Original scientific paper

Fresh Ready-Mixed Concrete Waste in Construction Projects: A Planning Approach

A. Kazaz ; Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Akdeniz University, Turkey
Serdar Ulubeyli ; Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Bulent Ecevit University, Turkey
Bayram Er ; Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Akdeniz University, Turkey
Volkan Arslan ; Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Bulent Ecevit University, Turkey
Murat Atici ; Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Akdeniz University, Turkey
Ahmet Arslan ; Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Akdeniz University, Turkey

Abstract

In the current study, how planning and truck-mixer based
waste amounts per 1 m3 fresh ready-mixed concrete (RMC) can
be determined was presented. Toward this aim, the formation
process of the fresh RMC waste in construction projects was
first introduced in a detailed manner, together with an in-depth
literature review in this specific domain of the construction
engineering and management. Then, the measurement procedure
of the waste amount or coefficient of the fresh RMC was
revealed and discussed as a practical and creative planning
knowledge. Hence, a useful and realistic waste management
perspective about the cost and potential environmental savings
of the RMC waste was drawn.

Keywords

Concrete waste; Construction projects; Fresh concrete; Project planning; Ready-mixed concrete

Hrčak ID:

149455

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/149455

Publication date:

1.12.2015.

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