WASCON 2012

- towards effective, durable and sustainable production and use of alternative materials in construction

Proceedings of the 8th International conference on
Sustainable management of waste and recycled materials in construction,
Gothenburg, Sweden, 30 May - 1 June 2012



Edited by

Dr. Maria Arm
SGI, Swedish Geotechnical Institute, Sweden
International Society for Construction with Alternative Materials, ISCOWA

Prof. Carlo Vandecasteele
KU Leuven University, Belgium
International Society for Construction with Alternative Materials, ISCOWA

John Heynen M.Sc.
International Society for Construction with Alternative Materials, ISCOWA

Dr. Pascal Suer
SGI, Swedish Geotechnical Institute, Sweden

Prof. Bo Lind
SGI, Swedish Geotechnical Institute, Sweden



The printed book of abstracts of WASCON 2012 is available from SGI.



Organizing Committee

Maria Arm - SGI / ISCOWA
Kerstin Carlsson - SGI
Hans Goumans - ISCOWA
Ingrid Gårlin - SGI
John Heynen - ISCOWA
Bo Lind - SGI
Thomas Rihm - SGI
Yvonne Rogbeck - SGI
Elin Sjöstedt - SGI
Pascal Suer - SGI
Hanna Tobiasson-Blomén - SGI
Carlo Vandecasteele - ISCOWA



Scientific Committee

Maria Arm,   Swedish Geotechnical Institute
Chris Cheeseman,   Centre for Environmental Control and Waste Management, UK
Rein Eikelboom,   Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, The Netherlands
Kevin Gardner,   University of New Hampshire, USA
Hans Goumans,   ISCOWA Honorary chairman, The Netherlands
John Heynen,   NL Agency, The Netherlands
Colin Hills,   University of Greenwich, UK
Ole Hjelmar,   DHI, Denmark
Amnon Katz,   Technion Israel Institute of Technology
Anders Lagerkvist,   Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
Pentti Lahtinen,   Ramboll Finland Oy, Finland
Bo Lind,   Swedish Geotechnical Institute
Monica Lövström,   Svenska EnergiAskor, Sweden
Jacques Méhu,   INSA de Lyon, France
Ange Nzihou,   Ecole des Mines d’Albi, France
Alessandra Pollettini,   University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Julia Stegemann,   University College London, UK
Pascal Suer,   Swedish Geotechnical Institute
Hans Van der Sloot,   Netherlands Energy Research Foundation
Carlo Vandecasteele,   KU Leuven University, Belgium
Javier Viguri,   University of Cantabria, Spain



Sponsors and supporting organizations

     

                        

Exhibitors

• Hasopor
• Jernkontoret
• NCC
• Ragn-Sells
• Renova
• SGI
• Svenska EnergiAskor



Acknowledgements

Organizing a major international conference requires a considerable amount of work from many people. The editors would like to express their sincere thanks to the members of the organizing committee, the scientific committee and to the sponsors and exhibitors. A special thanks to all participants, scientific writers and presenters of the conference. We are happy to note that the WASCON conference is an important meeting point for the scientific community and we are all confident in the future development of waste materials in construction.



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