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Ries And Thomas A. Holm (2006). Furthermore, The Critical Element That ...

Ries and Thomas A. Holm (2006). Furthermore, the critical element that attributes to the service life of the lightweight concrete is the heat resistance, resistance to environmental corrosion and its lightweight that reduces the load on the structure making its service life longer than the typical concrete applications.
2.3.3: Economic sustainability
John P. Ries and Thomas A. Holm (2006) argue that the structural applications in the modern days are judged against the cost, functionality, aesthetics or a combination of these as argued by John P. Ries and Thomas A. Holm (2006). This makes it clear that the costs associated with the construction of the structure as well as the running costs associated with maintenance, space and repair are the critical elements that attribute to the choice of a given concrete mix over another. The lightweight aggregate that is used in the LAC is higher in costs compared to the typical concrete mix as argued by John P. Ries and Thomas A. Holm (2006). This is naturally because of the need to produce the concrete mix using materials of unique physical properties and the extent of research and development involved with the overall design of the construction application. Alongside, the cost is treated as the key element in case of commercial implementation of construction applications predominantly because of the fact that the measure on the returns in terms of return on investment is attributable when compared against the costs associated with the construction of the structure.
John P. Ries and Thomas A. Holm (2006) say that although the capital involved with the construction of lightweight structures is high, the fact that the low maintenance costs and costs associated with other supporting structures during the constructions like the reduction in steel, girders and also the reduction in the slab thickness will balance the costs with the production of the LAC concrete mix itself. This further justifies that the economic sustainability where the return on the investment and the optimum choice for construction is achievable using lightweight aggregate as argued by John P. Ries and Thomas A. Holm (2006)
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