Abstract

Due to various kinds of obsolescence, a large number of concrete buildings around the world are removed to give space for new buildings, however, the elements of these buildings in most cases have the ability to serve a longer time, but the dominant demolition end-of-life scenario prevents from the reuse of these elements. It has been demonstrated that reuse of elements and materials is an environmentallyresponsible option that turns the current linear model of building materials and elements into a cyclic one, which pushes toward recon-sidering the construction design of concrete buildings to support future disassembly, that facilitate reuse and adaptation. This study tends to explore and review the current issues related to concrete technologies and their role in building assembly and disassembly, as well asDfD ‘‘design for disassembly” aspects and theories that clarify and pave the way for future innovations, which move the construction design of concrete buildings to a higher degree of environmental responsibility. The study found out that despite the continuous devel-opments in the field of concrete technologies, the link of these developments to the end-of-life phase is still missing. The study concludedthat it is possible through the application of DfD criteria on precast concrete systems and elements to change the liner life-cycle model toa cyclic one.

العنوان

Salama, Wasim

الناشر

Elsevier

بلد الناشر

ألمانيا

نوع المنشور

Both (Printed and Online)

المجلد

6

السنة

2017

الصفحات

617-635