Handbook of Recycled Concrete and Demolition Waste

by F. Pacheco-Torgal (Editor), Yining Ding (Editor)

Overview

The civil engineering sector accounts for a significant percentage of global material and energy consumption and is a major contributor of waste material. The ability to recycle and reuse concrete and demolition waste is critical to reducing environmental impacts in meeting national, regional and global environmental targets. Handbook of recycled concrete and demolition waste summarises key recent research in achieving these goals.Part one considers techniques for managing construction and demolition waste, including waste management plans, ways of estimating levels of waste, the types and optimal location of waste recycling plants and the economics of managing construction and demolition waste. Part two reviews key steps in handling construction and demolition waste. It begins with a comparison between conventional demolition and construction techniques before going on to discuss the preparation, refinement and quality control of concrete aggregates produced from waste. It concludes by assessing the mechanical properties, strength and durability of concrete made using recycled aggregates. Part three includes examples of the use of recycled aggregates in applications such as roads, pavements, high-performance concrete and alkali-activated or geopolymer cements. Finally, the book discusses environmental and safety issues such as the removal of gypsum, asbestos and alkali-silica reaction (ASR) concrete, as well as life-cycle analysis of concrete with recycled aggregates.Handbook of recycled concrete and demolition waste is a standard reference for all those involved in the civil engineering sector, as well as academic researchers in the field. - Summarises key recent research in recycling and reusing concrete and demolition waste to reduce environmental impacts and meet national, regional and global environmental targets - Considers techniques for managing construction and demolition waste, including waste management plans, ways of estimating levels of waste, the types and optimal location of waste recycling plants - Reviews key steps in handling construction and demolition waste

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780857096906
Publisher:	Woodhead Publishing, Limited
Publication date:	09/30/2013
Series:	Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	672
File size:	14 MB
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About the Author

Dr. F. Pacheco Torgal is a Principal Investigator at the University of Minho in Portugal. He holds the title of Counsellor at the Portuguese Engineers Association. He is a member of the editorial boards for nine international journals. Over the last 10 years he has participated in the research decision for more than 460 papers and has also acted as a Foreign Expert on the evaluation of 22 PhD thesis. Over the last 10 years he has also been a Member of the Scientific Committees for more than 60 conferences, most of them held in Asian countries. He is also a grant assessor for several scientific institutions in 15 countries, including the UK, US, Netherlands, China, France, Australia, Kazakhstan, Belgium, Spain, Czech Republic, Chile, Saudi Arabia, UA. Emirates, Croatia, Poland, and the EU Commission. In the last 10 years, he reviewed more than 70 research projects.
Yining Ding is Professor in the Institute of Structural Engineering at Dalian University of Technology, China. He has published over 100 papers in three languages.

Table of Contents

Contributor contact details Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering Chapter 1: Introduction to the recycling of construction and demolition waste (CDW) Abstract: 1.1 Introduction 1.2 EU 70% recycling target for 2020 1.3 Outline of the book Part I: Managing construction and demolition waste Chapter 2: Improving waste management plans in construction projects Abstract: 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Existing waste management planning (WMP) measures and methods of control 2.3 Assessing the effectiveness of WMP methodology 2.4 Conclusions 2.5 Acknowledgement Chapter 3: Methods for estimating construction and demolition (C&D) waste Abstract: 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Definitions and documents 3.3 Sources of construction and demolition (C&D) waste 3.4 Composition of C&D waste 3.5 Quantification of C&D waste studies 3.6 Estimate procedures and case studies 3.7 Future trends 3.8 Sources of further information and advice Chapter 4: Waste management plants and technology for recycling construction and demolition (C&D) waste: state-of-the-art and future challenges Abstract: 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Types of waste management plants 4.3 Environmental and health aspects 4.4 Construction and demolition (C&D) waste management plants in the waste chain: a systems perspective 4.5 Conclusions and future trends 4.6 Sources of further information and advice Chapter 5: Multi-criteria decision-making methods for the optimal location of construction and demolition waste (C&DW) recycling facilities Abstract: 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Decision-making tools: site selection 5.3 Multi-Criteria Analysis (MCA): an overview 5.4 MCA-based methodology for site selection of construction and demolition waste (C&DW) recycling facilities 5.5 A case study: Cantabria, northern Spain 5.3 Geographical areas defined in the case study in Cantabria, northern Spain. 5.6 Sensitivity analysis of the ranking of C&DW facility location alternatives to the criteria weightings with different MCA methods. 5.7 I nfluence of uncertainty on the ranking of C&DW facility location alternatives with different MCA methods. 5.6 Conclusions Acknowledgements Chapter 6: The economics of construction and demolition waste (C&DW) management facilities Abstract: 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Drivers and constraints for the development of the recycling sector 6.3 Cost factors of construction and demolition waste (C&DW) recycling 6.4 Cost factors of the end-of-waste criteria implementation 6.5 Future trends 6.6 Acknowledgement Part II: Processing and properties of recycled aggregates from construction and demolition waste Chapter 7: Conventional demolition versus deconstruction techniques in managing construction and demolition waste (CDW) Abstract: 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Technological aspects of demolition 7.3 Technological aspects of deconstruction 7.4 Demolition versus deconstruction: economic analysis 7.5 Demolition versus deconstruction: environmental analysis 7.6 Conclusions 7.7 Future trends Chapter 8: Demolition techniques and production of construction and demolition waste (CDW) for recycling Abstract: 8.1 Introduction 8.2 End-of-life scenarios for buildings 8.3 Planning demolition 8.4 Demolition technologies 8.5 Top-down and other demolition methods 8.6 Types and handling of demolition waste 8.7 Conclusions Chapter 9: Preparation of concrete aggregates from construction and demolition waste (CDW) Abstract: 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Technological aspects of concrete recycling 9.3 Uses of recycled construction and demolition waste (CDW) materials 9.4 Economic aspects of recycled aggregate for concrete 9.5 Environmental aspects of recycled aggregate for concrete 9.6 Conclusions and future trends Chapter 10: Separation processes to improve the quality of recycled concrete aggregates (RCA) Abstract: 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Recycled concrete aggregates (RCA): properties and mortar content 10.3 Beneficiation of RCAs: innovative methods 10.