Weeks ago, we held a focus group at our house on the Appsphalt application, a specific technological development for the Uruguayan road industry that will allow specialized engineers and technicians to improve the dynamics of the Marshall Design, as well as that of asphalt and cold microagglomerate treatment projects.

This App was created as an academic work by Egon Hauser, Santiago Juani and Ignacio Franco, a team of young participants from the BITAFAL Sustainable Asphalt Chair – UM (CAS BITAFAL-UM), with the supervision of the director of the chair David Fontans and our general director Santiago Kröger.

The commitment to the generation of quality digital tools is one of the objectives of CAS BITAFAL – UM, meeting the demand of an industry that is going through a transformation process, aiming at the use of more efficient, safer and environmentally friendly products.

We invite you to learn more about the new APP.

ADVANCING IN R&D

Currently in Uruguay, both the public and private sectors use Excel spreadsheets for the design and control of materials, but their lack of uniformity between institutions, changes in specifications, limited automation and insufficient integration between reports imply constant maintenance and the possibility of errors.

Under this context, the development of an application designed to integrate the different tests of the same asphalt mixture sample arises, as well as for the design of mixtures and surface treatments. The objective is to implement a more precise, transparent and efficient system in compliance with technical specifications. This program assists the user in the design and calculation, also consolidating a traceable and reliable database that can be shared online with other actors in real time. In addition, each module contains suggestions for formula optimization, you can prepare reports that can be useful to present to the control body, among other functions.

Conceived to be an easy-to-use technical support tool, Appsphalt was designed taking into account the requirements posed by the new bidding documents of the National Roads Directorate. Once registered as users, technicians can develop their own project, modifying parameters and values, in search of the most efficient solutions for each work.

At the event held in the CITEVI training room, we were accompanied by representatives of the country's main construction companies who, together with BITAFAL laboratory technicians, were able to learn first-hand about the benefits that the application offers both for the design and planning of road work, as well as for its maintenance.

Thank you to everyone who participated, for reaffirming us on the path of academic work and innovation!