Why Attend

Join this webinar to hear exclusive insights from industry experts on their awards winning projects on the development and use of low carbon materials and advanced recycling technologies.

This lunchtime masterclass will be the perfect opportunity to:

• Advance your professional development and stay at the forefront of your field by hearing from the latest innovations in low carbon materials
• Hear examples of successful material reuse and repurposing in highways construction  
• Take part in our live Q&A session to discuss with the project leaders the challenges and successes that lead their work that got recognition in the 2024 CIHT Decarbonisation Awards

About the webinar

You will hear presentations from:

Aggregate Industries UK Ltd on “ UK first net-zero highways product - FoamixECO™”, Winner of the Decarbonisation Award:

The project applied circular economy principles through product innovations to create the first carbon-neutral material (cradle-to-gate, stage A1-A3) available for UK pavement construction. Committed to developing innovative carbon neutral and low-carbon pavement solutions that will assist in the decarbonisation of the UK’s roads network, this revolutionary carbon-neutral construction product was designed to enable pavement decarbonisation.  FoamixECO™ offers a high-quality solution that incorporates 92% reclaimed aggregates, biogenetic bitumen and an innovative carbon neutral aggregate, reducing therefore our reliance on expensive, finite virgin aggregate whilst making the most of taxpayer money.

Colas on “Recycol in Cheshire West and Chester - Low carbon 100% binder course cold-recycling for the strategic road network”, Highly Commended of the Decarbonisation Award:

This project explored innovative tools and processes to decarbonise highway’s activity, by  successfully developing and adapting the internationally-used Recycol process, for its first use on a major UK A road. By completing a trial on a one-mile section of the A41, Colas used asphalt resurfacing techniques, recycling 100% of the binder course into the new road. This collaborative project delivered a substantial 65% reduction in carbon emissions, compared to traditional binder course replacement methods, whilst shortening the surfacing programme from 11 days to 7, minimising disruption.

Who is this webinar for ?

This webinar is open to both CIHT Members, CIHT Partner Employees and non-members. It will be of particular interest to those wanting to learn about the latest Road Safety education and awareness campaigns and how the sector can shape behaviors to protect vulnerable road users. 

This webinar is free for all CIHT Members to attend and is charged for CIHT Partner Employees and non-members.

Speakers

Paul Acock, National Technical Manager, Colas Ltd

Paul is National Technical Director of Colas Ltd. He overseas and maintains a series of Quality Control laboratories within the UK as well as the UK Research & Development laboratory, based in Runcorn, Cheshire. As part of the worldwide Colas Technical group, he assists in sourcing new technologies and processes for the UK. In addition, he assists other sectors of the group regards innovations that have evolved from UK development projects.
Paul has been in the roads industry covering all aspects of development and recycling for over 30 years, both within the UK and overseas. He has extensive knowledge of bitumen technology, polymer modified binders and bitumen emulsions. Primarily, he specialises in utilising material recycling techniques which benefit the UK highways network. He is a member of numerous UK & European Standards Committees of which are accountable for the testing of asphalt material specifications.

Joe Kimberley, Innovation Manager, Colas Ltd

Joe is an Innovation Manager for Colas Ltd with over 12 years’ experience in the Highways sector. He is an alumnus of the University of Leeds, with a Masters in Sustainability in Transport following his first degree in Economics and Transport.
He recently ran a BEIS/DESNZ funded programme with Recycol, demonstrating a 65% saving in a binder-course replacement solution. 
He is currently working on the CEDR Live Labs programme with Transport for West Midlands, securing funding from DfT and ADEPT and working with a wide range of local authority, private sector and other stakeholders to comprehensively and objectively measure the carbon footprints of materials involved in pothole/patching, surface treatment and surfacing. The purpose here is to stimulate the take-up of the best low carbon materials.
Linked to this, Joe is currently leading efforts to source and bring suitable low carbon materials to the UK from the 50 Colas territories and other stakeholders.

Phil Sabin, Technical Director, Aggregate Industries

Phil is a construction materials engineer with over 35 years of experience in road pavement design, construction and associated asphalt and aggregate related technologies.

Today he is the Technical Director at Aggregate Industries (AI) responsible for the development, design and quality of over 6 million tonnes of asphalt, 40million tonnes of aggregate per annum from in excess of 150 manufacturing locations.

Phil is chair of the MPA asphalt technical panel and advisory member on numerous asphalt and aggregate industry British Standard committee’s and former Council member of the Institute of Asphalt Technology. He currently chairs TC227 WG1 Task Group 4 (TG4) ‘Conformity Assessment Standards’ dealing with CEN European asphalt standards BS EN 13108 Parts 8, 20 and 21.