EPD: Steel mesh for asphalt reinforcement, Mesh Track® (Bekaert)

Bekaert (www.bekaert.com) is a global producer of steel wire reinfo rcement solutions for a wide range of applications. For roads and pavements, Bekaert offers two types of reinforcement so lutions for specific road works. Mesh Track® steel based structural asphalt reinforcement solution covered by this EPD is produced in the manufacturing plant, located at Hlohovec, Slovakia Bekaert produces Mesh Track® in different variants according the application used at supplier side. Mesh Track® is a woven hexagonal wire netting manufactured of Bezinal® coated steel wire reinforce d in transverse direction at regular intervals by flat alternately twisted reinforcing wires interwoven in the mesh. Mesh Track® is used as reinforcement netting for road construction and foundations: for armouring of asphalt when recovering concrete roads and in case of ruts and for armoring of asphalt when recovering cracked asphalt roads. Figure 1 shows a

Manufacturer legal entity:

Bekaert

Manufacturer:

Bekaert

Country of manufacturer:

slovakRepublic

Product name:

Steel mesh for asphalt reinforcement

Commercial names:

Mesh Track®

Material type:

Steel and other metals

Material subtype:

Other steel/iron

Environmental & technical characteristics

Global warming potential (A1-A3):

1.056 kg CO2e/kg

Available units for calculation:

kg, ton

Unique identifier (OCLID):

621ba72f20d37f41c9e0ae2d

Sustainability data background information

EPD number:

284/2021

EPD program:

ITB

Publication year:

2021

Product category rules (PCR):

ITB PCR A (PCR b ased on EN 15804)

Environmental standard:

EN15804+A1

Verification status:

Third-party verified (as per ISO 14025)

Upstream database:

ecoinvent