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Pierre DUPONT: CNAM engineer - Expert in charge of aggregates at SETRA (Service d'Études Techniques des Routes et Autoroutes)
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Georges AUSSEDAT: Head of technical affairs at Union Nationale des Producteurs de Granulats
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Yannick DESCANTES: Doctorate in Civil Engineering. State Public Works Engineer - Head of aggregate testing at the Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées
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Jeanne-Sylvine GUEDON: Doctorate in petrography-volcanology. State Public Works Engineer - Head of the Geology, Rock Mechanics and Environmental Geotechnics Section at the Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées (France)
INTRODUCTION
In the first file , we covered the main aggregate resources, the properties of quarried rock and the main geotechnical characteristics of aggregates, together with the corresponding tests. In this dossier [C 903v2], we deal specifically with the production and use specifications of the structures produced.
Standards, reference works and key suppliers are grouped under .
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Aggregates. Production and uses
Bibliography
Standardization
European specification standards
- Granulats pour matériaux traités aux liants hydrauliques et non traités. - NF EN 13242 -
- Granulats pour mélanges hydrocarbonés et enduits superficiels. - NF EN 13043 -
- Granulats pour bétons. - NF EN 12620 -
- Granulats pour mortiers. - NF EN 13139 -
- Granulats légers (parties 1 et 2). - NF EN 13055 -
- Granulats pour ballasts de voies ferrées....
Productions of the French Committee for Road Techniques (CFTR)
Aide au choix des granulats pour chaussées - Note d'information n° 10, January 2005.
Valorization of local materials - Technical guide, October 2004.
Validation of regional technical guides - Information note no. 9, December 2004.
Regional technical guides
Limestone, Île-de-France - 1996.
Les Chailles, Île-de-France - 1996.
Silt, Île-de-France - 1996.
Les sablons, Île-de-France - 1996.
Bottom ash from household waste incineration, Île-de-France - 1998.
Recycled concrete and demolition products, Île-de-France - 2003.
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Regulations
Law no. 76-663 of July 19, 1976 on facilities classified for environmental protection.
Law no. 93.3 of January 4, 1993 on quarries.
Arrêté du 22 septembre 1994 relatif aux exploitations des carrières et aux installations de premier traitement des matériaux de carrière.
Arrêté du 10 février 1998 relatif à la détermination du montant des garanties financières...
Consumption - Production
French aggregates production has reached around 400 million tonnes a year since 2000, with no significant change since.
Suppliers
The structure of aggregates supply in France at the end of 2006 is shown in figure 3 . For supplier addresses, a directory can be consulted or purchased from UNICEM.
Organizations
SETRA Service d'Études Techniques des Routes et Autoroutes http://www.setra.equipement.gouv.fr
UNPG Union Nationale des Producteurs de Granulats
UNICEM Union Nationale des Industries et des Carrières et Matériaux de construction http://www.unicem.fr
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