Civil/Construction Technology

Holistic Approaches to Appropriate Development Technologies & Sustainability in Development of Infrastructure

Holistic Approaches to Appropriate Development Technologies & Sustainability in Development of Infrastructure

Introduction

The advancements in the latter half of the 20th century can be considered as unparalleled with respect to the scientific, engineering and technological aspects. However, during the process, the world has experienced significant variations and faced several interrelated crisis. In the constructional industrial contexts, such crises can be categorised with respect to the associated impacts on environment, sustainability and durability. Numerous factors have contributed to these impacts which include exponential population rise, industrialisation, globalisation and waste generation. The impact of these factors on the environment has raised great deal of environmental and ecological issues such as uncontrolled pollution, rapid consumption of the already depleting traditional fuel sources and the emission of greenhouse gases into the environment contributing towards the global warming. The ultimate price of these environmental abuses is the deterioration of the world's infrastructure at rapid pace and each of such crises have impacted the civil construction industry and the associated practises. Many of the issues of the civil industry require attention and can only be prevented by making the constructional processes more sustainable. This paper provides some holistic approaches to appropriate development technologies & sustainability in development of infrastructure. Wide range of issues are discussed and taken into consideration which is involved in the development of civil engineering infrastructure, before a development can be seen as being “Appropriate” and/or “Sustainable/

Literature Review

The UK Construction Industry

According to the Health and Safety Executive, UK's civil industry is one of its largest industries with workforce above 2 million people. Despite of the advanced expertise of the UK constructional industry, it is still perceived as a dangerous workplace. According to a report, almost 3000 people died in the last quarter of 20th century form the accidents and injuries during the constructional work. According to research conducted by Vedder, a common constructional industry worker has 1 to 165 mortality probability. A few different studies demonstrate that the laborers are more inclined to experience non-lethal wounds throughout the span of their working timetable. A different major issue of the development business of the UK is the issues confronted by fuse of different materials and approaches. These issues incorporate the usage of concrete based materials, timber in development of the bases. Transportation issues, for example sets back the ol' finances, mishap likelihood and so forth are likewise at present being confronted by the development business of UK.

Concrete

Concrete plays a significant role in the civil industry of the UK. The utilization of concrete though is simple but is used in a wide range of application. Irrespective of the limitations, utilization of concrete as constructional material is perceived as the backbone of the nation's infrastructure and an indirect contributor to the stability and progress of the nation's economy. The manufacturing of the cement and its creation is done in all aspects of the worlds and it is used in the thinking about an extensive variety of ...