Handbook of Recycled Concrete and Demolition Waste (Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineeri)

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 meeting national, regional and global environmental targets. The editors and expert contributors summarize 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. The middle section 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. Finally, the conclusion 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.

The editors and contributors look at some of the issues faced when waste material is produced. They move on to look at the processes, properties of the materials and monitoring techniques used and review the specific applications of concrete with recycled aggregates, such as pavements and bridges.  The conclusion covers safety issues and how to avoid health risks.

Fernando Pacheco-Torgal is an investigator in the C-TAC Research Centre at the University of Minho, Portugal, and is the author or co-author of almost 200 publications.

Jorge de Brito is Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Georesources at the Instituto Superior Técnico at the Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal.

Joao Labrincha is Associate Professor in the Materials and Ceramics Engineering Department at the University of Aveiro, Portugal.

Vivian W.Y. Tam is Senior Lecturer in the School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics at the University of Western Sydney, Australia.

Yining Ding is Professor at the Institute of Structure Engineering at Dalian University of Technology, China.

Part 1 Explanation and overview: Waste management plan; Monitoring the amounts of demolition waste; Emergy analysis: assessing the recycling potential of C&DW; Waste management plants: problems and considerations; Cost factors and economics of waste management facilities

Part 2 Demolition, processing and properties: Conventional demolition vs. deconstruction; Demolition techniques; Sorting demolition wastes; Quality control on recycled aggregates; Properties of concrete with recycled aggregates; Strength and durability of concrete using recycled aggregates; Beneficiation of using recycled concrete aggregates; Life cycle assessment (LCA) of concrete with recycled aggregates

Part 3 Current applications: Recycled aggregates for roads; Recycled aggregates for asphalt materials; Recycled asphalt for pavements; High volume recycled aggregates HPC: Portland cement versus geopolymers; Geopolymerisation of C&DW

Part 4 Special applications: Recycling aggregates containing gypsum; Recycling aggregates containing asbestos; Recycling wood treated with toxic preservatives; Decontamination process of wood treated with toxic preservatives; Recycled aggregates contaminated with Alkali-silica reaction (ASR) concrete; Assessing the hazard potential of concrete with recycled aggregates