the Slovenian parliament for road maintenance which is really needed to get a stable incomeKlemen Grebensčk of the Slovenian Ministry of Infrastructure responded in his opening address that he was aware of the fact that the Slovenian roads are not in a good condition He expected to be able to get more funding for the next years to be able to keep the road network at a decent level In the Opening Session Ayberk Oumlzcan President of EAPA mentioned in his wel-come words that this Colloquium on Asphalt and Bitumen has become a very well-known and accepted event in our industry Since 1996 it became the biggest international meeting in the field of road construction and road maintenance in Slovenia and that made it an important meeting for the European asphalt industry and for EAPA members in this region

In the 1st Section ldquoBasic materials in asphalt industry - aggregates and bitumenrdquo Anja Soumlrensen ARBIT Eurobitume Germany gave a state-of-the-art of the Euro-pean bitumen standardisation and the progress of the Performance Related Bitu-men SpecificationBernhard Hofko of TU Vienna explained in his presentation the ageing process of bitumen in a very nice and clear way and explained why you can see an incre-asing amount of creaking when the pavements are getting older Next to ageing tests on bitumen it is also needed to age asphalt itself because of the influence of the aggregate filler and additive Therefore they developed a Viennese Aging Procedure (VAPro) to simulate ageing of asphalt in 4 daysWillem Vonk of Kraton Polymers gave a summary of 8 years work on Highly Modified Asphalt By using Highly Modified Asphalt it is possible to pave thinner and to safe material The thickness reduction that can be achieved is between 20 and 60 depending on the situation in this reduction also results in saving costs

Juan Jose Potti (Asefma) gave an invited lecture about the use of social media for the maintenance of road infrastructures He showed the impact social media can have and he also explained the effect of the Asefma manifesto regarding ldquoThe maintenance of roads is a social needrdquo

In the 2nd section ldquoBuilding Maintenance and Financing of Road Infrastructurerdquo Hans Litzka (Austria) spoke about the maintenance needs for State and Commu-nity roads in Austria and showed the budgets needed to keep the backlog at a constant or better levelAnders Hundahl (Asfaltindustrien) talked about PPP and functional projects on State roads Municipality roads and Private roads He showed the Danish situ-ation during the last 10 years He did not see a great future for PPP projects in Denmark and mentioned that functional contracts work for country roads but not for city roads Egbert Beuving (EAPA) spoke about Green Public Procurement (GPP) Criteria for Road Construction and explained the state-of-the-art of the update of the GPP criteria in Europe He also showed how GGP Criteria are being used in the NetherlandsJože Lun (Slovenia) presented examples of good and bad practice in public pro-curement of asphalt works in Slovenia

The first day ended with a Round Table discussion with the directors of the main Slovenian asphalt companies which got a nice coverage in the Slovenian press the next day

The second day started with the session ldquoAsphalt Recycling and layingrdquo In this session there were ao presentations regarding the use of reclaimed asphalt in Austria Slovenia and Switzerland and enhancing asphalt mixtures performance by using RAP and FT-wax There was an invited lecture of Brian Wood (Plantmix Asphalt Industry of Kentucky ndash PAIK (USA)) and Grant Gabbard (The Allen Co and Executive Vice President of PAIK) They gave an overview of the developments in the asphalt industry in Kentucky USA regarding recycling warm asphalt warranty periods etc

In the 4th and last session ldquoLong-time and sustainable development of asphalt technologiesrdquo Carsten Karcher (EAPA) gave an update on the use of Warm Mix Asphalt in Europe

On the website of ZAS the videos of the presentations of the technical papers and the Round Table can be found at httpwwwzdruzenje-zassikolokvijen

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On 11 November 2015 Member of European Parliament (MEP) Tomas Zdecho-vsky from Czech Republic invited to the seminar ldquoThe social and economic im-portance of road transportrdquo in the European Parliament He was supported by the MEPs Wim van de Camp and Kosma Zlotowski from the European Peoplersquos Parties (EPP) of the European Parliament Speakers addressed the seminarrsquos topic from different angles eg from the road userrsquos perspective by Julia Levasier from the Allgemeine Deutsche Automobil Club (ADAC) from Germany the European Commission DG Move by Rolf Diemer After having been asked Diemer stated that the Commission is not working on topics how to improve the rather bad con-dition of the European Road Network eg by providing funds EAPA Director Carsten Karcher exchanged ideas with colleagues from the branch and spoke with MEP Zdechovsky and invited him to come to the EampE Congress 2016 in his home country

SEMINAR OF MEP ZDECHOVSKY AT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

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MEETING WITH MEP WIM VAN DE CAMP

On 10 December 2015 Egbert Beuving and Carsten Karcher of EAPA had a meeting with Member of European Parliament (MEP) Wim van de Camp from the Netherlands Van de Camp is MEP since 2009 and member of the Transport Com-mittee (TRAN Committee) He is member of the Group of the European Peoplersquos Party (Christian Democrats)

During this meeting several subjects were addressed

Van de Camp was informed about EAPA its goals the development and benefits of Warm Mix Asphalt and that asphalt is 100 re-usable which fits perfect in the lsquocircular economyrsquo EAPA also informed him about the possibilities to reduce CO2

emissions by cars and trucks by having well maintained roads and especially smooth roads

The idea of creating a European Road Agency was recently discussed in the TRAN Committee MEP Claudia TAPARDEL (Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament ndash Romania) raised this item and it is now in the procedure Many MEPs are against creating an ERA (Euro-pean Road Agency) because they do not want another agency There is already a European Railway Agency Van de Camp is in favour of a European Road Agency because it can also address the social issues of transport eg working times for truck drivers etc

For the European Commission (EC) infrastructure is related to the TEN-T network The lsquoRoad Packagersquo of European Commission which is expected in 2016 will mainly deal with EU road transport market and road infrastructure will only be one chapter The 3 pillars of this ldquoRoad packagerdquo is expected to become a ba-lanced set of initiatives regarding road charging access to internal market and social rules in road transport

For investing in roads the EFSI (European Fund for Strategic Investment) could be a partner and also the European Investment Bank (EIB) is very interested Van de Camp suggested to our industry to bring Road Maintenance to the attenti-on of the EIB or EFSI to see what they can do Van de Camp as a classic politician as he called himself is not in favour of ear-marking tax money In some years more money is needed for certain items than other years Politicians need flexibility to decide where to spend the tax payersrsquo money

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As a first step towards some guidance of the EC on European roads the EC could produce a communication document instead of creating an ERA This document could explain what European countries could do in the field of road maintenance to have low emissions (noise CO2 fine particles etc) and a good road safety (markings signs evenness surface condition etc) a bit like what they are doing regarding Green Public Procurement According to Van de Camp road mainte-nance is important but it is not a real main item in the European Parliament at this moment Most countries see road maintenance as a national item and for them there is no involvement of the EC needed Road maintenance has to be done by the national states the provincescounties and the local communities

To generate awareness of the importance of road maintenance in Europe he suggested EAPA to create a small campaign together with other like-minded Euro-pean road organisations like CEDR FEHRL ERF and EUPAVE These associations could create together a best practice paper eg on road maintenance and requi-red surface conditions

Van de Camp added that it is even more efficient when the European road organi-sations associations would come up with a practical approach like Best Practi-ces and rankings instead of the EC That might be a stimulus for the EU countries

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CROSS-MODAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

FEHRL organised a so called ldquoUSE-iT - FOX Workshoprdquo on 21 January 2016 in Brussels

USE-iT and FOX are two Horizon 2020 projects The acronym USE-iT stands for ldquoUsers Safety security and Energy In Transport Infrastructurerdquo and FOX for ldquoFore-ver Open infrastructure across (X) all transport modesrdquoThierry Goger (FEHRL) explained in his welcome speech that the aim of this work-shop was to present preliminary results of the USE-iT and FOX projects of the most appropriate technologies and approaches that have the potential of being applied on a cross-modal basis or on at least two transport modes

Maria Cristina Marolda (Policy Officer of Research and Innovation in EC Direc-torate General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) explained in her Opening speech that the European Commission had launched within the Horizon 2020 (H2020) Programme several initiatives to reflect on the necessary development of cross-modal transport infrastructure This because the European Commission is now more looking at transport systems as one system A set of three European H2020 Coordination and Support Actions namely the REFINET (REthinking Futu-re Infrastructure NETworks) FOX and USE-iT projects have been granted to sup-port this work Several partners from all transport modes and with various profiles (for example Research Providers Industry Transport Authority) are now actively involved in this attempt

Bob Collis (TRL UK) explained the structure of the Workshop The topic areas investigated in the FOX and USE-IT projects had been divided in 6 groups User information Safety amp security Energy amp carbon Constructing amp maintenance Inspection and Recycling amp reuse After the plenary session the participants of the Workshop were also divided in 6 groups and they visited during the workshop the various topics investigatedWhen a group visited one of the topics a detailed description of the technologies collected in the surveys was presented and the barriers and opportunities for cross modal application were discussed Also potential research topics that could be of benefit to more than one mode were identified Next to these discussions this workshop also give a nice overview of the state-of-the-art technologies that are used or can be used in the 4 transport modes Road Rail Runway and WaterwayAt the end of the projects a list of needs a road map for future research will be created

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Several activities such as desk studies surveys and workshops have been schedu-led over the coming two years to collect information and reflect together The 2nd workshop will be held during TRA 2016 in Warsaw and the 3rd on mid-September 2016

More information about these projects can be found at httpwwwrefineteu and wwwuseitandfoxprojectseu

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(TRL

UK)

ACEA 25TH ANNIVERSARY

On 21st January 2016 the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) celebrated its 25th anniversary EAPA Secretary General Egbert Beuving and EAPA Director Carsten Karcher were invited together with 200 other execu-tives of European organisations and associations in the transport sectorACEA Secretary General Eric Jonnaert welcomed the guests and new elected ACEA president Dieter Zetsche and Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc from the European Commission addressed the guests Dieter Zetsche spoke about ACEArsquos history and coming challenges Violeta Bulc gave a motivating and inspiring speech about innovation in the transport sector and especially the automobile sectorThis reception was an excellent opportunity for EAPA Secretariat to network Carsten Karcher took the opportunity to talk with ACEA president Zetsche and to inform him briefly about our industry He also gave Zetsche the new EAPA calen-dar for the year 2016 with very nice asphalt pictures and short messages about the advantages of asphalt Furthermore he asked him whether he would be able to give a speech during the EampE Congress 2016 in Prague to address the needs of the road users and the automobile industry for well-maintained roads and the roads of the future

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1

UPCOMING CONGRESSES

DEUTSCHE ASPHALTTAGE 2016

EampE CONGRESS 2016

On 17 ndash 19 February 2016 the XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage will be held in Berchtesgaden Germany More infor-mation can soon be found at wwwasphaltde

On 1 ndash 3 June 2016 the 6th Eurasphalt amp Eurobitume Congress will be held in Prague More information can be found at wwweecongress2016org

50

RILEM CONFERENCE

The 8th RILEM International Conference on ldquoMechanisms of Cracking and Debon-ding in Pavementsrdquo will be held on 7 ndash 9 June 2016 in Nantes France More information can be found at httpmcd2016sciencesconforg

2016 ISAP SYMPOSIUM

The 2016 ISAP Symposium ldquoFrom Molecules to Innovative Pavementsrdquo will be held on 18-21 July 2016 and is hosted by Western Research Institute USAThis International meeting focusing on the transfer of technology from funda-mental research to applied enginee-ring of asphalt pavements will be held in conjunction with the long-standing Petersen Asphalt Research Conference (wwwpetersenasphaltconferenceorg)

The web link for Call for Abstracts is httpwwwisap2016symposiumorgISAP2016-Abstractshtml

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EATA CONFERENCE 2017

On 12 ndash 14 June 2017 the 7th Inter-national EATA Conference will be held in Empa in Duumlbendorf Swit-zerland EATA - the European Asp-halt Technology Association - is an informal organisation of European engineers and scientists involved in Asphalt Technology Research More information can be found at httpeata2017empach

1ST EUROPEAN ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE CONGRESS

On 18-20 October 2016 the 1st European Road Infrastructure Congress will be held in Leeds UKThis congress is organised by the European Union Road Federation in partnership with the Road Safety Markings AssociationMore information can be found at wwweric2016eu

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Get the Advantages of Asphalt Pavement

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EVENTS LIST

2016

Task Force Providing Evidence Asphalt AdvantagesEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingCampD Waste Management Protocol ndash TF 1 meetingCEN TC336 Advisory Group meeting in ParisConference Swiss Asphalt Producing Industry Bern Road CO2 meeting in BrusselsACEA lsquoReducing CO2 from Road Transport Togetherrsquo ConferenceDAV XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage Berchtesgaden17th HAPA International Asphalt Conference

EAPA ExCo and Directorslsquo Group meeting in BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume ExCo meeting in BrusselsCEN TC336 WG1 TG5 meeting in BrusselsDAV Asphalt Days WillingenCEN T227 Chairmanrsquos Panel meeting in BerlinCEN TC227 WG6 meeting in BerlinCEN TC336 WG1 meeting in BrusselsEurobitume amp BAW Bitumen and Asphalt Day BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume TC meetingEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meeting

EAPA WG Carbon Footprint DocumentEAPA HSE meeting in OsloEAPA TC meeting in OsloBauma in Munich GermanyROSANNE Stakeholders Reference Group meetingTransport Research Arena Conference -TRA 2016CEN TC227 WG1 meeting in Helsinki

EampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meetingCEN TC336 meeting in PragueEAPA GCA meeting in Prague

3 Feb 4 Feb4 Feb5 Feb5 Feb

10 Feb16 Feb

17 ndash 19 Feb23 ndash 24 Feb

1 March2 March 4 March

7 ndash 9 March8 March9 March

10 - 11 March15 March 17 March 22 March23 March

5 April6 April 7 April

11-17 April12 April

18-21 April 25 ndash 26 April

11 May12 May

30 ndash 31 May31 May

EampE Congress 2016 in Prague Global Asphalt Pavement Alliance meeting in PragueCEN TC336 WG1 meetingEAPA HSE Committee meeting in ParisEAPA TC meeting in Paris1st European Road Infrastructure Congress in Leeds UKCEN TC227 WG1 meeting

1 ndash 3 June 3 June

20-21 Sept 12 Oct 13 Oct

18-20 Oct9-10 Nov

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Egbert Beuving amp Carsten KarcherHelga BeuvingEgbert Beuving amp Carsten Karcher

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Pictures

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MPA - Mineral Products Association

NCC AB

DAV - Deutscher Asphalt Verband eV

Asefma Asfaltindustrien

EBA HAPA - Hungarian Asphalt Pavement Association

Infra Contractorsrsquo Association

USIRF - Routes de France ZAS - Združenje asfalterjev

Slovenije

Peab Asphalt AB

Sdruženiacute pro vyacutestavbu silnic Praha

MEMBERS

ASMUD - Turkish Asphalt Contractors Association

Eesti Asfaldiliit IAPA - Irish Asphalt Pavement Association

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

ABZ-1 Ammann Group Antigo - MHB Breakers Ltd

Arizona Chemical

BTC Europe GmbHBenninghoven Caterpillar Paving Products Inc

CFF

ASTEC

DuPont CZ sro

CRH plc

Genan Honeywell

MeadWestvacoMarini Ruthman Sasol Wax

Turkish Petroleum Refineries Co

Volvo Construction Equipment

Voumlgele Vialit

Kraton Polymers Nederland BV

J Rettenmaier amp Soumlhne GmbH amp Co

ICL Performance Products LP

EUROPEAN ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION

Rue du Commerce 77B-1040 Brussels Belgium

Phone +32 2 502 5888E-mail infoeapaorgWeb wwweapaorg

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CEDR WORKSHOP ON ROAD WORKER SAFETY

On 29th October 2015 CEDR organised the dissemination workshop on two CEDR projects called ASAP and BRoWSER at BBRC in Brussel

The workshop started with a welcome by Paul Mitchell chair of the CEDR pro-gramme executive board and Wanda Debauche from the Belgian Road Research Centre In the following keynote speech Pieter De Winne Head of the Road Engi-neering Division at the Flemish Agency for Roads and Traffic presented the CEDR research work and data concerning safety of workers on the Flemish network He mentioned that in one big construction site 60000 penalties for too high driving speeds were given which almost covered the construction costs

The presentation of the ASAP project (ASAP ndash Appropriate Speed saves All Peo-ple) was given by the project coordinator Anna Vadeby VTI Sweden She ex-plained the goals and results of this project The projectrsquos focus was on regula-ting motorist` driving behaviour in work zones She explained different measures with their expected impacts The final report with guidelines which are meant to complement existing national regulations and procedures has been released on the project website Most promising measures to reduce traffic speeding were amongst others police presence and speed control at the work site

Project coordinator Jill Weekly TRL UK presented the BRoWSER project (BRoW-SER ndash Baselining Road Worker Safety on European Roads) The goal of the project was to implement a European Road Worker Safety Database (EuRoWCas data-base) to count the number of road worker accidents compare these accidents un-derstand the causes and consequences of road worker accidents and to develop countermeasures to reduce the risk of road worker accidents The deliverables are the database itself and a related guidance document on the collection procedures The recommendations of the project are as followsbull National road authorities need to adopt a common typology for road worksbull Support on EU level to promote adoption and harmonisation of common typology across Europebull National road authorities need to adopt the EuRoWCas database con cept and fill it with consistent and accurate data

In the afternoon workshops for the implementation of the project`s findings were held The workshop was closed with the conclusions of Paul MitchellFor more information about the projects and the workshop please go to httpasapfehrlorg httpbrowserzagsi and wwwcedrfr

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2 33

CEDR WORKSHOP ON RECYCLING

On 24 and 25 September 2015 the ldquoInternational workshop on Recycling Road construction in a post fossil fuel societyrdquo was held in the Czech Technical Univer-sity in Prague Around 40 people attended this workshop

This workshop was the final event of the three research projects EARN CoRePaSol and AllBack2Pave that were procured under the CEDR Transnational Road Rese-arch Programme Call 2012 Recycling

During this workshop the results of these projects were presented and discussed

The EARN (Effects on Availability of Road Network) project reviewed existing data on service lifetime and availability of road materials and structures there was a site trial to evaluate varying proportions of RA and they did an experimen-tal evaluation of moisture damage and ageing in asphalt mixtures and developed an impact assessment modelThe main findings of this project were bull The use of Low Temperature Asphalt systems Reclaimed Asphalt secondary by-products andor binder additives can have an effect on the durability of flexible pavements but that affect is not always adverse and may not be great bull The effect of using lower temperature asphalt systems RA secondary by-products andor binder additives can be modelled in the expected service life of mixtures but more data are needed to make the model more accurate More information can be found at httpwwwtrlcouksolutionsroad-rail-infrastructuresustainable-infrastructureearn

The CoRePaSol project ldquoHarmonised characterisation of cold recycled asphalt pavement solutionsrdquo focused mainly on harmonising mix design of cold recycled bitumen stabilised materials (mixes) following the existing scientific and enginee-ring experience and approaches They also studied the activity of Reclaimed As-phalt binder in cold-recycled mixes the recyclability and multiple recyclability of cold-recycled mixes in cold and hot recycling and the environmental benefits associated with encapsulating hazardous materialsFor more information go to httpsilnicefsvcvutczcorepasol

The AllBack2Pave project ldquoSustainable 100 recycling of reclaimed asphalt in road pavementsrdquo focused on the research on the feasibility of going toward 100 recycling of asphalt pavements into wearing courses through an increasing per-centage of RA within the mixes They wanted to recycle 90 but the asphalt plants

for the project could not handle that percentage More information can be found at httpallback2pavefehrlorg

One of the conclusions of multi-recycling was that cold recycled materials can be recycled cold and in hot and warm processes and the cement of the cold recycling does not interfere with the recyclability of the bitumenAnother conclusion regarding Carbon-Footprint discussion was that recycling has more influence on lowering the carbon-footprint than Warm Mix Asphalt Thus to achieve really benefit of WMA the recycling percentage in WMA should be kept at the same level as for HMA

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ROSANNE

On 4 December 2015 there was a ROSANNE Stakeholders Reference Group meetingDuring this meeting the Work Pack-age leaders informed the stakeholders about the progress madeThe ROSANNE project aims at de-velopingharmonising measurement methods for skid resistance noise emission and rolling resistance of road pavements as a preparation for stan-dardization

The objectives are in short

1Skid resistance The harmonisation of skid resistance measurement by deri-ving conversion factors for friction indi-ces based on similar groups of devices namely longitudinal and sideways skid resistance measurement devices

2Noise emission Combining the exis-ting measurement methods (SPB and CPX) into a harmonised pavement noi-se emission characterisation method

3Rolling resistance building on the re-sults obtained in MIRIAM and standar-dising trailer measurements of rolling resistance coefficients of road surfaces It is also studying the influencing road surface parameters and factors which disturb such measurements and in some cases to develop correction procedures for such influences

4Texture exploring the potential for re-cent developments in the measurement of surface texture to deliver parameters that better reflect the physical process of tyreroad interaction and that may improve our understanding of how the texture influences skid resistance noise emission and rolling resistance

5Reference tyres and pavements Defi-ning and investigating the performan-ce of reference tyres and pavements necessary for the measurement of all three road surface properties This is a prerequisite for the harmonisation of all future measurements

More information about this project can be found at httprosanne-projecteu

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ACEA MEETINGS

During the last months the EAPA Secretariat contributed heavily to different workshops and events of the European Automobile Manufacturers Associationrsquos (ACEA) initiative on ldquoJoining forces to tackle the road transport CO2 challengerdquo Amongst other stakeholders of the transport sector EAPA was invited to give input to two reports one for passenger cars and light vehicles as well as one for heavy duty vehicles Therefore the EAPA Secretariat prepared several presentations re-garding the positive aspects of asphalt pavements on rolling resistance and on quick maintenance to demonstrate that smooth and well maintained asphalt roads reduce the CO2 emissions of cars and vehicles during the use phase of pavements The presentations were based on independent and neutral studies and on rese-arch projects that proved the benefits of asphalt pavements

On 19th January EAPA Secretariat participated in a wrap-up event at Brussels where experts from different sectors (eg infrastructure fuels) discussed the draft report on the CO2 emissions reducing potential for passenger cars and light vehi-cles until 2030

EAPA will follow the initiative with providing relevant information and actively par-ticipating in future ACEA events Therefore EAPA Secretariat will participate and will give an oral statement during the presentation of the report for the heavy duty vehicles in a conference organised by ACEA in Brussels on 16th February 2016

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CZECH ASPHALT CONFERENCE AV`15

On 24th and 25th November 2015 the Czech Road Contractors Association Praha and the Czech Road Society Asphalt Pavements Section held its yearly Asphalt Pavement Conference in Českeacute Budějovice More than 400 participants from the asphalt sector with more than 50 participants from abroad attended this confe-rence The very well organised conference with an exhibition with more than 25 booths was a big success

During the two conference days there were several presentations about the latest developments in the Czech Asphalt Industry special paving projects and news from the road administration There were also reports of the latest results of rese-arch projects and ongoing projectsCarsten Karcher participated on behalf of EAPA and gave a presentation on ldquoNews from Brussels ndash 2015rdquo where he focused on Warm Mix Asphalt Re-use of Asphalt and the AsphaltAdvantages campaign

For more information all the presentations and some videos please go to httpwwwasfaltove-vozovkyczav2015

DANUBE REGION CONFERENCE

On 25 November 2015 the Danube Region Conference ldquoDevelopment and Main-tenance of Road surfaces in the Danube regionrdquo was held in Bled in SloveniaThis conference was organised by ZAS the Slovenia Ministry of Infrastructure and the European Commission The Danube Region encompasses 14 countries of South Eastern Europe

Slovenko Henigman President of Slovenian Asphalt Pavement Association (ZAS) explained in his welcome speech the importance of this event and why it was connected with the ZAS Colloquium The goal of this Danube conference is to strengthen the developments of the road construction field and the economic inte-gration Asphalt technology has a role of binding people and nations Mr Franc Žepič EUSDR Priority Area Coordinator Ministry of Infrastructure Slo-venia explained the ldquoEU Strategy for the Danube Regionrdquo (EUSDR) and the EUSDR Governance model More information about EUSDR can be found at httpwwwdanube-regioneu

In the 1st session ldquoGeneral situation and management on road network in the regi-onrdquo Jose Diez (ERF) showed the importance of roads and explained the impact of the backlog of maintenance on the economy This backlog will only increase the costs for maintenance He described different approaches for maintenance and mentioned that by applying Road Asset Management principles the municipality of Larvik (in Norway) found out they were losing euro 2000- per day for not main-taining their road network His good news was that solutions do existMitja Jurgele DRI Slovenia showed the effects of investment on the quality of the road network

In the 2nd session ldquoAsphalt Industry in the Danube regionrdquo Carsten Karcher (EAPA) gave a presentation on the current chances and challenges for the asphalt indus-try in Germany with a focus on asphalt recycling and noise reduction Many people in Germany are suffering from traffic noise in Germany and to reduce that traffic noise different types of asphalt were developed and are being applied in Germany like noise optimised SMA and noise optimised Asphalt Concrete which also has an optimised surface texture that also provides a lower rolling resistanceMiroslav Keller president of the Croatian Asphalt Association showed in his presentation the influence of the budget on the quality of the main road network in Croatia until the year 2026 Imre Pap of the Highway Institute Belgrade Serbia gave a review of technologies and specifications for construction and rehabilitation of roads in SerbiaEgbert Beuving (EAPA) explained in his presentation how the use of Information

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Technology in the asphalt paving process can stimulate sustainable developments A more homogeneous quality of the (surface) layers does results in more durable pavements Due to the tendering system where the lowest bid is mostly rewarded there is no incentive for the construction companies to use the available know-ledge and information technology to deliver a high quality product This system does not stimulate innovation Using quality best price-quality ratio bonusmalus-system experience and expertise in the tendering process (as mentioned in the Public Procurement Directive) will stimulate innovation and will contribute to sustainabilitySlovenko Henigman president ZAS Slovenia showed in his presentation the trends and developments in the asphalt industry in Slovenia

In the 3rd and last session ldquoSustainable development of road construction and maintenance in the Danube regionrdquo one of the speakers was Ms Olivera Djordje-vic of EuroRAP (European Road Assessment Programme) addressing road mainte-nance for safety She showed results of the SENSoR Project where they created a Road Safety Atlas for South East Europe For more information and safety maps see wwwsensorprojecteu

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Jose

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ZAS COLLOQUIUM ON ASPHALT AND BITUMEN

On 26 November the 15th Colloquium on Asphalt and Bitumen was opened by Slovenko Henigman President of ZAS This two-day colloquium was held in Bled in Slovenia and was attended by 210 participants from 12 countries Henigman mentioned in his opening speech that the backlog in maintenance in Slovenia is big and he stressed that we need to work together to reach some changes as soon as possible Next to that several things need to be improved to be ready for the future As an example he mentioned the gasoline cent that is discussed in the Slovenian parliament for road maintenance which is really needed to get a stable incomeKlemen Grebensčk of the Slovenian Ministry of Infrastructure responded in his opening address that he was aware of the fact that the Slovenian roads are not in a good condition He expected to be able to get more funding for the next years to be able to keep the road network at a decent level In the Opening Session Ayberk Oumlzcan President of EAPA mentioned in his wel-come words that this Colloquium on Asphalt and Bitumen has become a very well-known and accepted event in our industry Since 1996 it became the biggest international meeting in the field of road construction and road maintenance in Slovenia and that made it an important meeting for the European asphalt industry and for EAPA members in this region

