Central Luzon State University

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Department of Civil Engineering
Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija

CENGR 4100 – TECHNICAL REPORT WRITING

(Civil Engineering Project 1)

Name: Lorna G. Baclig

Course/Year/Section: BSCE 4-2
Area of Concentration: Concrete Technology
Proposed Title of the Feasibility of Recycled Concrete as an Alternative Coarse Aggregate
Study: for Concrete Mixture: Durability and Cost Analysis
Brief Background of the
Study: Along with a corresponding increase in concrete
production, the demand for natural aggregates is rising day by
day as a result of rapid urbanization and expansion in the
construction industry. The production of natural aggregates
extracted from the ground causes environmental damage. Aside
from that, a lot of waste concrete is produced during the
construction. Old structures that no longer serve a purpose are
being demolished and the disposal of the demolition waste
created is becoming a significant issue.
One of the solution for this serious problem is finding a
way to utilized those construction waste. The widespread
depletion of natural resources for natural aggregate extraction, as
well as the massive buildup of construction and demolition waste,
prompted the quest for a feasible solution for sustainable
construction waste usage. Crushing CDW and generating natural
aggregate-sized particles for use as a substitute for natural
aggregate in a concrete mix has been identified as the most
practical and sustainable method for utilizing the material.
Recycling concrete aggregates from building and demolition
wastes helps to protect natural aggregate supplies, decrease
landfill demand, and contribute to a more sustainable future.
 Objectives of the Study
This study aims to investigate whether recycled
concrete aggregates can be used as an alternative for natural
coarse aggregates in concrete Specifically, the goal of this study
is to measure the strength relationship between recycled concrete
volume in concrete and its flexural strength as well as the cost of
the recycle aggregate concrete mixture. Furthermore, the
significant difference in flexural strength between concrete with
recycled concrete and concrete with gravel as coarse aggregate
will be investigated in this study.
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Methodology Experimental design will be the implemented method in this
study and this will involve two variables namely Recycled
Concrete Aggregates (RCA) and the Natural Coarse
Aggregates(NCA). Four sets of different concrete mixture will be
examined. The first set of mixtures is concrete mixture using
Natural Coarse Aggregates, whereas the other three sets used
recycled concrete aggregates to replace 50%, 75%, and 100% of
the natural coarse aggregates.

The durability of each mixture was tested using Compression

Test Machine with Flexure Attachment while cost of the best
mixtures in each ratio was computed using the formula:

% 𝑀𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑥 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 + % 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 + 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡

References:

• https://civildigital.com/unique-latest-civil-engineering-project-seminar-
thesispresentation-topics/
• https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/recycled-concrete-aggregate
• https://www.cement.org/learn/concrete-technology/concrete-design-
production/recycledaggregates