The impact of climate change on road infrastructure design, the most up-to-date recycling techniques to reduce the pollution involved in road construction and the use of recycled rubber powder from 'old' tires in asphalt mixes, for increase grip and safety. These are some of the topics that will be explored on the Titan during the Summer School hosted by the University of the Republic of San Marino and organized by the Italian Road Infrastructure Society, scheduled from 16 to 20 September with a final seminar in which the intervention is foreseen by Donato Carlea, president of the Italian Superior Council of Public Works, committed to providing an ever better guarantee of the quality and safety of public and private works and infrastructures, in the prevention of seismic risk and in the evaluation and safety of the existing built heritage.
The decision to carry out the initiative on the Titan derives, among other things, from the growing and recognized commitment made by the Civil Engineering degree course of the University of San Marino in the research activity aimed at eco-sustainable techniques used in road maintenance.
The international summit will bring together the top experts in the sector from academic institutions such as Parma, Rome, Turin, Sao Paulo (Brazil), Granada (Spain) and Maribor (Slovenia), offering opportunities for discussion, updating and exchange for European and international academics Asians. Also involved was the Autonomous State Authority for Public Works, protagonist of a partnership with the University which sees San Marino at the forefront in the use of cutting-edge technologies in road maintenance. The Summer School is sponsored by Ecopneus, a non-profit company that manages the collection, transport and treatment of approximately 220.000 tons of discarded tires every year. Among its purposes, which include the promotion and support of recycled rubber applications, the contribution to the use of road surfaces capable of providing high-level mechanical performance with positive effects for the community in terms of noise reduction and environmental sustainability, thanks precisely to the use of recycled materials.
In parallel with the interventions scheduled in the university headquarters of the Ancient Monastery of Santa Chiara, in the historic center of Mount Titano, a focus on the Misano World Circuit – Marco Simoncelli, the track on the Romagna Riviera that hosts the blue-and-white stage of the MotoGP every year, for analyze situations where high performance is required.
The Summer School is sponsored by the Secretariat of State for Tourism, the Territory and the Environment, the Secretariat of State for Education and Culture, the Secretariat of State for Foreign Affairs. It has also received the scientific patronage of EATA (European Asphalt Technology Association), ISAP Technical Committee Asphalt Pavement & Environment, RILEM (International Union of laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures). Marini-Fayat Group and Laboratorio TEMA were also present as sponsors.
