Innovative Case Study On The Construction

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Innovative Case Study On The Construction
ASPHALT PAVEMENT FOR A SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Increased emission from asphalt production plants is emitting considerably large volumes of greenhouse
gas into the atmosphere, thus contributing to global warming. But in the past two decades, the greenhouse
gas emission from asphalt processing plants has tremendously reduced because most construction
activities have started to shift and adopt sustainable measures and means of construction without
unwarranted environmental pollution. This report gives an innovative development in the field of asphalt
pavement construction where the waste materials such as plastics and C&DW are recycled to provide a
more durable, economically friendly, and most importantly sustainable environmental technique that
would help in the reduction of environmental pollution in Australia. The report outlines various
advantages of the innovative concepts as being most economically friendly yet provides a more durable
pavement with a future recommendation to focus on developing a non-failure system with almost 100%
reliability.
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Innovative Case Study On The Construction
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Asphalt Pavement for a sustainable environment........................................................................................ii
Executive Summary....................................................................................................................................ii
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................4
Problem Definition......................................................................................................................................5
Innovation...................................................................................................................................................5
The innovative concept...........................................................................................................................6
Outcomes.....................................................................................................................................................8
Possible improvement.................................................................................................................................9
Conclusion.................................................................................................................................................10
References.................................................................................................................................................11
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Innovative Case Study On The Construction
INTRODUCTION
The world focus has turned to environmental sustainability with the most social and economic
implications for the lives of the world's population. The campaign for a safe and sustainable environment
is an attainable goal when all the sectors combine efforts towards ensuring that the atmosphere is kept
pure, secure, and free from contaminants. The adverse effects of environmental pollution affect all
mankind through global warming. Therefore, it is a responsibility of every sector, every individual, to
device a more eco-friendly way of operations as much as we thrive on making the world a better place
(Arulrajah et al, 2014). Architecture, engineering and construction industry is not left off the hook. Hence
there have been efforts to come up with the most eco-friendly and environmental sustainability methods,
techniques, and materials within the construction industry to replace the outdated and toxic substances
that have been in use for centuries yet contribute to global warming (Rahman et al, 2014).
In Australia, reports released showed that transport and road construction is among the top contributors to
the escalated environmental pollution in the country. The use of tarmac on pavement and highway
constructions, through the production of tarmac, mixing to actual road constructions contributes to about
20% of the environmental pollution (Rahman et al, 2016). Therefore as a mitigation measure, there has
been research to have a more capable replacement in road construction. This documentation presents an
innovative report showcasing the creative use of eco-friendly asphalt in roads and pavement construction
to replace the use of tar, thus reducing environmental pollution emanating from road and pavement
construction in Australia (Jayakody, Gallage, and Ramanujam, 2019).
Project name and description
The project proposed is knows as eco-friendly asphalt pavement construction for environmental
sustainability. The project is about incorporating the use of construction and demolition waste materials in
recycle construction of environmental friendly asphalt pavements within Australia. The main air of this
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