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The road construction sector is digitizing at a rapid pace. Nevertheless, the primary process surrounding the laying of asphalt pavements remains heavily dependent on manuals, employee experience, and manual information transfer. This leads to susceptibility to errors, limited transparency, and the risk that important data is missing for reporting obligations, CO₂ reduction, and CSRD scope 3, among other things. Ballast Nedam sees great opportunities to make this process smarter, more digital, and more robust. Therefore, we are looking for a graduating intern who can provide insight into how digitization can improve the asphalt processing process and what steps are required within our organization to achieve this.

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Link to the project

for more information click here.

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ASPARi warmly invites you to the 4th ASPARi Client Workshop (Opdrachtgeversdag) on Tuesday 14 April 2026, from 09:00–14:00 at the Bouw & Infra Park (building 20), Ceintuurbaan 2, Harderwijk. On this day, road authorities and asset managers from provinces, municipalities and Rijkswaterstaat will come together with ASPARi and partner networks to explore data-driven working, risk management and sustainable road infrastructure. Please save the date and feel free to share it within your organization.

"To register, please send an email to Ms. Jacqueline Leusink (j.h.j.leusink@utwente.nl)."

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You can read the full invitation here.

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On Tuesday 2 December 2025, ASPARi will host its annual symposium at the Bouw & Infra Park Congress Centre in Harderwijk. The programme brings together researchers, contractors, consultants and public clients to explore the latest developments in data-driven and digital road construction, including keynotes on sustainable asphalt, MiC 4.0 – One Digital Language, and digital cooperation between contractors and authorities, as well as presentations on vision-based texture measurement and automated construction planning. A dedicated poster session will showcase ongoing PhD, EngD, MSc and BSc research within the ASPARi network, followed by an open discussion and networking drink.

Download the full programme here.

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ASPARi bridges academia and industry to close the gap between ambition and action on the road to sustainable, circular, high-quality asphalt pavements. Our Newsletter highlights the National Platform for Sustainable Pavements (NPDW), ongoing bachelor’s and master’s theses, EngD and PhD projects, and field-ready innovations in compaction, sensing, and data-driven asset management, with a clear call to action: accelerate implementation, standardization, and knowledge sharing for real impact across the construction value chain.

Download the full newsletter here.

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