DustGrip™

Dust Palliatives and Stabilization Systems

When you don’t want to kick up a lot of dust

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Materials for improving unpaved roads

Poor air quality. Poor visibility. Muddy, slippery and unsafe roads in wet weather. Dirt and dust all over everything in dry weather. Engineers estimate that a single vehicle introduces 4 pounds of dust into the air when traveling at 30 mph for each mile of gravel road. And there are 1.3 million miles of unpaved roads in the US, as well as dust control needs at construction sites and quarries. Colas Solutions™ technical experts have engineered cost-effective products to mitigate these problems, while providing protection to the road surface and improving health, safety and the environment.

Two Colas Solutions™ choices for controlling dust DustGrip™ is a water-based asphalt emulsion sprayed on the road surface, available in both anionic and cationic versions. Colas Solutions™ has formulated the emulsion with additives to penetrate the graded surface and leave residual asphalt that controls the dust while keeping the surface stable during wet and freezing weather.

DustGrip™ G is an exciting new product, derived from renewable agricultural materials. This plant-based dust palliative effectively prolongs dust control on road surfaces and is one of the most environmentally-friendly products available.

Both DustGrip™ and DustGrip™ G are sprayed by a distributor onto a graded surface. For optimal performance, the road material should be mechanically stable. Typical application rates depend upon the openness of the surface and vary from 0.20 to 0.50 gallons per square yard of diluted material. The products are ideal for gravel roads as well as other applications where dust is a problem.

Unlike cutbacks and other volatile dust palliatives, the water-based DustGrip™ products don’t release dangerous fumes into the air. And unlike products such as calcium and magnesium chloride, DustGrip™ and DustGrip™ G are both engineered to bond the surface together and add waterproofing for further road protection. They are not corrosive to vehicles and application equipment. Because they are not soluble in water, they are not easily leached away like the salts commonly used for dust control. DustGrip™ treated roads need less regrading and less frequent retreatment.

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Durable and designed to last Laboratory tests confirm that DustGrip products achieve excellent penetration into the existing road surface, resulting in dust control that is long-lasting .

Both DustGrip products effectively bind existing surface materials together, in an environmentally responsible manner, to protect the structure below.

Keeping down the dust while protecting the road

Road engineers have found that dust control reduces maintenance grading costs from 25 to 75 percent. DustGrip™ products have been developed to last longer, reducing the need for regrading and prolonging the time between treatments. They are formulated to penetrate and grip the surface for lasting performance. Some of the advantages of using DustGrip™ include:

n Reducing gravel loss and sediment runoff

n Eliminating airborne dust

n Preventing the safety hazards of mud

n Keeping the gravel in place, reducing rutting and potholes

n Reducing dust-related health problems and cleaning costs

n Reducing the carbon footprint with environmentally sustainable DustGrip™ G

n Improving waterproofing and road protection

n Non-corrosive

n No leaching of chemicals into soil or water

n No polluting the air with volatile oils

n Improving quality of life and property values for those working and living next to a treated road

Safer Pavement, Safer AirThe light application of asphalt or vegetable binder provides protection to the road surface and its underlying structure. The DustGrip™ products are designed to be solutions; they don’t trade one environmental problem (dust) for another (leaching corrosive or volatile organic chemicals). Colas Solutions™ is proud to bring you the DustGrip™ palliative which best meets your needs for improving safety and reducing particulates on unpaved roads. At a time when funds are precious, both DustGrip™ products lower overall maintenance costs. It is just one of our global solutions for environmentally responsible construction and maintenance materials with reliable, proven performance.

Better Performance, Better for the Environment.™According to Better Roads magazine, “Dust control is the number one summer maintenance problem on unpaved roads.” DustGrip™ A and DustGrip™ G are effective treatments on gravel roads, quarries and construction sites.

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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,

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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.