Green award for TRL

The UK’s Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) has scooped a prestigious Green Mind Award for the best Green Innovation project in Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The project, Investigating Recycled Aggregate Materials in Construction, aimed to reduce the amount of solid waste accumulating in Qatar and MENA and provide a practical solution for a cheaper and sustainable aggregate supply into the region. As a result, the Qatar Construction Specifications have been updated and a recycling target has been
April 9, 2014 Read time: 1 min
The UK’s Transport Research Laboratory (491 TRL) has scooped a prestigious Green Mind Award for the best Green Innovation project in Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

The project, Investigating Recycled Aggregate Materials in Construction, aimed to reduce the amount of solid waste accumulating in Qatar and MENA and provide a practical solution for a cheaper and sustainable aggregate supply into the region. As a result, the Qatar Construction Specifications have been updated and a recycling target has been set in the National Development Strategy.

Following on from extensive laboratory tests, full scale site trials are currently under way to demonstrate how recycled aggregates can be used in practice.  As well as providing greater confidence in their use, the use of research-based evidence to develop and implement new technologies will enable government organisations and the construction industry to establish reliable and sustainable infrastructure.

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