Sustainable Road Construction Technology
Anil Banchhor, Chief Executive - Concrete Business at ACC Limited, Mumbai
ACC Set up the first commercial Ready Mix concrete plant in Mumbai in 1994. It Concrete is one of the largest Ready Mix Concrete manufacturers with a network of over 50 plants spread across all major cities in India. ACC's pioneering efforts in promoting use of ready mix concrete coupled with the promotion of bulk cement handling facilities have been responsible for redefining the pace and quality of construction activity in metropolitan areas and major infrastructure projects. The company has been at the forefront of sustainable construction in all the areas that it operates in.
In India, cement concrete roads were built in isolated locations on national highways, state highways and city roads since early 1950. In the last decade of the 20th century, few major road projects like Mumbai-Pune Expressway (90Km), Delhi-Mathura (100Km section), Indore bypass road (35Km) etc. were undertaken with concrete pavement. These experiences accelerated the construction of 1600Km concrete road under Golden quadrilateral. Further the advantages of cement concrete road over bitumen road in terms of longer life, less maintenance, good riding quality, better skid resistance, lower life cycle cost, no effect of rain water, no effect of spillage of oil, better reflectivity, saving in fuel consumption, etc. has also lead to construction of more concrete roads in several parts of India.
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NBM&CW March 2016
