Publication C513 Reclaimed and recycled construction materials handbook

Publication Year

1999

Document Status

Current

Abstract

Consolidates available knowledge and provides authoritative guidance for designers, specifiers and clients. The first chapters examine why the industry should use reclaimed and recycled materials and discuss ways of overcoming the barriers that designers and specifiers may face in using them. The main part of the book covers the range of materials that can be reclaimed or recycled for construction use and details their properties and performance, sources and availability, current applications, specifications, advantages and constraints, and potential applications.

Document History

This document was previously available within The Construction Information Service in 34 parts, which have now been combined into this single complete pdf. Based on research project RP557.

Author

Coventry, S. Woolveridge, C. and Hillier, S.

ISBN

9780860175131

Publisher Information