Technologies for Low Carbon and Lean Construction

The project was undertaken with a view towards addressing issues that would lead to the true adoption of the concepts of circular economy in construction and minimal impact on global climate change. The project was established with the following four major objectives: 1. to utilize suitable waste materials from construction, demolition, power, steel, and agricultural industries and thereby enhance the durability, service life, and sustainability of reinforced concrete structures, ;2. to minimize the wasting of materials, money, and time during the construction processes using lean principles, digital/3D printing tools and precast concrete applications, ;3. to develop policies to enable the BEST and NEXT practices in the Indian construction industry, with an eventual goal of minimizing the carbon footprint and enhancing the circular economy of the concrete construction industry, and ;4. to develop and suggest organizational practices and policies that help in scaling up the implementation of such technologies and be an eye-opener for policy makers in the country and beyond. ;;