
What is Asphalt?
Asphalt is a mixture of aggregates, binder and filler, used for constructing and maintaining all kinds of roads, parking areas, and play- and sport areas. Aggregates used for asphalt mixtures could be crushed rock, sand, gravel or slags. In order to bind the aggregates into a cohesive mixture a binder is used. Most commonly, bitumen is used as a binder. An average asphalt pavement consists of the road structure above the formation level which includes unbound and bituminous-bound materials. This gives the pavement the ability to distribute the loads of the traffic before it arrives at the formation level.

What is the utility of Asphalt ?
Although asphalt is mainly used for paving roads, it can also be used for various other purposes. The versatility of asphalt makes it such a widely used material. Among others, it can be found in the following sectors: Uses of Asphalt in transportation - (roads, railway beds or airport runways, taxiways, etc.), uses of Asphalt in recreation - (playgrounds, bicycle paths, running tracks, tennis courts...), uses of Asphalt in Agriculture- (barn floors, greenhouse floors...), uses of Asphalt in Industrial purposes - (ports, landfill caps, work sites...) and uses of Asphalt in Building construction- (flooring).