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Material efficiency: design guidance for doing more with less, using concrete and masonry
Publication Year
2018
Document Status
Current
Abstract
Describes the material resources and waste issues of using concrete through out the whole life-cycle: manufacture, design, construction and demolition. It provides guidance to designers and specifiers on optimising the performance, with a focus on waste minimisation and the adoption of the principles of the circular economy.
Document History
Supersedes: Material efficiency. Optimising performance with low waste design solutions in concrete (TCC, 2010). Ref. TCC/05/21. First published 2010, updated 2016 and 2018.
ISBN
9781908257154
Publisher Information
The Concrete Centre
The Concrete Centre is the central development organisation for the UK concrete sector and provides material, design and construction guidance. Their aim is to enable all those involved in the design, use and performance of concrete to realise the potential of the material. Funded by 15 major cement and concrete organisations, the Concrete Centre works alongside the British Cement Association, The Concrete Society, and the ready mix and precast concrete industries to ensure an integrated approach from the concrete sector to technical support, research, education, training and information services. The Reinforced Concrete Council and the Ready Mixed Concrete Bureau are now part of The Concrete Centre.
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297 Euston Road
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