[http://www.lafarge-na.

com/wps/portal/na/en/5_2_B_2-Aggregate_Concrete_&_Asphalt ]

CONCRETE
1. Self Levelling & Self placing concrete
Created in 2000, Agilia spreads effortlessly - a revolution on the worksite. Its fluid texture
eliminates the tiresome and noisy chore of vibrating concrete to make it spread regularly.
The result: time savings, less noise pollution and less physical labor on the building site. This
easy-to-use concrete flows into the smallest nooks and perfectly matches any shape. It is
robust and aesthetically pleasing.

2. Ductal, the Ultra-High Performance Fiber-reinforced Concrete

Developed in the mid 90's, Ductal UHPC offers a combination of properties including strength,
ductility, durability and aesthetic design flexibility. Significantly stronger and more durable
than conventional concrete, it is used in a wide range of structural, architectural and artistic
applications.
Benefits and performance features include:

compressive strengths ranging from 150 to 225 MPa

flexural strengths ranging from 25 to 50 MPa
complex shapes
reduced maintenance
faster construction
minimal to no reinforcement required
resistance to impact
improved abrasion resistance
freeze/thaw resistance
dimensional stability
extremely low permeability and porosity
integral color
customized textures
load bearing capability
thin section capability
extended structural life

3. Extensia - Concrete Without Cracks

Extensia concrete was developed for slabs and industrial floors which are subject to heavy
traffic and storage loads. It helps limit cracking in floors and reduces the number of expansion
joints, which are both expensive and unsightly. Its formulation allows for the pouring of large
surface area slabs with reduced numbers of joints, going up to 400m with no joint, as
opposed to 25 m for a standard concrete. The Extensia formulation also facilitates
preparation, pouring and the removal of formwork. This results in considerable time savings
(-40%) and less physical labor.
Extensia also offers a number of advantages in terms of sustainable development:

It does not require steel reinforcement,

It consumes less energy during the pour,
It offers excellent resistance to wear and tear, limiting future maintenance and
eliminating the need for a protective top coat. A real plus for the environment.

ASPHALTIC CONCRETE
Coloured Hot Mix Asphalt
Duratint is a colored hot mix asphalt designed to provide demarcation for safety or parking
zones, or to provide an aesthetic alternative to conventional black asphalt surfacing materials.
High Modulus Asphalt
High Modulus Asphalt Concrete (HMAC) originated in France in the early 1980s. HMAC is a
mixture of asphalt concrete fabricated for its use in the base course of asphalt pavements.
HMAC has closed structure with comparatively large content of bitumen. It has been shown
that hard bitumen increases the mixtures resistance to rutting. However large content of
bitumen assure workability, fatigue durability and water resistance.
One study showed that HMAC has higher rutting resistance and higher complex modulus
compared with styrenebutadienestyrene (SBS) modified binders (2.73.0 times higher) and
even higher than conventional bitumen. It has also proved that rutting resistance of HMAC is
higher than that of the SBS modified asphalt mixtures or conventional mixtures. The thickness
of the base course stabilized with HMAC is 1/41/3 times lower than the traditional base
course resulting significant saving of asphalt binder and aggregates.
This study compares the behaviour of the conventional bitumen 60/70 and the high modulus
asphalt concrete 13/22 at a temperature of 15C on the basis of a computational calculation
and two variables: annual departures (1200, 3000, 6000, 15000, 25000) and CBR (10, 15, 20,
25). This study found that the life time of the high modulus asphalt concrete 13/22 is 4 times
longer than the conventional bitumen 60/70 for soil CBR =10 and 2 times longer for soil = CBR
25. So there is a clear advantage in terms of life time of using High Modulus Asphalt Concrete
specially for soil CBR = 10. The study shows also that the annual departures give the same
results for both 60/70 and 13/22 bitumen.

[ https://www.omicsgroup.org/journals/high-modulus-asphalt-concrete-a-long-life-asphalt-
pavement-2165-784X-1000188.php?aid=62439 ]

ROAD FURNITURES
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