High Performance Pavement Preservation
Longer-lasting local roads. Budgets. And partnerships.
Out with traditional asphalt based treatments providing diminishing returns on investment. In with GAF’s RoadPerformance System (RPS). Your answer to creating resilient local roads that deliver consistent performance over time when installed on proper substrate with regular recoats every 3-5 years.1 How do we achieve it? Together. With a high performance product, a systematic process and an enduring partnership.
1Based on GAF modeling. Details on assumptions and third-party data found within our Maintenance Impact Report linked below.
1Based on GAF modeling. Details on assumptions and third-party data found within our Maintenance Impact Report linked below.
GAF’s resilient local roads: our commitment.
GAF is committed to making your local roads last longer.2 How? On an acceptable substrate with regular recoats every 3-5 years they last longer and experience consistent performance over time with flexible durability. Investing in our RoadPerformance System can help provide longer lasting local roads, reduced maintenance costs,1 and benefits for the neighborhood community.
2 Per Sustainable Solutions LCA validated by external third-party independent critical review panel.
1 Based on GAF modeling. Details on assumptions and third-party data found within our Maintenance Impact Report.
1 Based on GAF modeling. Details on assumptions and third-party data found within our Maintenance Impact Report.
GAF Roads improves material and application
Thoughtfully designed from formulation to application.
- Materials: DuraShield-SR is not asphalt. This Epoxy-Fortified Acrylic will not weather off, reflects heat, and keeps asphalt flexible longer.
- Application: Customized, automated "smart" EV sprayer designed to help ensure application of DuraShield-SR at a consistent application rate and thickness.
It all starts with our material.
RoadPerformance EFA Seal Premium is a water-based epoxy-fortified acrylic sealant that helps extend the duration between mill & repaves by 50-60% compared to traditional asphalt based treatments applied to aged local roads.1 It wears off, but doesn’t weather off,3 reflects heat and helps asphalt last longer.4 In other words, EFA Seal Premium creates a non-oxidative membrane that can help protect the substrate from environmental stressors that cause breakdown in asphalt pavements.
1 Based on GAF modeling. Details on assumptions and third-party data found within our Maintenance Impact Report linked below
2 These finding are based on:
- Reduction of heat leads to lower viscosity and therefore less cracking according to a CalDot study on temperature effects (2013)
- Asphalt resists rutting and scuffing when maintained cooler according to research𠊌onducted by UC Berkeley studies on temperature impacts (2016)
3 Findings from a peer-reviewed 12-month observational study conducted by Altostratus
Better for road quality lifespans
- RPS helps extend the time between repaving by 50-60% over traditional asphalt emulsions with regular recoats1 and helps keep the local roads you treat better for longer.
Better for budgets
- Innovative application equipment with automated processes can help to reduce labor and ensure precise application by GAF RoadPerformance System Certified Installers.
- RoadPerformance EFA Seal Premium helps protect pavement with regular recoats, which can help lower your total cost of ownership over the pavement lifecycle.1
Better for communities
- Less disruption, low odor, quiet EV application equipment, quick cure, no tracking. Instead of a patchwork of pavement, we offer a consistent aesthetic,7 Year after year with regular recoats.6
Tools and information
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I recently partnered with GAF Roads and had the opportunity to review multiple projects featuring their DuraShield SR. As a professional with 27 years in pavement management, I can confidently say that DuraShield SR stood out significantly from other pavement preservation treatments, outperforming traditional asphalt emulsion coatings in durability and substrate protection.James Golden Founder and CEO
Pavement Management Group
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Frequently asked questions
Roads coated with EFA Seal Premium7 can last longer, by delivering consistent performance over time and by mitigating the impact of seasonal weather and high heat. So you can expect better local road conditions and reduced maintenance costs, minimizing environmental impact across the product lifecycle.
EFA Seal Premium has several key features, but critical to its function in protecting asphalt pavements: it’s not asphalt! EFA protects asphalt differently than asphalt can and doesn't need to work in the same way (it's actually a good thing!).
Additionally, EFA Seal Premium is part of a system engineered to decrease application variability and improve pavement longevity; with the ability to be applied from Day 1 to pre-mixed in aggregate with consistent application via our precision smart EV Sprayer.
EFA Seal is water-based, low-VOC and low odor, and is a fully recyclable component of Recycled Asphalt Pavement (RAP). It’s also solar-reflective, which can help mitigate urban heat island effects.
For more details, please view our Tools & Information section to find:
- Environmental Impact Sheet
- Life Cycle Analysis Sheet
- Urban Heat Research
One benchmark of road maintenance costs is service life before repave. With asphalt emulsion treatments, the average service life is 26 years at an annualized cost of about $9,700 per lane mile. DuraShield-SR can extend that service life to 41 years, and eliminate one required coating and 1 mill & repave, for an annualized cost of about $7,000 per lane mile.
With factory-premixed DuraShield-SR aggregate and smart applicator vehicle, GAF Roads optimizes the application process.