Grupa “IMASA Ingernieria y Proyectos, S.A.“: Cementos Portland Valderrivas, S.A. / CEMEX, S.A. finalized the upgrade work on the access roads to the Huerta de Valdecarábanos quarry and the crushing area of its Castillejo plant in Toledo, central Spain. Huerta de Valdecarábanos is a municipality located in the province of Toledo, Castile-La Mancha in central Spain. Toledo is a province of central Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. Its capital is the city of Toledo.
The company placed about 450m3 of rolled compacted concrete (RCC) to prevent dust and mud emission as well as improving access for vehicles. RCC can be installed using the usual asphalt equipment and does not require special equipment. The concrete is made in mixing plants with very low water-cement ratios.
RCC is a type of non-reinforced concrete pavement placed with high density paving equipment (usually asphalt equipment) and then compacted with vibratory rollers. While the finished product is essentially concrete pavement, the engineering and construction of this pavement is very different from conventional concrete pavement. RCC has two major markets: pavements and water resources (dams, spillways, reservoir slope protection, etc.). While there are water resource applications which are placed similar to RCC pavements, the materials, engineering properties, and construction means and methods for pavements are typically different from those for water resources applications.
RCC pavements, first constructed in the 1970s, are touted for many qualities:
• Environmentally cleaner
• Land-based
• Low-cost pavement
• Strong pavement to withstand heavy and specialized loads and specialized equipment for large sorting yards (that can span 40 acres or more)
• Other heavy-duty applications
• Placed quickly—expediting the construction schedule
• Durable in a freeze-thaw environment and has the versatility to take on a wide variety of paving applications
Low cost continues to draw engineers, owners, and construction managers to RCC. Today, RCC owes much of its appeal to performance. The Castillejo plant expects to benefit from RCC‘s high rigidity and mechanical resistance—rarely deforms under heavy traffic loads or heavy vehicles; achieves a longer service life when compared other types of solutions; and enables much faster opening to traffic than conventional concrete pavements. For MUCH more on RCC, please visit the RCC Pavement Council: www.rccpavementcouncil.org
Castile-La Mancha is one of the most sparsely populated of Spain’s regions—population of 1784 inhabitants (2006). This region is mostly where the story of the famous Spanish novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes is situated, and La Mancha is internationally well-known. Although La Mancha is a windswept, battered plateau, it remains a symbol of Spanish culture with its vineyards, sunflowers, mushrooms, olive plantations, windmills, Manchego cheese, and Don Quixote.
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Cementos Portland Valderrivas, S.A. is one of the crucial companies in the cement sector in Spain, and “The Group IMASA” is one of their main mechanical work contractors. From 1995 to the present, the following have been the most important companies in the sector cement maker in Spain, and IMASA is one of its leading mechanical work contractors:
• Morata de Tajuña (MADRID)
• Olazagutia (NAVARRA)
• Castillejo (TOLEDO) CEMENTOS PORTLAND VALDERRIVAS, SA
• CEMEX, SA
IMASA has many years of experience in the sector cement makers from his foundation in the 1970s. This includes a variety of investment works, scheduled projects, and leaders of performance maintenance plant mechanics of El Stop in Madrid and Olazagutia in Navarra for CEMENTS PORTLAND VALDERRIVAS, SA and for Castillejo in Toledo for CEMEX, SA.
For the PDF on Grupo Cementos Portland Valderrivas, S.A. / CEMEX, S.A., please click on page image above or go to: www.imasa.com/recursos/referencias/1931561638_1882009133958_3.pdf
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“IMASA”: The Cementos Portland Valderrivas Group is a multinational leader in the production of cement, concrete, aggregate and mortar. The Group, an FCC subsidiary, uses cutting-edge technologies to achieve economic optimization and ensure environmental friendliness in all its production processes. It operates in two geographic areas, western Europe (Spain and the UK) and Africa (Tunisia).
IMASA Group has 7 cement plants in Spain, covering most of the country—especially concentrated in the north region and in the 3 largest cities of Madrid, Barcelona and Seville. The Group has approximately 11 million tons of manufacturing capacity installed in Spain and occupies a leading position in Tunisia, where it runs the country’s largest cement factory, boasting a production capacity of 2 million tons. Cementos Portland Valderrivas owns a cement import terminal in the United Kingdom as well.
For the Cement News article titled “Cemex completes Castillejo access work”, please go to: https://www.cemnet.com/News/story/168588/cemex-completes-castillejo-access-work.html
Home Map/Province Photo by Amy M. Dean with resources from Google & Wikipedia
Bronze statues of “Don Quixote and Sancho Panza”, at the Plaza de España in Madrid: www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Quixote#/media/File:Bronze_statues_of_Don_Quixote_and_Sancho_Panza.jpg