The Laboratory for Asphalts and Bitumen-Based Products
- ASFALTS and BITUMENS – laboratory tests and field investigations
- BITUMEN-BASED WATERPROOFING PRODUCTS – laboratory tests and field investigations
- QUALITY CONTROL of the materials used and the execution of asphalting and waterproofing works – during installation and throughout the lifetime of the products
- CONSULTING in the field of asphalts, bitumens, and bitumen-based products
- DYNAMIC TESTS of asphalt mixes
- SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION – the use of recycled materials, LCA analyses
- CERTIFICATION – authorized persons for the assessment of systems of factory production control for asphalts, bitumens, and bitumen-based waterproofing materials
Research and development work:
| Research and development projects since the year 2000 | Financing / Duration |
| The influence of asphalt mixes on tyre-road noise emissions | DARS d.d./ 2001-2003 |
| Determination of the dependence of the ageing of two types of bitumen on the use of two different types of stone aggregate | DARS d.d./ 2003-2004 |
| The effect of the bitumen filling of longitudinal cracks on the skid resistance of pavements | DARS d.d./ 2003-2004 |
| Dynamic tests of asphalt mixes | DARS d.d./ 2003-2004 |
| Measurements of the density of asphalt mixes by means of a Pavement Density Meter | DARS d.d./ 2003-2004 |
| Environmentally-friendly production of asphalts by optimizing the adding of secondary raw materials to asphalt mixes (the project was managed by the National Chemistry Institute of Slovenia) | ARRS/ 2010-2014 |
Important projects:
| Important international projects since the year 2000 | Financing / Duration |
| SPENS - Sustainable Pavements for European New member States (ZAG as co-ordinator: ZAG) | EC, 6 OP 2006 - 2009 |
| Re-Road -End of life strategies of asphalt pavements (ZAG as a partner) | EC, 7 OP 2009 - 2012 |
| DIRECT-MAT - DIsmantling and RECycling Techniques for road MATerials (ZAG as a partner) | EC, 7 OP 2009 - 2011 |
| Pothole - Durable Pothole Repairs (ZAG as a partner) | Era-Net Road 2011 - 2013 |
| ASCAM - Asset Service Condition Assessment Methodology (ZAG as a partner) | Era-Net Road 2009 - 2012 |
| STARS – Scoring Traffic at Roadworks (ZAG as a partner) | Era-Net Road 2011 - 2013 |
| Browser - Baselining Road Works Safety on European Roads (ZAG as a partner) | CEDR 2013 - 2015 |
| Consistend - A tool to assess the impact of construction process quality on the performance of pavements and its implementation in tenders (ZAG as a partner) | CEDR 2014 - 2016 |
| FUNDBITS - FUNctional Durability-related BITumen Specification (ZAG as partner) | CEDR 2014 - 2016 |
Accreditation:
The Laboratory is accredited for the testing of asphalts, bitumens, and bitumen-based products according to the requirements of the standard SIST EN ISO/IEC 17025. On pages 25 to 30 of the Accreditation Document No. LP-005, which was issued by Slovenian Accreditation, there is a list of the 41 accredited test methods which are performed by the Laboratory for Asphalts and Bitumen-Based Products.
Co-operation and memberships
- CEN TC227 WG1, ZAS - the Slovenian Asphalt Pavement Association, and the Committee for asphalts at DARS
- participation in the work of the technical committees of SIST during the preparation of new standards.
