Author:Paige-Green, P; Pinard, MI; Mgangira, Martin BDate:Jul 2011Aeolian sands are widespread in many semi-arid to arid areas of the world and often provide the only economic source of construction materials for low volume roads. Experience in southern Africa over a number of decades has shown that provided ...Read more
Author:George, Theresa B; Anochie-Boateng, JosephDate:Aug 2016South Africa is facing a potential shortage of virgin aggregates used to produce asphalt mixes for road construction. Although these aggregates have demonstrated the desired quality in asphalt mixes and have adhered to project specifications ...Read more
Author:Mapiravana, JosephDate:Mar 2014Concrete is second only to water in terms of the most consumed substances on earth. Cement is the "glue" which holds concrete together and it is therefore a construction material which is produced and consumed in huge quantities worldwide. ...Read more
Author:Anochie-Boateng, Joseph; Tutumluer, EDate:Jun 2010The routine operations of large capacity off-road construction equipment on fine-grained cohesive soils have become a concern to the construction and equipment manufacturing sectors due to problems with mobility on these soils. In this study, ...Read more
Author:Ampofo-Anti, NDate:Feb 2009To place construction on a truly sustainable path the green building movement needs a method which goes beyond subjective checklists of green features. Such a method must provide objective guidelines for a comprehensive assessment of the ...Read more
Author:Van Reenen, Coralie ADate:Sep 2014The concept of green buildings is in response to the built environment's high negative environmental impact, including its contribution towards greenhouse gas emissions and the resultant climate change. At its core, the green building movement ...Read more
Author:De Jager, PetaDate:Jan 2024Given that cement is the third most utilized material following sand and water and its manufacture contributes an estimated 6% of global anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions, there is a need to consider recyclability, life cycle environmental ...Read more
Author:Anochie-Boateng, Joseph; George, TDate:Aug 2016The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research have initiated a study to develop sustainable asphalt mixes that use locally available waste materials as an aggregate replacement to reduce the material cost while improving performance. ...Read more
Author:Ampofo-Anti, NLDate:Jul 2009The green building movement aims to foster the environmental sustainability of construction products by maximising resource efficiency while minimising concomitant pollution throughout the building life cycle. However, green building principles ...Read more