In the 1st Section ldquoBasic materials in asphalt industry - aggregates and bitumenrdquo Anja Soumlrensen ARBIT Eurobitume Germany gave a state-of-the-art of the Euro-pean bitumen standardisation and the progress of the Performance Related Bitu-men SpecificationBernhard Hofko of TU Vienna explained in his presentation the ageing process of bitumen in a very nice and clear way and explained why you can see an incre-asing amount of creaking when the pavements are getting older Next to ageing tests on bitumen it is also needed to age asphalt itself because of the influence of the aggregate filler and additive Therefore they developed a Viennese Aging Procedure (VAPro) to simulate ageing of asphalt in 4 daysWillem Vonk of Kraton Polymers gave a summary of 8 years work on Highly Modified Asphalt By using Highly Modified Asphalt it is possible to pave thinner and to safe material The thickness reduction that can be achieved is between 20 and 60 depending on the situation in this reduction also results in saving costs

Juan Jose Potti (Asefma) gave an invited lecture about the use of social media for the maintenance of road infrastructures He showed the impact social media can have and he also explained the effect of the Asefma manifesto regarding ldquoThe maintenance of roads is a social needrdquo

In the 2nd section ldquoBuilding Maintenance and Financing of Road Infrastructurerdquo Hans Litzka (Austria) spoke about the maintenance needs for State and Commu-nity roads in Austria and showed the budgets needed to keep the backlog at a constant or better levelAnders Hundahl (Asfaltindustrien) talked about PPP and functional projects on State roads Municipality roads and Private roads He showed the Danish situ-ation during the last 10 years He did not see a great future for PPP projects in Denmark and mentioned that functional contracts work for country roads but not for city roads Egbert Beuving (EAPA) spoke about Green Public Procurement (GPP) Criteria for Road Construction and explained the state-of-the-art of the update of the GPP criteria in Europe He also showed how GGP Criteria are being used in the NetherlandsJože Lun (Slovenia) presented examples of good and bad practice in public pro-curement of asphalt works in Slovenia

The first day ended with a Round Table discussion with the directors of the main Slovenian asphalt companies which got a nice coverage in the Slovenian press the next day

The second day started with the session ldquoAsphalt Recycling and layingrdquo In this session there were ao presentations regarding the use of reclaimed asphalt in Austria Slovenia and Switzerland and enhancing asphalt mixtures performance by using RAP and FT-wax There was an invited lecture of Brian Wood (Plantmix Asphalt Industry of Kentucky ndash PAIK (USA)) and Grant Gabbard (The Allen Co and Executive Vice President of PAIK) They gave an overview of the developments in the asphalt industry in Kentucky USA regarding recycling warm asphalt warranty periods etc

In the 4th and last session ldquoLong-time and sustainable development of asphalt technologiesrdquo Carsten Karcher (EAPA) gave an update on the use of Warm Mix Asphalt in Europe

On the website of ZAS the videos of the presentations of the technical papers and the Round Table can be found at httpwwwzdruzenje-zassikolokvijen

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rk Oumlz

can (

Presid

ent o

f EAP

A)

Anja

Soren

sen (

Eurob

itume

Germ

any)

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43

Wille

m Vo

nk (K

raton

Polym

ers)

Ande

rs Hu

ndah

l (As

faltin

dustr

ien)

Brian

Woo

d (Pla

ntmix

Asph

alt In

dustr

y of

Kentu

cky ndash

PAIK

(USA

)

Gran

t Gab

bard

(The

Allen

Co E

xecu

tive V

ice Pr

eside

nt)

Roun

d Tab

leJu

an Jo

se Po

tti (A

sefm

a)

Carst

en Ka

rcher

(EAP

A)

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4 45

On 11 November 2015 Member of European Parliament (MEP) Tomas Zdecho-vsky from Czech Republic invited to the seminar ldquoThe social and economic im-portance of road transportrdquo in the European Parliament He was supported by the MEPs Wim van de Camp and Kosma Zlotowski from the European Peoplersquos Parties (EPP) of the European Parliament Speakers addressed the seminarrsquos topic from different angles eg from the road userrsquos perspective by Julia Levasier from the Allgemeine Deutsche Automobil Club (ADAC) from Germany the European Commission DG Move by Rolf Diemer After having been asked Diemer stated that the Commission is not working on topics how to improve the rather bad con-dition of the European Road Network eg by providing funds EAPA Director Carsten Karcher exchanged ideas with colleagues from the branch and spoke with MEP Zdechovsky and invited him to come to the EampE Congress 2016 in his home country

SEMINAR OF MEP ZDECHOVSKY AT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Carst

en Ka

rcher

(left)

and M

EP To

mas Z

dech

ovsk

y

MEETING WITH MEP WIM VAN DE CAMP

On 10 December 2015 Egbert Beuving and Carsten Karcher of EAPA had a meeting with Member of European Parliament (MEP) Wim van de Camp from the Netherlands Van de Camp is MEP since 2009 and member of the Transport Com-mittee (TRAN Committee) He is member of the Group of the European Peoplersquos Party (Christian Democrats)

During this meeting several subjects were addressed

Van de Camp was informed about EAPA its goals the development and benefits of Warm Mix Asphalt and that asphalt is 100 re-usable which fits perfect in the lsquocircular economyrsquo EAPA also informed him about the possibilities to reduce CO2

emissions by cars and trucks by having well maintained roads and especially smooth roads

The idea of creating a European Road Agency was recently discussed in the TRAN Committee MEP Claudia TAPARDEL (Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament ndash Romania) raised this item and it is now in the procedure Many MEPs are against creating an ERA (Euro-pean Road Agency) because they do not want another agency There is already a European Railway Agency Van de Camp is in favour of a European Road Agency because it can also address the social issues of transport eg working times for truck drivers etc

For the European Commission (EC) infrastructure is related to the TEN-T network The lsquoRoad Packagersquo of European Commission which is expected in 2016 will mainly deal with EU road transport market and road infrastructure will only be one chapter The 3 pillars of this ldquoRoad packagerdquo is expected to become a ba-lanced set of initiatives regarding road charging access to internal market and social rules in road transport

For investing in roads the EFSI (European Fund for Strategic Investment) could be a partner and also the European Investment Bank (EIB) is very interested Van de Camp suggested to our industry to bring Road Maintenance to the attenti-on of the EIB or EFSI to see what they can do Van de Camp as a classic politician as he called himself is not in favour of ear-marking tax money In some years more money is needed for certain items than other years Politicians need flexibility to decide where to spend the tax payersrsquo money

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6 47

As a first step towards some guidance of the EC on European roads the EC could produce a communication document instead of creating an ERA This document could explain what European countries could do in the field of road maintenance to have low emissions (noise CO2 fine particles etc) and a good road safety (markings signs evenness surface condition etc) a bit like what they are doing regarding Green Public Procurement According to Van de Camp road mainte-nance is important but it is not a real main item in the European Parliament at this moment Most countries see road maintenance as a national item and for them there is no involvement of the EC needed Road maintenance has to be done by the national states the provincescounties and the local communities

To generate awareness of the importance of road maintenance in Europe he suggested EAPA to create a small campaign together with other like-minded Euro-pean road organisations like CEDR FEHRL ERF and EUPAVE These associations could create together a best practice paper eg on road maintenance and requi-red surface conditions

Van de Camp added that it is even more efficient when the European road organi-sations associations would come up with a practical approach like Best Practi-ces and rankings instead of the EC That might be a stimulus for the EU countries

Egbe

rt Be

uving

(left

) W

im va

n de C

amp (

midd

le) an

d Cars

ten Ka

rcher

CROSS-MODAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

FEHRL organised a so called ldquoUSE-iT - FOX Workshoprdquo on 21 January 2016 in Brussels

USE-iT and FOX are two Horizon 2020 projects The acronym USE-iT stands for ldquoUsers Safety security and Energy In Transport Infrastructurerdquo and FOX for ldquoFore-ver Open infrastructure across (X) all transport modesrdquoThierry Goger (FEHRL) explained in his welcome speech that the aim of this work-shop was to present preliminary results of the USE-iT and FOX projects of the most appropriate technologies and approaches that have the potential of being applied on a cross-modal basis or on at least two transport modes

Maria Cristina Marolda (Policy Officer of Research and Innovation in EC Direc-torate General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) explained in her Opening speech that the European Commission had launched within the Horizon 2020 (H2020) Programme several initiatives to reflect on the necessary development of cross-modal transport infrastructure This because the European Commission is now more looking at transport systems as one system A set of three European H2020 Coordination and Support Actions namely the REFINET (REthinking Futu-re Infrastructure NETworks) FOX and USE-iT projects have been granted to sup-port this work Several partners from all transport modes and with various profiles (for example Research Providers Industry Transport Authority) are now actively involved in this attempt

Bob Collis (TRL UK) explained the structure of the Workshop The topic areas investigated in the FOX and USE-IT projects had been divided in 6 groups User information Safety amp security Energy amp carbon Constructing amp maintenance Inspection and Recycling amp reuse After the plenary session the participants of the Workshop were also divided in 6 groups and they visited during the workshop the various topics investigatedWhen a group visited one of the topics a detailed description of the technologies collected in the surveys was presented and the barriers and opportunities for cross modal application were discussed Also potential research topics that could be of benefit to more than one mode were identified Next to these discussions this workshop also give a nice overview of the state-of-the-art technologies that are used or can be used in the 4 transport modes Road Rail Runway and WaterwayAt the end of the projects a list of needs a road map for future research will be created

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9 48

Several activities such as desk studies surveys and workshops have been schedu-led over the coming two years to collect information and reflect together The 2nd workshop will be held during TRA 2016 in Warsaw and the 3rd on mid-September 2016

More information about these projects can be found at httpwwwrefineteu and wwwuseitandfoxprojectseu

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ry Go

ger (

FEHR

L)

Prese

ntatio

n of t

echn

ologie

s coll

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Cristi

na M

arolda

(DG

MOVE

)

Bob C

ollis

(TRL

UK)

ACEA 25TH ANNIVERSARY

On 21st January 2016 the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) celebrated its 25th anniversary EAPA Secretary General Egbert Beuving and EAPA Director Carsten Karcher were invited together with 200 other execu-tives of European organisations and associations in the transport sectorACEA Secretary General Eric Jonnaert welcomed the guests and new elected ACEA president Dieter Zetsche and Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc from the European Commission addressed the guests Dieter Zetsche spoke about ACEArsquos history and coming challenges Violeta Bulc gave a motivating and inspiring speech about innovation in the transport sector and especially the automobile sectorThis reception was an excellent opportunity for EAPA Secretariat to network Carsten Karcher took the opportunity to talk with ACEA president Zetsche and to inform him briefly about our industry He also gave Zetsche the new EAPA calen-dar for the year 2016 with very nice asphalt pictures and short messages about the advantages of asphalt Furthermore he asked him whether he would be able to give a speech during the EampE Congress 2016 in Prague to address the needs of the road users and the automobile industry for well-maintained roads and the roads of the future

ACEA

Pres

ident

Dieter

Zetsc

he

Comm

ission

er for

Tran

sport

Viol

et Bu

lc

Carst

en Ka

rcher

and D

ieter

Zetsc

he

ACEA

Sec

retary

Gen

eral E

ric Jo

nnae

rt

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1

UPCOMING CONGRESSES

DEUTSCHE ASPHALTTAGE 2016

EampE CONGRESS 2016

On 17 ndash 19 February 2016 the XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage will be held in Berchtesgaden Germany More infor-mation can soon be found at wwwasphaltde

On 1 ndash 3 June 2016 the 6th Eurasphalt amp Eurobitume Congress will be held in Prague More information can be found at wwweecongress2016org

50

RILEM CONFERENCE

The 8th RILEM International Conference on ldquoMechanisms of Cracking and Debon-ding in Pavementsrdquo will be held on 7 ndash 9 June 2016 in Nantes France More information can be found at httpmcd2016sciencesconforg

2016 ISAP SYMPOSIUM

The 2016 ISAP Symposium ldquoFrom Molecules to Innovative Pavementsrdquo will be held on 18-21 July 2016 and is hosted by Western Research Institute USAThis International meeting focusing on the transfer of technology from funda-mental research to applied enginee-ring of asphalt pavements will be held in conjunction with the long-standing Petersen Asphalt Research Conference (wwwpetersenasphaltconferenceorg)

The web link for Call for Abstracts is httpwwwisap2016symposiumorgISAP2016-Abstractshtml

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2 53

EATA CONFERENCE 2017

On 12 ndash 14 June 2017 the 7th Inter-national EATA Conference will be held in Empa in Duumlbendorf Swit-zerland EATA - the European Asp-halt Technology Association - is an informal organisation of European engineers and scientists involved in Asphalt Technology Research More information can be found at httpeata2017empach

1ST EUROPEAN ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE CONGRESS

On 18-20 October 2016 the 1st European Road Infrastructure Congress will be held in Leeds UKThis congress is organised by the European Union Road Federation in partnership with the Road Safety Markings AssociationMore information can be found at wwweric2016eu

Asphalt ADVANTAGES

Get the Advantages of Asphalt Pavement

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4 55

EVENTS LIST

2016

Task Force Providing Evidence Asphalt AdvantagesEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingCampD Waste Management Protocol ndash TF 1 meetingCEN TC336 Advisory Group meeting in ParisConference Swiss Asphalt Producing Industry Bern Road CO2 meeting in BrusselsACEA lsquoReducing CO2 from Road Transport Togetherrsquo ConferenceDAV XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage Berchtesgaden17th HAPA International Asphalt Conference

EAPA ExCo and Directorslsquo Group meeting in BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume ExCo meeting in BrusselsCEN TC336 WG1 TG5 meeting in BrusselsDAV Asphalt Days WillingenCEN T227 Chairmanrsquos Panel meeting in BerlinCEN TC227 WG6 meeting in BerlinCEN TC336 WG1 meeting in BrusselsEurobitume amp BAW Bitumen and Asphalt Day BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume TC meetingEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meeting

EAPA WG Carbon Footprint DocumentEAPA HSE meeting in OsloEAPA TC meeting in OsloBauma in Munich GermanyROSANNE Stakeholders Reference Group meetingTransport Research Arena Conference -TRA 2016CEN TC227 WG1 meeting in Helsinki

EampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meetingCEN TC336 meeting in PragueEAPA GCA meeting in Prague

3 Feb 4 Feb4 Feb5 Feb5 Feb

10 Feb16 Feb

17 ndash 19 Feb23 ndash 24 Feb

1 March2 March 4 March

7 ndash 9 March8 March9 March

10 - 11 March15 March 17 March 22 March23 March

5 April6 April 7 April

11-17 April12 April

18-21 April 25 ndash 26 April

11 May12 May

30 ndash 31 May31 May

EampE Congress 2016 in Prague Global Asphalt Pavement Alliance meeting in PragueCEN TC336 WG1 meetingEAPA HSE Committee meeting in ParisEAPA TC meeting in Paris1st European Road Infrastructure Congress in Leeds UKCEN TC227 WG1 meeting

1 ndash 3 June 3 June

20-21 Sept 12 Oct 13 Oct

18-20 Oct9-10 Nov

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6E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

COLOPHON

Egbert Beuving amp Carsten KarcherHelga BeuvingEgbert Beuving amp Carsten Karcher

TextLayout

Pictures

57

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MPA - Mineral Products Association

NCC AB

DAV - Deutscher Asphalt Verband eV

Asefma Asfaltindustrien

EBA HAPA - Hungarian Asphalt Pavement Association

Infra Contractorsrsquo Association

USIRF - Routes de France ZAS - Združenje asfalterjev

Slovenije

Peab Asphalt AB

Sdruženiacute pro vyacutestavbu silnic Praha

MEMBERS

ASMUD - Turkish Asphalt Contractors Association

Eesti Asfaldiliit IAPA - Irish Asphalt Pavement Association

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

ABZ-1 Ammann Group Antigo - MHB Breakers Ltd

Arizona Chemical

BTC Europe GmbHBenninghoven Caterpillar Paving Products Inc

CFF

ASTEC

DuPont CZ sro

CRH plc

Genan Honeywell

MeadWestvacoMarini Ruthman Sasol Wax

Turkish Petroleum Refineries Co

Volvo Construction Equipment

Voumlgele Vialit

Kraton Polymers Nederland BV

J Rettenmaier amp Soumlhne GmbH amp Co

ICL Performance Products LP

EUROPEAN ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION

Rue du Commerce 77B-1040 Brussels Belgium

Phone +32 2 502 5888E-mail infoeapaorgWeb wwweapaorg

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2 33

CEDR WORKSHOP ON RECYCLING

On 24 and 25 September 2015 the ldquoInternational workshop on Recycling Road construction in a post fossil fuel societyrdquo was held in the Czech Technical Univer-sity in Prague Around 40 people attended this workshop

This workshop was the final event of the three research projects EARN CoRePaSol and AllBack2Pave that were procured under the CEDR Transnational Road Rese-arch Programme Call 2012 Recycling

During this workshop the results of these projects were presented and discussed

The EARN (Effects on Availability of Road Network) project reviewed existing data on service lifetime and availability of road materials and structures there was a site trial to evaluate varying proportions of RA and they did an experimen-tal evaluation of moisture damage and ageing in asphalt mixtures and developed an impact assessment modelThe main findings of this project were bull The use of Low Temperature Asphalt systems Reclaimed Asphalt secondary by-products andor binder additives can have an effect on the durability of flexible pavements but that affect is not always adverse and may not be great bull The effect of using lower temperature asphalt systems RA secondary by-products andor binder additives can be modelled in the expected service life of mixtures but more data are needed to make the model more accurate More information can be found at httpwwwtrlcouksolutionsroad-rail-infrastructuresustainable-infrastructureearn

The CoRePaSol project ldquoHarmonised characterisation of cold recycled asphalt pavement solutionsrdquo focused mainly on harmonising mix design of cold recycled bitumen stabilised materials (mixes) following the existing scientific and enginee-ring experience and approaches They also studied the activity of Reclaimed As-phalt binder in cold-recycled mixes the recyclability and multiple recyclability of cold-recycled mixes in cold and hot recycling and the environmental benefits associated with encapsulating hazardous materialsFor more information go to httpsilnicefsvcvutczcorepasol

The AllBack2Pave project ldquoSustainable 100 recycling of reclaimed asphalt in road pavementsrdquo focused on the research on the feasibility of going toward 100 recycling of asphalt pavements into wearing courses through an increasing per-centage of RA within the mixes They wanted to recycle 90 but the asphalt plants

for the project could not handle that percentage More information can be found at httpallback2pavefehrlorg

One of the conclusions of multi-recycling was that cold recycled materials can be recycled cold and in hot and warm processes and the cement of the cold recycling does not interfere with the recyclability of the bitumenAnother conclusion regarding Carbon-Footprint discussion was that recycling has more influence on lowering the carbon-footprint than Warm Mix Asphalt Thus to achieve really benefit of WMA the recycling percentage in WMA should be kept at the same level as for HMA

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r Ripk

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Fatim

a Bati

sta L

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Cliff

Nicho

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David

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4 35

ROSANNE

On 4 December 2015 there was a ROSANNE Stakeholders Reference Group meetingDuring this meeting the Work Pack-age leaders informed the stakeholders about the progress madeThe ROSANNE project aims at de-velopingharmonising measurement methods for skid resistance noise emission and rolling resistance of road pavements as a preparation for stan-dardization

The objectives are in short

1Skid resistance The harmonisation of skid resistance measurement by deri-ving conversion factors for friction indi-ces based on similar groups of devices namely longitudinal and sideways skid resistance measurement devices

2Noise emission Combining the exis-ting measurement methods (SPB and CPX) into a harmonised pavement noi-se emission characterisation method

3Rolling resistance building on the re-sults obtained in MIRIAM and standar-dising trailer measurements of rolling resistance coefficients of road surfaces It is also studying the influencing road surface parameters and factors which disturb such measurements and in some cases to develop correction procedures for such influences

4Texture exploring the potential for re-cent developments in the measurement of surface texture to deliver parameters that better reflect the physical process of tyreroad interaction and that may improve our understanding of how the texture influences skid resistance noise emission and rolling resistance

5Reference tyres and pavements Defi-ning and investigating the performan-ce of reference tyres and pavements necessary for the measurement of all three road surface properties This is a prerequisite for the harmonisation of all future measurements

More information about this project can be found at httprosanne-projecteu

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ACEA MEETINGS

During the last months the EAPA Secretariat contributed heavily to different workshops and events of the European Automobile Manufacturers Associationrsquos (ACEA) initiative on ldquoJoining forces to tackle the road transport CO2 challengerdquo Amongst other stakeholders of the transport sector EAPA was invited to give input to two reports one for passenger cars and light vehicles as well as one for heavy duty vehicles Therefore the EAPA Secretariat prepared several presentations re-garding the positive aspects of asphalt pavements on rolling resistance and on quick maintenance to demonstrate that smooth and well maintained asphalt roads reduce the CO2 emissions of cars and vehicles during the use phase of pavements The presentations were based on independent and neutral studies and on rese-arch projects that proved the benefits of asphalt pavements

On 19th January EAPA Secretariat participated in a wrap-up event at Brussels where experts from different sectors (eg infrastructure fuels) discussed the draft report on the CO2 emissions reducing potential for passenger cars and light vehi-cles until 2030

EAPA will follow the initiative with providing relevant information and actively par-ticipating in future ACEA events Therefore EAPA Secretariat will participate and will give an oral statement during the presentation of the report for the heavy duty vehicles in a conference organised by ACEA in Brussels on 16th February 2016

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6 37

CZECH ASPHALT CONFERENCE AV`15

On 24th and 25th November 2015 the Czech Road Contractors Association Praha and the Czech Road Society Asphalt Pavements Section held its yearly Asphalt Pavement Conference in Českeacute Budějovice More than 400 participants from the asphalt sector with more than 50 participants from abroad attended this confe-rence The very well organised conference with an exhibition with more than 25 booths was a big success

During the two conference days there were several presentations about the latest developments in the Czech Asphalt Industry special paving projects and news from the road administration There were also reports of the latest results of rese-arch projects and ongoing projectsCarsten Karcher participated on behalf of EAPA and gave a presentation on ldquoNews from Brussels ndash 2015rdquo where he focused on Warm Mix Asphalt Re-use of Asphalt and the AsphaltAdvantages campaign

For more information all the presentations and some videos please go to httpwwwasfaltove-vozovkyczav2015

DANUBE REGION CONFERENCE

On 25 November 2015 the Danube Region Conference ldquoDevelopment and Main-tenance of Road surfaces in the Danube regionrdquo was held in Bled in SloveniaThis conference was organised by ZAS the Slovenia Ministry of Infrastructure and the European Commission The Danube Region encompasses 14 countries of South Eastern Europe

Slovenko Henigman President of Slovenian Asphalt Pavement Association (ZAS) explained in his welcome speech the importance of this event and why it was connected with the ZAS Colloquium The goal of this Danube conference is to strengthen the developments of the road construction field and the economic inte-gration Asphalt technology has a role of binding people and nations Mr Franc Žepič EUSDR Priority Area Coordinator Ministry of Infrastructure Slo-venia explained the ldquoEU Strategy for the Danube Regionrdquo (EUSDR) and the EUSDR Governance model More information about EUSDR can be found at httpwwwdanube-regioneu

In the 1st session ldquoGeneral situation and management on road network in the regi-onrdquo Jose Diez (ERF) showed the importance of roads and explained the impact of the backlog of maintenance on the economy This backlog will only increase the costs for maintenance He described different approaches for maintenance and mentioned that by applying Road Asset Management principles the municipality of Larvik (in Norway) found out they were losing euro 2000- per day for not main-taining their road network His good news was that solutions do existMitja Jurgele DRI Slovenia showed the effects of investment on the quality of the road network

In the 2nd session ldquoAsphalt Industry in the Danube regionrdquo Carsten Karcher (EAPA) gave a presentation on the current chances and challenges for the asphalt indus-try in Germany with a focus on asphalt recycling and noise reduction Many people in Germany are suffering from traffic noise in Germany and to reduce that traffic noise different types of asphalt were developed and are being applied in Germany like noise optimised SMA and noise optimised Asphalt Concrete which also has an optimised surface texture that also provides a lower rolling resistanceMiroslav Keller president of the Croatian Asphalt Association showed in his presentation the influence of the budget on the quality of the main road network in Croatia until the year 2026 Imre Pap of the Highway Institute Belgrade Serbia gave a review of technologies and specifications for construction and rehabilitation of roads in SerbiaEgbert Beuving (EAPA) explained in his presentation how the use of Information

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8

Technology in the asphalt paving process can stimulate sustainable developments A more homogeneous quality of the (surface) layers does results in more durable pavements Due to the tendering system where the lowest bid is mostly rewarded there is no incentive for the construction companies to use the available know-ledge and information technology to deliver a high quality product This system does not stimulate innovation Using quality best price-quality ratio bonusmalus-system experience and expertise in the tendering process (as mentioned in the Public Procurement Directive) will stimulate innovation and will contribute to sustainabilitySlovenko Henigman president ZAS Slovenia showed in his presentation the trends and developments in the asphalt industry in Slovenia

In the 3rd and last session ldquoSustainable development of road construction and maintenance in the Danube regionrdquo one of the speakers was Ms Olivera Djordje-vic of EuroRAP (European Road Assessment Programme) addressing road mainte-nance for safety She showed results of the SENSoR Project where they created a Road Safety Atlas for South East Europe For more information and safety maps see wwwsensorprojecteu

Miros

lav Ke

ller

(Croa

tian A

spha

lt Asso

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n)

Mitja

Jurge

le (D

RI S

loven

ia)

Slove

nko H

enigm

an (Z

AS)

Carst

en Ka

rcher

(EAP

A)

Imre

Pap (

Highw

ay In

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Franc

Žepič

(Mini

stry o

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astru

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Slov

enia)

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9

Jose

Diez

(ERF

)

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0 41

ZAS COLLOQUIUM ON ASPHALT AND BITUMEN

On 26 November the 15th Colloquium on Asphalt and Bitumen was opened by Slovenko Henigman President of ZAS This two-day colloquium was held in Bled in Slovenia and was attended by 210 participants from 12 countries Henigman mentioned in his opening speech that the backlog in maintenance in Slovenia is big and he stressed that we need to work together to reach some changes as soon as possible Next to that several things need to be improved to be ready for the future As an example he mentioned the gasoline cent that is discussed in the Slovenian parliament for road maintenance which is really needed to get a stable incomeKlemen Grebensčk of the Slovenian Ministry of Infrastructure responded in his opening address that he was aware of the fact that the Slovenian roads are not in a good condition He expected to be able to get more funding for the next years to be able to keep the road network at a decent level In the Opening Session Ayberk Oumlzcan President of EAPA mentioned in his wel-come words that this Colloquium on Asphalt and Bitumen has become a very well-known and accepted event in our industry Since 1996 it became the biggest international meeting in the field of road construction and road maintenance in Slovenia and that made it an important meeting for the European asphalt industry and for EAPA members in this region

