International Journal of Engineering and Technology

Demolition of unsafe buildings and structures requiring extensive modifications is more common now a days. Almost 30% of new constructions are coming up on the demolition site. Handling of demolition debris has become a challenging issue in all the developing countries including India. The growth rate in the construction sector is 1.5 times in 5 years. While the demand for aggregates is increasing day-by-day, the natural resources like sand, gravel etc. are decreasing around the world. The need for the recycle of aggregate recovered from the debris is the need of the hour to meet the rising demand. Various studies have been reported on the subject. The present study reports the developed empirical relations between the area of the building and different items of materials in the debris for the estimation of quantity generation. Experimental results on the strength of concrete for different proportions of replacement of fine aggregate recovered from the debris are presented. The study results encourage the use of fine aggregate recycle in concrete.