Demolition Protocol & Best Local Practice for the Western Australian Construction and Demolition Industry
There is currently no best practice demolition guidance for the West Australia (WA) construction and demolition industry. The work presented here sought to address this need. Development (and subsequent validation) of an optimum, local best demolition practice tool was determined through considerati...
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| author | Whyte, Andrew Marshall, Nicholas |
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| description | There is currently no best practice demolition guidance for the West Australia (WA) construction and demolition industry. The work presented here sought to address this need. Development (and subsequent validation) of an optimum, local best demolition practice tool was determined through consideration of: industrial need; environmental impact; and, economic viability, resulting in a resource efficient demolition protocol for WA. The developed protocol was then applied to specific case studies to guide local practice. Primary data generation produced results indicating that both potential environmental and economic benefits are achievable through the application of resource efficient demolition practices. It is concluded that the application of a resource efficient demolition protocol applied to current activities in WA can result in both environmental and economic benefits; translated as significant measureable CO2 emission reductions (emission benefit of 65,734.2 kgCO2 per site) as well as an Aus$14/tonne saving in the processing of arising demolition materials. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-314272023-01-27T05:52:08Z Demolition Protocol & Best Local Practice for the Western Australian Construction and Demolition Industry Whyte, Andrew Marshall, Nicholas Prof Les Ruddock Dr Paul Chynoweth best-practice demolition-protocol construction Western-Australia There is currently no best practice demolition guidance for the West Australia (WA) construction and demolition industry. The work presented here sought to address this need. Development (and subsequent validation) of an optimum, local best demolition practice tool was determined through consideration of: industrial need; environmental impact; and, economic viability, resulting in a resource efficient demolition protocol for WA. The developed protocol was then applied to specific case studies to guide local practice. Primary data generation produced results indicating that both potential environmental and economic benefits are achievable through the application of resource efficient demolition practices. It is concluded that the application of a resource efficient demolition protocol applied to current activities in WA can result in both environmental and economic benefits; translated as significant measureable CO2 emission reductions (emission benefit of 65,734.2 kgCO2 per site) as well as an Aus$14/tonne saving in the processing of arising demolition materials. 2011 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31427 RICS restricted |
| spellingShingle | best-practice demolition-protocol construction Western-Australia Whyte, Andrew Marshall, Nicholas Demolition Protocol & Best Local Practice for the Western Australian Construction and Demolition Industry |
| title | Demolition Protocol & Best Local Practice for the Western Australian Construction and Demolition Industry |
| title_full | Demolition Protocol & Best Local Practice for the Western Australian Construction and Demolition Industry |
| title_fullStr | Demolition Protocol & Best Local Practice for the Western Australian Construction and Demolition Industry |
| title_full_unstemmed | Demolition Protocol & Best Local Practice for the Western Australian Construction and Demolition Industry |
| title_short | Demolition Protocol & Best Local Practice for the Western Australian Construction and Demolition Industry |
| title_sort | demolition protocol & best local practice for the western australian construction and demolition industry |
| topic | best-practice demolition-protocol construction Western-Australia |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31427 |