The Proceedings of the Third International RILEM Symposium in Odense, Demark in October 1993. It includes reviews and reports of recent developments in the fields of demolition techniques and reuse of waste building materials, and focuses on the integration of demolition and recycling operations in the construction and housing industry.

This book forms the Proceedings of the Third International RILEM Symposium in Odense, Denmark in October 1993. It includes reviews and reports of recent developments in the fields of demolition techniques and reuse of waste building materials, and focusses on the integration of demolition and recycling operations in the construction and housing industry. The need for demolition, repair and renewal of concrete and masonry structures is increasing all over the world. Theoretical knowledge is available, but there is a lack of information between theories and their practical use. There is an obvious need for information especially on standards and guidelines to promote quick and safe demolition and the reuse of concrete and masonry. Natural disasters such as earthquakes and also war activities have caused violent damage in urban areas. This has led to the need for effective methods for site clearance and reconstruction. The First and Second International RILEM Symposia were held in Rotterdam, 1985, amd Tokyo, 1988, the Third Symposium brings together specialists from the construction industry, urban development, disaster mitigation, material scientists, civil engineers and

Preface. Part 1: Key papers. standards and legislation
FIEC/EC policy/legislation
guidelines for seismic capacity evaluation
Part 2: Guidelines for demolition with respect to teh reuse of building materials. guidelines and
experiences in: Belgium
Holland
Denmark and Sweden. Prt 3: Guidelines for the reuse of concrete and masonry as aggregates in concrete in relation to existing specifications. Reuse of demolition materials: UK, Belgium, France, Spain, USA, Japan, Germany. Summary and conclusions. Part 4: RILEM TC-121-DRG. Unified specifications for recycled coarse
aggregates for concrete. State-of-the-art report on demolition and reuse following disasters. Part 5: Recent development of demolition techniques. Reactor dismantling in Japan. Blasting of 6 storey reinforced building, non-explosive demolition agents in Japan, Explosive demolition of tall buildings. Part 6: Properties of concrete with recycled
aggregates. Recycling of concrete in aggressive environments, fines in recycled aggregate concrete. Properties and behaviour of concrete containing recycled concrete aggregates. Part 7: Reuse of concrete and masonry materials. Examples of reutilization of masonry, day bricks, base plates, concrete and composite structures, concrete pavement. Part 8: Building waste management. Integrated waste management strategies. Reuse and renewal of life-line facilities after earth-quake, buildings as reservoirs of materials - implications for design, promotion of cleaner technologies. Part 9: Conclusion. EC health and safety directives, the Great Belt Link project, the recycled house in Odense, evaluation of the Symposium. Author index. Subject index.