BITAFAL GROUP FINALIST OF THE PwC 100 YEARS INNOVATION AWARD

We were awarded as finalists together with important companies in the country.

The award organized by PwC with the support of ANII and the weekly Busqueda had its award ceremony the past mywednesday November 4th in Magnolio Sala where ATGen ended up being the winner for the development of the Covid-19 diagnostic kits. The other finalist companies for the Innovation Award were: Carrasco Airport, Lanas Trinidad and Montes del Plata, which together with Grupo Bitafal were also recognized for their innovative initiatives.

This initiative complements the Nova Award organized by the ANII together with the business chambers. Grupo Bitafal was the winner of the 2014 Nova Award, was a finalist in 2013 and obtained a special mention in 2010.

https://www.pwc.com.uy/es/premio-innovacion-100-anos-pwc-uruguay0.html

XXXIX ASPHALT MEETING

Grupo Bitafal participated in the XXXIX Meeting of the “Dr. Jorge O. Agnusdei "

The Permanent Asphalt Commission of Argentina organized its traditional Asphalt Meeting in virtual format from 26 to November 28 last. The congress was scheduled to be held in June 2020 at the Iguazú Falls in Misiones, a place that remains open to be held in future editions. More than 1200 people registered and more than 800 were connected simultaneously in the most important moments of the event.

Presentations on recycling pavements, the use of modifying additives for asphalt and mixtures, as well as progress in tests on asphalt mixtures and emulsions, stood out.

Grupo Bitafal was present with two papers, one on our book on surface treatments and the other on asphalt emulsions by degree of performance.

The conference was attended by various works by authors from Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil and Bolivia, among other countries, presenting on various topics related to asphalt pavements. The keynote conferences were given on the other side of the Atlantic with the presence of Lic. Ma. of Mar Colás, Engineer Adriana Martínez and Engineer Alberto Bardesi from Spain.

From Uruguay, Eng. Faustina Keuliyan also participated, presenting on "Design and implementation of an on-site recycling project with foamed asphalt in Uruguay" and at the closing of the Congress a tribute was made to Eng. Jorge Agnusdei where Eng. Lucio Cáceres a few words remembering one of the founders of CILA.

Also at the closing it was carried out by the Qco. Santiago Kröger, Eng. Lucio Cáceres as delegates of the CILA in Uruguay and Eng. Boris Goloubinsteff as President of the AUC and of the Organizing Commission, the invitation to the XXI CILA to be held in Punta del Este in November 2021.

XXI CILA IN PUNTA DEL ESTE - NOVEMBER 2021

The AUC confirms the holding of the XXI CILA together with the 13th Uruguayan Highway Congress

The Uruguayan Association of Roads launched the Bulletin N ° 1 of the XXI Ibero-Latin American Asphalt Congress (CILA) that will be held in Punta del Este from 21 to November 26 of 2021 together with the 13th Congress of the Uruguayan Highway. Both events will be held simultaneously, taking advantage of the facilities of the Convention Center and Enjoy Hotel that provides an optimal setting for holding this type of Congress.

Grupo Bitafal is a sponsor of the event and we invite you to submit summaries of technical works until 03-30-2021. This XXI CILA will be a unique instance for local authors to present at one of the most important congresses in the world of asphalt. 32 years have passed since the V CILA, which was also held in Punta del Este in 1989, and it is to be expected a long time for another CILA Congress to be held in the region.

We enclose Bulletin N ° 1 with all the necessary information about the event.

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GRUPO BITAFAL'S FIRST CYCLE OF WEBINARS FINISHED WITH GREAT SUCCESS

During September, October and November, the first cycle of Webinars was held, in which topics related to High-performance Surface Treatments were developed.

Throughout the cycle we delve into the content found in our book that bears this name and what is available to download on our website: https://bitafal.com.uy/libro-tratamientos-superficiales/

The cycle consisted of 3 modules:

MODULE 1: How to guarantee the success of gravel irrigation: materials, selection, design and good construction practices.

MODULE 2: Surface treatments: Performance tests.

MODULE 3: Life cycle analysis of surface treatments: the most efficient option for conservation.

The recordings are already available on our website. They can access them HERE

Thanks to the more than 450 users who followed us throughout the cycle, and to convey to them that this was the beginning of a new modality that we will begin to implement.

As always, we are open to your concerns regarding the topics that are of interest to you so that we can develop in future webinars.

We go for more, we will continue to share paths.

Module 3 - Webinar Surface Treatments

This was the third and last module of the Webinars cycle. In this instance, the theme of Irrigation with gravel was developed: the most efficient option for conservation.

The role of surface treatments in pavement management was studied in depth.
We had the presence of Jorge Prozzi, Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, who told us, among other things, about his research in this area.

Here is the recording and presentation in pdf: