EcoPrime®

Eco-Friendly Base Preparation

Protection from the elements until the next phase

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The best and most eco-friendly base preparation for a quality pavement

A pavement is only as good as its foundation—its base. Traditionally, road bases have been prepared for surfacing with prime coats to protect the granular base during construction and help reduce dust. Prime seals provide a good bond between the underlying base and hot mix asphalt overlays. On low volume roads, they bond the base to chip seals or other thin surfaces, which might otherwise delaminate. As traffic increases, these treatments serve well as foundations for staged construction of future overlays. In the past, most primes were made from cutback asphalts or other petroleum-based materials that are slow to cure and emit volatile organic compounds. Some of these materials also had poor penetration into compacted bases, thereby reducing their bonding effectiveness. Worse still, there have also been incidents where run-off from these materials has polluted the soil and even nearby streams.

EcoPrime® is an eco-friendly, solventless prime.

It contains no petroleum solvents that have flammable vapors, are hazardous to workers and release harmful VOC’s into the environment. It is made from sustainable, natural resources that do not pollute waterways. It is water-based, safe for workers and easy to use. The innovative Colas Solutions™ technology is engineered to give superior penetration into the base, binding surface fines and superior bonding between the underlying surface and overlays. EcoPrime® also serves as excellent dust control, taking particulates out of the air we breathe.

Easy on workers, budgets and the environment

EcoPrime® is supplied as a liquid which may be diluted to give an accurate shot rate when sprayed through a distributor over a prepared, compacted base. The water based emulsion is safely sprayed at ambient temperatures by a calibrated pressure distributor at a uniform rate, without splattering or drilling from the spray bar. The nozzle angle and spray bar height are adjusted to insure that the spray pattern is even and will give the best prime. The application rate should give a uniform coverage of just enough sealant for a thin, tacky, adhesive film without running off the road’s surface.

Engineering solutions that work – a Superior Prime and a Superior Dust Suppressant

The economical treatment can be used as a soil stabilizer and dust suppressant. As a prime, it protects the underlying layers from wet weather by providing a temporary waterproofing layer. It can also be used to reduce soil erosion on ditch banks and shoulders. It does not harm vegetation.

Pavement engineers are struggling with increasing traffic and loads, dwindling funds and rising material costs. Increasing capacity is an important part of maintaining an effective road infrastructure. Colas Solutions™ and the family of Colas companies believe in designing solutions that provide long lasting pavements that are built right the first time, while minimizing effects on the environment and health. EcoPrime® is just one of those solutions engineered to give excellent performance during and after construction.

EcoPrime®

Protection from the elements The mark of a good prime is the penetration it obtains into the granular base material. Prime that sits on top may look pretty, but if it doesn’t soak in, then it simply isn’t getting the job done. EcoPrime® soaks in to provide protection from the elements while creating a strong base that is ready for the next layer, no matter if that’s tomorrow or a few weeks from now.

Good prime coat soaks in

Poor prime stays on surface

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EcoPrime® Benefits

EcoPrime® accounts for just a small fraction of the total project cost, but it makes a big contribution to the overall project success. Just some of the advantages of EcoPrime® include:

n Solventless, no flammable or harmful volatiles

n Easily diluted in water

n Made from renewable resources

n Superior penetration into all types of compacted base materials

n Excellent dust control

n Toughens the base surface to prevent damage from construction equipment

n Protects the base from moisture

n Coats and bonds loose material on the surface of the base

n Provides excellent adhesion between the base and the succeeding course

n Less expensive

The EcoPrime® residue not only suppresses the dust layer, but it binds the dust into a thin membrane that protects the surface.

EcoPrime® has none of the drawbacks of conventional prime coats and dust suppressants. Unlike cutbacks, such as MC-30, other primes containing solvent and chemical dust suppressants like calcium chloride, it does NOT:

n Pollute the soil and ground water

n Harm vegetation

n Replace one atmospheric pollutant (dust) with another (VOC’s)

n Cause a fire hazard

n Cost more

Colas Solutions™ is proud to bring you EcoPrime®. It is just one of our global solutions engineered for environmentally responsible construction materials with reliable, proven performance.

Better Performance – Better for the Environment™

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A world of innovation, with a local presence™

Colas Solutions™ brings a world of innovations to you through the hands of our highly-trained and experienced local contractors and representatives. We work with you to survey conditions and choose the right solution. Many times we already know the neighborhood, infrastructure and preservation needs because we also live there.

With Colas Solutions™, we don’t just sell products and services. We believe in education and strive to help you understand how to choose the right systems, materials, and construction resources. We work with your staff to provide the technical assistance and construction services they may need to effectively design, build, maintain, and preserve your pavement and infrastructure investment network. We work with each of our customers with a high level of integrity and business ethics, cognizant of the fact that trust must be earned before it can be given. And when you choose Colas Solutions™, you’ll know that you are getting products and services that respect and protect the environment, as well as the safety of the communities in which we live. After all,

We’re all in this together™

Quality Adherence

The Colas quality system provides the tools by which we measure our performance, acting as a catalyst in promoting continuous improvement. It plays an integral part in all our day-to-day activities. Colas Solutions™ is committed to the provision of products and services that meet or exceed Colas and in-dustry requirements. Through a structured program of quality improvement projects, specific initiatives, measurement of perfor-mance and encouragement of ideas, we aim to exceed our target of continuous improve-ment in the quality of every thing we do.