Reuse of hollow core slabs from office buildings to residential buildings
N.R. Naber
A.Q.C. van der Horst – Mentor
E.M. Haas – Mentor
S. Pasterkamp – Mentor
D.C. van Keulen – Mentor
J.H.A. Strik – Mentor
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Abstract
The subject of this thesis is the reuse of hollow core slabs from office building to residential buildings. It was written as final part of the master Civil Engineering of the TU Delft. The occasion for this particular topic is the short functional lifetime of buildings compared to the technical lifetime of their concrete load bearing structure. By reusing instead of recycling concrete, a higher level on the waste management hierarchy is reached. This implies an environmental gain since less connections have to be broken within the concrete and less new ones have to be formed to build up the new construction. This fits well into the chain-aimed policies of the government that are partly drawn up to reduce the environmental impact of the building sector. The question that is attempted to be answered within this research is if it is feasible to reuse concrete elements present in buildings, both technically as well as on process level.