USO DO CONCRETO LEVE NA CONSTRUÇÃO CIVIL

Abstract

This essay endeavored to analyze the efficiency of the use and application of lightweight concrete in civil construction. Upon an increasingly competitive market, the civil construction sector has never been more watchful about new innovative techniques and practices. Thereupon, the goal was to express the reduction in material and labor costs in the manufacture of lintels and sills with lightweight concrete. The lightweight concrete with EPS and different forms of manufacture such as the use of ceramic channel and wooden form.Furthermore, theoretical materials and tactile visual observations were used, establishing a line to appraise the strength of each material. The study displayed the pertinence of the use of lightweight concrete in precast pieces for structural purposes, such as lintels and sills. Thus, its use in small and large construction works is justified, in order to reduce material and labor costs, in addition to reducing the impact on the environment.