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Maria Valean, Daniela Lucia Manea, Claudiu Aciu, Florin Popa, Lumini?a Monica Ple?a, Elena Jumate and Gabriel Furtos
The rising concern for the environment and the need for a sustainable economic model has stimulated experimentation in the field of construction materials, notably in replacing certain components from cementitious materials with construction and demoliti...
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Daniel Mulat Nega, Begashaw Worku Yifru, Woubishet Zewdu Taffese, Yalew Kassa Ayele and Mitiku Damtie Yehualaw
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of partially replacing cement with a blend of marble waste powder (MWP) and granite waste powder (GWP) in mortar, with the goal of reducing the environmental harm caused by cement. The investigation inc...
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Abderrazak Barkat, Said Kenai, Belkasem Menadi, El-Hadj Kadri and Jamal Khatib
Self-compacting concrete (SCC) production is a complex operation that requires finding a good combination and suitable dosages for its constituents. Several formulation methods have been developed to meet the workability requirements of SCC. Mortar sprea...
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Bruna A. Silva, Ana Paula Ferreira Pinto, Augusto Gomes and António Candeias
This paper evaluates the influence of water content and mixing conditions (mixing time and sequence of addition of the constituents) on the fresh state properties of lime-based materials and their impact on the hardened state properties. Higher water con...
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Sumra Yousuf, Payam Shafigh, Zakaria Che Muda, Herda Yati Binti Katman and Abid Latif
Huge amounts of fresh water are used in the concrete industry every day. The quantity and quality of water play important roles in determining the quality, strength, setting time, and durability of cement-based materials (CBMs), such as paste, mortar, an...
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Michal Kloiber, Dita Frankeová, Zuzana Slí?ková and Jirí Kunecký
The paper describes a method of structural repair to damaged elements of protected timber houses. Emphasis is laid on minimum intervention in the valuable material that needs to be preserved to the maximum possible extent, especially without larger inter...
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Audre Rugyte, Mindaugas Dauk?ys, Svajunas Juociunas and Ruben Paul Borg
The interaction between concrete and steel occurs during concrete mixing and finishing processes, during filling of concrete moulds, formwork, composite columns and during pumping of concrete mixtures. More experimental investigation is required to predi...
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Ricardo Infante Gomes, David Bastos, Catarina Brazão Farinha, Cinthia Maia Pederneiras, Rosário Veiga, Jorge de Brito, Paulina Faria and António Santos Silva
Construction and demolition wastes (CDW) are generated at a large scale and have a diversified potential in the construction sector. The replacement of natural aggregates (NA) with CDW recycled aggregates (RA) in construction materials, such as mortars, ...
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João Monteiro, Vitor Silva and Paulina Faria
The interest in restoration and maintenance of old masonries towards their durability is nowadays combined with the concept of sustainability and the need to implement more suitable materials for building heritage interventions. This has led to the impor...
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Sara Jesus, Cinthia Maia Pederneiras, Catarina Brazão Farinha, Jorge de Brito and Rosário Veiga
The construction sector is responsible for one third of the total wastes produced in the EU. Finding solutions for the reuse or recycling of these wastes is one of the major environmental concerns of modern times. The replacement of sand or cement in spe...
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