Background Of the study

Concrete is world’s most widely used construction material. The utilization of the concrete is

increasing at a higher rate due to development in infrastructure and construction activities all around

the world. However there are some negative impacts of more production of concrete like continuous

extensive extraction of aggregate from natural resources will lead to its depletion and ecological

imbalance. Researcher are using agricultural and industrial waste to improve the strength properties

of the concrete and to lead sustainable development. This environmental reason has generated a lot

of concern in the construction world. The use sugarcane bagasse, wooden chips, plastic waste, textile

waste, polyethylene, rice husk ash, rubber tires, vegetable fibers, paper and pulp industry waste,

groundnut shell, waste glass, broken bricks, are some examples of replacing aggregates in concrete.

Coconut fibers obtained from coconut husk, belonging to the family of palm fibers, are

agricultural waste products obtained in the processing in the coconut oil, and are available in the large

quantities in the tropical regions of the world, most especially in Africa, Asia and Southern America.

In Ghana, the are available in the large quantities in the southern part of the country. Coconut fibers

has been used to enhance concrete and mortar, and has proven to improve the toughness of the

concrete and mortar (Gram, 1983, and Ramakrishna, et al., 2005).

Objective of the study:

Generally, this research “COCONUT SHELL AS PARTIAL REPLACEMENT TO FINE AGGREGATES AND COIR

AS BINDER” specially aims to attain the following objectives:

1. To determine the ratio to achieve the best result.

2. To compare the commercial concrete mixture with the product in terms of cost and physical

appearance (hardness, weight and etc.).

3. To determine the ROI (Return of Investment) after 1 year.

COCONUT SHELL AS PARTIAL REPLACEMENT TO FINE AGGREGATES AND COIR AS BINDER

A Project Study
Presented to the Faculty of
College of Engineering
Laguna State Polytechnic University
Main Campus
Santa Cruz, Laguna

In Partial Fulfilment
Of the Requirements for the Degree of
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
 JEVEPAUL BORNILLA BUISON
CARL MALLON OCAMPO DORADO
JAMES DAN CASTILLON TRAJANO