Recycled Materials for Civil Construction
Common Applications
- Pipe bedding and Haunch – Suitable for use as pipe bedding and haunch material and as a non-spec pipe side and overlay material
- Roadbase (non-spec) – Suitable for site access roads and driveways and can be blended with other materials to meet specific client requirements
- Select/Structural/General Fills – Suitable for use as high quality easily compactible select/ structural/general fill material with low moisture sensitive properties
- Concrete slab bedding – Suitable for use as concrete slab bedding material with moderate to high load bearing strength and low shrink swell properties
- Reinforced Soil Wall backfill material.
Benefits of using recycled materials in roads and other civil works include:
- Protecting stocks of natural resources
- Protecting the environment from further degradation
- Potential cost savings
- Ensuring local industry is working towards international best practice
- Assisting local government and industry to ensure development is ecologically sustainable.
