Sustainable construction – an international comparison of civil engineering students

Sustainable construction in the future will be influenced significantly by the beliefs and actions of civil engineering students studying at university today. A comparative investigation of the appreciation and attitudes regarding sustainable construction of civil engineering students at The NUCE (National University of Civil Engineering) in Vietnam, and the Universities of Loughborough and Liverpool in the UK were therefore conducted. Results indicate that students at all three universities appreciate the importance of the development of sustainable construction and have positive attitudes with regards to sustainability. Construction design and appropriate use of materials were two issues generally considered the most important with regards to sustainability, but were also thought to be adequately covered on the courses in all three institutions

Ultra high performance concrete using waste materials for high-rise buildings

Ultra High Performance Concrete (UHPC) is usually considered to be over 150 MPa in compressive strength and over 20 MPa for flexural strength. Therefore, UHPC offers considerable potential in forward-thinking designs for thinner/larger post-tensioned slabs and smaller/longer columns in the construction of high-rise buildings. This paper presents a number of experimental results on the mechanical properties of UHPC using different types of waste material, including fly ash, ground granulated blast furnace slag, and rice husk ash. The results show the potential of using these waste materials to produce UHPC, especially in developing countries such as Vietnam where the limited availability and high cost of silica fume constrains its application in the high strength concrete industry. This therefore also has potential for contributing to the sustainable development and economic prosperity of the concrete industry and wider construction sector in Vietnam and other developing countries

Mix design, workability heat evolution and strength development of high strength concrete

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A comparative view of UK and Vietnamese civil engineering students on sustainable construction

Sustainable construction in the future will be influenced significantly by the beliefs and actions of Civil Engineer students studying at university today. This paper presents a comparative investigation of the appreciation and attitudes regarding sustainable construction of final year Civil Engineering students currently at The National University of Civil Engineering (NUCE) in Vietnam, and the universities of Loughborough and Liverpool in the UK. Preliminary results indicate that students at all three universities appreciate the importance of the development of sustainable construction and have positive attitudes with regards to sustainability. Design and Materials were two issues generally considered the most important and were also thought to be covered adequately on the courses

Preface

Applied Mechanics and Materials166-169