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:

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Module 2 - High Performance Surface Treatments Webinar

This is the second module of the cycle "High performance surface treatments". We will share with you the knowledge and experience that we have collected nationally and internationally on these techniques, complementing what our manual with the same name describes.

In this module we are going to focus on the transformation that the evaluation of surface treatments has had, highlighting the difference between traditional tests and new performance tests. We will talk about laboratory and construction tests that improve the final quality of treatments and new ways to evaluate their long-term behavior.

INDEX:

Performance of a surface treatment
Loss of stone, loss of texture and cracks
Testing of materials, in design and construction
New Zealand experience
Final reflection
Closing

You can access the recording below as well as download the presentation.

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Module 1 - Webinar High Performance Surface Treatments

In this module we discuss the fundamental stones to be successful in gravel irrigation: the materials, the selection of the appropriate treatment, the design and the construction to make the intervention safer, more reliable and sustainable.

We share with you the knowledge and experience that we have collected nationally and internationally on these techniques, complementing what our manual with the same name describes.

SYLLABUS:

Introduction: performance of a surface treatment
Main faults: loss of stone, loss of texture and cracks
What factors can we control? Testing of materials, in design and construction
Excellence as a goal: New Zealand experience
Final reflection
Closing

You can access the recording below and also download the presentation in pdf

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BITAFAL GROUP FINALIST OF THE PwC 100 YEARS INNOVATION AWARD

30 October 2020
in: Asphalt,Bitafal group,innovation,News,New Award,Cold Recycling

We are among the 5 finalists out of a total of 60 applications received

Next Wednesday November 4th The awards ceremony will be held in Magnolio Sala where the 5 finalist initiatives will be announced.

The award is organized by PwC with the support of ANII and the weekly Busqueda. The objective of the award is to recognize those organizations that invest in the generation of value, in process improvements to reduce costs and increase the quality of their products and services, in the alternative management of resources and in the introduction of new practices and technologies. for a friendlier relationship with the environment.

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.

SECOND WEBINAR ON PERFORMANCE TESTING

We continue with the conferences of this first cycle "High Performance Surface Treatments"

Last October 15th The second webinar was held in which we discussed the subject of the tests that are carried out in the stages of selection of materials, design and construction; and we present some of the most effective surface treatment specifications in the world. Once again, we managed to attract more than 350 people in this much-demanded cycle of talks on superficial treatments.

This second conference was focused on the usual performance of a treatment and we reviewed the main failures that can occur, such as loss of stone, exudation and fissures. We comment on how each type of failure is evaluated and its consequences for the user and the Administration. Then, we extensively detail what are the factors that we can control to avoid or mitigate these failures from appearing in the short and long term, both in the selection of materials, in design and in construction.

One of the objectives that we wanted to convey in this webinar was about the importance of tests that allow us to represent a traffic or climate condition to which this treatment will be effectively subjected. Hence the relevance that the new and modern specifications will have for the performance of materials (such as the Emulsion Performance Grade) and the tests that allow, after construction, to evaluate and quantitatively record parameters such as slip resistance and macrotexture. We are convinced that this is the way to go if we want to define failure criteria adjusted to this type of technology, estimate its useful life and therefore use it as an effective tool in road maintenance strategies.

We take this opportunity to invite you to the next Webinar of the day November 6th, in which we will deal precisely with road management and how surface treatments, and in particular gravel irrigation, can be the most cost-efficient solution for their conservation.

You can register for free at the link below:

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/7715985465541/WN_Y1j-f0cYTkOvgS5R9tD9JQ

SELF-ADHESIVE BITABAND: EASY SOLUTION FOR SEALING

New product to seal cracks and cold joints in pavement construction.

The new tape BITABAND AUTOADHESIVA It is a highly polymer modified asphalt presented in rolls of 10 m long and in two alternatives of width, 5 and 8 cm. It is an easy solution to apply in the construction of cold joints in asphalt pavements and it also ensures their sealing, significantly reducing cracks in the axis of the roads.

The tape is applied cold and when placing the new mix, the modified asphalt melts, adhering and sealing the mix in an area of difficult compaction such as longitudinal joints or against curbs and culverts.

BITABAND It can also be used for bridge-type fissure sealing only requiring a torch to dry the fissure for the application.

Tape BITABAND AUTOADHESIVA seals and waterproofs where required a quick and easy placement manually and without the need to heat the material in construction joints, fissures and cracks. The main uses of the tape are:

On asphalt pavements to seal cracks up to 5 mm wide.
In cold joints during the construction of pavements for sealing and adhesion, for example with an adjacent folder or in the joints with cords, culverts, etc.
In the construction of elastic bridge joints for fixing the reinforcement sheet and waterproofing the joint.

For its application, the tape is simply unrolled along the fissure / joint with the release paper facing down, it is left in the sun for a few minutes to increase the adherence and it is placed from one end of the fissure / joint to the other pressing it. by hand or with a hand roller. The release paper is then removed and released to traffic.

The tape is presented in 10 meter long rolls with release paper, packed in cardboard cylinders containing up to 6 rolls.

For more information contact ventas@bitafal.com.uy

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

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

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

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

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.

This is the second module of the cycle "High performance surface treatments". We will share with you the knowledge and experience that we have collected nationally and internationally on these techniques, complementing what our manual with the same name describes.

In this module we discuss the fundamental stones to be successful in gravel irrigation: the materials, the selection of the appropriate treatment, the design and the construction to make the intervention safer, more reliable and sustainable.

We are among the 5 finalists out of a total of 60 applications received

We continue with the conferences of this first cycle "High Performance Surface Treatments"

New product to seal cracks and cold joints in pavement construction.

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Noticias Archives - Page 17 of 36 - Bitafal