Marco Estrada with PRS provides an industry perspective of cold in-place recycling in a presentation delivered during the CalAPA Spring Asphalt Pavement Conference March 7-8, 2024 in Ontario, Calif.

1. Marco A. Estrada
Chair Educational Committee – RSA
Recycling Industry Lead – RSTG Caltrans PMPC Program
Director of Business Development – Pavement Recycling Systems
Recycling & Stabilizing Association of CA
#urbanquarry
rsa-california.com

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Cold Central
Plant Recycling
(CCPR)
3”- 6” Lifts
Cold In-place
Recycling (CIR)
3”- 6” Depth
Cement Stabilized
Pulverized Base
(CSPB)
6” – 18” Depth

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State Approved Pavement Applications
Caltrans Standard Specifications:
24-2: Lime Stabilized Soil
24-3: Cement Stabilized Soil
27-4: Cement Treated Base
30-3: FDR with Foamed Asphalt
30-4: FDR with Cement
30-5: NSSP: Partial-Depth Recycling (PDR)
30-6: NSSP: Cold Central Plant Recycling (CCPR)
Greenbook Standard Specifications:
301-3.1 Soil Cement
301-3.3: Cement Treated Base
301-3.4: Cement Stabilized Pulverized Base (CSPB)
301-3.5: Lime Treated Soil

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Greenbook Update:
Cold In-place
Recycling (CIR) &
Cold Central Plant
Recycling (CCPR)
313 SM
CIR & CCPR:
Adopted and will be
included in the 2024
Greenbook

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Several Agencies Using Sustainable
Pavement Engineering Strategies
▪ County of Los Angeles
▪ County of Riverside
▪ County of San Bernardino
▪ City of Riverside
▪ City of Rialto
▪ City of Huntington Beach
▪ City of Garden Grove
▪ City of Inglewood
▪ City of Cathedral City
▪ City of Industry
▪ City of San Gabriel
▪ City of Corona
▪ City of Jurupa Valley
▪ City of Ontario
▪ City of Murrieta
▪ City of San Diego
▪ City of Vista
▪ City of Oceanside
▪ City of La Mesa
▪ City of Fullerton
▪ County of San Diego
▪ County of Imperial
▪ City of Long Beach
▪ City of Hesperia
▪ City of Redlands
▪ City of Aliso Viejo
▪ City of San Clemente
▪ City of Highlands
▪ City of Hemet
▪ City of Palm Desert
▪ City of Bloomington

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City of Huntington Beach
Completed 14 CSPB Arterial
Street Projects
- Hamilton
- Warner
- Slater – truck route
Joe Fuentes, DPW Engineer
“$1 Million Project becomes
$600K Project”
“ FDR/CSPB strategies provide
for longer design life at lower
costs and reduced construction
schedule versus remove and
replace reconstruction.”

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City of Industry
Arenth Avenue
CCPR & CSPB
Reconstruction
- CSPB: Stabilized base
- CCPR: Recycle the
existing asphalt as base
course asphalt
Joshua Nelson, City
Manager, City of Industry
- Improved Safety Footprint
- Structural design at a cost
savings
- 19,020 Tons saved from
landfills
- 19,800 reduction in
trucking miles

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CIR Van Buren Blvd Rehabilitation
- 4-inch CIR section
- 2-inch RHMA
Octavio Duran, PE, Assistant City
Engineer
“The value of CIR is in the long-term design
and performance life as compared to a
thinner mill and overlay approach.”
“ The overall sustainability of the process,
including reduced costs, safety and
environmental impacts, is of greatest
benefit to our City”
City of Jurupa Valley

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10. rsa-california.com
#urbanquarry
mestrada@pavementrecycling.com
Cell: 951-205-6000
Marco A. Estrada

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Q & A
LARRY HERNANDEZ – CALTRANS
DAVE JONES – UCPRC
MARCO ESTRADA – RSA/PAVEMENT RECYCLING SYSTEM