Bottom ash is a waste material from coal combustion and has no specific utilization in Sri Lanka. Usually, they are disposed into environment as a waste material. Bottom ash is a light-weight material, which consists of ...

In order to minimize the environmental impacts caused by over exploitation of natural resources for the production of building material, the possibility of using cement stabilized rammed earth for load-bearing walls has ...

This paper describes the development of an environmentally friendly Alkali Pozzolan Cement (APC), a non-hazardous dry cement powder that incorporates a large percentage of fly ash but needs only ambient temperature curing ...

The global concern of solid waste management has led to an urgent need for innovative solutions. Among these challenges is the substantial presence of post-consumer glass waste in solid waste streams, causing environmental ...

ISO standard sand is a siliceous natural sand used in the testing of cement for the SLSI certification process, material approval in construction projects, and material clearance in importing cement. Testing laboratories ...

Rocketed trend of world wide Concrete Block Paving (CBP) adherence to the road network has already influenced the Sri Lanka as a well performing alternative for the rigid concrete pavements which caused many issues over ...

Rice husk, which is one of the major agro-waste material in Sri Lanka, is produced Rice Husk Ash (RHA) by burning as fuel in brick kiln. Mixture of sand, cement and water are extensively used to manufacture masonry blocks ...

Properties of the recycled fine aggregates and the suitability of the same in cementitious mortar were studied and compared with those of natural fine aggregates. The results showed that the particle size distribution ...

Materials of internal curing concrete have been developed in many countries. Some of those materials are superabsorbent polymers, light weight aggregate (LWA), normal weight aggregate, recycled aggregate, bentonite clay, ...

Present study attempted to verify the feasibility of producing cement blocks by partially replacing fine aggregates with carbon black contaminated silica sand (CBCSS), which is a by-product of the tyre manufacturing process. ...