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Sustainable Concrete: The Role of Performance-based Specifications
Concrete is used in nearly every structure we build today, including buildings, bridges, homes and infrastructure. With greater emphasis placed on sustainability in recent years, structural engineers are faced with the challenge of meeting traditional design criteria in addition to evolving criteria that support sustainable construction. Performance-based specifications for concrete can substantially help meet this new challenge. Prescriptive requirements, such as minimum cement content or maximum water-to-cement ratio, are among many common specification requirements that can increase the environmental footprint of concrete. This paper outlines how concrete performance can be improved while lowering environmental footprint by implementing performance-based specifications.
Sustainable Concrete: The Role of Performance-based Specifications
Concrete is used in nearly every structure we build today, including buildings, bridges, homes and infrastructure. With greater emphasis placed on sustainability in recent years, structural engineers are faced with the challenge of meeting traditional design criteria in addition to evolving criteria that support sustainable construction. Performance-based specifications for concrete can substantially help meet this new challenge. Prescriptive requirements, such as minimum cement content or maximum water-to-cement ratio, are among many common specification requirements that can increase the environmental footprint of concrete. This paper outlines how concrete performance can be improved while lowering environmental footprint by implementing performance-based specifications.
Sustainable Concrete: The Role of Performance-based Specifications
Lemay, Lionel (author) / Lobo, Colin (author) / Obla, Karthik (author)
Structures Congress 2013 ; 2013 ; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Structures Congress 2013 ; 2693-2704
2013-04-30
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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