Hanson delivers low carbon trials on A30

22/02/2023 | CHRIS AMES

Hanson is trialling low carbon asphalt, containing polymer modified bitumen (PMB) bio-binders, on a stretch of the strategic road network (SRN).

The work on the A30 Cutteridge to Alphington eastbound scheme near Exeter is being carried out as part of the firm’s pavement category management framework agreement with National Highways.

Two trials are being carried out using Hanson’s CarbonLock asphalt containing PMB bio-binders. The first trial includes Nynas’s biogenic binder Nypol RE and the second trial uses the same asphalt mixture but includes Shell’s new bio-component binder Cariphalte CarbonSink.

Both asphalts were produced at Hanson’s Hingston Down plant and laid by Hanson Contracting.

Each trial comprised a 40mm thickness surface course with 53 PSV aggregates for around 500 metres of both lanes of the eastbound carriageway.

Hanson said natural biogenic material absorbs and stores CO2, which is then locked into the bio-component binders and not released back into the atmosphere, even when the asphalt is recycled.

It added that the PMB binder used in both trials is expected to enhance durability and further extend the life of the asphalt.

Adrian Hadley, technical head (asphalt and aggregate) at Hanson UK, said: ‘We are committed to working with our clients to help them meet their net zero objectives and these trials are an excellent example of this.’

Umesh Parajuli from the pavements team in National Highways’ Safety Engineering and Standards Division, said: ‘These trials are part of our feasibility study and whole-life benefits analysis of emerging low carbon technologies, which will help us meet our 2040 net zero carbon deadline for construction and maintenance activities.

‘National Highways, in partnership with Atkins, will monitor the performance of both sections and use the results of extensive laboratory testing carried out at Nottingham University to review whole-life carbon reduction with asphalt surfacing.

‘We hope this trial containing PMB bio-binders will help to bring innovative technology into our specification.’

The work was co-ordinated by Atkins as part of the National Highways research project Future Asphalt Surface Course Linking to NH Net Zero under the second Specialist Professional and Technical Services (SPaTS 2) framework.

An assessor from the British Board of Agrément (BBA) was in attendance when the asphalt was laid, and the material is now undergoing a programme of in-house testing and monitoring with the intention of it being included within Hanson’s BBA HAPAS certified products.

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