This programme aims to develop concepts and strategies and to demonstrate their applicability to increase the long-term durability of pavements while at the same time ensuring a reduced dependency of raw materials and a low fossil energy demand. The solutions must be feasible, proven and cost-effective.

The programme has three main focus areas:

1. Reliable life cycle and social cost-benefit analysis of “green asphalt”
2. Simplifying the use of RAP
3. Usability of Super Materials

Following an open Call between November 22, 2017, and March 1, 2018, the Programme Executive Board subsequently selected three successful projects.

PavementLCM – A complete package for Life Cycle Management of green asphalt mixtures and road pavement.

Project Partners: University of Nottingham (UK, coordinator), TNO (Netherlands), VTI (Sweden) and the University of Palermo (Italy).

PavementLCM’s official brochure can be found here.

Project results:

• D2.1a State of the Art and Framework
• D2.1b Pavement LCM framework
• D3.1 Sustainability Data Analysis
• D4.1 Report on durability data analysis
• D5.1a Guidelines
• D5.1b Recommendations for Multi-Criteria Sustainability Analysis
• D5.2 Sustainability Assessment Compass and Excel tool
• D5.3 Harmonization of environmental databases for road pavement in EU
• D6.1, D6.2 & D6.3 The road pavement industry and the Circular Economy

CRAB for OERE – Cold Recycled Asphalt Bases for Optimised Energy & Resource Efficient Pavements.

Project Partners: Univeristy of Kassel (Germany, coordinator), the University of Nottingham (UK), Uni Delle Marche (Italy), IFFSTAR (France), VTI (Sweden).

Project results:

• D2 CR Performance
• D3 Reclaimed asphalt aggregate characterisation
• D4 Report detailing mix design methodology
• D5 International pavement designs with cold recycled material
• D6 Construction and short-term assessment of demonstration CRM-pavements
• D7 Life Cycle Assessment of CRAB mixtures

FIBRA – Fostering the implementation of fibre reinforced asphalt mixtures by ensuring its safe, optimized and cost-efficient use

Project Partners: University of Cantabria (Spain, coordinator), TUBS (Switzerland), EMPA (Germany), BAM (Netherlands), SINTEF (Norway), Veidekke (Norway) and Virginia Tech (USA).

Project results:

• D2.1 Literature Review on the Use of Fibers in Asphalt Mixture 
• D3.1 Mechanical response of FRAM and PA mortar properties
• D3.2 Chemo-mechanical understanding of FRAM
• D4.1 Practical instructions for the design and characterization of FRAM Submission and D4.1 Annex A_Laboratory protocol
• D4.2 Practical instructions for the structural design of pavements containing FRAM
• D5.1 Scaling up of the production process and implementation of test sections and D5.1 Annex_1
• D5.2 Assessment of the environmental impact of FIBRA pavements
• D5.3 Assessment of the economic feasibility of Fiber-reinforced Asphalt Pavements 
• D6.2 Exploitation Strategy Plan 
• D6.3 Guidance for the implementation 

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