Construction Materials, Volume 2, Issue 4

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is increasingly establishing a model-based work process in the construction industry. Though it can be considered the standard for the planning of new buildings, the use cases for existing buildings are still limit...

To develop a more reactive pozzolan for supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs), the co-calcination of kaolinite and limestone was investigated for its contribution to hydration of blended cement. Kaolinite (with ~50 wt% quartz impurity) was calc...

Sustainability in construction is related to the use of industrial by-products, such as fly ash (FA). FA varies in chemical/mineralogical composition, depending on the raw materials burnt during its production. While FA produced from coal-fired power...

This study investigates the piezoresistive (self-sensing) properties of short stainless-steel fiber-reinforced mortar under varying temperature conditions. Different reinforced mortars were produced by varying fiber and aggregate content. First, Elec...

Sawdust and coconut coir dust are agro-wastes/by-products which are suitable for use as raw materials to manufacture unfired clay blocks due to their excellent physical and mechanical properties. A limited number of studies have been conducted on the...

One of the promising technologies to produce carbon textile-reinforced concrete structures is extrusion. For defect-free extrusion, high requirements are placed on the fresh concrete, since it must be transportable through the augers in the extruder...

Global cement production has reached 3.9 billion tons. However, the clinkerization process, which is the basis of cement production, is responsible for an approximate annual global CO₂ emission of 2 billion tons. As part of CEMBUREAU’s 5C strat...