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Use of Construction and Demolition Wastes for Soil Improvement and Foundation
Alexandre Duarte Gusmão
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DOI:10.17265/1934-7359/2026.03.001
Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife 50670-901, Brazil
The increasing waste production in civil construction, whether in new constructions or demolitions, has become a growing concern. The purpose of this research was to investigate some physical and mechanical properties of construction and demolition waste – CDW, checking its performance when applied to improving soils using compaction piles to replace natural aggregate. With this in mind, laboratory characterisation, compaction and direct shear tests were carried out, as well as an experimental compaction mesh consisting of CDW and conventional piles on site, when it was possible to drill boreholes and perform plate bearing tests. Accordingly, it was possible to confirm the good performance of CDW when applied for this purpose, since both its laboratory and onsite results showed even better behaviour than the natural aggregate.
Construction and demolition waste (CDW), soil improvement, compaction piles, physical and mechanical properties
Alexandre Duarte Gusmão. (2026). Use of Construction and Demolition Wastes for Soil Improvement and Foundation, Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture, March 2026, Vol. 20, No. 3, 93-101.
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