The Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, St. Augustine, is the established national centre for research in road pavement construction materials. It has recently been working with industry in areas such as the use of marginal materials in asphalt pavements, the use of recycled asphalt in pavements, the use of bituminous stabilized materials and performance-based pavement design.

The Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, St. Augustine, in conjunction with the Department of Civil Engineering, Mona hosted an international Webinar entitled “BSM Technology – A Sustainable Pavement Solution For The Caribbean on 30th July 2020.  The objective of the Webinar was to educate practitioners, road designers and contractors on the advantages of using bitumen stabilized materials in road construction.

The presenters were Eng. Joachim Kemp, Wirtgen Group & Resansil, Eng. Laurence Bridgemohan, UWI, St. Augustine, Eng. Dave Collings & Professor Eng. Dr. Kim Jenkins, AA Loudon International.

BSM is a technology that can improve the sustainability of road pavements and provide economical solutions to road construction with marginal materials. The use of BSM is becoming more prevalent as authorities seek to find more economical solutions to road construction – especially in developing countries. Many local and regional practitioners involved in the design and construction of roads have little or no experience in using these materials.  The Webinar seeks to introduce BSM technology, give some insight into the properties and behaviour of BSM and give some practical examples of BSM usage.

 

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