CERCOM: Circular Economy in Road Construction and Maintenance

The CERCOM project was funded under the Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR) 2020 Transnational Road Research Programme under the topic of Resource Efficiency and the Circular Economy. RDS are the project coordinators, leading a consortium of SMEs and research institutions across the UK, Denmark and the Netherlands. The primary aim of the CERCOM project is to produce recommendations and tools to help CEDR National Road Administrations (NRAs) implement the principles of the circular economy within public procurement practices.

The uptake of innovative circular approaches in road construction and maintenance has been met with some resistance due to the percieved risk. To this end, RDS are leading the development of an adaptive user-friendly risk-based analysis tool to facilitate a step change in the adoption of Circular Economy principles in procurement and multi-lifecycle management by NRAs across Europe.