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Showing 1 to 20 of 180 for “"construction materials"”.
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Measuring sustainability perceptions of construction materials
… seek to develop sustainable buildings, the construction industry is adapting to new requirements in order to meet owner's concerns. Material selection has been identified as an area where designers and contractors can have a significant impact on the sustainable performance of a building. …
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Extruded Cellular Fly Ash Construction Materials
… The SDR values obtained exceeded the SDR of construction-grade pine (6375 m).
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Improving construction materials management practices in construction sites
Construction Materials Management is a vital function for improving productivity in construction projects. Poor materials management can often affect the overall construction time, quality and budget. Currently, the construction material management practice in Somalia is believed to be poorly …
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Evaluation of Price Adjustment Clauses for Construction Materials
… of asphalt, fuel, concrete and steel in the construction of roads and bridges each year. The cost of construction materials fluctuates during the period of a construction contract and some materials have historically been more volatile than others. During times of price volatility, methods of …
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Building green : investment opportunities in sustainable construction materials
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering; and, Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1998.
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Development of Next-Generation Construction Materials with Graphene Additives
… proposed to address current drawbacks of these construction materials (e.g. low tensile strength, flexural strength, and brittleness), reduce the amount of cement consumption or replace OPC products for minimizing the environmental impact of construction materials. Among many additives explored …
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Materials science appraisal of recycled construction materials for roadways
This thesis reports on a materials science appraisal for recycled construction materials in roadways, that supports engineering decision-making. Inconsistent performance criteria for roadway materials and the variable nature of material source have prompted the need for this research. The aim of …
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Mechanisms for transfer of price risk of construction materials
… on the contractual arrangement, fluctuations in materials prices expose different parties involved in a construction contract to various degrees of risk. In general, owners and/or contractors face the risk of losses when the prices of materials move upwards. Suppliers, on the other hand, face the …
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Machine Learning Approaches for Improving Construction Materials and Pavement Systems
The construction industry is faced with unprecedented challenges of population growth, urbanization, and worldwide climatic change. These necessitate the development of optimized construction and pavement materials that are cost-effective, sustainable, resilient, and long-lasting. The conventional …
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A Study of the Use of Organic Topsoils as Construction Materials
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-10T22:22:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7500262.pdf: 5872278 bytes, checksum: e1bc79623d3259b01fd121e50eca0a2e (MD5) Previous issue date: 1974
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Engineering Properties, Hydration Kinetics, and Carbon Capture in Sustainable Construction Materials
… to global urbanization. The production of this construction material requires a large amount of natural resources, and portland cement (PC) is responsible for around 8 % of planet-warming CO2 emissions. Producing 1 ton of PC will release roughly 1 ton of CO2 into the atmosphere. In 2021, around …
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The design of effective policies for the promotion of sustainable construction materials
… tools employed to promote sustainable building materials. By comparing the original motivations and intended effects of these policies and their actual outcome, and subsequently understanding the reasons behind any disparities between them, we suggest ways by which future policy planning can be …
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Alkali-activated materials: Potential as alternative binders and use as extraterrestrial construction materials
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2025-05-01
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The contribution of construction materials to the airborne radon concentrations in an underground facility
The radon concentrations within fiber crete and the native material from the U1a Complex at the Nevada Tests Site, Nye County, Nevada, were quantified and compared to each other. Gamma spectroscopy measurements resulted in an average 222Rn concentration to be 0.038 +/- 0.0011 and 0.014 +/- 0.001 Bq …
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Building Roman Britons The Use of Novel Construction Materials in the Development of Roman Bath
This study investigates the ceramic building materials (CBM) from the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Roman Baths at Bath, UK. Ceramic building materials from much of Roman Britain are understudied, yet our knowledge of the brick and tile from Bath is not limited solely by a paucity of research, …
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Lean-Kaizen operations model for improving intralogistics in a construction materials SME: a study from Peru
The operational performance of construction material and hardware retail SMEs in Peru has long been constrained by inefficient logistics systems and inadequate process standardization. Previous research has offered theoretical models with limited empirical validation, especially in …
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Engineering geological characterization of volcanic rocks of ethiopian and sardinian highlands to be used as construction materials
… Ethiopian and Sardinian highlands to be used as construction materials”. Though, the two project areas are geographically far apart, both are partly covered with volcanic rocks mainly consisting of basic and subordinate felsic rocks. The research was conducted in two countries; part I, the …
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