“With detailed understanding, we can then deliberately select ingredients and engineer the tailoring of components, so our final material can fulfil specific requirements needed for road and pavement applications.
“…The hard materials give a non-slip surface texture, while the microfibers, which are thinner than the width of a human hair, distribute the load across the whole slab, resulting in a concrete that is tough as metal and at least twice as strong as conventional concrete under bending.”
The team claims that ConFlexPave has been specially designed so that it can be precast into slabs to allow for quick installation, reducing the programmes of various civil engineering and building projects. Better yet, the polymer fibres also make the material skid resistant, making it safer to drive and walk on.
While this is all exiting stuff, it is worth noting that the material has only been tested in tablet-sized batches so far; the real test coming when the team ups the size of the slabs to see if the results remain consistent.
Innovations of this type are what the industry needs; potentially delivering reduced build times for Specialist Contractors. At C-Link we are therefore delighted to hear about the work currently ongoing in Singapore. Who knows? In a few years’ time some of the Specialists who are using the C-Link platform will be able to offer this new material.
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