Top concrete curing with Emcoril

The city of Giurgiu in southern Romania is located on the lower reaches of the Danube, just opposite the Bulgarian border town of Russe on the other bank. The cities are located on the DN5, an important transit road between the two south-eastern European countries.

In order to relieve the urban traffic in Giurgiu and reduce noise pollution and CO₂ emissions from national and international traffic in the city, a bypass road was built. This is 5.72 km long and connects the DN5 with the Giurgiu-Russe border crossing.

Special requirements for the road concrete

The Compania Națională de Administrare a Infrastructurii Rutiere (National Road Infrastructure Management Company) commissioned SC PORR Construct SRL, the Romanian subsidiary of Porr AG, an internationally active Austrian construction company, to build the bypass. This was planned with two concrete carriageways in each direction and a central reservation.

To protect the fresh concrete carriageway from premature drying and to give it additional grip, an effective concrete curing agent was required as evaporation protection. As Porr AG had already had positive experience with the products of the Emcoril range in the construction of roads and airport runways in Germany, Austria, Poland and also in Romania, the choice fell on Emcoril Traffic grip M, the evaporation protection agent for trafficked surfaces in MC’s range of traffic route construction products.