Financial assessment of manufacturing recycled aggregate concrete in ready-mix concrete plants

M Wijayasundara; P Mendis; L Zhang; M Sofi

Journal article

Financial assessment of manufacturing recycled aggregate concrete in ready-mix concrete plants

M Wijayasundara, P Mendis, L Zhang, M Sofi

Resources, Conservation and Recycling | Elsevier | Published : 2016

DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2016.02.007

Abstract

Abstract Concrete waste is crushed in the present recycling operation to produce crushed concrete (CC), which is mostly used as a road base filler material. The coarse portion of CC, referred to as recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) can be used in structural concrete replacing coarse natural aggregate (NA). The resultant concrete which is referred to as recycled aggregate concrete (RAC), would create a sustainable end use for concrete waste, and reduce the demand for NA, leading to its preservation. However, the concrete industry has been reluctant to embrace production of RAC to its full potential. Beside uncertainty regarding material performance, options available to effectively set up the..

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University of Melbourne Researchers

Priyan Mendis Author

Lihai Zhang Author

Massoud Sofi Author

Grants

Funding Acknowledgements

[ "Authors would like to thank and acknowledge the support from", "1. Fred Moschini-Pronto Concrete, Barrow Group.", "2. Daniel Phivopoulos and Corey Monk, Holcim Australia Ltd.", "3. Jason Walsh and Walter Roemer, Alex Fraser Group.", "4. Sally Hirst, Hirst Projects.", "5. Luke Wade, Brookfield Multiplex." ]