Author(s)

Z.A. Krezel, K.J. McManus & G.E. Harding

Abstract

Transportation noise has become an increasing major issue of modern urban life and at the same time the financial, environmental and social consequences of construction and demolition waste, especially concrete waste, have become less tolerated by the community. The Infrastructure Service Management Research Group (ISMRG) at Swinburne University of Technology investigated the use of selected recycled and reclaimed (washed) concrete aggregate in the production of sound barriers. Three prototype barriers were manufactured using both recycled and reclaimed aggregate. The resulting barriers consist of either two or three layers that provide structural adequacy and enable the barrier to restrict sound transmission and absorb trans

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