In the 1st Section ldquoBasic materials in asphalt industry - aggregates and bitumenrdquo Anja Soumlrensen ARBIT Eurobitume Germany gave a state-of-the-art of the Euro-pean bitumen standardisation and the progress of the Performance Related Bitu-men SpecificationBernhard Hofko of TU Vienna explained in his presentation the ageing process of bitumen in a very nice and clear way and explained why you can see an incre-asing amount of creaking when the pavements are getting older Next to ageing tests on bitumen it is also needed to age asphalt itself because of the influence of the aggregate filler and additive Therefore they developed a Viennese Aging Procedure (VAPro) to simulate ageing of asphalt in 4 daysWillem Vonk of Kraton Polymers gave a summary of 8 years work on Highly Modified Asphalt By using Highly Modified Asphalt it is possible to pave thinner and to safe material The thickness reduction that can be achieved is between 20 and 60 depending on the situation in this reduction also results in saving costs

Juan Jose Potti (Asefma) gave an invited lecture about the use of social media for the maintenance of road infrastructures He showed the impact social media can have and he also explained the effect of the Asefma manifesto regarding ldquoThe maintenance of roads is a social needrdquo

In the 2nd section ldquoBuilding Maintenance and Financing of Road Infrastructurerdquo Hans Litzka (Austria) spoke about the maintenance needs for State and Commu-nity roads in Austria and showed the budgets needed to keep the backlog at a constant or better levelAnders Hundahl (Asfaltindustrien) talked about PPP and functional projects on State roads Municipality roads and Private roads He showed the Danish situ-ation during the last 10 years He did not see a great future for PPP projects in Denmark and mentioned that functional contracts work for country roads but not for city roads Egbert Beuving (EAPA) spoke about Green Public Procurement (GPP) Criteria for Road Construction and explained the state-of-the-art of the update of the GPP criteria in Europe He also showed how GGP Criteria are being used in the NetherlandsJože Lun (Slovenia) presented examples of good and bad practice in public pro-curement of asphalt works in Slovenia

The first day ended with a Round Table discussion with the directors of the main Slovenian asphalt companies which got a nice coverage in the Slovenian press the next day

The second day started with the session ldquoAsphalt Recycling and layingrdquo In this session there were ao presentations regarding the use of reclaimed asphalt in Austria Slovenia and Switzerland and enhancing asphalt mixtures performance by using RAP and FT-wax There was an invited lecture of Brian Wood (Plantmix Asphalt Industry of Kentucky ndash PAIK (USA)) and Grant Gabbard (The Allen Co and Executive Vice President of PAIK) They gave an overview of the developments in the asphalt industry in Kentucky USA regarding recycling warm asphalt warranty periods etc

In the 4th and last session ldquoLong-time and sustainable development of asphalt technologiesrdquo Carsten Karcher (EAPA) gave an update on the use of Warm Mix Asphalt in Europe

On the website of ZAS the videos of the presentations of the technical papers and the Round Table can be found at httpwwwzdruzenje-zassikolokvijen

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venk

o Hen

igman

(Pres

ident

of ZA

S)

Bernh

ard H

ofko (

TU V

ienna

)

Aybe

rk Oumlz

can (

Presid

ent o

f EAP

A)

Anja

Soren

sen (

Eurob

itume

Germ

any)

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43

Wille

m Vo

nk (K

raton

Polym

ers)

Ande

rs Hu

ndah

l (As

faltin

dustr

ien)

Brian

Woo

d (Pla

ntmix

Asph

alt In

dustr

y of

Kentu

cky ndash

PAIK

(USA

)

Gran

t Gab

bard

(The

Allen

Co E

xecu

tive V

ice Pr

eside

nt)

Roun

d Tab

leJu

an Jo

se Po

tti (A

sefm

a)

Carst

en Ka

rcher

(EAP

A)

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4 45

On 11 November 2015 Member of European Parliament (MEP) Tomas Zdecho-vsky from Czech Republic invited to the seminar ldquoThe social and economic im-portance of road transportrdquo in the European Parliament He was supported by the MEPs Wim van de Camp and Kosma Zlotowski from the European Peoplersquos Parties (EPP) of the European Parliament Speakers addressed the seminarrsquos topic from different angles eg from the road userrsquos perspective by Julia Levasier from the Allgemeine Deutsche Automobil Club (ADAC) from Germany the European Commission DG Move by Rolf Diemer After having been asked Diemer stated that the Commission is not working on topics how to improve the rather bad con-dition of the European Road Network eg by providing funds EAPA Director Carsten Karcher exchanged ideas with colleagues from the branch and spoke with MEP Zdechovsky and invited him to come to the EampE Congress 2016 in his home country

SEMINAR OF MEP ZDECHOVSKY AT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Carst

en Ka

rcher

(left)

and M

EP To

mas Z

dech

ovsk

y

MEETING WITH MEP WIM VAN DE CAMP

On 10 December 2015 Egbert Beuving and Carsten Karcher of EAPA had a meeting with Member of European Parliament (MEP) Wim van de Camp from the Netherlands Van de Camp is MEP since 2009 and member of the Transport Com-mittee (TRAN Committee) He is member of the Group of the European Peoplersquos Party (Christian Democrats)

During this meeting several subjects were addressed

Van de Camp was informed about EAPA its goals the development and benefits of Warm Mix Asphalt and that asphalt is 100 re-usable which fits perfect in the lsquocircular economyrsquo EAPA also informed him about the possibilities to reduce CO2

emissions by cars and trucks by having well maintained roads and especially smooth roads

The idea of creating a European Road Agency was recently discussed in the TRAN Committee MEP Claudia TAPARDEL (Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament ndash Romania) raised this item and it is now in the procedure Many MEPs are against creating an ERA (Euro-pean Road Agency) because they do not want another agency There is already a European Railway Agency Van de Camp is in favour of a European Road Agency because it can also address the social issues of transport eg working times for truck drivers etc

For the European Commission (EC) infrastructure is related to the TEN-T network The lsquoRoad Packagersquo of European Commission which is expected in 2016 will mainly deal with EU road transport market and road infrastructure will only be one chapter The 3 pillars of this ldquoRoad packagerdquo is expected to become a ba-lanced set of initiatives regarding road charging access to internal market and social rules in road transport

For investing in roads the EFSI (European Fund for Strategic Investment) could be a partner and also the European Investment Bank (EIB) is very interested Van de Camp suggested to our industry to bring Road Maintenance to the attenti-on of the EIB or EFSI to see what they can do Van de Camp as a classic politician as he called himself is not in favour of ear-marking tax money In some years more money is needed for certain items than other years Politicians need flexibility to decide where to spend the tax payersrsquo money

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6 47

As a first step towards some guidance of the EC on European roads the EC could produce a communication document instead of creating an ERA This document could explain what European countries could do in the field of road maintenance to have low emissions (noise CO2 fine particles etc) and a good road safety (markings signs evenness surface condition etc) a bit like what they are doing regarding Green Public Procurement According to Van de Camp road mainte-nance is important but it is not a real main item in the European Parliament at this moment Most countries see road maintenance as a national item and for them there is no involvement of the EC needed Road maintenance has to be done by the national states the provincescounties and the local communities

To generate awareness of the importance of road maintenance in Europe he suggested EAPA to create a small campaign together with other like-minded Euro-pean road organisations like CEDR FEHRL ERF and EUPAVE These associations could create together a best practice paper eg on road maintenance and requi-red surface conditions

Van de Camp added that it is even more efficient when the European road organi-sations associations would come up with a practical approach like Best Practi-ces and rankings instead of the EC That might be a stimulus for the EU countries

Egbe

rt Be

uving

(left

) W

im va

n de C

amp (

midd

le) an

d Cars

ten Ka

rcher

CROSS-MODAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

FEHRL organised a so called ldquoUSE-iT - FOX Workshoprdquo on 21 January 2016 in Brussels

USE-iT and FOX are two Horizon 2020 projects The acronym USE-iT stands for ldquoUsers Safety security and Energy In Transport Infrastructurerdquo and FOX for ldquoFore-ver Open infrastructure across (X) all transport modesrdquoThierry Goger (FEHRL) explained in his welcome speech that the aim of this work-shop was to present preliminary results of the USE-iT and FOX projects of the most appropriate technologies and approaches that have the potential of being applied on a cross-modal basis or on at least two transport modes

Maria Cristina Marolda (Policy Officer of Research and Innovation in EC Direc-torate General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) explained in her Opening speech that the European Commission had launched within the Horizon 2020 (H2020) Programme several initiatives to reflect on the necessary development of cross-modal transport infrastructure This because the European Commission is now more looking at transport systems as one system A set of three European H2020 Coordination and Support Actions namely the REFINET (REthinking Futu-re Infrastructure NETworks) FOX and USE-iT projects have been granted to sup-port this work Several partners from all transport modes and with various profiles (for example Research Providers Industry Transport Authority) are now actively involved in this attempt

Bob Collis (TRL UK) explained the structure of the Workshop The topic areas investigated in the FOX and USE-IT projects had been divided in 6 groups User information Safety amp security Energy amp carbon Constructing amp maintenance Inspection and Recycling amp reuse After the plenary session the participants of the Workshop were also divided in 6 groups and they visited during the workshop the various topics investigatedWhen a group visited one of the topics a detailed description of the technologies collected in the surveys was presented and the barriers and opportunities for cross modal application were discussed Also potential research topics that could be of benefit to more than one mode were identified Next to these discussions this workshop also give a nice overview of the state-of-the-art technologies that are used or can be used in the 4 transport modes Road Rail Runway and WaterwayAt the end of the projects a list of needs a road map for future research will be created

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9 48

Several activities such as desk studies surveys and workshops have been schedu-led over the coming two years to collect information and reflect together The 2nd workshop will be held during TRA 2016 in Warsaw and the 3rd on mid-September 2016

More information about these projects can be found at httpwwwrefineteu and wwwuseitandfoxprojectseu

Thier

ry Go

ger (

FEHR

L)

Prese

ntatio

n of t

echn

ologie

s coll

ected

Cristi

na M

arolda

(DG

MOVE

)

Bob C

ollis

(TRL

UK)

ACEA 25TH ANNIVERSARY

On 21st January 2016 the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) celebrated its 25th anniversary EAPA Secretary General Egbert Beuving and EAPA Director Carsten Karcher were invited together with 200 other execu-tives of European organisations and associations in the transport sectorACEA Secretary General Eric Jonnaert welcomed the guests and new elected ACEA president Dieter Zetsche and Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc from the European Commission addressed the guests Dieter Zetsche spoke about ACEArsquos history and coming challenges Violeta Bulc gave a motivating and inspiring speech about innovation in the transport sector and especially the automobile sectorThis reception was an excellent opportunity for EAPA Secretariat to network Carsten Karcher took the opportunity to talk with ACEA president Zetsche and to inform him briefly about our industry He also gave Zetsche the new EAPA calen-dar for the year 2016 with very nice asphalt pictures and short messages about the advantages of asphalt Furthermore he asked him whether he would be able to give a speech during the EampE Congress 2016 in Prague to address the needs of the road users and the automobile industry for well-maintained roads and the roads of the future

ACEA

Pres

ident

Dieter

Zetsc

he

Comm

ission

er for

Tran

sport

Viol

et Bu

lc

Carst

en Ka

rcher

and D

ieter

Zetsc

he

ACEA

Sec

retary

Gen

eral E

ric Jo

nnae

rt

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1

UPCOMING CONGRESSES

DEUTSCHE ASPHALTTAGE 2016

EampE CONGRESS 2016

On 17 ndash 19 February 2016 the XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage will be held in Berchtesgaden Germany More infor-mation can soon be found at wwwasphaltde

On 1 ndash 3 June 2016 the 6th Eurasphalt amp Eurobitume Congress will be held in Prague More information can be found at wwweecongress2016org

50

RILEM CONFERENCE

The 8th RILEM International Conference on ldquoMechanisms of Cracking and Debon-ding in Pavementsrdquo will be held on 7 ndash 9 June 2016 in Nantes France More information can be found at httpmcd2016sciencesconforg

2016 ISAP SYMPOSIUM

The 2016 ISAP Symposium ldquoFrom Molecules to Innovative Pavementsrdquo will be held on 18-21 July 2016 and is hosted by Western Research Institute USAThis International meeting focusing on the transfer of technology from funda-mental research to applied enginee-ring of asphalt pavements will be held in conjunction with the long-standing Petersen Asphalt Research Conference (wwwpetersenasphaltconferenceorg)

The web link for Call for Abstracts is httpwwwisap2016symposiumorgISAP2016-Abstractshtml

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2 53

EATA CONFERENCE 2017

On 12 ndash 14 June 2017 the 7th Inter-national EATA Conference will be held in Empa in Duumlbendorf Swit-zerland EATA - the European Asp-halt Technology Association - is an informal organisation of European engineers and scientists involved in Asphalt Technology Research More information can be found at httpeata2017empach

1ST EUROPEAN ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE CONGRESS

On 18-20 October 2016 the 1st European Road Infrastructure Congress will be held in Leeds UKThis congress is organised by the European Union Road Federation in partnership with the Road Safety Markings AssociationMore information can be found at wwweric2016eu

Asphalt ADVANTAGES

Get the Advantages of Asphalt Pavement

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AsphaltAdvantagescom

gt Sustainabilitygt Economics

The advantages of asphalt simply add up to superior value Want proof Learn about asphalt pavement and how it can benefit you

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EVENTS LIST

2016

Task Force Providing Evidence Asphalt AdvantagesEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingCampD Waste Management Protocol ndash TF 1 meetingCEN TC336 Advisory Group meeting in ParisConference Swiss Asphalt Producing Industry Bern Road CO2 meeting in BrusselsACEA lsquoReducing CO2 from Road Transport Togetherrsquo ConferenceDAV XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage Berchtesgaden17th HAPA International Asphalt Conference

EAPA ExCo and Directorslsquo Group meeting in BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume ExCo meeting in BrusselsCEN TC336 WG1 TG5 meeting in BrusselsDAV Asphalt Days WillingenCEN T227 Chairmanrsquos Panel meeting in BerlinCEN TC227 WG6 meeting in BerlinCEN TC336 WG1 meeting in BrusselsEurobitume amp BAW Bitumen and Asphalt Day BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume TC meetingEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meeting

EAPA WG Carbon Footprint DocumentEAPA HSE meeting in OsloEAPA TC meeting in OsloBauma in Munich GermanyROSANNE Stakeholders Reference Group meetingTransport Research Arena Conference -TRA 2016CEN TC227 WG1 meeting in Helsinki

EampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meetingCEN TC336 meeting in PragueEAPA GCA meeting in Prague

3 Feb 4 Feb4 Feb5 Feb5 Feb

10 Feb16 Feb

17 ndash 19 Feb23 ndash 24 Feb

1 March2 March 4 March

7 ndash 9 March8 March9 March

10 - 11 March15 March 17 March 22 March23 March

5 April6 April 7 April

11-17 April12 April

18-21 April 25 ndash 26 April

11 May12 May

30 ndash 31 May31 May

EampE Congress 2016 in Prague Global Asphalt Pavement Alliance meeting in PragueCEN TC336 WG1 meetingEAPA HSE Committee meeting in ParisEAPA TC meeting in Paris1st European Road Infrastructure Congress in Leeds UKCEN TC227 WG1 meeting

1 ndash 3 June 3 June

20-21 Sept 12 Oct 13 Oct

18-20 Oct9-10 Nov

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6E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

COLOPHON

Egbert Beuving amp Carsten KarcherHelga BeuvingEgbert Beuving amp Carsten Karcher

TextLayout

Pictures

57

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MPA - Mineral Products Association

NCC AB

DAV - Deutscher Asphalt Verband eV

Asefma Asfaltindustrien

EBA HAPA - Hungarian Asphalt Pavement Association

Infra Contractorsrsquo Association

USIRF - Routes de France ZAS - Združenje asfalterjev

Slovenije

Peab Asphalt AB

Sdruženiacute pro vyacutestavbu silnic Praha

MEMBERS

ASMUD - Turkish Asphalt Contractors Association

Eesti Asfaldiliit IAPA - Irish Asphalt Pavement Association

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

ABZ-1 Ammann Group Antigo - MHB Breakers Ltd

Arizona Chemical

BTC Europe GmbHBenninghoven Caterpillar Paving Products Inc

CFF

ASTEC

DuPont CZ sro

CRH plc

Genan Honeywell

MeadWestvacoMarini Ruthman Sasol Wax

Turkish Petroleum Refineries Co

Volvo Construction Equipment

Voumlgele Vialit

Kraton Polymers Nederland BV

J Rettenmaier amp Soumlhne GmbH amp Co

ICL Performance Products LP

EUROPEAN ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION

Rue du Commerce 77B-1040 Brussels Belgium

Phone +32 2 502 5888E-mail infoeapaorgWeb wwweapaorg

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4 35

ROSANNE

On 4 December 2015 there was a ROSANNE Stakeholders Reference Group meetingDuring this meeting the Work Pack-age leaders informed the stakeholders about the progress madeThe ROSANNE project aims at de-velopingharmonising measurement methods for skid resistance noise emission and rolling resistance of road pavements as a preparation for stan-dardization

The objectives are in short

1Skid resistance The harmonisation of skid resistance measurement by deri-ving conversion factors for friction indi-ces based on similar groups of devices namely longitudinal and sideways skid resistance measurement devices

2Noise emission Combining the exis-ting measurement methods (SPB and CPX) into a harmonised pavement noi-se emission characterisation method

3Rolling resistance building on the re-sults obtained in MIRIAM and standar-dising trailer measurements of rolling resistance coefficients of road surfaces It is also studying the influencing road surface parameters and factors which disturb such measurements and in some cases to develop correction procedures for such influences

4Texture exploring the potential for re-cent developments in the measurement of surface texture to deliver parameters that better reflect the physical process of tyreroad interaction and that may improve our understanding of how the texture influences skid resistance noise emission and rolling resistance

5Reference tyres and pavements Defi-ning and investigating the performan-ce of reference tyres and pavements necessary for the measurement of all three road surface properties This is a prerequisite for the harmonisation of all future measurements

More information about this project can be found at httprosanne-projecteu

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ACEA MEETINGS

During the last months the EAPA Secretariat contributed heavily to different workshops and events of the European Automobile Manufacturers Associationrsquos (ACEA) initiative on ldquoJoining forces to tackle the road transport CO2 challengerdquo Amongst other stakeholders of the transport sector EAPA was invited to give input to two reports one for passenger cars and light vehicles as well as one for heavy duty vehicles Therefore the EAPA Secretariat prepared several presentations re-garding the positive aspects of asphalt pavements on rolling resistance and on quick maintenance to demonstrate that smooth and well maintained asphalt roads reduce the CO2 emissions of cars and vehicles during the use phase of pavements The presentations were based on independent and neutral studies and on rese-arch projects that proved the benefits of asphalt pavements

On 19th January EAPA Secretariat participated in a wrap-up event at Brussels where experts from different sectors (eg infrastructure fuels) discussed the draft report on the CO2 emissions reducing potential for passenger cars and light vehi-cles until 2030

EAPA will follow the initiative with providing relevant information and actively par-ticipating in future ACEA events Therefore EAPA Secretariat will participate and will give an oral statement during the presentation of the report for the heavy duty vehicles in a conference organised by ACEA in Brussels on 16th February 2016

ACEA

Sec

retary

Gen

eral E

ric Jo

nnae

r

Infras

tructu

re wo

rksho

p mod

erator

Chris

tian E

genh

ofer f

rom CE

PS

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6 37

CZECH ASPHALT CONFERENCE AV`15

On 24th and 25th November 2015 the Czech Road Contractors Association Praha and the Czech Road Society Asphalt Pavements Section held its yearly Asphalt Pavement Conference in Českeacute Budějovice More than 400 participants from the asphalt sector with more than 50 participants from abroad attended this confe-rence The very well organised conference with an exhibition with more than 25 booths was a big success

During the two conference days there were several presentations about the latest developments in the Czech Asphalt Industry special paving projects and news from the road administration There were also reports of the latest results of rese-arch projects and ongoing projectsCarsten Karcher participated on behalf of EAPA and gave a presentation on ldquoNews from Brussels ndash 2015rdquo where he focused on Warm Mix Asphalt Re-use of Asphalt and the AsphaltAdvantages campaign

For more information all the presentations and some videos please go to httpwwwasfaltove-vozovkyczav2015

DANUBE REGION CONFERENCE

On 25 November 2015 the Danube Region Conference ldquoDevelopment and Main-tenance of Road surfaces in the Danube regionrdquo was held in Bled in SloveniaThis conference was organised by ZAS the Slovenia Ministry of Infrastructure and the European Commission The Danube Region encompasses 14 countries of South Eastern Europe

Slovenko Henigman President of Slovenian Asphalt Pavement Association (ZAS) explained in his welcome speech the importance of this event and why it was connected with the ZAS Colloquium The goal of this Danube conference is to strengthen the developments of the road construction field and the economic inte-gration Asphalt technology has a role of binding people and nations Mr Franc Žepič EUSDR Priority Area Coordinator Ministry of Infrastructure Slo-venia explained the ldquoEU Strategy for the Danube Regionrdquo (EUSDR) and the EUSDR Governance model More information about EUSDR can be found at httpwwwdanube-regioneu

In the 1st session ldquoGeneral situation and management on road network in the regi-onrdquo Jose Diez (ERF) showed the importance of roads and explained the impact of the backlog of maintenance on the economy This backlog will only increase the costs for maintenance He described different approaches for maintenance and mentioned that by applying Road Asset Management principles the municipality of Larvik (in Norway) found out they were losing euro 2000- per day for not main-taining their road network His good news was that solutions do existMitja Jurgele DRI Slovenia showed the effects of investment on the quality of the road network

In the 2nd session ldquoAsphalt Industry in the Danube regionrdquo Carsten Karcher (EAPA) gave a presentation on the current chances and challenges for the asphalt indus-try in Germany with a focus on asphalt recycling and noise reduction Many people in Germany are suffering from traffic noise in Germany and to reduce that traffic noise different types of asphalt were developed and are being applied in Germany like noise optimised SMA and noise optimised Asphalt Concrete which also has an optimised surface texture that also provides a lower rolling resistanceMiroslav Keller president of the Croatian Asphalt Association showed in his presentation the influence of the budget on the quality of the main road network in Croatia until the year 2026 Imre Pap of the Highway Institute Belgrade Serbia gave a review of technologies and specifications for construction and rehabilitation of roads in SerbiaEgbert Beuving (EAPA) explained in his presentation how the use of Information

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8

Technology in the asphalt paving process can stimulate sustainable developments A more homogeneous quality of the (surface) layers does results in more durable pavements Due to the tendering system where the lowest bid is mostly rewarded there is no incentive for the construction companies to use the available know-ledge and information technology to deliver a high quality product This system does not stimulate innovation Using quality best price-quality ratio bonusmalus-system experience and expertise in the tendering process (as mentioned in the Public Procurement Directive) will stimulate innovation and will contribute to sustainabilitySlovenko Henigman president ZAS Slovenia showed in his presentation the trends and developments in the asphalt industry in Slovenia

In the 3rd and last session ldquoSustainable development of road construction and maintenance in the Danube regionrdquo one of the speakers was Ms Olivera Djordje-vic of EuroRAP (European Road Assessment Programme) addressing road mainte-nance for safety She showed results of the SENSoR Project where they created a Road Safety Atlas for South East Europe For more information and safety maps see wwwsensorprojecteu

Miros

lav Ke

ller

(Croa

tian A

spha

lt Asso

ciatio

n)

Mitja

Jurge

le (D

RI S

loven

ia)

Slove

nko H

enigm

an (Z

AS)

Carst

en Ka

rcher

(EAP

A)

Imre

Pap (

Highw

ay In

stitut

e Belg

rade)

Franc

Žepič

(Mini

stry o

f Infr

astru

cture

Slov

enia)

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 3

9

Jose

Diez

(ERF

)

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0 41

ZAS COLLOQUIUM ON ASPHALT AND BITUMEN

On 26 November the 15th Colloquium on Asphalt and Bitumen was opened by Slovenko Henigman President of ZAS This two-day colloquium was held in Bled in Slovenia and was attended by 210 participants from 12 countries Henigman mentioned in his opening speech that the backlog in maintenance in Slovenia is big and he stressed that we need to work together to reach some changes as soon as possible Next to that several things need to be improved to be ready for the future As an example he mentioned the gasoline cent that is discussed in the Slovenian parliament for road maintenance which is really needed to get a stable incomeKlemen Grebensčk of the Slovenian Ministry of Infrastructure responded in his opening address that he was aware of the fact that the Slovenian roads are not in a good condition He expected to be able to get more funding for the next years to be able to keep the road network at a decent level In the Opening Session Ayberk Oumlzcan President of EAPA mentioned in his wel-come words that this Colloquium on Asphalt and Bitumen has become a very well-known and accepted event in our industry Since 1996 it became the biggest international meeting in the field of road construction and road maintenance in Slovenia and that made it an important meeting for the European asphalt industry and for EAPA members in this region

In the 1st Section ldquoBasic materials in asphalt industry - aggregates and bitumenrdquo Anja Soumlrensen ARBIT Eurobitume Germany gave a state-of-the-art of the Euro-pean bitumen standardisation and the progress of the Performance Related Bitu-men SpecificationBernhard Hofko of TU Vienna explained in his presentation the ageing process of bitumen in a very nice and clear way and explained why you can see an incre-asing amount of creaking when the pavements are getting older Next to ageing tests on bitumen it is also needed to age asphalt itself because of the influence of the aggregate filler and additive Therefore they developed a Viennese Aging Procedure (VAPro) to simulate ageing of asphalt in 4 daysWillem Vonk of Kraton Polymers gave a summary of 8 years work on Highly Modified Asphalt By using Highly Modified Asphalt it is possible to pave thinner and to safe material The thickness reduction that can be achieved is between 20 and 60 depending on the situation in this reduction also results in saving costs

Juan Jose Potti (Asefma) gave an invited lecture about the use of social media for the maintenance of road infrastructures He showed the impact social media can have and he also explained the effect of the Asefma manifesto regarding ldquoThe maintenance of roads is a social needrdquo

In the 2nd section ldquoBuilding Maintenance and Financing of Road Infrastructurerdquo Hans Litzka (Austria) spoke about the maintenance needs for State and Commu-nity roads in Austria and showed the budgets needed to keep the backlog at a constant or better levelAnders Hundahl (Asfaltindustrien) talked about PPP and functional projects on State roads Municipality roads and Private roads He showed the Danish situ-ation during the last 10 years He did not see a great future for PPP projects in Denmark and mentioned that functional contracts work for country roads but not for city roads Egbert Beuving (EAPA) spoke about Green Public Procurement (GPP) Criteria for Road Construction and explained the state-of-the-art of the update of the GPP criteria in Europe He also showed how GGP Criteria are being used in the NetherlandsJože Lun (Slovenia) presented examples of good and bad practice in public pro-curement of asphalt works in Slovenia

