The sustainable benefits of waste glass usage in concrete include the possibility of reducing solid waste and greenhouse gas emission and preservation of raw materials. This current study examines the effect of recycled waste glass as a partial and complete substitute for natural sand in producing eco-friendly concrete. The recycled waste glass was proportioned in levels of 25, 50, 75 and 100% by weight to substitute sand in the concrete using a mix ratio of 1:2:4 (cement:sand:gravel) at a W/C ratio of 0.5 targeting 20 MPa strength at 28 days. Tests, which include X-ray fluorescence (XRF), were conducted on the waste glass and cement materials; slump test was performed on the freshly prepare concrete at different percentage glass content. Compressive and tensile strength tests were performed on 60 specimens after 3, 7, 28 and 90 days of curing. The concrete microstructure was examined using the scanning electron microscope (SEM). Results showed that workability and the mechanical strength of the concrete produced decreased with increasing waste glass content. However, concrete containing 25% and 50% waste glass contents showed significant enhancement in strength, but it is recommended that the optimum glass content should be 25% for the production of sustainable eco-concrete.

The economic costs of construction have become largely unbearable today. In a bid to mitigate these costs, civil engineering faculties and stakeholders across the world have endeavoured to produce recyclable and resource saving concrete for construction purposes. Most of the environmental problems are caused by the deposit of waste to the environments in which marble shaping is part. Both stone slurry and solid wastes are generated from the marble stone slurry and with the huge discharge of marble waste locally, emphasizes has been placed on the reuse of the waste material. This research investigates the utilization of marble dust powder in concrete, where marble dust at varying percentage (0%, 15%, 25% & 35%) with replacement by sharp sand was added in M15 grade and water cement ratio 0.50 was kept constant in the concrete mixes. The quality, performance and reliability of the concrete where tested by the compressive and split tensile strength of 7, 21, 28 and 56 curing days. The results of the laboratory work showed that marble dust powder replacement with cement increased in strength up to 25% for both resistance to compressive load and tensile strength of concrete.

The increase in carbon dioxide emissions due to cement manufacturing and improper disposal of corncob leads to environmental pollution and agricultural wastage respectively. This study investigates the use of corncob ash (CCA) as cement additive in producing lateritic interlocking blocks (LIB). Portland limestone cement (PLC) was replaced by CCA in varying percentages 5, 10, 15 and 20%. Effect of CCA on compressive strength and water absorption were determined and compared with the Nigerian standard requirements. The experimental findings showed that 3% PLC, 15% CCA with a compressive strength of 4.49 MPa and water absorption of 6% at 28 days curing met the recommendations of both the Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute and the Nigerian Industrial Standards. Recycling of CCA as a promising raw material supplement appears to be a viable solution not only to the environmental problem but also to the problem of adopting indigenous waste material in the production of LIB.

From recent issues of stability, particle suspension, particle segregation, flow characteristics and cohesiveness in concrete, Superplasticizer has played an important role in this part. This research examined the effect of superplasticizer on workability and properties of self-compacting concrete (SCC). Three types of superplasticizers Conplast SP 561, Conplast SP 430 and Conplast SP 264 at different percentages (0, 10, 20 and 30%) with the same water cement ratio of 0.3, with M30 grade of concrete. The workability slump, v-funnel and l-box the test carried out on fresh concrete. Compressive strength test was carried out on the hardened concrete. All mix were satisfactory but the mix with conplast SP 430 had better workability and strength.

The key resolution of non-destructive methods applied to concrete structures is to offer a suitable estimate of the quality of the material. One of the modern methods used in the test of concrete strength is the non-destructive testing applying the ultrasonic pulse velocity (UPV). In this study, the ultrasonic pulse velocity technique as non-destructive testing of concrete was used to distinguish concrete mixture design and show the predictive relationship between compressive strength and UPV. The effect of various grades of concrete (M15, M20, M25, M30, and M35) with water to cement ratio (w/c) of 0.45 and 0.5 were examined. It was observed that grade M15 cubes had the lowest transit time (37.6 – 41.2 µs) and grade M35 cubes had the highest transit time (48.7 – 49.9 µs) showing that the concrete with short transit time generates the highest pulse velocity than that with low transit time. Grade M15 cubes had the highest pulse velocity (3.6 – 4.0 km/s) and grade M35 cubes had the lowest pulse velocity (3.0 – 3.1 km/s). M15 cubes had the lowest actual compressive strength (18.1 – 19.3 N/mm2) and grade M35 cubes have the highest actual compressive strength (34.6 – 36.0 N/mm2). There was a good correlation between compressive strength and UPV. The study furthermore revealed that UPV can be used to accurately predict the compressive strength of concrete. For all concrete grades, the percentage variation did not exceed ± 2.5%.