XVII Argentine Congress on Road AND TRANSIT
A great Uruguayan delegation participated in the Argentine Congress on Road and Traffic, held from 24 to 28 October in the city of Rosario, Santa Fe.
During the 5 intense days, more than two thousand people participated in several events simultaneously as the XXXVIII Meeting of Asphalt organized by the CPA, the III International Seminar on Concrete Roads organized by the ICPA, the XI ITS International Congress and 9th Expovial Argentina, among others.
over 90 special lectures were presented by 86 lecturers (47 of them international) and about 100 technical papers by 435 professionals and technicians from 16 different countries. He Bitafal group He was present with a talk Qco. Santiago Kröger on recent mixing sections with modified crumb rubber asphalt made in the country.
Besides Uruguay presented Ing. Luis Lazo on the status of the national road and Eng. Leonardo Behak and Ing. Federica Selves on a comparative resistance to unconfined compression as to different ways of curing and use as parameter pavement design.
The opening ceremony was attended by the Minister of Transport, Guillermo Dietrich, governor of Santa Fe, the Mayor of Rosario and all the authorities of the National Roads Authority, the Provincial Roads, PIARC, the AAC, the CPA and other organizations linked to the field.
One of the most important points of the Congress was the presentation by the new authorities of the National Highways Plan Works of the new structure, investments in sophisticated regional laboratories and the presentation of the new General Pliego updated with the recommendations of the CPA as to asphalt mixtures. A great job you have to head to the Ing. Juan Campana and Alejandro Bisio.
In turn during the Congress themes such as rural roads, sustainable mobility, multimodal transport, network management, road projects and major roadworks between 3 and 5 rooms simultaneously treated.
Beyond academics, was very important the presence of friends, Uruguay and the region, where experiences were shared and narrowed ties in various opportunities offered distended Congress.
Always worth participating and congratulate the colleagues who made a hole in their efforts to learn and make friends.
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