Engineers in Melbourne have discovered a way to replace 100% of conventional aggregates in concrete – such as gravel and crushed rock – with rubber from discarded tyres that meets building codes, ...

Amid the rubble of large-sale earthquake, war or other disaster -- and as ageing buildings and infrastructure are replaced -- mountains of concrete are often taken to landfill or pounded into rubble ...

A recent study published in Engineering titled “Strategies to Improve the Life Cycle Net CO₂ Benefit of Recycled Aggregate Concrete” offers valuable insights into enhancing the environmental ...

Heijmans and climate tech company Paebbl have unveiled what they say is the world’s ...

Civil engineering researchers at Purdue University are currently trying to perfect a process for the handling and reuse of recycled concrete. It is believed that recycling concrete could help reduce ...

The United States is hungry for concrete. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, in 2014 the U.S. produced 80.5 million tons of Portland cement and 2.2 million tons of masonry cement. Portland ...

Australian scientists are trying to close the loop on steel waste and sewage wastewater. When they made new concrete using these waste materials, the results were 17 percent stronger than concrete ...

Cecil Jones, a materials engineer for the North Carolina Department of Transportation and also chair of the American Association of State Highway Transportation Official’s (AASHTO) task force on ...

The widespread crushing of concrete for on site reuse or for off-site resale in construction and road building projects is a relatively new phenomenon, especially when compared to the re-melting of ...

Germany’s construction sector produces tens of millions of tonnes of rubble each year. While ...