Empirical research approach of construction waste quantification and standard tolerance for stratified residential building projects / Nur Amierah Harun, Asmalia Che Ahmad and Faridah Ismail

The construction industry is the major solid waste generator in Malaysia. The extensive building and infrastructure development projects have led to an inclination in construction waste generation. The accurate waste composition and quantity are hardly to be measured, as the construction activity is...

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Main Authors: Nur Amierah, Harun, Asmalia, Che Ahmad, Faridah, Ismail
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Perak 2017
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29485/
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Asmalia, Che Ahmad
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description The construction industry is the major solid waste generator in Malaysia. The extensive building and infrastructure development projects have led to an inclination in construction waste generation. The accurate waste composition and quantity are hardly to be measured, as the construction activity is dynamic in nature. Every construction stage produced different types of waste and amount. Therefore, the pattern of waste generated throughout the construction stages need to be identified. This paper critically reviewed construction waste issue in Malaysia in orderto identify the gap in research. Based on literature studied, this paper proposes an approach to quantify the wastage rate and develop constructionwaste standard tolerance forstratified residential building projects. There are six steps in the empirical research approach. First is identification of the stratified residential construction buildings. Second is characteristics of project analyze issimilarfor uniform investigation. Third is determination of construction stages. Fourth is quantification of the waste generated in the construction projects studied. The fifth step is conduct structure interview with the authorized person. The last step is summation of the recorded quantity and development of construction waste standard tolerance. It is expected that the proposed research approach will be practical for construction waste quantification and for future research undertaken.
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spelling uitm-294852020-04-08T15:52:30Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29485/ Empirical research approach of construction waste quantification and standard tolerance for stratified residential building projects / Nur Amierah Harun, Asmalia Che Ahmad and Faridah Ismail myse Nur Amierah, Harun Asmalia, Che Ahmad Faridah, Ismail Environmental protection The construction industry is the major solid waste generator in Malaysia. The extensive building and infrastructure development projects have led to an inclination in construction waste generation. The accurate waste composition and quantity are hardly to be measured, as the construction activity is dynamic in nature. Every construction stage produced different types of waste and amount. Therefore, the pattern of waste generated throughout the construction stages need to be identified. This paper critically reviewed construction waste issue in Malaysia in orderto identify the gap in research. Based on literature studied, this paper proposes an approach to quantify the wastage rate and develop constructionwaste standard tolerance forstratified residential building projects. There are six steps in the empirical research approach. First is identification of the stratified residential construction buildings. Second is characteristics of project analyze issimilarfor uniform investigation. Third is determination of construction stages. Fourth is quantification of the waste generated in the construction projects studied. The fifth step is conduct structure interview with the authorized person. The last step is summation of the recorded quantity and development of construction waste standard tolerance. It is expected that the proposed research approach will be practical for construction waste quantification and for future research undertaken. Universiti Teknologi MARA, Perak 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29485/1/29485.pdf Nur Amierah, Harun and Asmalia, Che Ahmad and Faridah, Ismail (2017) Empirical research approach of construction waste quantification and standard tolerance for stratified residential building projects / Nur Amierah Harun, Asmalia Che Ahmad and Faridah Ismail. (2017) Malaysian Journal of Sustainable Environment (MySE) <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Malaysian_Journal_of_Sustainable_Environment_=28MySE=29.html>, 3 (2). pp. 47-64. ISSN 0128-326X http://www.myse.my/
spellingShingle Environmental protection
Nur Amierah, Harun
Asmalia, Che Ahmad
Faridah, Ismail
Empirical research approach of construction waste quantification and standard tolerance for stratified residential building projects / Nur Amierah Harun, Asmalia Che Ahmad and Faridah Ismail
title Empirical research approach of construction waste quantification and standard tolerance for stratified residential building projects / Nur Amierah Harun, Asmalia Che Ahmad and Faridah Ismail
title_full Empirical research approach of construction waste quantification and standard tolerance for stratified residential building projects / Nur Amierah Harun, Asmalia Che Ahmad and Faridah Ismail
title_fullStr Empirical research approach of construction waste quantification and standard tolerance for stratified residential building projects / Nur Amierah Harun, Asmalia Che Ahmad and Faridah Ismail
title_full_unstemmed Empirical research approach of construction waste quantification and standard tolerance for stratified residential building projects / Nur Amierah Harun, Asmalia Che Ahmad and Faridah Ismail
title_short Empirical research approach of construction waste quantification and standard tolerance for stratified residential building projects / Nur Amierah Harun, Asmalia Che Ahmad and Faridah Ismail
title_sort empirical research approach of construction waste quantification and standard tolerance for stratified residential building projects / nur amierah harun, asmalia che ahmad and faridah ismail
topic Environmental protection
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29485/
https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29485/