The first day ended with a Round Table discussion with the directors of the main Slovenian asphalt companies which got a nice coverage in the Slovenian press the next day

The second day started with the session ldquoAsphalt Recycling and layingrdquo In this session there were ao presentations regarding the use of reclaimed asphalt in Austria Slovenia and Switzerland and enhancing asphalt mixtures performance by using RAP and FT-wax There was an invited lecture of Brian Wood (Plantmix Asphalt Industry of Kentucky ndash PAIK (USA)) and Grant Gabbard (The Allen Co and Executive Vice President of PAIK) They gave an overview of the developments in the asphalt industry in Kentucky USA regarding recycling warm asphalt warranty periods etc

In the 4th and last session ldquoLong-time and sustainable development of asphalt technologiesrdquo Carsten Karcher (EAPA) gave an update on the use of Warm Mix Asphalt in Europe

On the website of ZAS the videos of the presentations of the technical papers and the Round Table can be found at httpwwwzdruzenje-zassikolokvijen

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6Slo

venk

o Hen

igman

(Pres

ident

of ZA

S)

Bernh

ard H

ofko (

TU V

ienna

)

Aybe

rk Oumlz

can (

Presid

ent o

f EAP

A)

Anja

Soren

sen (

Eurob

itume

Germ

any)

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 4

2E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

43

Wille

m Vo

nk (K

raton

Polym

ers)

Ande

rs Hu

ndah

l (As

faltin

dustr

ien)

Brian

Woo

d (Pla

ntmix

Asph

alt In

dustr

y of

Kentu

cky ndash

PAIK

(USA

)

Gran

t Gab

bard

(The

Allen

Co E

xecu

tive V

ice Pr

eside

nt)

Roun

d Tab

leJu

an Jo

se Po

tti (A

sefm

a)

Carst

en Ka

rcher

(EAP

A)

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4 45

On 11 November 2015 Member of European Parliament (MEP) Tomas Zdecho-vsky from Czech Republic invited to the seminar ldquoThe social and economic im-portance of road transportrdquo in the European Parliament He was supported by the MEPs Wim van de Camp and Kosma Zlotowski from the European Peoplersquos Parties (EPP) of the European Parliament Speakers addressed the seminarrsquos topic from different angles eg from the road userrsquos perspective by Julia Levasier from the Allgemeine Deutsche Automobil Club (ADAC) from Germany the European Commission DG Move by Rolf Diemer After having been asked Diemer stated that the Commission is not working on topics how to improve the rather bad con-dition of the European Road Network eg by providing funds EAPA Director Carsten Karcher exchanged ideas with colleagues from the branch and spoke with MEP Zdechovsky and invited him to come to the EampE Congress 2016 in his home country

SEMINAR OF MEP ZDECHOVSKY AT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Carst

en Ka

rcher

(left)

and M

EP To

mas Z

dech

ovsk

y

MEETING WITH MEP WIM VAN DE CAMP

On 10 December 2015 Egbert Beuving and Carsten Karcher of EAPA had a meeting with Member of European Parliament (MEP) Wim van de Camp from the Netherlands Van de Camp is MEP since 2009 and member of the Transport Com-mittee (TRAN Committee) He is member of the Group of the European Peoplersquos Party (Christian Democrats)

During this meeting several subjects were addressed

Van de Camp was informed about EAPA its goals the development and benefits of Warm Mix Asphalt and that asphalt is 100 re-usable which fits perfect in the lsquocircular economyrsquo EAPA also informed him about the possibilities to reduce CO2

emissions by cars and trucks by having well maintained roads and especially smooth roads

The idea of creating a European Road Agency was recently discussed in the TRAN Committee MEP Claudia TAPARDEL (Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament ndash Romania) raised this item and it is now in the procedure Many MEPs are against creating an ERA (Euro-pean Road Agency) because they do not want another agency There is already a European Railway Agency Van de Camp is in favour of a European Road Agency because it can also address the social issues of transport eg working times for truck drivers etc

For the European Commission (EC) infrastructure is related to the TEN-T network The lsquoRoad Packagersquo of European Commission which is expected in 2016 will mainly deal with EU road transport market and road infrastructure will only be one chapter The 3 pillars of this ldquoRoad packagerdquo is expected to become a ba-lanced set of initiatives regarding road charging access to internal market and social rules in road transport

For investing in roads the EFSI (European Fund for Strategic Investment) could be a partner and also the European Investment Bank (EIB) is very interested Van de Camp suggested to our industry to bring Road Maintenance to the attenti-on of the EIB or EFSI to see what they can do Van de Camp as a classic politician as he called himself is not in favour of ear-marking tax money In some years more money is needed for certain items than other years Politicians need flexibility to decide where to spend the tax payersrsquo money

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6 47

As a first step towards some guidance of the EC on European roads the EC could produce a communication document instead of creating an ERA This document could explain what European countries could do in the field of road maintenance to have low emissions (noise CO2 fine particles etc) and a good road safety (markings signs evenness surface condition etc) a bit like what they are doing regarding Green Public Procurement According to Van de Camp road mainte-nance is important but it is not a real main item in the European Parliament at this moment Most countries see road maintenance as a national item and for them there is no involvement of the EC needed Road maintenance has to be done by the national states the provincescounties and the local communities

To generate awareness of the importance of road maintenance in Europe he suggested EAPA to create a small campaign together with other like-minded Euro-pean road organisations like CEDR FEHRL ERF and EUPAVE These associations could create together a best practice paper eg on road maintenance and requi-red surface conditions

Van de Camp added that it is even more efficient when the European road organi-sations associations would come up with a practical approach like Best Practi-ces and rankings instead of the EC That might be a stimulus for the EU countries

Egbe

rt Be

uving

(left

) W

im va

n de C

amp (

midd

le) an

d Cars

ten Ka

rcher

CROSS-MODAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

FEHRL organised a so called ldquoUSE-iT - FOX Workshoprdquo on 21 January 2016 in Brussels

USE-iT and FOX are two Horizon 2020 projects The acronym USE-iT stands for ldquoUsers Safety security and Energy In Transport Infrastructurerdquo and FOX for ldquoFore-ver Open infrastructure across (X) all transport modesrdquoThierry Goger (FEHRL) explained in his welcome speech that the aim of this work-shop was to present preliminary results of the USE-iT and FOX projects of the most appropriate technologies and approaches that have the potential of being applied on a cross-modal basis or on at least two transport modes

Maria Cristina Marolda (Policy Officer of Research and Innovation in EC Direc-torate General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) explained in her Opening speech that the European Commission had launched within the Horizon 2020 (H2020) Programme several initiatives to reflect on the necessary development of cross-modal transport infrastructure This because the European Commission is now more looking at transport systems as one system A set of three European H2020 Coordination and Support Actions namely the REFINET (REthinking Futu-re Infrastructure NETworks) FOX and USE-iT projects have been granted to sup-port this work Several partners from all transport modes and with various profiles (for example Research Providers Industry Transport Authority) are now actively involved in this attempt

Bob Collis (TRL UK) explained the structure of the Workshop The topic areas investigated in the FOX and USE-IT projects had been divided in 6 groups User information Safety amp security Energy amp carbon Constructing amp maintenance Inspection and Recycling amp reuse After the plenary session the participants of the Workshop were also divided in 6 groups and they visited during the workshop the various topics investigatedWhen a group visited one of the topics a detailed description of the technologies collected in the surveys was presented and the barriers and opportunities for cross modal application were discussed Also potential research topics that could be of benefit to more than one mode were identified Next to these discussions this workshop also give a nice overview of the state-of-the-art technologies that are used or can be used in the 4 transport modes Road Rail Runway and WaterwayAt the end of the projects a list of needs a road map for future research will be created

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9 48

Several activities such as desk studies surveys and workshops have been schedu-led over the coming two years to collect information and reflect together The 2nd workshop will be held during TRA 2016 in Warsaw and the 3rd on mid-September 2016

More information about these projects can be found at httpwwwrefineteu and wwwuseitandfoxprojectseu

Thier

ry Go

ger (

FEHR

L)

Prese

ntatio

n of t

echn

ologie

s coll

ected

Cristi

na M

arolda

(DG

MOVE

)

Bob C

ollis

(TRL

UK)

ACEA 25TH ANNIVERSARY

On 21st January 2016 the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) celebrated its 25th anniversary EAPA Secretary General Egbert Beuving and EAPA Director Carsten Karcher were invited together with 200 other execu-tives of European organisations and associations in the transport sectorACEA Secretary General Eric Jonnaert welcomed the guests and new elected ACEA president Dieter Zetsche and Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc from the European Commission addressed the guests Dieter Zetsche spoke about ACEArsquos history and coming challenges Violeta Bulc gave a motivating and inspiring speech about innovation in the transport sector and especially the automobile sectorThis reception was an excellent opportunity for EAPA Secretariat to network Carsten Karcher took the opportunity to talk with ACEA president Zetsche and to inform him briefly about our industry He also gave Zetsche the new EAPA calen-dar for the year 2016 with very nice asphalt pictures and short messages about the advantages of asphalt Furthermore he asked him whether he would be able to give a speech during the EampE Congress 2016 in Prague to address the needs of the road users and the automobile industry for well-maintained roads and the roads of the future

ACEA

Pres

ident

Dieter

Zetsc

he

Comm

ission

er for

Tran

sport

Viol

et Bu

lc

Carst

en Ka

rcher

and D

ieter

Zetsc

he

ACEA

Sec

retary

Gen

eral E

ric Jo

nnae

rt

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1

UPCOMING CONGRESSES

DEUTSCHE ASPHALTTAGE 2016

EampE CONGRESS 2016

On 17 ndash 19 February 2016 the XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage will be held in Berchtesgaden Germany More infor-mation can soon be found at wwwasphaltde

On 1 ndash 3 June 2016 the 6th Eurasphalt amp Eurobitume Congress will be held in Prague More information can be found at wwweecongress2016org

50

RILEM CONFERENCE

The 8th RILEM International Conference on ldquoMechanisms of Cracking and Debon-ding in Pavementsrdquo will be held on 7 ndash 9 June 2016 in Nantes France More information can be found at httpmcd2016sciencesconforg

2016 ISAP SYMPOSIUM

The 2016 ISAP Symposium ldquoFrom Molecules to Innovative Pavementsrdquo will be held on 18-21 July 2016 and is hosted by Western Research Institute USAThis International meeting focusing on the transfer of technology from funda-mental research to applied enginee-ring of asphalt pavements will be held in conjunction with the long-standing Petersen Asphalt Research Conference (wwwpetersenasphaltconferenceorg)

The web link for Call for Abstracts is httpwwwisap2016symposiumorgISAP2016-Abstractshtml

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2 53

EATA CONFERENCE 2017

On 12 ndash 14 June 2017 the 7th Inter-national EATA Conference will be held in Empa in Duumlbendorf Swit-zerland EATA - the European Asp-halt Technology Association - is an informal organisation of European engineers and scientists involved in Asphalt Technology Research More information can be found at httpeata2017empach

1ST EUROPEAN ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE CONGRESS

On 18-20 October 2016 the 1st European Road Infrastructure Congress will be held in Leeds UKThis congress is organised by the European Union Road Federation in partnership with the Road Safety Markings AssociationMore information can be found at wwweric2016eu

Asphalt ADVANTAGES

Get the Advantages of Asphalt Pavement

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AsphaltAdvantagescom

gt Sustainabilitygt Economics

The advantages of asphalt simply add up to superior value Want proof Learn about asphalt pavement and how it can benefit you

gt Safety gt Comfort

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4 55

EVENTS LIST

2016

Task Force Providing Evidence Asphalt AdvantagesEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingCampD Waste Management Protocol ndash TF 1 meetingCEN TC336 Advisory Group meeting in ParisConference Swiss Asphalt Producing Industry Bern Road CO2 meeting in BrusselsACEA lsquoReducing CO2 from Road Transport Togetherrsquo ConferenceDAV XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage Berchtesgaden17th HAPA International Asphalt Conference

EAPA ExCo and Directorslsquo Group meeting in BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume ExCo meeting in BrusselsCEN TC336 WG1 TG5 meeting in BrusselsDAV Asphalt Days WillingenCEN T227 Chairmanrsquos Panel meeting in BerlinCEN TC227 WG6 meeting in BerlinCEN TC336 WG1 meeting in BrusselsEurobitume amp BAW Bitumen and Asphalt Day BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume TC meetingEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meeting

EAPA WG Carbon Footprint DocumentEAPA HSE meeting in OsloEAPA TC meeting in OsloBauma in Munich GermanyROSANNE Stakeholders Reference Group meetingTransport Research Arena Conference -TRA 2016CEN TC227 WG1 meeting in Helsinki

EampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meetingCEN TC336 meeting in PragueEAPA GCA meeting in Prague

3 Feb 4 Feb4 Feb5 Feb5 Feb

10 Feb16 Feb

17 ndash 19 Feb23 ndash 24 Feb

1 March2 March 4 March

7 ndash 9 March8 March9 March

10 - 11 March15 March 17 March 22 March23 March

5 April6 April 7 April

11-17 April12 April

18-21 April 25 ndash 26 April

11 May12 May

30 ndash 31 May31 May

EampE Congress 2016 in Prague Global Asphalt Pavement Alliance meeting in PragueCEN TC336 WG1 meetingEAPA HSE Committee meeting in ParisEAPA TC meeting in Paris1st European Road Infrastructure Congress in Leeds UKCEN TC227 WG1 meeting

1 ndash 3 June 3 June

20-21 Sept 12 Oct 13 Oct

18-20 Oct9-10 Nov

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6E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

COLOPHON

Egbert Beuving amp Carsten KarcherHelga BeuvingEgbert Beuving amp Carsten Karcher

TextLayout

Pictures

57

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

MPA - Mineral Products Association

NCC AB

DAV - Deutscher Asphalt Verband eV

Asefma Asfaltindustrien

EBA HAPA - Hungarian Asphalt Pavement Association

Infra Contractorsrsquo Association

USIRF - Routes de France ZAS - Združenje asfalterjev

Slovenije

Peab Asphalt AB

Sdruženiacute pro vyacutestavbu silnic Praha

MEMBERS

ASMUD - Turkish Asphalt Contractors Association

Eesti Asfaldiliit IAPA - Irish Asphalt Pavement Association

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

ABZ-1 Ammann Group Antigo - MHB Breakers Ltd

Arizona Chemical

BTC Europe GmbHBenninghoven Caterpillar Paving Products Inc

CFF

ASTEC

DuPont CZ sro

CRH plc

Genan Honeywell

MeadWestvacoMarini Ruthman Sasol Wax

Turkish Petroleum Refineries Co

Volvo Construction Equipment

Voumlgele Vialit

Kraton Polymers Nederland BV

J Rettenmaier amp Soumlhne GmbH amp Co

ICL Performance Products LP

EUROPEAN ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION

Rue du Commerce 77B-1040 Brussels Belgium

Phone +32 2 502 5888E-mail infoeapaorgWeb wwweapaorg

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E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 3

6 37

CZECH ASPHALT CONFERENCE AV`15

On 24th and 25th November 2015 the Czech Road Contractors Association Praha and the Czech Road Society Asphalt Pavements Section held its yearly Asphalt Pavement Conference in Českeacute Budějovice More than 400 participants from the asphalt sector with more than 50 participants from abroad attended this confe-rence The very well organised conference with an exhibition with more than 25 booths was a big success

During the two conference days there were several presentations about the latest developments in the Czech Asphalt Industry special paving projects and news from the road administration There were also reports of the latest results of rese-arch projects and ongoing projectsCarsten Karcher participated on behalf of EAPA and gave a presentation on ldquoNews from Brussels ndash 2015rdquo where he focused on Warm Mix Asphalt Re-use of Asphalt and the AsphaltAdvantages campaign

For more information all the presentations and some videos please go to httpwwwasfaltove-vozovkyczav2015

DANUBE REGION CONFERENCE

On 25 November 2015 the Danube Region Conference ldquoDevelopment and Main-tenance of Road surfaces in the Danube regionrdquo was held in Bled in SloveniaThis conference was organised by ZAS the Slovenia Ministry of Infrastructure and the European Commission The Danube Region encompasses 14 countries of South Eastern Europe

Slovenko Henigman President of Slovenian Asphalt Pavement Association (ZAS) explained in his welcome speech the importance of this event and why it was connected with the ZAS Colloquium The goal of this Danube conference is to strengthen the developments of the road construction field and the economic inte-gration Asphalt technology has a role of binding people and nations Mr Franc Žepič EUSDR Priority Area Coordinator Ministry of Infrastructure Slo-venia explained the ldquoEU Strategy for the Danube Regionrdquo (EUSDR) and the EUSDR Governance model More information about EUSDR can be found at httpwwwdanube-regioneu

In the 1st session ldquoGeneral situation and management on road network in the regi-onrdquo Jose Diez (ERF) showed the importance of roads and explained the impact of the backlog of maintenance on the economy This backlog will only increase the costs for maintenance He described different approaches for maintenance and mentioned that by applying Road Asset Management principles the municipality of Larvik (in Norway) found out they were losing euro 2000- per day for not main-taining their road network His good news was that solutions do existMitja Jurgele DRI Slovenia showed the effects of investment on the quality of the road network

In the 2nd session ldquoAsphalt Industry in the Danube regionrdquo Carsten Karcher (EAPA) gave a presentation on the current chances and challenges for the asphalt indus-try in Germany with a focus on asphalt recycling and noise reduction Many people in Germany are suffering from traffic noise in Germany and to reduce that traffic noise different types of asphalt were developed and are being applied in Germany like noise optimised SMA and noise optimised Asphalt Concrete which also has an optimised surface texture that also provides a lower rolling resistanceMiroslav Keller president of the Croatian Asphalt Association showed in his presentation the influence of the budget on the quality of the main road network in Croatia until the year 2026 Imre Pap of the Highway Institute Belgrade Serbia gave a review of technologies and specifications for construction and rehabilitation of roads in SerbiaEgbert Beuving (EAPA) explained in his presentation how the use of Information

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 3

8

Technology in the asphalt paving process can stimulate sustainable developments A more homogeneous quality of the (surface) layers does results in more durable pavements Due to the tendering system where the lowest bid is mostly rewarded there is no incentive for the construction companies to use the available know-ledge and information technology to deliver a high quality product This system does not stimulate innovation Using quality best price-quality ratio bonusmalus-system experience and expertise in the tendering process (as mentioned in the Public Procurement Directive) will stimulate innovation and will contribute to sustainabilitySlovenko Henigman president ZAS Slovenia showed in his presentation the trends and developments in the asphalt industry in Slovenia

In the 3rd and last session ldquoSustainable development of road construction and maintenance in the Danube regionrdquo one of the speakers was Ms Olivera Djordje-vic of EuroRAP (European Road Assessment Programme) addressing road mainte-nance for safety She showed results of the SENSoR Project where they created a Road Safety Atlas for South East Europe For more information and safety maps see wwwsensorprojecteu

Miros

lav Ke

ller

(Croa

tian A

spha

lt Asso

ciatio

n)

Mitja

Jurge

le (D

RI S

loven

ia)

Slove

nko H

enigm

an (Z

AS)

Carst

en Ka

rcher

(EAP

A)

Imre

Pap (

Highw

ay In

stitut

e Belg

rade)

Franc

Žepič

(Mini

stry o

f Infr

astru

cture

Slov

enia)

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 3

9

Jose

Diez

(ERF

)

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 4

0 41

ZAS COLLOQUIUM ON ASPHALT AND BITUMEN

On 26 November the 15th Colloquium on Asphalt and Bitumen was opened by Slovenko Henigman President of ZAS This two-day colloquium was held in Bled in Slovenia and was attended by 210 participants from 12 countries Henigman mentioned in his opening speech that the backlog in maintenance in Slovenia is big and he stressed that we need to work together to reach some changes as soon as possible Next to that several things need to be improved to be ready for the future As an example he mentioned the gasoline cent that is discussed in the Slovenian parliament for road maintenance which is really needed to get a stable incomeKlemen Grebensčk of the Slovenian Ministry of Infrastructure responded in his opening address that he was aware of the fact that the Slovenian roads are not in a good condition He expected to be able to get more funding for the next years to be able to keep the road network at a decent level In the Opening Session Ayberk Oumlzcan President of EAPA mentioned in his wel-come words that this Colloquium on Asphalt and Bitumen has become a very well-known and accepted event in our industry Since 1996 it became the biggest international meeting in the field of road construction and road maintenance in Slovenia and that made it an important meeting for the European asphalt industry and for EAPA members in this region

In the 1st Section ldquoBasic materials in asphalt industry - aggregates and bitumenrdquo Anja Soumlrensen ARBIT Eurobitume Germany gave a state-of-the-art of the Euro-pean bitumen standardisation and the progress of the Performance Related Bitu-men SpecificationBernhard Hofko of TU Vienna explained in his presentation the ageing process of bitumen in a very nice and clear way and explained why you can see an incre-asing amount of creaking when the pavements are getting older Next to ageing tests on bitumen it is also needed to age asphalt itself because of the influence of the aggregate filler and additive Therefore they developed a Viennese Aging Procedure (VAPro) to simulate ageing of asphalt in 4 daysWillem Vonk of Kraton Polymers gave a summary of 8 years work on Highly Modified Asphalt By using Highly Modified Asphalt it is possible to pave thinner and to safe material The thickness reduction that can be achieved is between 20 and 60 depending on the situation in this reduction also results in saving costs

Juan Jose Potti (Asefma) gave an invited lecture about the use of social media for the maintenance of road infrastructures He showed the impact social media can have and he also explained the effect of the Asefma manifesto regarding ldquoThe maintenance of roads is a social needrdquo

In the 2nd section ldquoBuilding Maintenance and Financing of Road Infrastructurerdquo Hans Litzka (Austria) spoke about the maintenance needs for State and Commu-nity roads in Austria and showed the budgets needed to keep the backlog at a constant or better levelAnders Hundahl (Asfaltindustrien) talked about PPP and functional projects on State roads Municipality roads and Private roads He showed the Danish situ-ation during the last 10 years He did not see a great future for PPP projects in Denmark and mentioned that functional contracts work for country roads but not for city roads Egbert Beuving (EAPA) spoke about Green Public Procurement (GPP) Criteria for Road Construction and explained the state-of-the-art of the update of the GPP criteria in Europe He also showed how GGP Criteria are being used in the NetherlandsJože Lun (Slovenia) presented examples of good and bad practice in public pro-curement of asphalt works in Slovenia

The first day ended with a Round Table discussion with the directors of the main Slovenian asphalt companies which got a nice coverage in the Slovenian press the next day

The second day started with the session ldquoAsphalt Recycling and layingrdquo In this session there were ao presentations regarding the use of reclaimed asphalt in Austria Slovenia and Switzerland and enhancing asphalt mixtures performance by using RAP and FT-wax There was an invited lecture of Brian Wood (Plantmix Asphalt Industry of Kentucky ndash PAIK (USA)) and Grant Gabbard (The Allen Co and Executive Vice President of PAIK) They gave an overview of the developments in the asphalt industry in Kentucky USA regarding recycling warm asphalt warranty periods etc

In the 4th and last session ldquoLong-time and sustainable development of asphalt technologiesrdquo Carsten Karcher (EAPA) gave an update on the use of Warm Mix Asphalt in Europe

On the website of ZAS the videos of the presentations of the technical papers and the Round Table can be found at httpwwwzdruzenje-zassikolokvijen

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6Slo

venk

o Hen

igman

(Pres

ident

of ZA

S)

Bernh

ard H

ofko (

TU V

ienna

)

Aybe

rk Oumlz

can (

Presid

ent o

f EAP

A)

Anja

Soren

sen (

Eurob

itume

Germ

any)

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 4

2E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

43

Wille

m Vo

nk (K

raton

Polym

ers)

Ande

rs Hu

ndah

l (As

faltin

dustr

ien)

Brian

Woo

d (Pla

ntmix

Asph

alt In

dustr

y of

Kentu

cky ndash

PAIK

(USA

)

Gran

t Gab

bard

(The

Allen

Co E

xecu

tive V

ice Pr

eside

nt)

Roun

d Tab

leJu

an Jo

se Po

tti (A

sefm

a)

Carst

en Ka

rcher

(EAP

A)

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4 45

On 11 November 2015 Member of European Parliament (MEP) Tomas Zdecho-vsky from Czech Republic invited to the seminar ldquoThe social and economic im-portance of road transportrdquo in the European Parliament He was supported by the MEPs Wim van de Camp and Kosma Zlotowski from the European Peoplersquos Parties (EPP) of the European Parliament Speakers addressed the seminarrsquos topic from different angles eg from the road userrsquos perspective by Julia Levasier from the Allgemeine Deutsche Automobil Club (ADAC) from Germany the European Commission DG Move by Rolf Diemer After having been asked Diemer stated that the Commission is not working on topics how to improve the rather bad con-dition of the European Road Network eg by providing funds EAPA Director Carsten Karcher exchanged ideas with colleagues from the branch and spoke with MEP Zdechovsky and invited him to come to the EampE Congress 2016 in his home country

SEMINAR OF MEP ZDECHOVSKY AT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Carst

en Ka

rcher

(left)

and M

EP To

mas Z

dech

ovsk

y

MEETING WITH MEP WIM VAN DE CAMP

On 10 December 2015 Egbert Beuving and Carsten Karcher of EAPA had a meeting with Member of European Parliament (MEP) Wim van de Camp from the Netherlands Van de Camp is MEP since 2009 and member of the Transport Com-mittee (TRAN Committee) He is member of the Group of the European Peoplersquos Party (Christian Democrats)

During this meeting several subjects were addressed

Van de Camp was informed about EAPA its goals the development and benefits of Warm Mix Asphalt and that asphalt is 100 re-usable which fits perfect in the lsquocircular economyrsquo EAPA also informed him about the possibilities to reduce CO2

emissions by cars and trucks by having well maintained roads and especially smooth roads

The idea of creating a European Road Agency was recently discussed in the TRAN Committee MEP Claudia TAPARDEL (Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament ndash Romania) raised this item and it is now in the procedure Many MEPs are against creating an ERA (Euro-pean Road Agency) because they do not want another agency There is already a European Railway Agency Van de Camp is in favour of a European Road Agency because it can also address the social issues of transport eg working times for truck drivers etc

For the European Commission (EC) infrastructure is related to the TEN-T network The lsquoRoad Packagersquo of European Commission which is expected in 2016 will mainly deal with EU road transport market and road infrastructure will only be one chapter The 3 pillars of this ldquoRoad packagerdquo is expected to become a ba-lanced set of initiatives regarding road charging access to internal market and social rules in road transport

For investing in roads the EFSI (European Fund for Strategic Investment) could be a partner and also the European Investment Bank (EIB) is very interested Van de Camp suggested to our industry to bring Road Maintenance to the attenti-on of the EIB or EFSI to see what they can do Van de Camp as a classic politician as he called himself is not in favour of ear-marking tax money In some years more money is needed for certain items than other years Politicians need flexibility to decide where to spend the tax payersrsquo money

