Synopsis
Today, there are numerous emerging factors, such as floods, record-breaking temperatures or extreme events and climate change, which are putting increasing pressure on road infrastructures. This has led in many cases to more rapid deterioration of road pavements, bringing them close to the end of their service life.
Increasing traffic with heavier loads and high tyre pressures leads to more rutting and fatigue cracking. In addition, there is the arrival of new types of road vehicle, such as autonomous, electric, and high-capacity vehicles, accelerating the road deterioration.
Attendees
This symposium will consider what is available to the asphalt paving industry to tackle the damaging effects of the changes in climate and traffic on road pavement life.
Materials are being developed to tackle these changes, such as higher performance asphalt to respond better to the greater stresses, and the industry has reacted to climate change with initiatives, such as lower temperature mixtures, bitumen additives, and recycling. Pavement design and associated specifications should also take account of how to minimize the damaging effects on the pavement structure.
Programme
Tuesday 24 March 2026
- 09.30
- Registration and refreshments
- 10.00
- Opening address
Chairman of Construction materials group
- 10.05
- Chairman’s introduction
Lucia de Ferrariis, WSP
- 10.10
- Resilient roads – Local Authorities perception
Stephen Child, ADEPT SMDS
- 10.40
- Carbon impact on design – whole life carbon
- 11.10
- Refreshment break
- 11.40
- Cold recycled materials – climate change challenges
- 12.10
- Future resilience of the strategic road network: Impacts of climate change on pavements
- 12.40
- Discussion
- 13.00
- Lunch
- 14.00
- Future resilience of the strategic road network: Impacts of emerging vehicle trend on pavements
- 14.30
- Long life surfacing (durability)
- 15.00
- RSTA contribution
Mike Hansford & Rory O’Connor, RSTA
- 15.30
- Discussion
- 16.00
- Close and refreshments on departure
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Before early bird - ends Tuesday 10 February
SCI Member - £100
Non-Member - £135
SCI Student Member - £45
*IAT/IHE Member - £120
After early bird
SCI Member - £165
Non-Member - £200
SCI Student Member - £60
* IAT/IHE Member - £185
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Organising committee
Lucia de Ferrariis, WSP
Mike Gibb, Hyperion
Tom Green, Socotec
John Richardson, Retired