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Gore Highway: Building sustainability for the future

AustStab Awards of Excellence 2014. Gore Highway: Building sustainability for the future. FK Gardner & Sons Group Innovation or Excellence in Sustainability in Pavement Sustainability. Sponsored by. Overview. Project: rehabilitate flood-damaged Gore Highway for DMTR

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Gore Highway: Building sustainability for the future

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  1. AustStab Awards of Excellence 2014 Gore Highway: Building sustainability for the future FK Gardner & Sons Group Innovation or Excellence in Sustainability in Pavement Sustainability Sponsored by

  2. Overview • Project: rehabilitate flood-damaged Gore Highway for DMTR • Desired outcome: to make a more resilient and sustainable highway • Mission: “No harm to the environment” • Australia’s largest Foamed Bitumen Stabilisation (FBS) project - 6.3k tonnes of lime and 7m litres of bitumen.

  3. Innovationand challenges • Green solution to 2013 flood event sees materials recycled back into pavement • Hydrated lime chosen to reduce powder risk to local cotton crops • “Hungry boards” developed to capture waste lime from mixing bowl • Lime Filtration Device invented to prevent dust escaping into atmosphere. HUNGRY BOARDS LIME FILTRATION DEVICE

  4. Evidence of success • Cost savings to including $50,000 of waste lime • Project successfully delivered to client expectations and 17 days ahead of variation deadline • Key lesson: New benchmark set for FBS projects with technical paper co-authored with DTMR.

  5. Gore Highway FBSThe journey

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