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6 47

As a first step towards some guidance of the EC on European roads the EC could produce a communication document instead of creating an ERA This document could explain what European countries could do in the field of road maintenance to have low emissions (noise CO2 fine particles etc) and a good road safety (markings signs evenness surface condition etc) a bit like what they are doing regarding Green Public Procurement According to Van de Camp road mainte-nance is important but it is not a real main item in the European Parliament at this moment Most countries see road maintenance as a national item and for them there is no involvement of the EC needed Road maintenance has to be done by the national states the provincescounties and the local communities

To generate awareness of the importance of road maintenance in Europe he suggested EAPA to create a small campaign together with other like-minded Euro-pean road organisations like CEDR FEHRL ERF and EUPAVE These associations could create together a best practice paper eg on road maintenance and requi-red surface conditions

Van de Camp added that it is even more efficient when the European road organi-sations associations would come up with a practical approach like Best Practi-ces and rankings instead of the EC That might be a stimulus for the EU countries

Egbe

rt Be

uving

(left

) W

im va

n de C

amp (

midd

le) an

d Cars

ten Ka

rcher

CROSS-MODAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

FEHRL organised a so called ldquoUSE-iT - FOX Workshoprdquo on 21 January 2016 in Brussels

USE-iT and FOX are two Horizon 2020 projects The acronym USE-iT stands for ldquoUsers Safety security and Energy In Transport Infrastructurerdquo and FOX for ldquoFore-ver Open infrastructure across (X) all transport modesrdquoThierry Goger (FEHRL) explained in his welcome speech that the aim of this work-shop was to present preliminary results of the USE-iT and FOX projects of the most appropriate technologies and approaches that have the potential of being applied on a cross-modal basis or on at least two transport modes

Maria Cristina Marolda (Policy Officer of Research and Innovation in EC Direc-torate General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) explained in her Opening speech that the European Commission had launched within the Horizon 2020 (H2020) Programme several initiatives to reflect on the necessary development of cross-modal transport infrastructure This because the European Commission is now more looking at transport systems as one system A set of three European H2020 Coordination and Support Actions namely the REFINET (REthinking Futu-re Infrastructure NETworks) FOX and USE-iT projects have been granted to sup-port this work Several partners from all transport modes and with various profiles (for example Research Providers Industry Transport Authority) are now actively involved in this attempt

Bob Collis (TRL UK) explained the structure of the Workshop The topic areas investigated in the FOX and USE-IT projects had been divided in 6 groups User information Safety amp security Energy amp carbon Constructing amp maintenance Inspection and Recycling amp reuse After the plenary session the participants of the Workshop were also divided in 6 groups and they visited during the workshop the various topics investigatedWhen a group visited one of the topics a detailed description of the technologies collected in the surveys was presented and the barriers and opportunities for cross modal application were discussed Also potential research topics that could be of benefit to more than one mode were identified Next to these discussions this workshop also give a nice overview of the state-of-the-art technologies that are used or can be used in the 4 transport modes Road Rail Runway and WaterwayAt the end of the projects a list of needs a road map for future research will be created

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9 48

Several activities such as desk studies surveys and workshops have been schedu-led over the coming two years to collect information and reflect together The 2nd workshop will be held during TRA 2016 in Warsaw and the 3rd on mid-September 2016

More information about these projects can be found at httpwwwrefineteu and wwwuseitandfoxprojectseu

Thier

ry Go

ger (

FEHR

L)

Prese

ntatio

n of t

echn

ologie

s coll

ected

Cristi

na M

arolda

(DG

MOVE

)

Bob C

ollis

(TRL

UK)

ACEA 25TH ANNIVERSARY

On 21st January 2016 the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) celebrated its 25th anniversary EAPA Secretary General Egbert Beuving and EAPA Director Carsten Karcher were invited together with 200 other execu-tives of European organisations and associations in the transport sectorACEA Secretary General Eric Jonnaert welcomed the guests and new elected ACEA president Dieter Zetsche and Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc from the European Commission addressed the guests Dieter Zetsche spoke about ACEArsquos history and coming challenges Violeta Bulc gave a motivating and inspiring speech about innovation in the transport sector and especially the automobile sectorThis reception was an excellent opportunity for EAPA Secretariat to network Carsten Karcher took the opportunity to talk with ACEA president Zetsche and to inform him briefly about our industry He also gave Zetsche the new EAPA calen-dar for the year 2016 with very nice asphalt pictures and short messages about the advantages of asphalt Furthermore he asked him whether he would be able to give a speech during the EampE Congress 2016 in Prague to address the needs of the road users and the automobile industry for well-maintained roads and the roads of the future

ACEA

Pres

ident

Dieter

Zetsc

he

Comm

ission

er for

Tran

sport

Viol

et Bu

lc

Carst

en Ka

rcher

and D

ieter

Zetsc

he

ACEA

Sec

retary

Gen

eral E

ric Jo

nnae

rt

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 5

1

UPCOMING CONGRESSES

DEUTSCHE ASPHALTTAGE 2016

EampE CONGRESS 2016

On 17 ndash 19 February 2016 the XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage will be held in Berchtesgaden Germany More infor-mation can soon be found at wwwasphaltde

On 1 ndash 3 June 2016 the 6th Eurasphalt amp Eurobitume Congress will be held in Prague More information can be found at wwweecongress2016org

50

RILEM CONFERENCE

The 8th RILEM International Conference on ldquoMechanisms of Cracking and Debon-ding in Pavementsrdquo will be held on 7 ndash 9 June 2016 in Nantes France More information can be found at httpmcd2016sciencesconforg

2016 ISAP SYMPOSIUM

The 2016 ISAP Symposium ldquoFrom Molecules to Innovative Pavementsrdquo will be held on 18-21 July 2016 and is hosted by Western Research Institute USAThis International meeting focusing on the transfer of technology from funda-mental research to applied enginee-ring of asphalt pavements will be held in conjunction with the long-standing Petersen Asphalt Research Conference (wwwpetersenasphaltconferenceorg)

The web link for Call for Abstracts is httpwwwisap2016symposiumorgISAP2016-Abstractshtml

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2 53

EATA CONFERENCE 2017

On 12 ndash 14 June 2017 the 7th Inter-national EATA Conference will be held in Empa in Duumlbendorf Swit-zerland EATA - the European Asp-halt Technology Association - is an informal organisation of European engineers and scientists involved in Asphalt Technology Research More information can be found at httpeata2017empach

1ST EUROPEAN ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE CONGRESS

On 18-20 October 2016 the 1st European Road Infrastructure Congress will be held in Leeds UKThis congress is organised by the European Union Road Federation in partnership with the Road Safety Markings AssociationMore information can be found at wwweric2016eu

Asphalt ADVANTAGES

Get the Advantages of Asphalt Pavement

AsphaltADVANTAGES

AsphaltAdvantagescom

gt Sustainabilitygt Economics

The advantages of asphalt simply add up to superior value Want proof Learn about asphalt pavement and how it can benefit you

gt Safety gt Comfort

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4 55

EVENTS LIST

2016

Task Force Providing Evidence Asphalt AdvantagesEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingCampD Waste Management Protocol ndash TF 1 meetingCEN TC336 Advisory Group meeting in ParisConference Swiss Asphalt Producing Industry Bern Road CO2 meeting in BrusselsACEA lsquoReducing CO2 from Road Transport Togetherrsquo ConferenceDAV XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage Berchtesgaden17th HAPA International Asphalt Conference

EAPA ExCo and Directorslsquo Group meeting in BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume ExCo meeting in BrusselsCEN TC336 WG1 TG5 meeting in BrusselsDAV Asphalt Days WillingenCEN T227 Chairmanrsquos Panel meeting in BerlinCEN TC227 WG6 meeting in BerlinCEN TC336 WG1 meeting in BrusselsEurobitume amp BAW Bitumen and Asphalt Day BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume TC meetingEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meeting

EAPA WG Carbon Footprint DocumentEAPA HSE meeting in OsloEAPA TC meeting in OsloBauma in Munich GermanyROSANNE Stakeholders Reference Group meetingTransport Research Arena Conference -TRA 2016CEN TC227 WG1 meeting in Helsinki

EampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meetingCEN TC336 meeting in PragueEAPA GCA meeting in Prague

3 Feb 4 Feb4 Feb5 Feb5 Feb

10 Feb16 Feb

17 ndash 19 Feb23 ndash 24 Feb

1 March2 March 4 March

7 ndash 9 March8 March9 March

10 - 11 March15 March 17 March 22 March23 March

5 April6 April 7 April

11-17 April12 April

18-21 April 25 ndash 26 April

11 May12 May

30 ndash 31 May31 May

EampE Congress 2016 in Prague Global Asphalt Pavement Alliance meeting in PragueCEN TC336 WG1 meetingEAPA HSE Committee meeting in ParisEAPA TC meeting in Paris1st European Road Infrastructure Congress in Leeds UKCEN TC227 WG1 meeting

1 ndash 3 June 3 June

20-21 Sept 12 Oct 13 Oct

18-20 Oct9-10 Nov

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6E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

COLOPHON

Egbert Beuving amp Carsten KarcherHelga BeuvingEgbert Beuving amp Carsten Karcher

TextLayout

Pictures

57

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

MPA - Mineral Products Association

NCC AB

DAV - Deutscher Asphalt Verband eV

Asefma Asfaltindustrien

EBA HAPA - Hungarian Asphalt Pavement Association

Infra Contractorsrsquo Association

USIRF - Routes de France ZAS - Združenje asfalterjev

Slovenije

Peab Asphalt AB

Sdruženiacute pro vyacutestavbu silnic Praha

MEMBERS

ASMUD - Turkish Asphalt Contractors Association

Eesti Asfaldiliit IAPA - Irish Asphalt Pavement Association

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

ABZ-1 Ammann Group Antigo - MHB Breakers Ltd

Arizona Chemical

BTC Europe GmbHBenninghoven Caterpillar Paving Products Inc

CFF

ASTEC

DuPont CZ sro

CRH plc

Genan Honeywell

MeadWestvacoMarini Ruthman Sasol Wax

Turkish Petroleum Refineries Co

Volvo Construction Equipment

Voumlgele Vialit

Kraton Polymers Nederland BV

J Rettenmaier amp Soumlhne GmbH amp Co

ICL Performance Products LP

EUROPEAN ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION

Rue du Commerce 77B-1040 Brussels Belgium

Phone +32 2 502 5888E-mail infoeapaorgWeb wwweapaorg

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E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 3

8

Technology in the asphalt paving process can stimulate sustainable developments A more homogeneous quality of the (surface) layers does results in more durable pavements Due to the tendering system where the lowest bid is mostly rewarded there is no incentive for the construction companies to use the available know-ledge and information technology to deliver a high quality product This system does not stimulate innovation Using quality best price-quality ratio bonusmalus-system experience and expertise in the tendering process (as mentioned in the Public Procurement Directive) will stimulate innovation and will contribute to sustainabilitySlovenko Henigman president ZAS Slovenia showed in his presentation the trends and developments in the asphalt industry in Slovenia

In the 3rd and last session ldquoSustainable development of road construction and maintenance in the Danube regionrdquo one of the speakers was Ms Olivera Djordje-vic of EuroRAP (European Road Assessment Programme) addressing road mainte-nance for safety She showed results of the SENSoR Project where they created a Road Safety Atlas for South East Europe For more information and safety maps see wwwsensorprojecteu

Miros

lav Ke

ller

(Croa

tian A

spha

lt Asso

ciatio

n)

Mitja

Jurge

le (D

RI S

loven

ia)

Slove

nko H

enigm

an (Z

AS)

Carst

en Ka

rcher

(EAP

A)

Imre

Pap (

Highw

ay In

stitut

e Belg

rade)

Franc

Žepič

(Mini

stry o

f Infr

astru

cture

Slov

enia)

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 3

9

Jose

Diez

(ERF

)

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 4

0 41

ZAS COLLOQUIUM ON ASPHALT AND BITUMEN

On 26 November the 15th Colloquium on Asphalt and Bitumen was opened by Slovenko Henigman President of ZAS This two-day colloquium was held in Bled in Slovenia and was attended by 210 participants from 12 countries Henigman mentioned in his opening speech that the backlog in maintenance in Slovenia is big and he stressed that we need to work together to reach some changes as soon as possible Next to that several things need to be improved to be ready for the future As an example he mentioned the gasoline cent that is discussed in the Slovenian parliament for road maintenance which is really needed to get a stable incomeKlemen Grebensčk of the Slovenian Ministry of Infrastructure responded in his opening address that he was aware of the fact that the Slovenian roads are not in a good condition He expected to be able to get more funding for the next years to be able to keep the road network at a decent level In the Opening Session Ayberk Oumlzcan President of EAPA mentioned in his wel-come words that this Colloquium on Asphalt and Bitumen has become a very well-known and accepted event in our industry Since 1996 it became the biggest international meeting in the field of road construction and road maintenance in Slovenia and that made it an important meeting for the European asphalt industry and for EAPA members in this region

In the 1st Section ldquoBasic materials in asphalt industry - aggregates and bitumenrdquo Anja Soumlrensen ARBIT Eurobitume Germany gave a state-of-the-art of the Euro-pean bitumen standardisation and the progress of the Performance Related Bitu-men SpecificationBernhard Hofko of TU Vienna explained in his presentation the ageing process of bitumen in a very nice and clear way and explained why you can see an incre-asing amount of creaking when the pavements are getting older Next to ageing tests on bitumen it is also needed to age asphalt itself because of the influence of the aggregate filler and additive Therefore they developed a Viennese Aging Procedure (VAPro) to simulate ageing of asphalt in 4 daysWillem Vonk of Kraton Polymers gave a summary of 8 years work on Highly Modified Asphalt By using Highly Modified Asphalt it is possible to pave thinner and to safe material The thickness reduction that can be achieved is between 20 and 60 depending on the situation in this reduction also results in saving costs

Juan Jose Potti (Asefma) gave an invited lecture about the use of social media for the maintenance of road infrastructures He showed the impact social media can have and he also explained the effect of the Asefma manifesto regarding ldquoThe maintenance of roads is a social needrdquo

In the 2nd section ldquoBuilding Maintenance and Financing of Road Infrastructurerdquo Hans Litzka (Austria) spoke about the maintenance needs for State and Commu-nity roads in Austria and showed the budgets needed to keep the backlog at a constant or better levelAnders Hundahl (Asfaltindustrien) talked about PPP and functional projects on State roads Municipality roads and Private roads He showed the Danish situ-ation during the last 10 years He did not see a great future for PPP projects in Denmark and mentioned that functional contracts work for country roads but not for city roads Egbert Beuving (EAPA) spoke about Green Public Procurement (GPP) Criteria for Road Construction and explained the state-of-the-art of the update of the GPP criteria in Europe He also showed how GGP Criteria are being used in the NetherlandsJože Lun (Slovenia) presented examples of good and bad practice in public pro-curement of asphalt works in Slovenia

The first day ended with a Round Table discussion with the directors of the main Slovenian asphalt companies which got a nice coverage in the Slovenian press the next day

The second day started with the session ldquoAsphalt Recycling and layingrdquo In this session there were ao presentations regarding the use of reclaimed asphalt in Austria Slovenia and Switzerland and enhancing asphalt mixtures performance by using RAP and FT-wax There was an invited lecture of Brian Wood (Plantmix Asphalt Industry of Kentucky ndash PAIK (USA)) and Grant Gabbard (The Allen Co and Executive Vice President of PAIK) They gave an overview of the developments in the asphalt industry in Kentucky USA regarding recycling warm asphalt warranty periods etc

In the 4th and last session ldquoLong-time and sustainable development of asphalt technologiesrdquo Carsten Karcher (EAPA) gave an update on the use of Warm Mix Asphalt in Europe

On the website of ZAS the videos of the presentations of the technical papers and the Round Table can be found at httpwwwzdruzenje-zassikolokvijen

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6Slo

venk

o Hen

igman

(Pres

ident

of ZA

S)

Bernh

ard H

ofko (

TU V

ienna

)

Aybe

rk Oumlz

can (

Presid

ent o

f EAP

A)

Anja

Soren

sen (

Eurob

itume

Germ

any)

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 4

2E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

43

Wille

m Vo

nk (K

raton

Polym

ers)

Ande

rs Hu

ndah

l (As

faltin

dustr

ien)

Brian

Woo

d (Pla

ntmix

Asph

alt In

dustr

y of

Kentu

cky ndash

PAIK

(USA

)

Gran

t Gab

bard

(The

Allen

Co E

xecu

tive V

ice Pr

eside

nt)

Roun

d Tab

leJu

an Jo

se Po

tti (A

sefm

a)

Carst

en Ka

rcher

(EAP

A)

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 4

4 45

On 11 November 2015 Member of European Parliament (MEP) Tomas Zdecho-vsky from Czech Republic invited to the seminar ldquoThe social and economic im-portance of road transportrdquo in the European Parliament He was supported by the MEPs Wim van de Camp and Kosma Zlotowski from the European Peoplersquos Parties (EPP) of the European Parliament Speakers addressed the seminarrsquos topic from different angles eg from the road userrsquos perspective by Julia Levasier from the Allgemeine Deutsche Automobil Club (ADAC) from Germany the European Commission DG Move by Rolf Diemer After having been asked Diemer stated that the Commission is not working on topics how to improve the rather bad con-dition of the European Road Network eg by providing funds EAPA Director Carsten Karcher exchanged ideas with colleagues from the branch and spoke with MEP Zdechovsky and invited him to come to the EampE Congress 2016 in his home country

SEMINAR OF MEP ZDECHOVSKY AT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Carst

en Ka

rcher

(left)

and M

EP To

mas Z

dech

ovsk

y

MEETING WITH MEP WIM VAN DE CAMP

On 10 December 2015 Egbert Beuving and Carsten Karcher of EAPA had a meeting with Member of European Parliament (MEP) Wim van de Camp from the Netherlands Van de Camp is MEP since 2009 and member of the Transport Com-mittee (TRAN Committee) He is member of the Group of the European Peoplersquos Party (Christian Democrats)

During this meeting several subjects were addressed

Van de Camp was informed about EAPA its goals the development and benefits of Warm Mix Asphalt and that asphalt is 100 re-usable which fits perfect in the lsquocircular economyrsquo EAPA also informed him about the possibilities to reduce CO2

emissions by cars and trucks by having well maintained roads and especially smooth roads

The idea of creating a European Road Agency was recently discussed in the TRAN Committee MEP Claudia TAPARDEL (Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament ndash Romania) raised this item and it is now in the procedure Many MEPs are against creating an ERA (Euro-pean Road Agency) because they do not want another agency There is already a European Railway Agency Van de Camp is in favour of a European Road Agency because it can also address the social issues of transport eg working times for truck drivers etc

For the European Commission (EC) infrastructure is related to the TEN-T network The lsquoRoad Packagersquo of European Commission which is expected in 2016 will mainly deal with EU road transport market and road infrastructure will only be one chapter The 3 pillars of this ldquoRoad packagerdquo is expected to become a ba-lanced set of initiatives regarding road charging access to internal market and social rules in road transport

For investing in roads the EFSI (European Fund for Strategic Investment) could be a partner and also the European Investment Bank (EIB) is very interested Van de Camp suggested to our industry to bring Road Maintenance to the attenti-on of the EIB or EFSI to see what they can do Van de Camp as a classic politician as he called himself is not in favour of ear-marking tax money In some years more money is needed for certain items than other years Politicians need flexibility to decide where to spend the tax payersrsquo money

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 4

6 47

As a first step towards some guidance of the EC on European roads the EC could produce a communication document instead of creating an ERA This document could explain what European countries could do in the field of road maintenance to have low emissions (noise CO2 fine particles etc) and a good road safety (markings signs evenness surface condition etc) a bit like what they are doing regarding Green Public Procurement According to Van de Camp road mainte-nance is important but it is not a real main item in the European Parliament at this moment Most countries see road maintenance as a national item and for them there is no involvement of the EC needed Road maintenance has to be done by the national states the provincescounties and the local communities

To generate awareness of the importance of road maintenance in Europe he suggested EAPA to create a small campaign together with other like-minded Euro-pean road organisations like CEDR FEHRL ERF and EUPAVE These associations could create together a best practice paper eg on road maintenance and requi-red surface conditions

Van de Camp added that it is even more efficient when the European road organi-sations associations would come up with a practical approach like Best Practi-ces and rankings instead of the EC That might be a stimulus for the EU countries

Egbe

rt Be

uving

(left

) W

im va

n de C

amp (

midd

le) an

d Cars

ten Ka

rcher

CROSS-MODAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

FEHRL organised a so called ldquoUSE-iT - FOX Workshoprdquo on 21 January 2016 in Brussels

USE-iT and FOX are two Horizon 2020 projects The acronym USE-iT stands for ldquoUsers Safety security and Energy In Transport Infrastructurerdquo and FOX for ldquoFore-ver Open infrastructure across (X) all transport modesrdquoThierry Goger (FEHRL) explained in his welcome speech that the aim of this work-shop was to present preliminary results of the USE-iT and FOX projects of the most appropriate technologies and approaches that have the potential of being applied on a cross-modal basis or on at least two transport modes

Maria Cristina Marolda (Policy Officer of Research and Innovation in EC Direc-torate General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) explained in her Opening speech that the European Commission had launched within the Horizon 2020 (H2020) Programme several initiatives to reflect on the necessary development of cross-modal transport infrastructure This because the European Commission is now more looking at transport systems as one system A set of three European H2020 Coordination and Support Actions namely the REFINET (REthinking Futu-re Infrastructure NETworks) FOX and USE-iT projects have been granted to sup-port this work Several partners from all transport modes and with various profiles (for example Research Providers Industry Transport Authority) are now actively involved in this attempt

Bob Collis (TRL UK) explained the structure of the Workshop The topic areas investigated in the FOX and USE-IT projects had been divided in 6 groups User information Safety amp security Energy amp carbon Constructing amp maintenance Inspection and Recycling amp reuse After the plenary session the participants of the Workshop were also divided in 6 groups and they visited during the workshop the various topics investigatedWhen a group visited one of the topics a detailed description of the technologies collected in the surveys was presented and the barriers and opportunities for cross modal application were discussed Also potential research topics that could be of benefit to more than one mode were identified Next to these discussions this workshop also give a nice overview of the state-of-the-art technologies that are used or can be used in the 4 transport modes Road Rail Runway and WaterwayAt the end of the projects a list of needs a road map for future research will be created

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 4

9 48

Several activities such as desk studies surveys and workshops have been schedu-led over the coming two years to collect information and reflect together The 2nd workshop will be held during TRA 2016 in Warsaw and the 3rd on mid-September 2016

More information about these projects can be found at httpwwwrefineteu and wwwuseitandfoxprojectseu

Thier

ry Go

ger (

FEHR

L)

Prese

ntatio

n of t

echn

ologie

s coll

ected

Cristi

na M

arolda

(DG

MOVE

)

Bob C

ollis

(TRL

UK)

ACEA 25TH ANNIVERSARY

On 21st January 2016 the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) celebrated its 25th anniversary EAPA Secretary General Egbert Beuving and EAPA Director Carsten Karcher were invited together with 200 other execu-tives of European organisations and associations in the transport sectorACEA Secretary General Eric Jonnaert welcomed the guests and new elected ACEA president Dieter Zetsche and Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc from the European Commission addressed the guests Dieter Zetsche spoke about ACEArsquos history and coming challenges Violeta Bulc gave a motivating and inspiring speech about innovation in the transport sector and especially the automobile sectorThis reception was an excellent opportunity for EAPA Secretariat to network Carsten Karcher took the opportunity to talk with ACEA president Zetsche and to inform him briefly about our industry He also gave Zetsche the new EAPA calen-dar for the year 2016 with very nice asphalt pictures and short messages about the advantages of asphalt Furthermore he asked him whether he would be able to give a speech during the EampE Congress 2016 in Prague to address the needs of the road users and the automobile industry for well-maintained roads and the roads of the future

ACEA

Pres

ident

Dieter

Zetsc

he

Comm

ission

er for

Tran

sport

Viol

et Bu

lc

Carst

en Ka

rcher

and D

ieter

Zetsc

he

ACEA

Sec

retary

Gen

eral E

ric Jo

nnae

rt

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1

UPCOMING CONGRESSES

DEUTSCHE ASPHALTTAGE 2016

EampE CONGRESS 2016

On 17 ndash 19 February 2016 the XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage will be held in Berchtesgaden Germany More infor-mation can soon be found at wwwasphaltde

On 1 ndash 3 June 2016 the 6th Eurasphalt amp Eurobitume Congress will be held in Prague More information can be found at wwweecongress2016org

50

RILEM CONFERENCE

The 8th RILEM International Conference on ldquoMechanisms of Cracking and Debon-ding in Pavementsrdquo will be held on 7 ndash 9 June 2016 in Nantes France More information can be found at httpmcd2016sciencesconforg

2016 ISAP SYMPOSIUM

The 2016 ISAP Symposium ldquoFrom Molecules to Innovative Pavementsrdquo will be held on 18-21 July 2016 and is hosted by Western Research Institute USAThis International meeting focusing on the transfer of technology from funda-mental research to applied enginee-ring of asphalt pavements will be held in conjunction with the long-standing Petersen Asphalt Research Conference (wwwpetersenasphaltconferenceorg)

The web link for Call for Abstracts is httpwwwisap2016symposiumorgISAP2016-Abstractshtml

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2 53

EATA CONFERENCE 2017

On 12 ndash 14 June 2017 the 7th Inter-national EATA Conference will be held in Empa in Duumlbendorf Swit-zerland EATA - the European Asp-halt Technology Association - is an informal organisation of European engineers and scientists involved in Asphalt Technology Research More information can be found at httpeata2017empach

1ST EUROPEAN ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE CONGRESS

On 18-20 October 2016 the 1st European Road Infrastructure Congress will be held in Leeds UKThis congress is organised by the European Union Road Federation in partnership with the Road Safety Markings AssociationMore information can be found at wwweric2016eu

Asphalt ADVANTAGES

Get the Advantages of Asphalt Pavement

AsphaltADVANTAGES

AsphaltAdvantagescom

gt Sustainabilitygt Economics

The advantages of asphalt simply add up to superior value Want proof Learn about asphalt pavement and how it can benefit you

gt Safety gt Comfort

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4 55

EVENTS LIST

2016

Task Force Providing Evidence Asphalt AdvantagesEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingCampD Waste Management Protocol ndash TF 1 meetingCEN TC336 Advisory Group meeting in ParisConference Swiss Asphalt Producing Industry Bern Road CO2 meeting in BrusselsACEA lsquoReducing CO2 from Road Transport Togetherrsquo ConferenceDAV XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage Berchtesgaden17th HAPA International Asphalt Conference

EAPA ExCo and Directorslsquo Group meeting in BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume ExCo meeting in BrusselsCEN TC336 WG1 TG5 meeting in BrusselsDAV Asphalt Days WillingenCEN T227 Chairmanrsquos Panel meeting in BerlinCEN TC227 WG6 meeting in BerlinCEN TC336 WG1 meeting in BrusselsEurobitume amp BAW Bitumen and Asphalt Day BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume TC meetingEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meeting

EAPA WG Carbon Footprint DocumentEAPA HSE meeting in OsloEAPA TC meeting in OsloBauma in Munich GermanyROSANNE Stakeholders Reference Group meetingTransport Research Arena Conference -TRA 2016CEN TC227 WG1 meeting in Helsinki

EampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meetingCEN TC336 meeting in PragueEAPA GCA meeting in Prague

3 Feb 4 Feb4 Feb5 Feb5 Feb

10 Feb16 Feb

17 ndash 19 Feb23 ndash 24 Feb

1 March2 March 4 March

7 ndash 9 March8 March9 March

10 - 11 March15 March 17 March 22 March23 March

5 April6 April 7 April

11-17 April12 April

18-21 April 25 ndash 26 April

11 May12 May

30 ndash 31 May31 May

EampE Congress 2016 in Prague Global Asphalt Pavement Alliance meeting in PragueCEN TC336 WG1 meetingEAPA HSE Committee meeting in ParisEAPA TC meeting in Paris1st European Road Infrastructure Congress in Leeds UKCEN TC227 WG1 meeting

1 ndash 3 June 3 June

20-21 Sept 12 Oct 13 Oct

18-20 Oct9-10 Nov

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6E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

COLOPHON

Egbert Beuving amp Carsten KarcherHelga BeuvingEgbert Beuving amp Carsten Karcher

TextLayout

Pictures

57

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MPA - Mineral Products Association

NCC AB

DAV - Deutscher Asphalt Verband eV

Asefma Asfaltindustrien

EBA HAPA - Hungarian Asphalt Pavement Association

Infra Contractorsrsquo Association

USIRF - Routes de France ZAS - Združenje asfalterjev

Slovenije

Peab Asphalt AB

Sdruženiacute pro vyacutestavbu silnic Praha

MEMBERS

ASMUD - Turkish Asphalt Contractors Association

Eesti Asfaldiliit IAPA - Irish Asphalt Pavement Association

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

ABZ-1 Ammann Group Antigo - MHB Breakers Ltd

Arizona Chemical

BTC Europe GmbHBenninghoven Caterpillar Paving Products Inc

CFF

ASTEC

DuPont CZ sro

CRH plc

Genan Honeywell

MeadWestvacoMarini Ruthman Sasol Wax

Turkish Petroleum Refineries Co

Volvo Construction Equipment

Voumlgele Vialit

Kraton Polymers Nederland BV

J Rettenmaier amp Soumlhne GmbH amp Co

ICL Performance Products LP

EUROPEAN ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION

Rue du Commerce 77B-1040 Brussels Belgium

Phone +32 2 502 5888E-mail infoeapaorgWeb wwweapaorg

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E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 4

0 41

ZAS COLLOQUIUM ON ASPHALT AND BITUMEN

On 26 November the 15th Colloquium on Asphalt and Bitumen was opened by Slovenko Henigman President of ZAS This two-day colloquium was held in Bled in Slovenia and was attended by 210 participants from 12 countries Henigman mentioned in his opening speech that the backlog in maintenance in Slovenia is big and he stressed that we need to work together to reach some changes as soon as possible Next to that several things need to be improved to be ready for the future As an example he mentioned the gasoline cent that is discussed in the Slovenian parliament for road maintenance which is really needed to get a stable incomeKlemen Grebensčk of the Slovenian Ministry of Infrastructure responded in his opening address that he was aware of the fact that the Slovenian roads are not in a good condition He expected to be able to get more funding for the next years to be able to keep the road network at a decent level In the Opening Session Ayberk Oumlzcan President of EAPA mentioned in his wel-come words that this Colloquium on Asphalt and Bitumen has become a very well-known and accepted event in our industry Since 1996 it became the biggest international meeting in the field of road construction and road maintenance in Slovenia and that made it an important meeting for the European asphalt industry and for EAPA members in this region

In the 1st Section ldquoBasic materials in asphalt industry - aggregates and bitumenrdquo Anja Soumlrensen ARBIT Eurobitume Germany gave a state-of-the-art of the Euro-pean bitumen standardisation and the progress of the Performance Related Bitu-men SpecificationBernhard Hofko of TU Vienna explained in his presentation the ageing process of bitumen in a very nice and clear way and explained why you can see an incre-asing amount of creaking when the pavements are getting older Next to ageing tests on bitumen it is also needed to age asphalt itself because of the influence of the aggregate filler and additive Therefore they developed a Viennese Aging Procedure (VAPro) to simulate ageing of asphalt in 4 daysWillem Vonk of Kraton Polymers gave a summary of 8 years work on Highly Modified Asphalt By using Highly Modified Asphalt it is possible to pave thinner and to safe material The thickness reduction that can be achieved is between 20 and 60 depending on the situation in this reduction also results in saving costs

Juan Jose Potti (Asefma) gave an invited lecture about the use of social media for the maintenance of road infrastructures He showed the impact social media can have and he also explained the effect of the Asefma manifesto regarding ldquoThe maintenance of roads is a social needrdquo

In the 2nd section ldquoBuilding Maintenance and Financing of Road Infrastructurerdquo Hans Litzka (Austria) spoke about the maintenance needs for State and Commu-nity roads in Austria and showed the budgets needed to keep the backlog at a constant or better levelAnders Hundahl (Asfaltindustrien) talked about PPP and functional projects on State roads Municipality roads and Private roads He showed the Danish situ-ation during the last 10 years He did not see a great future for PPP projects in Denmark and mentioned that functional contracts work for country roads but not for city roads Egbert Beuving (EAPA) spoke about Green Public Procurement (GPP) Criteria for Road Construction and explained the state-of-the-art of the update of the GPP criteria in Europe He also showed how GGP Criteria are being used in the NetherlandsJože Lun (Slovenia) presented examples of good and bad practice in public pro-curement of asphalt works in Slovenia

The first day ended with a Round Table discussion with the directors of the main Slovenian asphalt companies which got a nice coverage in the Slovenian press the next day

The second day started with the session ldquoAsphalt Recycling and layingrdquo In this session there were ao presentations regarding the use of reclaimed asphalt in Austria Slovenia and Switzerland and enhancing asphalt mixtures performance by using RAP and FT-wax There was an invited lecture of Brian Wood (Plantmix Asphalt Industry of Kentucky ndash PAIK (USA)) and Grant Gabbard (The Allen Co and Executive Vice President of PAIK) They gave an overview of the developments in the asphalt industry in Kentucky USA regarding recycling warm asphalt warranty periods etc

In the 4th and last session ldquoLong-time and sustainable development of asphalt technologiesrdquo Carsten Karcher (EAPA) gave an update on the use of Warm Mix Asphalt in Europe

On the website of ZAS the videos of the presentations of the technical papers and the Round Table can be found at httpwwwzdruzenje-zassikolokvijen

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venk

o Hen

igman

(Pres

ident

of ZA

S)

Bernh

ard H

ofko (

TU V

ienna

)

Aybe

rk Oumlz

can (

Presid

ent o

f EAP

A)

Anja

Soren

sen (

Eurob

itume

Germ

any)

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2E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

43

Wille

m Vo

nk (K

raton

Polym

ers)

Ande

rs Hu

ndah

l (As

faltin

dustr

ien)

Brian

Woo

d (Pla

ntmix

Asph

alt In

dustr

y of

Kentu

cky ndash

PAIK

(USA

)

Gran

t Gab

bard

(The

Allen

Co E

xecu

tive V

ice Pr

eside

nt)

Roun

d Tab

leJu

an Jo

se Po

tti (A

sefm

a)

Carst

en Ka

rcher

(EAP

A)

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4 45

On 11 November 2015 Member of European Parliament (MEP) Tomas Zdecho-vsky from Czech Republic invited to the seminar ldquoThe social and economic im-portance of road transportrdquo in the European Parliament He was supported by the MEPs Wim van de Camp and Kosma Zlotowski from the European Peoplersquos Parties (EPP) of the European Parliament Speakers addressed the seminarrsquos topic from different angles eg from the road userrsquos perspective by Julia Levasier from the Allgemeine Deutsche Automobil Club (ADAC) from Germany the European Commission DG Move by Rolf Diemer After having been asked Diemer stated that the Commission is not working on topics how to improve the rather bad con-dition of the European Road Network eg by providing funds EAPA Director Carsten Karcher exchanged ideas with colleagues from the branch and spoke with MEP Zdechovsky and invited him to come to the EampE Congress 2016 in his home country

SEMINAR OF MEP ZDECHOVSKY AT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Carst

en Ka

rcher

(left)

and M

EP To

mas Z

dech

ovsk

y

MEETING WITH MEP WIM VAN DE CAMP

On 10 December 2015 Egbert Beuving and Carsten Karcher of EAPA had a meeting with Member of European Parliament (MEP) Wim van de Camp from the Netherlands Van de Camp is MEP since 2009 and member of the Transport Com-mittee (TRAN Committee) He is member of the Group of the European Peoplersquos Party (Christian Democrats)

During this meeting several subjects were addressed

Van de Camp was informed about EAPA its goals the development and benefits of Warm Mix Asphalt and that asphalt is 100 re-usable which fits perfect in the lsquocircular economyrsquo EAPA also informed him about the possibilities to reduce CO2

emissions by cars and trucks by having well maintained roads and especially smooth roads

The idea of creating a European Road Agency was recently discussed in the TRAN Committee MEP Claudia TAPARDEL (Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament ndash Romania) raised this item and it is now in the procedure Many MEPs are against creating an ERA (Euro-pean Road Agency) because they do not want another agency There is already a European Railway Agency Van de Camp is in favour of a European Road Agency because it can also address the social issues of transport eg working times for truck drivers etc

For the European Commission (EC) infrastructure is related to the TEN-T network The lsquoRoad Packagersquo of European Commission which is expected in 2016 will mainly deal with EU road transport market and road infrastructure will only be one chapter The 3 pillars of this ldquoRoad packagerdquo is expected to become a ba-lanced set of initiatives regarding road charging access to internal market and social rules in road transport

For investing in roads the EFSI (European Fund for Strategic Investment) could be a partner and also the European Investment Bank (EIB) is very interested Van de Camp suggested to our industry to bring Road Maintenance to the attenti-on of the EIB or EFSI to see what they can do Van de Camp as a classic politician as he called himself is not in favour of ear-marking tax money In some years more money is needed for certain items than other years Politicians need flexibility to decide where to spend the tax payersrsquo money

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6 47

As a first step towards some guidance of the EC on European roads the EC could produce a communication document instead of creating an ERA This document could explain what European countries could do in the field of road maintenance to have low emissions (noise CO2 fine particles etc) and a good road safety (markings signs evenness surface condition etc) a bit like what they are doing regarding Green Public Procurement According to Van de Camp road mainte-nance is important but it is not a real main item in the European Parliament at this moment Most countries see road maintenance as a national item and for them there is no involvement of the EC needed Road maintenance has to be done by the national states the provincescounties and the local communities

To generate awareness of the importance of road maintenance in Europe he suggested EAPA to create a small campaign together with other like-minded Euro-pean road organisations like CEDR FEHRL ERF and EUPAVE These associations could create together a best practice paper eg on road maintenance and requi-red surface conditions

Van de Camp added that it is even more efficient when the European road organi-sations associations would come up with a practical approach like Best Practi-ces and rankings instead of the EC That might be a stimulus for the EU countries

Egbe

rt Be

uving

(left

) W

im va

n de C

amp (

midd

le) an

d Cars

ten Ka

rcher

CROSS-MODAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

FEHRL organised a so called ldquoUSE-iT - FOX Workshoprdquo on 21 January 2016 in Brussels

USE-iT and FOX are two Horizon 2020 projects The acronym USE-iT stands for ldquoUsers Safety security and Energy In Transport Infrastructurerdquo and FOX for ldquoFore-ver Open infrastructure across (X) all transport modesrdquoThierry Goger (FEHRL) explained in his welcome speech that the aim of this work-shop was to present preliminary results of the USE-iT and FOX projects of the most appropriate technologies and approaches that have the potential of being applied on a cross-modal basis or on at least two transport modes

Maria Cristina Marolda (Policy Officer of Research and Innovation in EC Direc-torate General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) explained in her Opening speech that the European Commission had launched within the Horizon 2020 (H2020) Programme several initiatives to reflect on the necessary development of cross-modal transport infrastructure This because the European Commission is now more looking at transport systems as one system A set of three European H2020 Coordination and Support Actions namely the REFINET (REthinking Futu-re Infrastructure NETworks) FOX and USE-iT projects have been granted to sup-port this work Several partners from all transport modes and with various profiles (for example Research Providers Industry Transport Authority) are now actively involved in this attempt

Bob Collis (TRL UK) explained the structure of the Workshop The topic areas investigated in the FOX and USE-IT projects had been divided in 6 groups User information Safety amp security Energy amp carbon Constructing amp maintenance Inspection and Recycling amp reuse After the plenary session the participants of the Workshop were also divided in 6 groups and they visited during the workshop the various topics investigatedWhen a group visited one of the topics a detailed description of the technologies collected in the surveys was presented and the barriers and opportunities for cross modal application were discussed Also potential research topics that could be of benefit to more than one mode were identified Next to these discussions this workshop also give a nice overview of the state-of-the-art technologies that are used or can be used in the 4 transport modes Road Rail Runway and WaterwayAt the end of the projects a list of needs a road map for future research will be created

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9 48

Several activities such as desk studies surveys and workshops have been schedu-led over the coming two years to collect information and reflect together The 2nd workshop will be held during TRA 2016 in Warsaw and the 3rd on mid-September 2016

More information about these projects can be found at httpwwwrefineteu and wwwuseitandfoxprojectseu

Thier

ry Go

ger (

FEHR

L)

Prese

ntatio

n of t

echn

ologie

s coll

ected

Cristi

na M

arolda

(DG

MOVE

)

Bob C

ollis

(TRL

UK)

ACEA 25TH ANNIVERSARY

On 21st January 2016 the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) celebrated its 25th anniversary EAPA Secretary General Egbert Beuving and EAPA Director Carsten Karcher were invited together with 200 other execu-tives of European organisations and associations in the transport sectorACEA Secretary General Eric Jonnaert welcomed the guests and new elected ACEA president Dieter Zetsche and Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc from the European Commission addressed the guests Dieter Zetsche spoke about ACEArsquos history and coming challenges Violeta Bulc gave a motivating and inspiring speech about innovation in the transport sector and especially the automobile sectorThis reception was an excellent opportunity for EAPA Secretariat to network Carsten Karcher took the opportunity to talk with ACEA president Zetsche and to inform him briefly about our industry He also gave Zetsche the new EAPA calen-dar for the year 2016 with very nice asphalt pictures and short messages about the advantages of asphalt Furthermore he asked him whether he would be able to give a speech during the EampE Congress 2016 in Prague to address the needs of the road users and the automobile industry for well-maintained roads and the roads of the future

ACEA

Pres

ident

Dieter

Zetsc

he

Comm

ission

er for

Tran

sport

Viol

et Bu

lc

Carst

en Ka

rcher

and D

ieter

Zetsc

he

ACEA

Sec

retary

Gen

eral E

ric Jo

nnae

rt

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 5

1

UPCOMING CONGRESSES

DEUTSCHE ASPHALTTAGE 2016

EampE CONGRESS 2016

On 17 ndash 19 February 2016 the XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage will be held in Berchtesgaden Germany More infor-mation can soon be found at wwwasphaltde

On 1 ndash 3 June 2016 the 6th Eurasphalt amp Eurobitume Congress will be held in Prague More information can be found at wwweecongress2016org

50

RILEM CONFERENCE

The 8th RILEM International Conference on ldquoMechanisms of Cracking and Debon-ding in Pavementsrdquo will be held on 7 ndash 9 June 2016 in Nantes France More information can be found at httpmcd2016sciencesconforg

2016 ISAP SYMPOSIUM

The 2016 ISAP Symposium ldquoFrom Molecules to Innovative Pavementsrdquo will be held on 18-21 July 2016 and is hosted by Western Research Institute USAThis International meeting focusing on the transfer of technology from funda-mental research to applied enginee-ring of asphalt pavements will be held in conjunction with the long-standing Petersen Asphalt Research Conference (wwwpetersenasphaltconferenceorg)

The web link for Call for Abstracts is httpwwwisap2016symposiumorgISAP2016-Abstractshtml

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2 53

EATA CONFERENCE 2017

On 12 ndash 14 June 2017 the 7th Inter-national EATA Conference will be held in Empa in Duumlbendorf Swit-zerland EATA - the European Asp-halt Technology Association - is an informal organisation of European engineers and scientists involved in Asphalt Technology Research More information can be found at httpeata2017empach

1ST EUROPEAN ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE CONGRESS

On 18-20 October 2016 the 1st European Road Infrastructure Congress will be held in Leeds UKThis congress is organised by the European Union Road Federation in partnership with the Road Safety Markings AssociationMore information can be found at wwweric2016eu

Asphalt ADVANTAGES

Get the Advantages of Asphalt Pavement

AsphaltADVANTAGES

AsphaltAdvantagescom

gt Sustainabilitygt Economics

The advantages of asphalt simply add up to superior value Want proof Learn about asphalt pavement and how it can benefit you

gt Safety gt Comfort

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 5

4 55

EVENTS LIST

2016

Task Force Providing Evidence Asphalt AdvantagesEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingCampD Waste Management Protocol ndash TF 1 meetingCEN TC336 Advisory Group meeting in ParisConference Swiss Asphalt Producing Industry Bern Road CO2 meeting in BrusselsACEA lsquoReducing CO2 from Road Transport Togetherrsquo ConferenceDAV XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage Berchtesgaden17th HAPA International Asphalt Conference

EAPA ExCo and Directorslsquo Group meeting in BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume ExCo meeting in BrusselsCEN TC336 WG1 TG5 meeting in BrusselsDAV Asphalt Days WillingenCEN T227 Chairmanrsquos Panel meeting in BerlinCEN TC227 WG6 meeting in BerlinCEN TC336 WG1 meeting in BrusselsEurobitume amp BAW Bitumen and Asphalt Day BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume TC meetingEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meeting

EAPA WG Carbon Footprint DocumentEAPA HSE meeting in OsloEAPA TC meeting in OsloBauma in Munich GermanyROSANNE Stakeholders Reference Group meetingTransport Research Arena Conference -TRA 2016CEN TC227 WG1 meeting in Helsinki

EampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meetingCEN TC336 meeting in PragueEAPA GCA meeting in Prague

3 Feb 4 Feb4 Feb5 Feb5 Feb

10 Feb16 Feb

17 ndash 19 Feb23 ndash 24 Feb

1 March2 March 4 March

7 ndash 9 March8 March9 March

10 - 11 March15 March 17 March 22 March23 March

5 April6 April 7 April

11-17 April12 April

18-21 April 25 ndash 26 April

11 May12 May

30 ndash 31 May31 May

EampE Congress 2016 in Prague Global Asphalt Pavement Alliance meeting in PragueCEN TC336 WG1 meetingEAPA HSE Committee meeting in ParisEAPA TC meeting in Paris1st European Road Infrastructure Congress in Leeds UKCEN TC227 WG1 meeting

1 ndash 3 June 3 June

20-21 Sept 12 Oct 13 Oct

18-20 Oct9-10 Nov

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 5

6E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

COLOPHON

Egbert Beuving amp Carsten KarcherHelga BeuvingEgbert Beuving amp Carsten Karcher

TextLayout

Pictures

57

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

MPA - Mineral Products Association

NCC AB

DAV - Deutscher Asphalt Verband eV

Asefma Asfaltindustrien

EBA HAPA - Hungarian Asphalt Pavement Association

Infra Contractorsrsquo Association

USIRF - Routes de France ZAS - Združenje asfalterjev

Slovenije

Peab Asphalt AB

Sdruženiacute pro vyacutestavbu silnic Praha

MEMBERS

ASMUD - Turkish Asphalt Contractors Association

Eesti Asfaldiliit IAPA - Irish Asphalt Pavement Association

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

ABZ-1 Ammann Group Antigo - MHB Breakers Ltd

Arizona Chemical

BTC Europe GmbHBenninghoven Caterpillar Paving Products Inc

CFF

ASTEC

DuPont CZ sro

CRH plc

Genan Honeywell

MeadWestvacoMarini Ruthman Sasol Wax

Turkish Petroleum Refineries Co

Volvo Construction Equipment

Voumlgele Vialit

Kraton Polymers Nederland BV

J Rettenmaier amp Soumlhne GmbH amp Co

ICL Performance Products LP

EUROPEAN ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION

Rue du Commerce 77B-1040 Brussels Belgium

Phone +32 2 502 5888E-mail infoeapaorgWeb wwweapaorg

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6Slo

venk

o Hen

igman

(Pres

ident

of ZA

S)

Bernh

ard H

ofko (

TU V

ienna

)

Aybe

rk Oumlz

can (

Presid

ent o

f EAP

A)

Anja

Soren

sen (

Eurob

itume

Germ

any)

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 4

2E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

43

Wille

m Vo

nk (K

raton

Polym

ers)

Ande

rs Hu

ndah

l (As

faltin

dustr

ien)

Brian

Woo

d (Pla

ntmix

Asph

alt In

dustr

y of

Kentu

cky ndash

PAIK

(USA

)

Gran

t Gab

bard

(The

Allen

Co E

xecu

tive V

ice Pr

eside

nt)

Roun

d Tab

leJu

an Jo

se Po

tti (A

sefm

a)

Carst

en Ka

rcher

(EAP

A)

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 4

4 45

On 11 November 2015 Member of European Parliament (MEP) Tomas Zdecho-vsky from Czech Republic invited to the seminar ldquoThe social and economic im-portance of road transportrdquo in the European Parliament He was supported by the MEPs Wim van de Camp and Kosma Zlotowski from the European Peoplersquos Parties (EPP) of the European Parliament Speakers addressed the seminarrsquos topic from different angles eg from the road userrsquos perspective by Julia Levasier from the Allgemeine Deutsche Automobil Club (ADAC) from Germany the European Commission DG Move by Rolf Diemer After having been asked Diemer stated that the Commission is not working on topics how to improve the rather bad con-dition of the European Road Network eg by providing funds EAPA Director Carsten Karcher exchanged ideas with colleagues from the branch and spoke with MEP Zdechovsky and invited him to come to the EampE Congress 2016 in his home country

SEMINAR OF MEP ZDECHOVSKY AT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Carst

en Ka

rcher

(left)

and M

EP To

mas Z

dech

ovsk

y

MEETING WITH MEP WIM VAN DE CAMP

On 10 December 2015 Egbert Beuving and Carsten Karcher of EAPA had a meeting with Member of European Parliament (MEP) Wim van de Camp from the Netherlands Van de Camp is MEP since 2009 and member of the Transport Com-mittee (TRAN Committee) He is member of the Group of the European Peoplersquos Party (Christian Democrats)

During this meeting several subjects were addressed

Van de Camp was informed about EAPA its goals the development and benefits of Warm Mix Asphalt and that asphalt is 100 re-usable which fits perfect in the lsquocircular economyrsquo EAPA also informed him about the possibilities to reduce CO2

emissions by cars and trucks by having well maintained roads and especially smooth roads

The idea of creating a European Road Agency was recently discussed in the TRAN Committee MEP Claudia TAPARDEL (Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament ndash Romania) raised this item and it is now in the procedure Many MEPs are against creating an ERA (Euro-pean Road Agency) because they do not want another agency There is already a European Railway Agency Van de Camp is in favour of a European Road Agency because it can also address the social issues of transport eg working times for truck drivers etc

For the European Commission (EC) infrastructure is related to the TEN-T network The lsquoRoad Packagersquo of European Commission which is expected in 2016 will mainly deal with EU road transport market and road infrastructure will only be one chapter The 3 pillars of this ldquoRoad packagerdquo is expected to become a ba-lanced set of initiatives regarding road charging access to internal market and social rules in road transport

For investing in roads the EFSI (European Fund for Strategic Investment) could be a partner and also the European Investment Bank (EIB) is very interested Van de Camp suggested to our industry to bring Road Maintenance to the attenti-on of the EIB or EFSI to see what they can do Van de Camp as a classic politician as he called himself is not in favour of ear-marking tax money In some years more money is needed for certain items than other years Politicians need flexibility to decide where to spend the tax payersrsquo money

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 4

6 47

As a first step towards some guidance of the EC on European roads the EC could produce a communication document instead of creating an ERA This document could explain what European countries could do in the field of road maintenance to have low emissions (noise CO2 fine particles etc) and a good road safety (markings signs evenness surface condition etc) a bit like what they are doing regarding Green Public Procurement According to Van de Camp road mainte-nance is important but it is not a real main item in the European Parliament at this moment Most countries see road maintenance as a national item and for them there is no involvement of the EC needed Road maintenance has to be done by the national states the provincescounties and the local communities

To generate awareness of the importance of road maintenance in Europe he suggested EAPA to create a small campaign together with other like-minded Euro-pean road organisations like CEDR FEHRL ERF and EUPAVE These associations could create together a best practice paper eg on road maintenance and requi-red surface conditions

Van de Camp added that it is even more efficient when the European road organi-sations associations would come up with a practical approach like Best Practi-ces and rankings instead of the EC That might be a stimulus for the EU countries

Egbe

rt Be

uving

(left

) W

im va

n de C

amp (

midd

le) an

d Cars

ten Ka

rcher

CROSS-MODAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

FEHRL organised a so called ldquoUSE-iT - FOX Workshoprdquo on 21 January 2016 in Brussels

USE-iT and FOX are two Horizon 2020 projects The acronym USE-iT stands for ldquoUsers Safety security and Energy In Transport Infrastructurerdquo and FOX for ldquoFore-ver Open infrastructure across (X) all transport modesrdquoThierry Goger (FEHRL) explained in his welcome speech that the aim of this work-shop was to present preliminary results of the USE-iT and FOX projects of the most appropriate technologies and approaches that have the potential of being applied on a cross-modal basis or on at least two transport modes

Maria Cristina Marolda (Policy Officer of Research and Innovation in EC Direc-torate General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) explained in her Opening speech that the European Commission had launched within the Horizon 2020 (H2020) Programme several initiatives to reflect on the necessary development of cross-modal transport infrastructure This because the European Commission is now more looking at transport systems as one system A set of three European H2020 Coordination and Support Actions namely the REFINET (REthinking Futu-re Infrastructure NETworks) FOX and USE-iT projects have been granted to sup-port this work Several partners from all transport modes and with various profiles (for example Research Providers Industry Transport Authority) are now actively involved in this attempt

Bob Collis (TRL UK) explained the structure of the Workshop The topic areas investigated in the FOX and USE-IT projects had been divided in 6 groups User information Safety amp security Energy amp carbon Constructing amp maintenance Inspection and Recycling amp reuse After the plenary session the participants of the Workshop were also divided in 6 groups and they visited during the workshop the various topics investigatedWhen a group visited one of the topics a detailed description of the technologies collected in the surveys was presented and the barriers and opportunities for cross modal application were discussed Also potential research topics that could be of benefit to more than one mode were identified Next to these discussions this workshop also give a nice overview of the state-of-the-art technologies that are used or can be used in the 4 transport modes Road Rail Runway and WaterwayAt the end of the projects a list of needs a road map for future research will be created

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 4

9 48

Several activities such as desk studies surveys and workshops have been schedu-led over the coming two years to collect information and reflect together The 2nd workshop will be held during TRA 2016 in Warsaw and the 3rd on mid-September 2016

More information about these projects can be found at httpwwwrefineteu and wwwuseitandfoxprojectseu

Thier

ry Go

ger (

FEHR

L)

Prese

ntatio

n of t

echn

ologie

s coll

ected

Cristi

na M

arolda

(DG

MOVE

)

Bob C

ollis

(TRL

UK)

ACEA 25TH ANNIVERSARY

On 21st January 2016 the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) celebrated its 25th anniversary EAPA Secretary General Egbert Beuving and EAPA Director Carsten Karcher were invited together with 200 other execu-tives of European organisations and associations in the transport sectorACEA Secretary General Eric Jonnaert welcomed the guests and new elected ACEA president Dieter Zetsche and Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc from the European Commission addressed the guests Dieter Zetsche spoke about ACEArsquos history and coming challenges Violeta Bulc gave a motivating and inspiring speech about innovation in the transport sector and especially the automobile sectorThis reception was an excellent opportunity for EAPA Secretariat to network Carsten Karcher took the opportunity to talk with ACEA president Zetsche and to inform him briefly about our industry He also gave Zetsche the new EAPA calen-dar for the year 2016 with very nice asphalt pictures and short messages about the advantages of asphalt Furthermore he asked him whether he would be able to give a speech during the EampE Congress 2016 in Prague to address the needs of the road users and the automobile industry for well-maintained roads and the roads of the future

ACEA

Pres

ident

Dieter

Zetsc

he

Comm

ission

er for

Tran

sport

Viol

et Bu

lc

Carst

en Ka

rcher

and D

ieter

Zetsc

he

ACEA

Sec

retary

Gen

eral E

ric Jo

nnae

rt

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 5

1

UPCOMING CONGRESSES

DEUTSCHE ASPHALTTAGE 2016

EampE CONGRESS 2016

On 17 ndash 19 February 2016 the XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage will be held in Berchtesgaden Germany More infor-mation can soon be found at wwwasphaltde

On 1 ndash 3 June 2016 the 6th Eurasphalt amp Eurobitume Congress will be held in Prague More information can be found at wwweecongress2016org

50

RILEM CONFERENCE

The 8th RILEM International Conference on ldquoMechanisms of Cracking and Debon-ding in Pavementsrdquo will be held on 7 ndash 9 June 2016 in Nantes France More information can be found at httpmcd2016sciencesconforg

2016 ISAP SYMPOSIUM

The 2016 ISAP Symposium ldquoFrom Molecules to Innovative Pavementsrdquo will be held on 18-21 July 2016 and is hosted by Western Research Institute USAThis International meeting focusing on the transfer of technology from funda-mental research to applied enginee-ring of asphalt pavements will be held in conjunction with the long-standing Petersen Asphalt Research Conference (wwwpetersenasphaltconferenceorg)

The web link for Call for Abstracts is httpwwwisap2016symposiumorgISAP2016-Abstractshtml

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 5

2 53

EATA CONFERENCE 2017

On 12 ndash 14 June 2017 the 7th Inter-national EATA Conference will be held in Empa in Duumlbendorf Swit-zerland EATA - the European Asp-halt Technology Association - is an informal organisation of European engineers and scientists involved in Asphalt Technology Research More information can be found at httpeata2017empach

1ST EUROPEAN ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE CONGRESS

On 18-20 October 2016 the 1st European Road Infrastructure Congress will be held in Leeds UKThis congress is organised by the European Union Road Federation in partnership with the Road Safety Markings AssociationMore information can be found at wwweric2016eu

Asphalt ADVANTAGES

Get the Advantages of Asphalt Pavement

AsphaltADVANTAGES

AsphaltAdvantagescom

gt Sustainabilitygt Economics

The advantages of asphalt simply add up to superior value Want proof Learn about asphalt pavement and how it can benefit you

gt Safety gt Comfort

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 5

4 55

EVENTS LIST

2016

Task Force Providing Evidence Asphalt AdvantagesEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingCampD Waste Management Protocol ndash TF 1 meetingCEN TC336 Advisory Group meeting in ParisConference Swiss Asphalt Producing Industry Bern Road CO2 meeting in BrusselsACEA lsquoReducing CO2 from Road Transport Togetherrsquo ConferenceDAV XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage Berchtesgaden17th HAPA International Asphalt Conference

EAPA ExCo and Directorslsquo Group meeting in BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume ExCo meeting in BrusselsCEN TC336 WG1 TG5 meeting in BrusselsDAV Asphalt Days WillingenCEN T227 Chairmanrsquos Panel meeting in BerlinCEN TC227 WG6 meeting in BerlinCEN TC336 WG1 meeting in BrusselsEurobitume amp BAW Bitumen and Asphalt Day BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume TC meetingEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meeting

EAPA WG Carbon Footprint DocumentEAPA HSE meeting in OsloEAPA TC meeting in OsloBauma in Munich GermanyROSANNE Stakeholders Reference Group meetingTransport Research Arena Conference -TRA 2016CEN TC227 WG1 meeting in Helsinki

EampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meetingCEN TC336 meeting in PragueEAPA GCA meeting in Prague

3 Feb 4 Feb4 Feb5 Feb5 Feb

10 Feb16 Feb

17 ndash 19 Feb23 ndash 24 Feb

1 March2 March 4 March

7 ndash 9 March8 March9 March

10 - 11 March15 March 17 March 22 March23 March

5 April6 April 7 April

11-17 April12 April

18-21 April 25 ndash 26 April

11 May12 May

30 ndash 31 May31 May

EampE Congress 2016 in Prague Global Asphalt Pavement Alliance meeting in PragueCEN TC336 WG1 meetingEAPA HSE Committee meeting in ParisEAPA TC meeting in Paris1st European Road Infrastructure Congress in Leeds UKCEN TC227 WG1 meeting

1 ndash 3 June 3 June

20-21 Sept 12 Oct 13 Oct

18-20 Oct9-10 Nov

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 5

6E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

COLOPHON

Egbert Beuving amp Carsten KarcherHelga BeuvingEgbert Beuving amp Carsten Karcher

TextLayout

Pictures

57

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

MPA - Mineral Products Association

NCC AB

DAV - Deutscher Asphalt Verband eV

Asefma Asfaltindustrien

EBA HAPA - Hungarian Asphalt Pavement Association

Infra Contractorsrsquo Association

USIRF - Routes de France ZAS - Združenje asfalterjev

Slovenije

Peab Asphalt AB

Sdruženiacute pro vyacutestavbu silnic Praha

MEMBERS

ASMUD - Turkish Asphalt Contractors Association

Eesti Asfaldiliit IAPA - Irish Asphalt Pavement Association

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

ABZ-1 Ammann Group Antigo - MHB Breakers Ltd

Arizona Chemical

BTC Europe GmbHBenninghoven Caterpillar Paving Products Inc

CFF

ASTEC

DuPont CZ sro

CRH plc

Genan Honeywell

MeadWestvacoMarini Ruthman Sasol Wax

Turkish Petroleum Refineries Co

Volvo Construction Equipment

Voumlgele Vialit

Kraton Polymers Nederland BV

J Rettenmaier amp Soumlhne GmbH amp Co

ICL Performance Products LP

EUROPEAN ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION

Rue du Commerce 77B-1040 Brussels Belgium

Phone +32 2 502 5888E-mail infoeapaorgWeb wwweapaorg

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 4

4 45

On 11 November 2015 Member of European Parliament (MEP) Tomas Zdecho-vsky from Czech Republic invited to the seminar ldquoThe social and economic im-portance of road transportrdquo in the European Parliament He was supported by the MEPs Wim van de Camp and Kosma Zlotowski from the European Peoplersquos Parties (EPP) of the European Parliament Speakers addressed the seminarrsquos topic from different angles eg from the road userrsquos perspective by Julia Levasier from the Allgemeine Deutsche Automobil Club (ADAC) from Germany the European Commission DG Move by Rolf Diemer After having been asked Diemer stated that the Commission is not working on topics how to improve the rather bad con-dition of the European Road Network eg by providing funds EAPA Director Carsten Karcher exchanged ideas with colleagues from the branch and spoke with MEP Zdechovsky and invited him to come to the EampE Congress 2016 in his home country

SEMINAR OF MEP ZDECHOVSKY AT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Carst

en Ka

rcher

(left)

and M

EP To

mas Z

dech

ovsk

y

MEETING WITH MEP WIM VAN DE CAMP

On 10 December 2015 Egbert Beuving and Carsten Karcher of EAPA had a meeting with Member of European Parliament (MEP) Wim van de Camp from the Netherlands Van de Camp is MEP since 2009 and member of the Transport Com-mittee (TRAN Committee) He is member of the Group of the European Peoplersquos Party (Christian Democrats)

During this meeting several subjects were addressed

Van de Camp was informed about EAPA its goals the development and benefits of Warm Mix Asphalt and that asphalt is 100 re-usable which fits perfect in the lsquocircular economyrsquo EAPA also informed him about the possibilities to reduce CO2

emissions by cars and trucks by having well maintained roads and especially smooth roads

The idea of creating a European Road Agency was recently discussed in the TRAN Committee MEP Claudia TAPARDEL (Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament ndash Romania) raised this item and it is now in the procedure Many MEPs are against creating an ERA (Euro-pean Road Agency) because they do not want another agency There is already a European Railway Agency Van de Camp is in favour of a European Road Agency because it can also address the social issues of transport eg working times for truck drivers etc

For the European Commission (EC) infrastructure is related to the TEN-T network The lsquoRoad Packagersquo of European Commission which is expected in 2016 will mainly deal with EU road transport market and road infrastructure will only be one chapter The 3 pillars of this ldquoRoad packagerdquo is expected to become a ba-lanced set of initiatives regarding road charging access to internal market and social rules in road transport

For investing in roads the EFSI (European Fund for Strategic Investment) could be a partner and also the European Investment Bank (EIB) is very interested Van de Camp suggested to our industry to bring Road Maintenance to the attenti-on of the EIB or EFSI to see what they can do Van de Camp as a classic politician as he called himself is not in favour of ear-marking tax money In some years more money is needed for certain items than other years Politicians need flexibility to decide where to spend the tax payersrsquo money

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 4

6 47

As a first step towards some guidance of the EC on European roads the EC could produce a communication document instead of creating an ERA This document could explain what European countries could do in the field of road maintenance to have low emissions (noise CO2 fine particles etc) and a good road safety (markings signs evenness surface condition etc) a bit like what they are doing regarding Green Public Procurement According to Van de Camp road mainte-nance is important but it is not a real main item in the European Parliament at this moment Most countries see road maintenance as a national item and for them there is no involvement of the EC needed Road maintenance has to be done by the national states the provincescounties and the local communities

To generate awareness of the importance of road maintenance in Europe he suggested EAPA to create a small campaign together with other like-minded Euro-pean road organisations like CEDR FEHRL ERF and EUPAVE These associations could create together a best practice paper eg on road maintenance and requi-red surface conditions

Van de Camp added that it is even more efficient when the European road organi-sations associations would come up with a practical approach like Best Practi-ces and rankings instead of the EC That might be a stimulus for the EU countries

Egbe

rt Be

uving

(left

) W

im va

n de C

amp (

midd

le) an

d Cars

ten Ka

rcher

CROSS-MODAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

FEHRL organised a so called ldquoUSE-iT - FOX Workshoprdquo on 21 January 2016 in Brussels

USE-iT and FOX are two Horizon 2020 projects The acronym USE-iT stands for ldquoUsers Safety security and Energy In Transport Infrastructurerdquo and FOX for ldquoFore-ver Open infrastructure across (X) all transport modesrdquoThierry Goger (FEHRL) explained in his welcome speech that the aim of this work-shop was to present preliminary results of the USE-iT and FOX projects of the most appropriate technologies and approaches that have the potential of being applied on a cross-modal basis or on at least two transport modes

Maria Cristina Marolda (Policy Officer of Research and Innovation in EC Direc-torate General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) explained in her Opening speech that the European Commission had launched within the Horizon 2020 (H2020) Programme several initiatives to reflect on the necessary development of cross-modal transport infrastructure This because the European Commission is now more looking at transport systems as one system A set of three European H2020 Coordination and Support Actions namely the REFINET (REthinking Futu-re Infrastructure NETworks) FOX and USE-iT projects have been granted to sup-port this work Several partners from all transport modes and with various profiles (for example Research Providers Industry Transport Authority) are now actively involved in this attempt

Bob Collis (TRL UK) explained the structure of the Workshop The topic areas investigated in the FOX and USE-IT projects had been divided in 6 groups User information Safety amp security Energy amp carbon Constructing amp maintenance Inspection and Recycling amp reuse After the plenary session the participants of the Workshop were also divided in 6 groups and they visited during the workshop the various topics investigatedWhen a group visited one of the topics a detailed description of the technologies collected in the surveys was presented and the barriers and opportunities for cross modal application were discussed Also potential research topics that could be of benefit to more than one mode were identified Next to these discussions this workshop also give a nice overview of the state-of-the-art technologies that are used or can be used in the 4 transport modes Road Rail Runway and WaterwayAt the end of the projects a list of needs a road map for future research will be created

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 4

9 48

Several activities such as desk studies surveys and workshops have been schedu-led over the coming two years to collect information and reflect together The 2nd workshop will be held during TRA 2016 in Warsaw and the 3rd on mid-September 2016

More information about these projects can be found at httpwwwrefineteu and wwwuseitandfoxprojectseu

Thier

ry Go

ger (

FEHR

L)

Prese

ntatio

n of t

echn

ologie

s coll

ected

Cristi

na M

arolda

(DG

MOVE

)

Bob C

ollis

(TRL

UK)

ACEA 25TH ANNIVERSARY

On 21st January 2016 the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) celebrated its 25th anniversary EAPA Secretary General Egbert Beuving and EAPA Director Carsten Karcher were invited together with 200 other execu-tives of European organisations and associations in the transport sectorACEA Secretary General Eric Jonnaert welcomed the guests and new elected ACEA president Dieter Zetsche and Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc from the European Commission addressed the guests Dieter Zetsche spoke about ACEArsquos history and coming challenges Violeta Bulc gave a motivating and inspiring speech about innovation in the transport sector and especially the automobile sectorThis reception was an excellent opportunity for EAPA Secretariat to network Carsten Karcher took the opportunity to talk with ACEA president Zetsche and to inform him briefly about our industry He also gave Zetsche the new EAPA calen-dar for the year 2016 with very nice asphalt pictures and short messages about the advantages of asphalt Furthermore he asked him whether he would be able to give a speech during the EampE Congress 2016 in Prague to address the needs of the road users and the automobile industry for well-maintained roads and the roads of the future

ACEA

Pres

ident

Dieter

Zetsc

he

Comm

ission

er for

Tran

sport

Viol

et Bu

lc

Carst

en Ka

rcher

and D

ieter

Zetsc

he

ACEA

Sec

retary

Gen

eral E

ric Jo

nnae

rt

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 5

1

UPCOMING CONGRESSES

DEUTSCHE ASPHALTTAGE 2016

EampE CONGRESS 2016

On 17 ndash 19 February 2016 the XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage will be held in Berchtesgaden Germany More infor-mation can soon be found at wwwasphaltde

On 1 ndash 3 June 2016 the 6th Eurasphalt amp Eurobitume Congress will be held in Prague More information can be found at wwweecongress2016org

50

RILEM CONFERENCE

The 8th RILEM International Conference on ldquoMechanisms of Cracking and Debon-ding in Pavementsrdquo will be held on 7 ndash 9 June 2016 in Nantes France More information can be found at httpmcd2016sciencesconforg

2016 ISAP SYMPOSIUM

The 2016 ISAP Symposium ldquoFrom Molecules to Innovative Pavementsrdquo will be held on 18-21 July 2016 and is hosted by Western Research Institute USAThis International meeting focusing on the transfer of technology from funda-mental research to applied enginee-ring of asphalt pavements will be held in conjunction with the long-standing Petersen Asphalt Research Conference (wwwpetersenasphaltconferenceorg)

The web link for Call for Abstracts is httpwwwisap2016symposiumorgISAP2016-Abstractshtml

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 5

2 53

EATA CONFERENCE 2017

On 12 ndash 14 June 2017 the 7th Inter-national EATA Conference will be held in Empa in Duumlbendorf Swit-zerland EATA - the European Asp-halt Technology Association - is an informal organisation of European engineers and scientists involved in Asphalt Technology Research More information can be found at httpeata2017empach

1ST EUROPEAN ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE CONGRESS

On 18-20 October 2016 the 1st European Road Infrastructure Congress will be held in Leeds UKThis congress is organised by the European Union Road Federation in partnership with the Road Safety Markings AssociationMore information can be found at wwweric2016eu

Asphalt ADVANTAGES

Get the Advantages of Asphalt Pavement

AsphaltADVANTAGES

AsphaltAdvantagescom

gt Sustainabilitygt Economics

The advantages of asphalt simply add up to superior value Want proof Learn about asphalt pavement and how it can benefit you

gt Safety gt Comfort

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 5

4 55

EVENTS LIST

2016

Task Force Providing Evidence Asphalt AdvantagesEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingCampD Waste Management Protocol ndash TF 1 meetingCEN TC336 Advisory Group meeting in ParisConference Swiss Asphalt Producing Industry Bern Road CO2 meeting in BrusselsACEA lsquoReducing CO2 from Road Transport Togetherrsquo ConferenceDAV XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage Berchtesgaden17th HAPA International Asphalt Conference

EAPA ExCo and Directorslsquo Group meeting in BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume ExCo meeting in BrusselsCEN TC336 WG1 TG5 meeting in BrusselsDAV Asphalt Days WillingenCEN T227 Chairmanrsquos Panel meeting in BerlinCEN TC227 WG6 meeting in BerlinCEN TC336 WG1 meeting in BrusselsEurobitume amp BAW Bitumen and Asphalt Day BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume TC meetingEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meeting

EAPA WG Carbon Footprint DocumentEAPA HSE meeting in OsloEAPA TC meeting in OsloBauma in Munich GermanyROSANNE Stakeholders Reference Group meetingTransport Research Arena Conference -TRA 2016CEN TC227 WG1 meeting in Helsinki

EampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meetingCEN TC336 meeting in PragueEAPA GCA meeting in Prague

3 Feb 4 Feb4 Feb5 Feb5 Feb

10 Feb16 Feb

17 ndash 19 Feb23 ndash 24 Feb

1 March2 March 4 March

7 ndash 9 March8 March9 March

10 - 11 March15 March 17 March 22 March23 March

5 April6 April 7 April

11-17 April12 April

18-21 April 25 ndash 26 April

11 May12 May

30 ndash 31 May31 May

EampE Congress 2016 in Prague Global Asphalt Pavement Alliance meeting in PragueCEN TC336 WG1 meetingEAPA HSE Committee meeting in ParisEAPA TC meeting in Paris1st European Road Infrastructure Congress in Leeds UKCEN TC227 WG1 meeting

1 ndash 3 June 3 June

20-21 Sept 12 Oct 13 Oct

18-20 Oct9-10 Nov

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 5

6E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

COLOPHON

Egbert Beuving amp Carsten KarcherHelga BeuvingEgbert Beuving amp Carsten Karcher

TextLayout

Pictures

57

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

MPA - Mineral Products Association

NCC AB

DAV - Deutscher Asphalt Verband eV

Asefma Asfaltindustrien

EBA HAPA - Hungarian Asphalt Pavement Association

Infra Contractorsrsquo Association

USIRF - Routes de France ZAS - Združenje asfalterjev

Slovenije

Peab Asphalt AB

Sdruženiacute pro vyacutestavbu silnic Praha

MEMBERS

ASMUD - Turkish Asphalt Contractors Association

Eesti Asfaldiliit IAPA - Irish Asphalt Pavement Association

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

ABZ-1 Ammann Group Antigo - MHB Breakers Ltd

Arizona Chemical

BTC Europe GmbHBenninghoven Caterpillar Paving Products Inc

CFF

ASTEC

DuPont CZ sro

CRH plc

Genan Honeywell

MeadWestvacoMarini Ruthman Sasol Wax

Turkish Petroleum Refineries Co

Volvo Construction Equipment

Voumlgele Vialit

Kraton Polymers Nederland BV

J Rettenmaier amp Soumlhne GmbH amp Co

ICL Performance Products LP

EUROPEAN ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION

Rue du Commerce 77B-1040 Brussels Belgium

Phone +32 2 502 5888E-mail infoeapaorgWeb wwweapaorg

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

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As a first step towards some guidance of the EC on European roads the EC could produce a communication document instead of creating an ERA This document could explain what European countries could do in the field of road maintenance to have low emissions (noise CO2 fine particles etc) and a good road safety (markings signs evenness surface condition etc) a bit like what they are doing regarding Green Public Procurement According to Van de Camp road mainte-nance is important but it is not a real main item in the European Parliament at this moment Most countries see road maintenance as a national item and for them there is no involvement of the EC needed Road maintenance has to be done by the national states the provincescounties and the local communities

To generate awareness of the importance of road maintenance in Europe he suggested EAPA to create a small campaign together with other like-minded Euro-pean road organisations like CEDR FEHRL ERF and EUPAVE These associations could create together a best practice paper eg on road maintenance and requi-red surface conditions

Van de Camp added that it is even more efficient when the European road organi-sations associations would come up with a practical approach like Best Practi-ces and rankings instead of the EC That might be a stimulus for the EU countries

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(left

) W

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CROSS-MODAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

FEHRL organised a so called ldquoUSE-iT - FOX Workshoprdquo on 21 January 2016 in Brussels

USE-iT and FOX are two Horizon 2020 projects The acronym USE-iT stands for ldquoUsers Safety security and Energy In Transport Infrastructurerdquo and FOX for ldquoFore-ver Open infrastructure across (X) all transport modesrdquoThierry Goger (FEHRL) explained in his welcome speech that the aim of this work-shop was to present preliminary results of the USE-iT and FOX projects of the most appropriate technologies and approaches that have the potential of being applied on a cross-modal basis or on at least two transport modes

Maria Cristina Marolda (Policy Officer of Research and Innovation in EC Direc-torate General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) explained in her Opening speech that the European Commission had launched within the Horizon 2020 (H2020) Programme several initiatives to reflect on the necessary development of cross-modal transport infrastructure This because the European Commission is now more looking at transport systems as one system A set of three European H2020 Coordination and Support Actions namely the REFINET (REthinking Futu-re Infrastructure NETworks) FOX and USE-iT projects have been granted to sup-port this work Several partners from all transport modes and with various profiles (for example Research Providers Industry Transport Authority) are now actively involved in this attempt

Bob Collis (TRL UK) explained the structure of the Workshop The topic areas investigated in the FOX and USE-IT projects had been divided in 6 groups User information Safety amp security Energy amp carbon Constructing amp maintenance Inspection and Recycling amp reuse After the plenary session the participants of the Workshop were also divided in 6 groups and they visited during the workshop the various topics investigatedWhen a group visited one of the topics a detailed description of the technologies collected in the surveys was presented and the barriers and opportunities for cross modal application were discussed Also potential research topics that could be of benefit to more than one mode were identified Next to these discussions this workshop also give a nice overview of the state-of-the-art technologies that are used or can be used in the 4 transport modes Road Rail Runway and WaterwayAt the end of the projects a list of needs a road map for future research will be created

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9 48

Several activities such as desk studies surveys and workshops have been schedu-led over the coming two years to collect information and reflect together The 2nd workshop will be held during TRA 2016 in Warsaw and the 3rd on mid-September 2016

More information about these projects can be found at httpwwwrefineteu and wwwuseitandfoxprojectseu

Thier

ry Go

ger (

FEHR

L)

Prese

ntatio

n of t

echn

ologie

s coll

ected

Cristi

na M

arolda

(DG

MOVE

)

Bob C

ollis

(TRL

UK)

ACEA 25TH ANNIVERSARY

On 21st January 2016 the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) celebrated its 25th anniversary EAPA Secretary General Egbert Beuving and EAPA Director Carsten Karcher were invited together with 200 other execu-tives of European organisations and associations in the transport sectorACEA Secretary General Eric Jonnaert welcomed the guests and new elected ACEA president Dieter Zetsche and Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc from the European Commission addressed the guests Dieter Zetsche spoke about ACEArsquos history and coming challenges Violeta Bulc gave a motivating and inspiring speech about innovation in the transport sector and especially the automobile sectorThis reception was an excellent opportunity for EAPA Secretariat to network Carsten Karcher took the opportunity to talk with ACEA president Zetsche and to inform him briefly about our industry He also gave Zetsche the new EAPA calen-dar for the year 2016 with very nice asphalt pictures and short messages about the advantages of asphalt Furthermore he asked him whether he would be able to give a speech during the EampE Congress 2016 in Prague to address the needs of the road users and the automobile industry for well-maintained roads and the roads of the future

ACEA

Pres

ident

Dieter

Zetsc

he

Comm

ission

er for

Tran

sport

Viol

et Bu

lc

Carst

en Ka

rcher

and D

ieter

Zetsc

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ACEA

Sec

retary

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eral E

ric Jo

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rt

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1

UPCOMING CONGRESSES

DEUTSCHE ASPHALTTAGE 2016

EampE CONGRESS 2016

On 17 ndash 19 February 2016 the XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage will be held in Berchtesgaden Germany More infor-mation can soon be found at wwwasphaltde

On 1 ndash 3 June 2016 the 6th Eurasphalt amp Eurobitume Congress will be held in Prague More information can be found at wwweecongress2016org

50

RILEM CONFERENCE

The 8th RILEM International Conference on ldquoMechanisms of Cracking and Debon-ding in Pavementsrdquo will be held on 7 ndash 9 June 2016 in Nantes France More information can be found at httpmcd2016sciencesconforg

2016 ISAP SYMPOSIUM

The 2016 ISAP Symposium ldquoFrom Molecules to Innovative Pavementsrdquo will be held on 18-21 July 2016 and is hosted by Western Research Institute USAThis International meeting focusing on the transfer of technology from funda-mental research to applied enginee-ring of asphalt pavements will be held in conjunction with the long-standing Petersen Asphalt Research Conference (wwwpetersenasphaltconferenceorg)

The web link for Call for Abstracts is httpwwwisap2016symposiumorgISAP2016-Abstractshtml

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2 53

EATA CONFERENCE 2017

On 12 ndash 14 June 2017 the 7th Inter-national EATA Conference will be held in Empa in Duumlbendorf Swit-zerland EATA - the European Asp-halt Technology Association - is an informal organisation of European engineers and scientists involved in Asphalt Technology Research More information can be found at httpeata2017empach

1ST EUROPEAN ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE CONGRESS

On 18-20 October 2016 the 1st European Road Infrastructure Congress will be held in Leeds UKThis congress is organised by the European Union Road Federation in partnership with the Road Safety Markings AssociationMore information can be found at wwweric2016eu

Asphalt ADVANTAGES

Get the Advantages of Asphalt Pavement

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AsphaltAdvantagescom

gt Sustainabilitygt Economics

The advantages of asphalt simply add up to superior value Want proof Learn about asphalt pavement and how it can benefit you

gt Safety gt Comfort

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4 55

EVENTS LIST

2016

Task Force Providing Evidence Asphalt AdvantagesEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingCampD Waste Management Protocol ndash TF 1 meetingCEN TC336 Advisory Group meeting in ParisConference Swiss Asphalt Producing Industry Bern Road CO2 meeting in BrusselsACEA lsquoReducing CO2 from Road Transport Togetherrsquo ConferenceDAV XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage Berchtesgaden17th HAPA International Asphalt Conference

