Road Re-Construction
Dirt roads are still the typical surfaces
used for ground transportation in Third World Countries around the world. The cost to
surface these roads using asphalt or concrete is prohibitive. Our road reconstruction
technology provides the equivalent to four inches of asphalt for approximately one-fifth
the cost.
This is the most advanced road surfacing
technology known to man. The simple process of mixing a compound into the existing natural
soil and compacting the soil and thereby transform the soil into an all-weather natural
soil pavement driving surface is phenomenal.
The technology was developed by ECO-Polymers.
ECO-Polymers is a privately owned Company. A lower version of the technology is available
commercially under the trade name of PolyPavement©.
However, the higher version of the technology, known as ECO-Admix,
is intended for dirt road reconstruction in Third World Countries. Feeder Road
construction projects are currently underway and being developed in Ghana, Nigeria,
Liberia and Burkina Faso. Ghana is slated to become the source for the technology in West
Africa.
- Increase the strength of existing dirt road surfaces to 5
times the strength of asphalt. Dirt roads meet performance specifications for paved roads.
- Transform the existing soil into an all-weather
traffic-bearing surface.
- Design roads using the in-place soil.
- Eliminate pot holes altogether. Eliminate soil replacement
costs.
- Uses readily available equipment.
- Reduce programmed maintenance by 75%.
A current Road Re-construction Project in
Ghana makes use of multiple entities consisting of private commercial companies, public
works organizations and education and research institutions. A representation of these
entities for a project being undertaken in Ghana is shown in the following table:
Private Commercial
Companies |
Public Works
Organizations |
Educational & Research
Institutions |
| ECO-Polymers Ghana |
Ghana Highway Authority |
Ghana Institution
of Engineers |
| Ghana Emulsions Company |
GHA Department
of Feeder Roads |
University of Science
and Technology |
| Private Construction Companies |
GHA Materials
Testing Laboratory |
Road Engineering
and Research |
Transforming a Dirt Road
The following photos illustrate the process
of re-constructing a dirt road with ECO-Polymers Admix
treatment.
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Typical
Ghanaian Feeder Road |
Road surface
being prepared |
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ECO-Admix being applied |
Road with ECO-Admix being rolled |
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People walking on finished
road |
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