<p>          <b>  TABLE OF CONTENTS </b>DECLARATION............................................................................................iii</p><p>&nbsp;ACKNOWLEDGEMENT..............................................................................iv</p><p>&nbsp;ABSTRACT..................................................................................................vi&nbsp;</p><p>LIST OF TABLES.........................................................................................x&nbsp;</p><p>LIST OF FIGURES .....................................................................................xi</p><p>&nbsp;ABBREVIATIONS.......................................................................................xii</p><p><b>

Chapter ONE

---------------------------------------------------------------------------1</b>&nbsp;</p><p>1. INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................1&nbsp;</p><p>1.1 Background..........................................................................................1&nbsp;</p><p>1.2 Statement of the problem......................................................................3&nbsp;</p><p>1.3 Research Questions.............................................................................3&nbsp;</p><p>1.4 Objective of Research ........................................................................4&nbsp;</p><p>1.4.1 General Objective .............................................................................4&nbsp;</p><p>1.4.2 Specific Objectives ............................................................................4&nbsp;</p><p>1.5 The significance of the Research ........................................................4&nbsp;</p><p>1.6 The scope of the Research ...................................................................5&nbsp;</p><p>1.7 Limitation of the Study ............................................................,.............5&nbsp;</p><p>1.8 Outline of the Thesis...........................................................................................................5&nbsp;</p><p><b>

Chapter TWO

...........................................................................................6</b><br></p><p>2. LITERATURE REVIEW....................................................................................................6&nbsp;</p><p>2.2 Why Recycled Concrete Aggregate? ...............................................6&nbsp;</p><p>2.3 Recycling Procedures for Recycled Aggregate................................7&nbsp;</p><p>2.4 Environmental Problems of Construction and Demolition Wastes .......................................-.9&nbsp;</p><p>2.5 Properties of Recycled Concrete Aggregate ...................................9&nbsp;</p><p>2.5.1 Physical Properties of Recycled Concrete Aggregate.......................9&nbsp;</p><p>2.5.2 Chemical Properties of Recycled Concrete Aggregate ..................10&nbsp;</p><p>2.6 Properties of Recycled Aggregate Concrete .................................11&nbsp;</p><p>2.6.1 Fresh Properties of Recycled Aggregate Concrete ........................11&nbsp;</p><p>2.6.2 Hardened Properties of Recycled Aggregate Concrete..................12&nbsp;</p><p>2.7 The Practice of Using Recycled Aggregate in Selected Countries.........-....................................................................................19&nbsp;</p><p>2.8.1 Introduction................................................................................................19&nbsp;</p><p>2.9 Why is recycling Waste Glass needed? .............................................19&nbsp;</p><p>2.10 Problem encountered during Recycling of Waste Glass.....................20</p><p>&nbsp;2.11 Properties of Waste Glass Powder.................................................20&nbsp;</p><p>2.11.1 Physical Properties of Waste Glass Powder...............................20&nbsp;</p><p>2.11.2 Chemical Properties of Waste Glass Powder................................21&nbsp;</p><p>Materials.................................................................................................21&nbsp;</p><p>2.13 Waste Glass Powder (WGP) as Pozzolanic Material......................22&nbsp;</p><p>2.14 Properties of Concrete Containing Recycled Aggregate and Waste Glass Powder..................................................................................22&nbsp;</p><p>2.14.1 Effects of Waste Glass Powder on Fresh Properties RAC............22&nbsp;</p><p>2.14.2 Effects of Waste Glass Powder on Hardened Properties of RAC...............................................................................................23&nbsp;</p><p>2.15 The practice of Recycling Glass Waste in Some Selected Countries........................................................................................23&nbsp;</p><p>2.16 Environmental Problems of Waste Glass.....................................28&nbsp;</p><p><b>

Chapter THREE

....................................................................................29</b><br></p><p>3. METHODOLOGY ...............................................................................29</p><p>&nbsp;3.1 Introduction.........................................................................................29&nbsp;</p><p>3.2 Formulation of Combination Method ................................................29&nbsp;</p><p>3.3 Experimental Setup............................................................................30&nbsp;</p><p>3.4 Material Preparation and Testing Methods.....................................31&nbsp;</p><p>3.4.1 Material Preparation and Tests ........................................................31&nbsp;</p><p>3.4.2 Chemical Test .......................................................................32&nbsp;</p><p>3.5 Mix Proportion of Concrete Mixes......................................................32&nbsp;</p><p>3.6 Concrete Casting and Curing ...........................................................32&nbsp;</p><p>3.7 Compressive Strength Testing ...........................................................32&nbsp;</p><p>3.8 Method of Data Analysis of test results........................................32&nbsp;</p><p>3.9 Conclusion and Future Recommendation .......................................33</p><p><b></b>&nbsp;<b>

Chapter FOUR

..................................................................................35</b></p><p>4. EXPERIMENTAL WORK...................................................................34&nbsp;</p><p>4.1 Physical Properties of Recycled Concrete Aggregate........................34&nbsp;</p><p>4.2 Physical Properties of Natural Coarse and Fine Aggregates ............36&nbsp;</p><p>4.3 Waste Glass Powder .......................................................................40&nbsp;</p><p>4.3.1 Preparation of Waste Glass Powder.............................................40&nbsp;</p><p>4.3.2 Chemical Properties........................................................................41&nbsp;</p><p>4.4 Mix Proportioning of Different Concrete Mixes .................................43&nbsp;</p><p><b>

Chapter FIVE

.......................................................................................44</b><br></p><p>5. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS...........................................................44&nbsp;</p><p>5.1 Workability of Concrete Mixes Containing RCA and WGP .................44&nbsp;</p><p>5.2 Hardened Properties (Compressive Strength) of Concrete Containing RCA and WGP.................................................................................48&nbsp;</p><p>5.3 Statistical Analysis.......................................................................54&nbsp;</p><p>5.3.1 Factorial ANOVA............................................................................55&nbsp;</p><p>5.3.2 Hypothesis Formulation and Testing of Factorial ANOVA ...............55&nbsp;</p><p>5.3.3 Analysis of Main Effect and Interaction Effect for Compressive Strength .............................................................................................56&nbsp;</p><p>5.3.4 Post-hoc Test...................................................................................60&nbsp;</p><p>5.4 Cost Analysis............................................................................................61&nbsp;</p><p><b>CHAPTER SIX.....................................................................................66</b><br></p><p>6. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.....................................66&nbsp;</p><p>6.1 Conclusion ..........................................................................................66&nbsp;</p><p>6.2 Recommendation ......................................................................67&nbsp;</p><p>6.3 Further Study Areas..............................................................................68</p><p>&nbsp;REFERENCES........................................................................................69&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;APPENDICES.........................................................................................74&nbsp;</p><p><br></p>