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INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE IN INDONESIA

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When we first heard Dr. Jorge B. Sousa, Managing Director and owner of CONSULPAV (www.consulpav.com)
describing RARX’s performance, when properly used in SAMI, THING GAP and GAP grada ons, I have to admit that I
was skep cal. The idea of using 9.35% and 11.5% binder contents and at the same me being virtually ru ng proof
took a while to become credible.

Finally, my quest to provide Indonesia with tools to end potholes led me to believe Dr. Sousa’s research results, and
experience, and invest heavily into RARX.
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Two years a er using RARX, provided by CIRTEC (www.cirtec.es) in Indonesia, where it was placed under the most
severe condi ons, I have to admit that I am impressed and converted.

We just made a survey of all the jobs made by PJI and we come with a very profound knowledge of RARX’s
capabili es.

In the table below, we have the complete list of the projects we have done.

The first, in Jakarta – Kapuk, was a learning experience for the company and performed exactly like Dr. Sousa
expected. Some areas very well and other areas where we had roping in the SAMI or exis ng pot holes quickly filled
with pot hole mix reveled the expected problems. From this we learned how to make proper SAMI and that Dr. Sousa
could predict failures and success. He did say that RARX-SAMI -RARX-GAP graded combina on could resist reflec ve
cracking as we can see below (no cracks appear in the properly constructed areas).

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The second project JORR W2 is a great success. The RARX SAMI and GAP graded have resisted reflec ve cracking beyond any
treatment ever used in Indonesia. It also shows no ru ng whatsoever. The sec ons rehabilitated just before and a er the trail
sec ons with conven onal mixes already show distress and where paved a few months a er. This sec on was 12 in. thick
concrete and actually failed 3 years a er construc on. This was reported at RAR2018 (www.rar2018.net) in the paper “Road
Pavement Preserva on Trial with Reacted and Ac vated Rubber at JORR W2 Toll Road- Indonesia”

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The 5th, 6th and 7th project are in perfect condi on despite some having very heavy channelized traffic. NO ru ng,
NO cracking, NO raveling. Simply PERFECT! Below you can see a few pictures. We did have to wait to take a picture
of the pavement as the traffic was so intense. In the last sec on it was simply not possible to take pictures without
traffic…

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The grada ons of the RARX ThinGAP and the RARX Gap mixes are presented below. The film thickness of the bitumen covering
the aggregate and RARX par cles was 12 and 15 microns respec ve.

RARX Gap grada on

RARX ThinGap grada on

Now… from “failures” we learn!!! …

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Projects 3rd and 4th have POTHOLES! You can see how they look.

The purpose of this report it to present the “failures” of these two projects and how they make us understand why
the other projects are performing so well.
The pot holes appear only during each heavy rain and on the wheel path. Some treated pot holes had to be re-
treated and some have already become pot holes again.

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If you no ce on the table above these two projects have a conven onal mix layer placed between the RARX-GAP and
the RARX-SAMI. Between the RARX-GAP and the conven onal mix an emulsion tack coat was placed.
Given that there is no drainage in these pavements the RARX-SAMI retains ALL the water INSIDE the mixes above it in
the pavement. The pumping pressure of the res makes the pore pressure very high and start by debonding the
interface between the RARX-GAP and the conven onal mix. The accumula on of water in that interface is the source
of the water that pumps away the binder in the surface layer causing the pot holes. This is par cular enhanced in the
cold construc on joint near the center lane made in the conven onal mix.

Actually, a series of circumstances led us to pave these two sec ons placing the BINDER Conven onal mix between
the Wearing course and the SAMI. Even before the pothole appearance George Way told us that it was not a good
design approach exactly because of what happen.

In all other jobs where the RARX-SAMI is placed directly below the wearing course we do not have potholes.

This demonstrates that SAMI is indeed a waterproofing membrane and that it has a very high debonding resistance
as no water gets between it and the wearing or bo om layer.

Based on this, our recommenda ons for countries where we have heavy rains and very high levels of UV, that lead to
premature embri lement and cracking of the wearing course, is to use the very powerful combina on of RARX-SAMI

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and RARX- GAP or RARX -THINGAP. These mixes, that have very high rubber contents and very high binder contents,
do exhibit also great aging resistance.

A er these incredible observa ons on how these products performance we are more convinced than ever that they
are the products INDONESIA needs to cost effec vely maintain their road network.

We are very happy that Dr. Sousa persistence to convince us of RARX benefits. As we are now building 90 km of coal
roads with a RARX double chip seal over cement treated bases!!! In the video below the 3/4 in. RARX - SAMI is being
applied over a cement treated base.

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The constructed sec ons have been performing very well under really very heavy traffic and heavy heavy (!) rains
(rainfall in lowland areas averages 180–320 cm (70–125 in) annually, increasing with eleva on to an average of 610
cm (240 in) in some mountain areas!). As presented below now we have 1000 vehicles per day with GVW of about
160 ton (the payload is 130 ton!) over the RARX double chip seal.

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Our conclusions, from the observa ons made during the last survey, are:

• RARX THINGAP and RARX GAP are very rut resistant (No ruts found even under the most intense
channelized traffic!)

• RARX THINGAP and RARX GAP are very resistant to flexural fa gue and reflec ve cracking failures

• RARX-SAMI provides great adhesion to concrete pavements

• RARX-SAMI must be placed below the surface course

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Pino Iskandar

Rubberized Asphalt Founda on Asphalt Rubber Ambassador for Indonesia

Pino Iskandar has founded several companies and he is the owner and CEO of several companies namely, Conbloc
INFRATECNO, PSP, PJI, DRYMIX INDONESIA . The total net worth of his companies is 30 million USD with 500 people
working in them. He has been in the forefront of introducing several new technologies in Indonesia, such as, paving
BLOCKS, Surface Mining technologies, polymers binder and lately RARX. He invests in new technologies that he
believes fill a need in the Indonesian market. Based on his efforts to promote asphalt rubber and rubberized Asphalt,
the Rubberized Asphalt Founda on awarded him the 2018-2021 Asphalt Rubber Ambassador for Indonesia.

Website: www.conbloc.co.id e-mail: pinoiskandar@gmail.com or pino@conbloc.ci.id

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