ALP AI08D

ICPNA - INTERMEDIATE
Bio-concrete
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By Joffrey Valdivia
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What is Bio-concrete?
It is a type of CONCRETE that adds new
biomolecular technologies in its compounds to
benefit its self-repair.

Who was its creator?

It was developed by Prof. Henk Jonkers.PhD in Marine
Microbiology at Groningen University (1999)

His current research concerns development of innovative-,

bio-based- and sustainable construction materials and he is
scientific advisor of DUT spinoff company Basiliskconcrete

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 How
How does
does it
it work?
work?

Presence of Bacterial Regeneration

fissures and activation of concrete
cracks
Due to external agents or Bacteria are directly After constant wetting,
telluric movements, cracks activated by moisture or heat is generated and the
are generated on the contact with water. crack closes

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concrete surface.
What
What happens
happens in
in other
other
countries?
countries?

Henk
Kishi Hamada Karen
Jonkers
Toshijaru Hidenori Scrivener
Professor at the
Delft University of Professor at the Professor at the Professor at the
Technology University of Tokyo Kyushu University UPFL

Netherlands Japan Japan Swiss

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Currently
Currently

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 Is
Is it
it a
a reality?
reality?
Place
Netherlands

Advantages
- Repair of cracks of lengths
up to kilometers.

- Savings in maintenance
costs.

Disadvantages
- The cracks should not
exceed a width of 8 mm.

- High cost of production, the

m3 of traditional concrete
oscillates in $ 80 and the
bio-concrete in $ 110.

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In Peru