Strength Assessment of Recycled Construction & Demolition Waste in Pavements

Current pace of construction put behind huge amount of construction waste. Even old structures are removed while lead to demolition waste. These wastes are not handled as per municipal guidelines and treated in illegal way. The Construction and demolition waste may affect environment and social issues related to public health and economy. This waste can be a possible alternative for aggregates in pavement construction. Main aim is to acquire data regarding quality and quantity of waste and study proper management policies regarding handling this waste. Present investigation studied the geotechnical and structural properties of waste material and its suitability as construction material. Based on test results the composition of demolition waste, its source will affect the strength of prepared recycled aggregate. Even the compactive effort applied to stabilize the material will affect the strength values of California bearing ratio and Plate load test results. Test results revealed recycled construction and demolition waste (RCDW) as a suitable material for base and sub-base construction in pavement construction.