Ráðstefna norrænna steinefnaframleiðenda.
September 2002
Thursday-September 12
09:00-09:10 WELCOME
H. Torfason, Höfði Asphalt Plant Ltd, Iceland
09:10-09:20 OPENING
V. Sverrisdóttir, Minister of Industries, Iceland
9:20-09:40 AGGREGATE PRODUCTION IN ICELAND
E.L. Sveinsdóttir, Icelandic Building Research Institute and B.J. Wigum, ERGO Engineering Geology Ltd, Iceland
09:40-10:00 THE INFRA TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMME IN FINLAND 2001-2005
T. Laitinen, SML, Finland
10:30-10:50 BUSINESS AND RESEARCH - AN OVERVIEW OF THE SWEDISH INDUSTRIES ENGAGEMENT IN NATIONAL AGGREGATE RESEARCH
S. Wallman, NCC Roads AB, Sweden
10:50-11:10 THE NORWEGIAN AGGREGATES SECTOR - DEVELOPMENTS, CHALLANGES AND POSSIBILITIES
E. Gammelsætter, PGL, Norway
11:10-11:30 Research funded by the Icelandic Road Administration
Á. Gudmundsdóttir and H. Haraldsson, Icelandic Road Administration, Iceland
11:30-11:50 QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF AGGREGATGES FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION -- FRAGMENTATION, WEATHERING AND ABRASION
G. Bjarnason, Icelandic Road Administration, Iceland, P. Pétursson, Icelandic Building Research Institute and S. Erlingsson, Engineering Research Institute, University of Iceland
11:50-12:10 QUARRY YIELD PREDICTION AS A TOOL IN QUARRY MANAGEMENT
Ó.B. Smárason, Stapi Ltd - Consulting Geologists, Iceland
13:30-14:00 GUEST SPEAKER
D. Fowler, International Centre for Aggregate Research (ICAR), Texas, USA
14:00-14:20 COMPARISON OF BASALTIC AGGREGATES FROM ICELAND, WEST JAVA AND NORTHERN IRELAND
P. Pétursson, Icelandic Building Research Institute, G. Bjarnason, Icelandic Road Administration, Iceland, W.D.H. Woodward, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland and D. Widajat, Institute of Road Engineering, Indonesia
14:20-14:40 MINIMIZING THE RISK OF CONCRETE DAMAGE CAUSED BY ALKALI AGGREGATE REACTIONS IN NORWAY
B.J. Wigum, ERGO Engineering Geology Ltd, Iceland
14:40-15:00 MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS FOR COMPARING DIFFERENT METHODS FOR TESTING AGGREGATES
J. Pilz, University of Klagenfurt, Austria, G. Bjarnason, Icelandic Road Administration, Iceland and P. Pétursson, Icelandic Building Research Institute
15:30-15:50 AGGREGATES - TESTING FOR HARMFUL ALTERATION
Th. Hólmgeirsdóttir, University of Iceland and ERGO Engineering Geology Ltd and S. Steinthórsson, University of Iceland
15:50-16:10 REHABILITATING GRAVEL EXTRACTION SITES: THE FUNCTION OF INITIAL ORGANIC TOPSOIL LAYER
P. Niskanen, Tampere University of Technology, Finland and J. Rintala, Finnish Environment Institute
16:10-16:30 REPEATED LOAD TRIAXIAL TESTING FOR QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF UNBOUND GRANULAR BASE COURSE MATERIALS
B. Magnúsdóttir and S. Erlingsson, Engineering Research Institute, University of Iceland, Iceland.
16:30-16:50 EFFECT OF MICA ON DEFORMATION PROPERTIES OF UNBOUND AGGREGATES - RESULTS FROM TRIAXIAL TESTS
M. Arm, Swedish Geotechnical Institute, Sweden
19:00-23:00 CONFERENCE DINNER AT VIDEY ISLAND
Friday - September 13
08:30-09:00 GUEST SPEAKER: EUROPEAN STANDARDS FOR AGGREGATES: THE WORK OF CEN TC 154
P. Nixon, Building Research Establishment, Watford, UK
09:00-09:20 FREEZE/THAW TEST WITH 1 % NaCl
P. Pétursson, Icelandic Building Research Institute
09:20-09:40 TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR RAILWAY BALLAST IN FINLAND
P. Kuula-Väisänen, Tampere University of Technology, Finland and T.-M. Kaivola, Tampere University of Technology, Finland
09:40-10:00 TECHNIQUE AND ECONOMIC POSSIBILITIES OF THE REUSE OF QUARRY WASTES AS CRUSHED STONES IN A WIDE MINING BASIN IN THE ALPS: AN APPLICATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTALLY ADJUSTED COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
M. Bottero, DIGET-Polytechnic of Turin, Italy, F. Burdisso, Mondovì - CN, Italy, G.A. Dino, DIGET-Polytechnic of Turin, Italy, M. Fornaro, Department of earth sciences -University of Turin, Italy, and G. Mondini, DIGET-Polytechnic of Turin, Italy
10:00-10:20 TESTING AND CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT OF CONSTRUCTION AGGREGATES USING THE PM TECHMODEL SOFTWARE
Th. Helgason, Petromodel Ltd., Iceland and S. Fuxén, Petromodel Ltd, Iceland
10:50-11:10 MINERALOGY, TEXTURE AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF ANTI-SKID AND ASPHALT AGGREGATES CONTRIBUTING TO URBAN DUST
M. Räisänen, University of Helsinki, Finland , K. Kupiainen, University of Helsinki/ Nordic Envicon Oy, Finland and H. Tervahattu, University of Helsinki/Nordic Envicon Oy, Finland
11:10-11:30 THE INFLUENCE OF FOLIATION ON THE FRAGILITY OF GRANITIC ROCKS, ASSESSED WITH IMAGE ANALYSIS AND QUANTITATIVE MICROSCOPY
U. Åkesson, Göteborg University, Sweden, J. Stigh, Göteborg University, Sweden, J.E. Lindqvist, SP - Swedish National Testing and Research Institute, Sweden and M. Göransson, SGU - Geological Survey of Sweden
11:30-11:50 MODELING GRAVEL ROAD DETERIORATION
A. Valkonen, Tampere University of Technology, Finland
11:50-12:10 HIGH NATURAL HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATIONS OF SAND AND GRAVEL AGGREGATES IN JOENSUU REGION IN EASTERN FINLAND
O. Breilin, Geological Survey of Finland, Espoo, J. Hyvärinen, Geological Survey of Finland, Kuopio and J. Pihlaja, Geological Survey of Finland, Rovaniemi
12:10-12:30 TBM TUNNEL SPOIL FOR RCC DAMS AND MORE INFORMATIVE GEOLOGICAL MAPS
Birgir Jónsson, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Iceland