Proceedings of
3rd International Conference on Advances in Civil, Structural and Mechanical Engineering CSM 2015
"BIOCONCRETE STRENGTH, DURABILITY, PERMEABILITY, RECYCLING AND EFFECTS ON HUMAN HEALTH: A REVIEW"
Abstract: “Concrete has become as one of the common material in the construction sector, which makes it of great interest to the researchers in pursuit for the production of concrete with better properties. This is mainly because the existing concrete has several limitations in terms of strength, ductility, durability and resistance to cracking. To overcome this problem with the use of bioconcrete, it can self-heal and also posses other value added features like high durability, increased strength and less water absorption capacity. Even though several studies to date have been focused on the development of bioconcrete but the aspects of advantage and disadvantages using bioconcrete has not been discussed so far. The objective of this study is to review the positive and negative impacts of bioconcrete application in the aspect of strength, durability, permeability, recycling and its effects on human health. A systematic review has been used to review some of the relevant and recently published wo”
Keywords: Biological concrete, Durability, Health hazard, Sustainability