For the second consecutive year BitaFal said present at the Uruguay Sustainable Expo, organized by the Ministry of Environment at the Antel Arena. The Sustainable Asphalt Production Company and asphalt mixtures convened authorities of the road sector, businessmen, colleagues and representatives of the Academy to share a forum on the new trends in sustainable road construction.

An excellent technical level panel, composed of Ing. Martín Goyeneche of the Ministry of Transportation and Public Works, Ing. Silvana Martínez of the Ministry of Environment, Ing. Juan Echeverz of the construction company Colier, and the general director of BitaFal Santiago Kröger analyzed the current state of the application of the new techniques and products that aim to incorporate the sustainability to the construction in the Uruguayan road network.

In that sense, the specialists referred to the regulations analyzing the MTOP to incorporate in the coming years these concepts in the calls to tender for the maintenance of the road infrastructure, either as requirements or as recommendations for the asphalt provinations and also for the construction companies.

The general director of BitaFal Santiago Kröger valued the advanced in recent years, with the incorporation of pavement recycled, the use of warm asphalt mixtures and aqueous emulsions that replace those diluted based on fossil fuels.

The regulation that is under study of the MTOP authorities would first in a bonus for sustainable production, which represents an innovation and a great incentive for the road construction industry to adopt these new techniques that are quickly imposing internationally.

The meeting, held before a public room, was an excellent opportunity for the exchange between the different actors in the sector, enriching the analysis of a theme that will surely be decisive for the industry in the not too distant future.