{"id":3732,"date":"2019-05-14T11:47:53","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T09:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cirtec.es\/?p=3732"},"modified":"2022-09-08T13:59:45","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T11:59:45","slug":"belt-and-road-infrastructure-development-by-jorge-sousa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cirtec.es\/en\/blog\/belt-and-road-infrastructure-development-by-jorge-sousa\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Belt and Road Infrastructure Development&#8221; by Dr. Jorge B. Sousa"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Belt and Road Infrastructure Development with Mandatory Usage of Reacted and Activated Rubber and Dynamic Compaction? Dr. Jorge B. Sousa, Director Rubberized Asphalt Foundation and Consulpav, talks about it on the occasion of the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation held in Beijing (China)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_3733\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3733\" class=\"wp-image-3733\" src=\"https:\/\/cirtec.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/jorge-sousa-Director-Rubberized-Asphalt-Foundation.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cirtec.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/jorge-sousa-Director-Rubberized-Asphalt-Foundation.png 872w, https:\/\/cirtec.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/jorge-sousa-Director-Rubberized-Asphalt-Foundation-300x275.png 300w, https:\/\/cirtec.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/jorge-sousa-Director-Rubberized-Asphalt-Foundation-768x703.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3733\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Jorge B. Sousa, Director Rubberized Asphalt Foundation and Consulpav<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The use of crumb rubber in roads, with the proper technologies, has already been widely demonstrated that is cost effective and it does reduce CO2 emissions. In California laws\u00a0mandate\u00a0that the California Department of Transportation must use a very large portion mixes with asphalt rubber in all their road network.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Dynamic Compaction and asphalt rubber, as introduced in China by LANDPAC and with new green asphalt rubber technologies,\u00a0\u00a0like those being proposed by CIRTEC (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cirtec.es\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.cirtec.es<\/a>), Silent Rubber Pave European project (<a href=\"https:\/\/silentrubberpave.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.silentrubberpave.eu<\/a>) and SHRP (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rarx.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.rarx.net<\/a>) which incorporate reacted and activated rubber in pavement either directly in the modified mixes or using stress absorbing membranes, as described and promoted by the Rubberized Asphalt Foundation, are important CO2 saving paving technologies.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is my recommendation that based in the overwhelming success that these technologies have demonstrated that their use become\u00a0mandated\u00a0in the new Belt and Road infrastructure construction projects.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belt and Road Infrastructure Development with Mandatory Usage of Reacted and Activated Rubber and Dynamic Compaction? 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