EAPA ExCo and Directorslsquo Group meeting in BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume ExCo meeting in BrusselsCEN TC336 WG1 TG5 meeting in BrusselsDAV Asphalt Days WillingenCEN T227 Chairmanrsquos Panel meeting in BerlinCEN TC227 WG6 meeting in BerlinCEN TC336 WG1 meeting in BrusselsEurobitume amp BAW Bitumen and Asphalt Day BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume TC meetingEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meeting

EAPA WG Carbon Footprint DocumentEAPA HSE meeting in OsloEAPA TC meeting in OsloBauma in Munich GermanyROSANNE Stakeholders Reference Group meetingTransport Research Arena Conference -TRA 2016CEN TC227 WG1 meeting in Helsinki

EampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meetingCEN TC336 meeting in PragueEAPA GCA meeting in Prague

3 Feb 4 Feb4 Feb5 Feb5 Feb

10 Feb16 Feb

17 ndash 19 Feb23 ndash 24 Feb

1 March2 March 4 March

7 ndash 9 March8 March9 March

10 - 11 March15 March 17 March 22 March23 March

5 April6 April 7 April

11-17 April12 April

18-21 April 25 ndash 26 April

11 May12 May

30 ndash 31 May31 May

EampE Congress 2016 in Prague Global Asphalt Pavement Alliance meeting in PragueCEN TC336 WG1 meetingEAPA HSE Committee meeting in ParisEAPA TC meeting in Paris1st European Road Infrastructure Congress in Leeds UKCEN TC227 WG1 meeting

1 ndash 3 June 3 June

20-21 Sept 12 Oct 13 Oct

18-20 Oct9-10 Nov

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 5

6E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

COLOPHON

Egbert Beuving amp Carsten KarcherHelga BeuvingEgbert Beuving amp Carsten Karcher

TextLayout

Pictures

57

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MPA - Mineral Products Association

NCC AB

DAV - Deutscher Asphalt Verband eV

Asefma Asfaltindustrien

EBA HAPA - Hungarian Asphalt Pavement Association

Infra Contractorsrsquo Association

USIRF - Routes de France ZAS - Združenje asfalterjev

Slovenije

Peab Asphalt AB

Sdruženiacute pro vyacutestavbu silnic Praha

MEMBERS

ASMUD - Turkish Asphalt Contractors Association

Eesti Asfaldiliit IAPA - Irish Asphalt Pavement Association

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

ABZ-1 Ammann Group Antigo - MHB Breakers Ltd

Arizona Chemical

BTC Europe GmbHBenninghoven Caterpillar Paving Products Inc

CFF

ASTEC

DuPont CZ sro

CRH plc

Genan Honeywell

MeadWestvacoMarini Ruthman Sasol Wax

Turkish Petroleum Refineries Co

Volvo Construction Equipment

Voumlgele Vialit

Kraton Polymers Nederland BV

J Rettenmaier amp Soumlhne GmbH amp Co

ICL Performance Products LP

EUROPEAN ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION

Rue du Commerce 77B-1040 Brussels Belgium

Phone +32 2 502 5888E-mail infoeapaorgWeb wwweapaorg

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 4

9 48

Several activities such as desk studies surveys and workshops have been schedu-led over the coming two years to collect information and reflect together The 2nd workshop will be held during TRA 2016 in Warsaw and the 3rd on mid-September 2016

More information about these projects can be found at httpwwwrefineteu and wwwuseitandfoxprojectseu

Thier

ry Go

ger (

FEHR

L)

Prese

ntatio

n of t

echn

ologie

s coll

ected

Cristi

na M

arolda

(DG

MOVE

)

Bob C

ollis

(TRL

UK)

ACEA 25TH ANNIVERSARY

On 21st January 2016 the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) celebrated its 25th anniversary EAPA Secretary General Egbert Beuving and EAPA Director Carsten Karcher were invited together with 200 other execu-tives of European organisations and associations in the transport sectorACEA Secretary General Eric Jonnaert welcomed the guests and new elected ACEA president Dieter Zetsche and Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc from the European Commission addressed the guests Dieter Zetsche spoke about ACEArsquos history and coming challenges Violeta Bulc gave a motivating and inspiring speech about innovation in the transport sector and especially the automobile sectorThis reception was an excellent opportunity for EAPA Secretariat to network Carsten Karcher took the opportunity to talk with ACEA president Zetsche and to inform him briefly about our industry He also gave Zetsche the new EAPA calen-dar for the year 2016 with very nice asphalt pictures and short messages about the advantages of asphalt Furthermore he asked him whether he would be able to give a speech during the EampE Congress 2016 in Prague to address the needs of the road users and the automobile industry for well-maintained roads and the roads of the future

ACEA

Pres

ident

Dieter

Zetsc

he

Comm

ission

er for

Tran

sport

Viol

et Bu

lc

Carst

en Ka

rcher

and D

ieter

Zetsc

he

ACEA

Sec

retary

Gen

eral E

ric Jo

nnae

rt

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 5

1

UPCOMING CONGRESSES

DEUTSCHE ASPHALTTAGE 2016

EampE CONGRESS 2016

On 17 ndash 19 February 2016 the XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage will be held in Berchtesgaden Germany More infor-mation can soon be found at wwwasphaltde

On 1 ndash 3 June 2016 the 6th Eurasphalt amp Eurobitume Congress will be held in Prague More information can be found at wwweecongress2016org

50

RILEM CONFERENCE

The 8th RILEM International Conference on ldquoMechanisms of Cracking and Debon-ding in Pavementsrdquo will be held on 7 ndash 9 June 2016 in Nantes France More information can be found at httpmcd2016sciencesconforg

2016 ISAP SYMPOSIUM

The 2016 ISAP Symposium ldquoFrom Molecules to Innovative Pavementsrdquo will be held on 18-21 July 2016 and is hosted by Western Research Institute USAThis International meeting focusing on the transfer of technology from funda-mental research to applied enginee-ring of asphalt pavements will be held in conjunction with the long-standing Petersen Asphalt Research Conference (wwwpetersenasphaltconferenceorg)

The web link for Call for Abstracts is httpwwwisap2016symposiumorgISAP2016-Abstractshtml

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 5

2 53

EATA CONFERENCE 2017

On 12 ndash 14 June 2017 the 7th Inter-national EATA Conference will be held in Empa in Duumlbendorf Swit-zerland EATA - the European Asp-halt Technology Association - is an informal organisation of European engineers and scientists involved in Asphalt Technology Research More information can be found at httpeata2017empach

1ST EUROPEAN ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE CONGRESS

On 18-20 October 2016 the 1st European Road Infrastructure Congress will be held in Leeds UKThis congress is organised by the European Union Road Federation in partnership with the Road Safety Markings AssociationMore information can be found at wwweric2016eu

Asphalt ADVANTAGES

Get the Advantages of Asphalt Pavement

AsphaltADVANTAGES

AsphaltAdvantagescom

gt Sustainabilitygt Economics

The advantages of asphalt simply add up to superior value Want proof Learn about asphalt pavement and how it can benefit you

gt Safety gt Comfort

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 5

4 55

EVENTS LIST

2016

Task Force Providing Evidence Asphalt AdvantagesEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingCampD Waste Management Protocol ndash TF 1 meetingCEN TC336 Advisory Group meeting in ParisConference Swiss Asphalt Producing Industry Bern Road CO2 meeting in BrusselsACEA lsquoReducing CO2 from Road Transport Togetherrsquo ConferenceDAV XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage Berchtesgaden17th HAPA International Asphalt Conference

EAPA ExCo and Directorslsquo Group meeting in BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume ExCo meeting in BrusselsCEN TC336 WG1 TG5 meeting in BrusselsDAV Asphalt Days WillingenCEN T227 Chairmanrsquos Panel meeting in BerlinCEN TC227 WG6 meeting in BerlinCEN TC336 WG1 meeting in BrusselsEurobitume amp BAW Bitumen and Asphalt Day BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume TC meetingEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meeting

EAPA WG Carbon Footprint DocumentEAPA HSE meeting in OsloEAPA TC meeting in OsloBauma in Munich GermanyROSANNE Stakeholders Reference Group meetingTransport Research Arena Conference -TRA 2016CEN TC227 WG1 meeting in Helsinki

EampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meetingCEN TC336 meeting in PragueEAPA GCA meeting in Prague

3 Feb 4 Feb4 Feb5 Feb5 Feb

10 Feb16 Feb

17 ndash 19 Feb23 ndash 24 Feb

1 March2 March 4 March

7 ndash 9 March8 March9 March

10 - 11 March15 March 17 March 22 March23 March

5 April6 April 7 April

11-17 April12 April

18-21 April 25 ndash 26 April

11 May12 May

30 ndash 31 May31 May

EampE Congress 2016 in Prague Global Asphalt Pavement Alliance meeting in PragueCEN TC336 WG1 meetingEAPA HSE Committee meeting in ParisEAPA TC meeting in Paris1st European Road Infrastructure Congress in Leeds UKCEN TC227 WG1 meeting

1 ndash 3 June 3 June

20-21 Sept 12 Oct 13 Oct

18-20 Oct9-10 Nov

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 5

6E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

COLOPHON

Egbert Beuving amp Carsten KarcherHelga BeuvingEgbert Beuving amp Carsten Karcher

TextLayout

Pictures

57

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

MPA - Mineral Products Association

NCC AB

DAV - Deutscher Asphalt Verband eV

Asefma Asfaltindustrien

EBA HAPA - Hungarian Asphalt Pavement Association

Infra Contractorsrsquo Association

USIRF - Routes de France ZAS - Združenje asfalterjev

Slovenije

Peab Asphalt AB

Sdruženiacute pro vyacutestavbu silnic Praha

MEMBERS

ASMUD - Turkish Asphalt Contractors Association

Eesti Asfaldiliit IAPA - Irish Asphalt Pavement Association

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

ABZ-1 Ammann Group Antigo - MHB Breakers Ltd

Arizona Chemical

BTC Europe GmbHBenninghoven Caterpillar Paving Products Inc

CFF

ASTEC

DuPont CZ sro

CRH plc

Genan Honeywell

MeadWestvacoMarini Ruthman Sasol Wax

Turkish Petroleum Refineries Co

Volvo Construction Equipment

Voumlgele Vialit

Kraton Polymers Nederland BV

J Rettenmaier amp Soumlhne GmbH amp Co

ICL Performance Products LP

EUROPEAN ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION

Rue du Commerce 77B-1040 Brussels Belgium

Phone +32 2 502 5888E-mail infoeapaorgWeb wwweapaorg

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 5

1

UPCOMING CONGRESSES

DEUTSCHE ASPHALTTAGE 2016

EampE CONGRESS 2016

On 17 ndash 19 February 2016 the XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage will be held in Berchtesgaden Germany More infor-mation can soon be found at wwwasphaltde

On 1 ndash 3 June 2016 the 6th Eurasphalt amp Eurobitume Congress will be held in Prague More information can be found at wwweecongress2016org

50

RILEM CONFERENCE

The 8th RILEM International Conference on ldquoMechanisms of Cracking and Debon-ding in Pavementsrdquo will be held on 7 ndash 9 June 2016 in Nantes France More information can be found at httpmcd2016sciencesconforg

2016 ISAP SYMPOSIUM

The 2016 ISAP Symposium ldquoFrom Molecules to Innovative Pavementsrdquo will be held on 18-21 July 2016 and is hosted by Western Research Institute USAThis International meeting focusing on the transfer of technology from funda-mental research to applied enginee-ring of asphalt pavements will be held in conjunction with the long-standing Petersen Asphalt Research Conference (wwwpetersenasphaltconferenceorg)

The web link for Call for Abstracts is httpwwwisap2016symposiumorgISAP2016-Abstractshtml

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 5

2 53

EATA CONFERENCE 2017

On 12 ndash 14 June 2017 the 7th Inter-national EATA Conference will be held in Empa in Duumlbendorf Swit-zerland EATA - the European Asp-halt Technology Association - is an informal organisation of European engineers and scientists involved in Asphalt Technology Research More information can be found at httpeata2017empach

1ST EUROPEAN ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE CONGRESS

On 18-20 October 2016 the 1st European Road Infrastructure Congress will be held in Leeds UKThis congress is organised by the European Union Road Federation in partnership with the Road Safety Markings AssociationMore information can be found at wwweric2016eu

Asphalt ADVANTAGES

Get the Advantages of Asphalt Pavement

AsphaltADVANTAGES

AsphaltAdvantagescom

gt Sustainabilitygt Economics

The advantages of asphalt simply add up to superior value Want proof Learn about asphalt pavement and how it can benefit you

gt Safety gt Comfort

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 5

4 55

EVENTS LIST

2016

Task Force Providing Evidence Asphalt AdvantagesEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingCampD Waste Management Protocol ndash TF 1 meetingCEN TC336 Advisory Group meeting in ParisConference Swiss Asphalt Producing Industry Bern Road CO2 meeting in BrusselsACEA lsquoReducing CO2 from Road Transport Togetherrsquo ConferenceDAV XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage Berchtesgaden17th HAPA International Asphalt Conference

EAPA ExCo and Directorslsquo Group meeting in BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume ExCo meeting in BrusselsCEN TC336 WG1 TG5 meeting in BrusselsDAV Asphalt Days WillingenCEN T227 Chairmanrsquos Panel meeting in BerlinCEN TC227 WG6 meeting in BerlinCEN TC336 WG1 meeting in BrusselsEurobitume amp BAW Bitumen and Asphalt Day BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume TC meetingEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meeting

EAPA WG Carbon Footprint DocumentEAPA HSE meeting in OsloEAPA TC meeting in OsloBauma in Munich GermanyROSANNE Stakeholders Reference Group meetingTransport Research Arena Conference -TRA 2016CEN TC227 WG1 meeting in Helsinki

EampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meetingCEN TC336 meeting in PragueEAPA GCA meeting in Prague

3 Feb 4 Feb4 Feb5 Feb5 Feb

10 Feb16 Feb

17 ndash 19 Feb23 ndash 24 Feb

1 March2 March 4 March

7 ndash 9 March8 March9 March

10 - 11 March15 March 17 March 22 March23 March

5 April6 April 7 April

11-17 April12 April

18-21 April 25 ndash 26 April

11 May12 May

30 ndash 31 May31 May

EampE Congress 2016 in Prague Global Asphalt Pavement Alliance meeting in PragueCEN TC336 WG1 meetingEAPA HSE Committee meeting in ParisEAPA TC meeting in Paris1st European Road Infrastructure Congress in Leeds UKCEN TC227 WG1 meeting

1 ndash 3 June 3 June

20-21 Sept 12 Oct 13 Oct

18-20 Oct9-10 Nov

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 5

6E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

COLOPHON

Egbert Beuving amp Carsten KarcherHelga BeuvingEgbert Beuving amp Carsten Karcher

TextLayout

Pictures

57

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

MPA - Mineral Products Association

NCC AB

DAV - Deutscher Asphalt Verband eV

Asefma Asfaltindustrien

EBA HAPA - Hungarian Asphalt Pavement Association

Infra Contractorsrsquo Association

USIRF - Routes de France ZAS - Združenje asfalterjev

Slovenije

Peab Asphalt AB

Sdruženiacute pro vyacutestavbu silnic Praha

MEMBERS

ASMUD - Turkish Asphalt Contractors Association

Eesti Asfaldiliit IAPA - Irish Asphalt Pavement Association

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

ABZ-1 Ammann Group Antigo - MHB Breakers Ltd

Arizona Chemical

BTC Europe GmbHBenninghoven Caterpillar Paving Products Inc

CFF

ASTEC

DuPont CZ sro

CRH plc

Genan Honeywell

MeadWestvacoMarini Ruthman Sasol Wax

Turkish Petroleum Refineries Co

Volvo Construction Equipment

Voumlgele Vialit

Kraton Polymers Nederland BV

J Rettenmaier amp Soumlhne GmbH amp Co

ICL Performance Products LP

EUROPEAN ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION

Rue du Commerce 77B-1040 Brussels Belgium

Phone +32 2 502 5888E-mail infoeapaorgWeb wwweapaorg

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 5

2 53

EATA CONFERENCE 2017

On 12 ndash 14 June 2017 the 7th Inter-national EATA Conference will be held in Empa in Duumlbendorf Swit-zerland EATA - the European Asp-halt Technology Association - is an informal organisation of European engineers and scientists involved in Asphalt Technology Research More information can be found at httpeata2017empach

1ST EUROPEAN ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE CONGRESS

On 18-20 October 2016 the 1st European Road Infrastructure Congress will be held in Leeds UKThis congress is organised by the European Union Road Federation in partnership with the Road Safety Markings AssociationMore information can be found at wwweric2016eu

Asphalt ADVANTAGES

Get the Advantages of Asphalt Pavement

AsphaltADVANTAGES

AsphaltAdvantagescom

gt Sustainabilitygt Economics

The advantages of asphalt simply add up to superior value Want proof Learn about asphalt pavement and how it can benefit you

gt Safety gt Comfort

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 5

4 55

EVENTS LIST

2016

Task Force Providing Evidence Asphalt AdvantagesEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingCampD Waste Management Protocol ndash TF 1 meetingCEN TC336 Advisory Group meeting in ParisConference Swiss Asphalt Producing Industry Bern Road CO2 meeting in BrusselsACEA lsquoReducing CO2 from Road Transport Togetherrsquo ConferenceDAV XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage Berchtesgaden17th HAPA International Asphalt Conference

EAPA ExCo and Directorslsquo Group meeting in BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume ExCo meeting in BrusselsCEN TC336 WG1 TG5 meeting in BrusselsDAV Asphalt Days WillingenCEN T227 Chairmanrsquos Panel meeting in BerlinCEN TC227 WG6 meeting in BerlinCEN TC336 WG1 meeting in BrusselsEurobitume amp BAW Bitumen and Asphalt Day BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume TC meetingEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meeting

EAPA WG Carbon Footprint DocumentEAPA HSE meeting in OsloEAPA TC meeting in OsloBauma in Munich GermanyROSANNE Stakeholders Reference Group meetingTransport Research Arena Conference -TRA 2016CEN TC227 WG1 meeting in Helsinki

EampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meetingCEN TC336 meeting in PragueEAPA GCA meeting in Prague

3 Feb 4 Feb4 Feb5 Feb5 Feb

10 Feb16 Feb

17 ndash 19 Feb23 ndash 24 Feb

1 March2 March 4 March

7 ndash 9 March8 March9 March

10 - 11 March15 March 17 March 22 March23 March

5 April6 April 7 April

11-17 April12 April

18-21 April 25 ndash 26 April

11 May12 May

30 ndash 31 May31 May

EampE Congress 2016 in Prague Global Asphalt Pavement Alliance meeting in PragueCEN TC336 WG1 meetingEAPA HSE Committee meeting in ParisEAPA TC meeting in Paris1st European Road Infrastructure Congress in Leeds UKCEN TC227 WG1 meeting

1 ndash 3 June 3 June

20-21 Sept 12 Oct 13 Oct

18-20 Oct9-10 Nov

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6E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

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Egbert Beuving amp Carsten KarcherHelga BeuvingEgbert Beuving amp Carsten Karcher

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MPA - Mineral Products Association

NCC AB

DAV - Deutscher Asphalt Verband eV

Asefma Asfaltindustrien

EBA HAPA - Hungarian Asphalt Pavement Association

Infra Contractorsrsquo Association

USIRF - Routes de France ZAS - Združenje asfalterjev

Slovenije

Peab Asphalt AB

Sdruženiacute pro vyacutestavbu silnic Praha

MEMBERS

ASMUD - Turkish Asphalt Contractors Association

Eesti Asfaldiliit IAPA - Irish Asphalt Pavement Association

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

ABZ-1 Ammann Group Antigo - MHB Breakers Ltd

Arizona Chemical

BTC Europe GmbHBenninghoven Caterpillar Paving Products Inc

CFF

ASTEC

DuPont CZ sro

CRH plc

Genan Honeywell

MeadWestvacoMarini Ruthman Sasol Wax

Turkish Petroleum Refineries Co

Volvo Construction Equipment

Voumlgele Vialit

Kraton Polymers Nederland BV

J Rettenmaier amp Soumlhne GmbH amp Co

ICL Performance Products LP

EUROPEAN ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION

Rue du Commerce 77B-1040 Brussels Belgium

Phone +32 2 502 5888E-mail infoeapaorgWeb wwweapaorg

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EVENTS LIST

2016

Task Force Providing Evidence Asphalt AdvantagesEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingCampD Waste Management Protocol ndash TF 1 meetingCEN TC336 Advisory Group meeting in ParisConference Swiss Asphalt Producing Industry Bern Road CO2 meeting in BrusselsACEA lsquoReducing CO2 from Road Transport Togetherrsquo ConferenceDAV XVIII Deutsche Asphalttage Berchtesgaden17th HAPA International Asphalt Conference

EAPA ExCo and Directorslsquo Group meeting in BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume ExCo meeting in BrusselsCEN TC336 WG1 TG5 meeting in BrusselsDAV Asphalt Days WillingenCEN T227 Chairmanrsquos Panel meeting in BerlinCEN TC227 WG6 meeting in BerlinCEN TC336 WG1 meeting in BrusselsEurobitume amp BAW Bitumen and Asphalt Day BrusselsJoint EAPA ndash Eurobitume TC meetingEampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meeting

EAPA WG Carbon Footprint DocumentEAPA HSE meeting in OsloEAPA TC meeting in OsloBauma in Munich GermanyROSANNE Stakeholders Reference Group meetingTransport Research Arena Conference -TRA 2016CEN TC227 WG1 meeting in Helsinki

EampE Congress 2016 Technical Programme meetingEampE Congress 2016 Organising Committee meetingCEN TC336 meeting in PragueEAPA GCA meeting in Prague

3 Feb 4 Feb4 Feb5 Feb5 Feb

10 Feb16 Feb

17 ndash 19 Feb23 ndash 24 Feb

1 March2 March 4 March

7 ndash 9 March8 March9 March

10 - 11 March15 March 17 March 22 March23 March

5 April6 April 7 April

11-17 April12 April

18-21 April 25 ndash 26 April

11 May12 May

30 ndash 31 May31 May

EampE Congress 2016 in Prague Global Asphalt Pavement Alliance meeting in PragueCEN TC336 WG1 meetingEAPA HSE Committee meeting in ParisEAPA TC meeting in Paris1st European Road Infrastructure Congress in Leeds UKCEN TC227 WG1 meeting

1 ndash 3 June 3 June

20-21 Sept 12 Oct 13 Oct

18-20 Oct9-10 Nov

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 5

6E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

COLOPHON

Egbert Beuving amp Carsten KarcherHelga BeuvingEgbert Beuving amp Carsten Karcher

TextLayout

Pictures

57

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

MPA - Mineral Products Association

NCC AB

DAV - Deutscher Asphalt Verband eV

Asefma Asfaltindustrien

EBA HAPA - Hungarian Asphalt Pavement Association

Infra Contractorsrsquo Association

USIRF - Routes de France ZAS - Združenje asfalterjev

Slovenije

Peab Asphalt AB

Sdruženiacute pro vyacutestavbu silnic Praha

MEMBERS

ASMUD - Turkish Asphalt Contractors Association

Eesti Asfaldiliit IAPA - Irish Asphalt Pavement Association

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

ABZ-1 Ammann Group Antigo - MHB Breakers Ltd

Arizona Chemical

BTC Europe GmbHBenninghoven Caterpillar Paving Products Inc

CFF

ASTEC

DuPont CZ sro

CRH plc

Genan Honeywell

MeadWestvacoMarini Ruthman Sasol Wax

Turkish Petroleum Refineries Co

Volvo Construction Equipment

Voumlgele Vialit

Kraton Polymers Nederland BV

J Rettenmaier amp Soumlhne GmbH amp Co

ICL Performance Products LP

EUROPEAN ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION

Rue du Commerce 77B-1040 Brussels Belgium

Phone +32 2 502 5888E-mail infoeapaorgWeb wwweapaorg

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 5

6E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

COLOPHON

Egbert Beuving amp Carsten KarcherHelga BeuvingEgbert Beuving amp Carsten Karcher

TextLayout

Pictures

57

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

MPA - Mineral Products Association

NCC AB

DAV - Deutscher Asphalt Verband eV

Asefma Asfaltindustrien

EBA HAPA - Hungarian Asphalt Pavement Association

Infra Contractorsrsquo Association

USIRF - Routes de France ZAS - Združenje asfalterjev

Slovenije

Peab Asphalt AB

Sdruženiacute pro vyacutestavbu silnic Praha

MEMBERS

ASMUD - Turkish Asphalt Contractors Association

Eesti Asfaldiliit IAPA - Irish Asphalt Pavement Association

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

ABZ-1 Ammann Group Antigo - MHB Breakers Ltd

Arizona Chemical

BTC Europe GmbHBenninghoven Caterpillar Paving Products Inc

CFF

ASTEC

DuPont CZ sro

CRH plc

Genan Honeywell

MeadWestvacoMarini Ruthman Sasol Wax

Turkish Petroleum Refineries Co

Volvo Construction Equipment

Voumlgele Vialit

Kraton Polymers Nederland BV

J Rettenmaier amp Soumlhne GmbH amp Co

ICL Performance Products LP

EUROPEAN ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION

Rue du Commerce 77B-1040 Brussels Belgium

Phone +32 2 502 5888E-mail infoeapaorgWeb wwweapaorg

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

MPA - Mineral Products Association

NCC AB

DAV - Deutscher Asphalt Verband eV

Asefma Asfaltindustrien

EBA HAPA - Hungarian Asphalt Pavement Association

Infra Contractorsrsquo Association

USIRF - Routes de France ZAS - Združenje asfalterjev

Slovenije

Peab Asphalt AB

Sdruženiacute pro vyacutestavbu silnic Praha

MEMBERS

ASMUD - Turkish Asphalt Contractors Association

Eesti Asfaldiliit IAPA - Irish Asphalt Pavement Association

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

ABZ-1 Ammann Group Antigo - MHB Breakers Ltd

Arizona Chemical

BTC Europe GmbHBenninghoven Caterpillar Paving Products Inc

CFF

ASTEC

DuPont CZ sro

CRH plc

Genan Honeywell

MeadWestvacoMarini Ruthman Sasol Wax

Turkish Petroleum Refineries Co

Volvo Construction Equipment

Voumlgele Vialit

Kraton Polymers Nederland BV

J Rettenmaier amp Soumlhne GmbH amp Co

ICL Performance Products LP

EUROPEAN ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION

Rue du Commerce 77B-1040 Brussels Belgium

Phone +32 2 502 5888E-mail infoeapaorgWeb wwweapaorg

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6

EUROPEAN ASPHALT PAVEMENT ASSOCIATION

Rue du Commerce 77B-1040 Brussels Belgium

Phone +32 2 502 5888E-mail infoeapaorgWeb wwweapaorg

E A P A N E W S L E T T E R 3 6 - J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6