Objective With increasing oil prices the future of asphalt roads on deep foundations is less certain, due to increased costs as well as political and environmental concerns. Alternative concrete bases can reduce the foundation layers and decrease or eliminate the asphalt topping. Concrete bases are in general more expensive but are used in heavily trafficked sections and to reduce maintenance. Concrete bases require reinforcement in the form of steel mesh. Premixed fibre reinforcement can replace the mesh and could enable the use of existing asphalt laying machines to lay the concrete. Fibre reinforcement is normally derived from virgin wire, but recent work has shown that tyre fibres offer an attractive low cost alternative solution. Recycled aggregates, PFA and low energy cements will also be employed to reduce costs and energy input. The proposed project will develop infrastructure for surface transport using slip forming techniques based on existing asphalt laying equipment and steel fibre reinforced concrete. The benefits of the new construction concept will be manifold, such as to reduce construction costs by 10-20%, reduce construction time by 15%, reduce the energy consumption in road construction by 40%, minimise maintenance, use waste materials in road construction and make tyre recycling more economically attractive. To achieve its objectives the project draws expertise from 5 countries and will have to overcome serious scientific and technological barriers in fibre processing, concrete manufacture and road design. The project will deliver new processes, design guidelines and full-scale demonstration projects in three diverse European climates and economies. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processesrecyclingnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresocial sciencessocial geographytransport Programme(s) FP6-SUSTDEV - Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems: thematic priority 6 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) SUSTDEV-2005-3.2.2.2.4 - Research domain 2.2 (only for a new generation of products and systems in waterborne transport), research domain 2.3 (for all types of transport vehicles and vessels excluding passenger cars), research domain 2.4 and research domain 2.6. Call for proposal FP6-2005-TRANSPORT-4 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD EU contribution No data Address Firth Court, Western Bank Sheffield United Kingdom See on map Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (10) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY Türkiye EU contribution No data Address Dumlupinar Bulvari, Kampus Antalya See on map Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY "GHEORGHE ASACHI" IASI Romania EU contribution No data Address B-dul Mangeron 43 Iasi See on map Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data EUROPEAN TYRE RECYCLING ASSOCIATION France EU contribution No data Address 7, rue Leroux Paris See on map Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data AGGREGATE INDUSTRIES UK LTD United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Moordale House, Hulland Ward Ashbourne See on map Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ANTALYA GREATER MUNICIPALITY Türkiye EU contribution No data Address Merkez Antalya See on map Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data COMPANIA NATIONALA DE AUTOSTRAZI SI DRUMURI NATIONALE DIN ROMANIA, PRIN DRDP IASI Romania EU contribution No data Address B-dul D. Golescu 38, Sect. 1 Bucarest See on map Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ADRIATICA RICICLAGGIO E AMBIENTE S.R.L. Italy EU contribution No data Address S.S. 17 km. 94,700 - Z.I. 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