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FCC Construcción:
progress achieved in research
on recycled materials
The seminar “Recycle to Build” was held on
15 June at the headquarters of Colegio de
Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales and Puer-
tos de Cataluña (the Association of Civil En-
gineers of Cataluña) at an event chaired by
Carles Conill, chairman of the commission
of the association and by Josep María Tost,
director of l’Agència de Residus de Cata-
lunya (Waste Agency of Catalonia).
At this event, FCC Construcción made a
presentation, with Javier Palo Ainchil Lavin,
Technical Manager of Cataluña, on “Gra-
nular Materials: Possible uses for now and
for the future”. The most relevant steps that
Group companies have taken in relation to
the use of waste in construction were dis-
cussed during the presentation.
These projects include the Stabilisation
of Waste in Construction and Demolition,
Pavement Concrete made with Recycled
Aggregates, and Sustainable Concrete.
Another project was concluded recently,
the Ecorasa project, which aims to recycle
the fine fraction of recycled aggregates ob-
tained from construction and demolition
waste, which is being financed by the Ca-
talan Waste Agency of the Generalitat de
Cataluña (the regional government).
Newcrete is another ongoing project. The
objective is to study high-performance con-
crete elements against the ground (screens,
pilings) using recycled aggregates. The
project is being funded by the Centre for
Technological and Industrial Development
(Spanish acronym, CDTI).
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