Updating MnDOT Guidance for Using Shredded Tires in Roadway Construction

Status:  Complete
Report Date:  07/31/2013

Summary:

This project synthesized published research about the use of tire-derived products in roadway construction, with a focus on the use of shredded tires in lightweight fill, retaining wall backfill, insulation layers, drainage layers and capillary moisture breaks. The information collected will be used in a review of MnDOT's standards, which were based mainly on research conducted in the 1980s and 1990s.

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Project Personnel:

Principal Investigator:  Matthew Oman

Technical Liaison:  Blake Nelson

Project Coordinator:  Shirlee Sherkow

Panel Members: 
Dan Vleck - MPCA Resource Management
Harold Bottolfson - Environmental Stewardship
Matthew Oman - Mathy Construction
Megan Hoppe - Braun Intertec
Rhani Bahr - Liberty Tire Recycling
Tammy Schmitz - Frist State Tire Recycling