Solutions to sustainability in construction : some examples

Many innovative solutions to sustainability have been developed or adopted in the past in various sectors of construction. Some of those related to geotechnical engineering are presented in this paper. These include the use of biocement as an alternative to Portland cement for soil improvement, the...

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Main Author:	Chu, Jian
Other Authors:	School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Language:	English
Published:	2018
Subjects:	Construction Geotechnical Engineering DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10356/89398 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/46231
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spelling	sg-ntu-dr.10356-893982020-03-07T11:43:39Z Solutions to sustainability in construction : some examples Chu, Jian School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Construction Geotechnical Engineering DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering Many innovative solutions to sustainability have been developed or adopted in the past in various sectors of construction. Some of those related to geotechnical engineering are presented in this paper. These include the use of biocement as an alternative to Portland cement for soil improvement, the use of bio-desaturation as a method for mitigation of liquefaction hazard, the use of plastic waste to make construction products, and the use of the NEUSpace method for land reclamation in deep water to reduce the usage of fill materials. Published version 2018-10-05T05:58:14Z 2019-12-06T17:24:38Z 2018-10-05T05:58:14Z 2019-12-06T17:24:38Z 2016 Journal Article Chu, J. (2016). Solutions to sustainability in construction : some examples. Procedia Engineering, 145, 1127-1134. doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2016.04.146 1877-7058 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/89398 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/46231 10.1016/j.proeng.2016.04.146 en Procedia Engineering © 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). 8 p. application/pdf
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description	Many innovative solutions to sustainability have been developed or adopted in the past in various sectors of construction. Some of those related to geotechnical engineering are presented in this paper. These include the use of biocement as an alternative to Portland cement for soil improvement, the use of bio-desaturation as a method for mitigation of liquefaction hazard, the use of plastic waste to make construction products, and the use of the NEUSpace method for land reclamation in deep water to reduce the usage of fill materials.
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Solutions to sustainability in construction : some examples

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