Aggregates Manager

January 2017

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by Marcia Gruver Doyle, Editorial Director TECHNOLOGY 26 AGGREGATES MANAGER / January 2017 V olvo Construction Equipment, the Swedish Energy Agency, Skanska Sweden construc- tion fi rm, and two univer- sities have been working on what the group is calling the Electric Site project. The $30 million project is ambitious, aimed at creating an electrifi ed quarry where not only are carbon emissions reduced by up to 95 percent, but also the total cost of quarry ownership can possibly be reduced by 25 percent. While examining how to electrify typical quarry machines, researchers soon realized that this project was an opportunity to address ineffi ciencies throughout a quarry, particularly in the ways aggregate is handled. "It actually gets more interesting as we zoom out to broaden the perspective to the whole site," says Andreas Sunesson, fl eet and technology manager for contractor Skanska Sweden. "A lot of what goes into produc- When the contractor poured the concrete for the primary, he stamped the quarry's name and the date the structure was built into the side of the structure. Energy Effi cient Quarrying Volvo's Electric Site takes aim at lowering carbon emissions and energy costs. When the contractor poured the concrete for the primary, he stamped the quarry's name and the date the structure was built into the side of the structure. Energy Effi cient

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