Assessment of Issues in Using Advanced Sustainable and Recycled Engineering Materials

De la Pena, Mario (2025) Assessment of Issues in Using Advanced Sustainable and Recycled Engineering Materials. [USQ Project]

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Abstract

Advanced sustainable and recycled engineering materials have been introduced in the engineering design and construction industry as an alternative to assist with natural resource depletion and as alternatives to traditionally used engineering products. The issue with any new product is there are limitations and constraints associated with their implementation and acceptance.

The aim of this report is to identify the issues involved with using advanced sustainable and recycled engineering materials and assessing the factors that will aid in the implementation of engineering materials along with the benefits over existing products within the industry.

There has been an impetus in using sustainable and recycled products used in the engineering industry such as recycled asphalt pavement (RAP), recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) and cross laminated timer (CLT). The focus of this research will assess the use of advanced sustainable and recycled engineering materials in civil and building construction.

Three case studies which relate to the civil and building construction industry will be reviewed, and the properties of existing proven engineering materials will be compared against unproven advanced sustainable and recycled engineering materials. In addition, a feasibility study will be utilised to identify the issues with advanced sustainable or recycled engineering material in each case study to evaluate their viability.

This research project aims to assess whether recycled and sustainable materials can be a sustainable choice for the engineering building and construction industry using material properties, cost, sustainability, risk, standards, ethics, and long-term factors as measures.

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Item Type:	USQ Project
Item Status:	Live Archive
Faculty/School / Institute/Centre:	Current – Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Engineering (1 Jan 2022 -)
Supervisors:	Thorpe, David
Qualification:	Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)
Date Deposited:	07 Oct 2025 03:56
Last Modified:	07 Oct 2025 03:56
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Advanced sustainable; recycled; engineering materials; civil and construction
URI:	https://sear.unisq.edu.au/id/eprint/53033

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