Composition and Characteristics of Construction Waste Generated by Residential Housing Project
The construction industry is a major consumer of new materials. Given that material production for construction work accounts for a significant percentage of all energy consumed nationally in newly developing countries, it becomes vital that the construction industry strives to reduce waste at al...
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| description | The construction industry is a major consumer of new materials. Given that material
production for construction work accounts for a significant percentage of all energy consumed
nationally in newly developing countries, it becomes vital that the construction industry strives to
reduce waste at all stages of construction. However, the importance of these construction wastes in
terms of types and sources have yet to be identified. Established systems to record quantitative
data for the generation of construction waste have yet to be formally standardised and are still
lacking across much of Europe and developing countries. Although categorisation of waste assists
segregation of construction waste and increases the potential for reuse and recycling, little progress
has been made in Sarawak, the largest state in Malaysia. To address this need, this pilot study is
carried out as the logical first step towards construction waste management in Sarawak by
categorisation of construction waste at residential construction projects. Through this study, useful
information concerning waste assessment data necessary to achieve a better understanding of
construction waste is obtained. Case studies involving quantification and classification of
construction waste for several on-going residential construction projects in Miri City, Sarawak,
Malaysia are presented. A database of information concerning the quantification of local construction
waste was developed, in addition to current construction waste management practices. |
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| spelling | unimas-110892022-01-20T00:52:10Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11089/ Composition and Characteristics of Construction Waste Generated by Residential Housing Project Lau, H.H Whyte, A. Law, P.L. TH Building construction The construction industry is a major consumer of new materials. Given that material production for construction work accounts for a significant percentage of all energy consumed nationally in newly developing countries, it becomes vital that the construction industry strives to reduce waste at all stages of construction. However, the importance of these construction wastes in terms of types and sources have yet to be identified. Established systems to record quantitative data for the generation of construction waste have yet to be formally standardised and are still lacking across much of Europe and developing countries. Although categorisation of waste assists segregation of construction waste and increases the potential for reuse and recycling, little progress has been made in Sarawak, the largest state in Malaysia. To address this need, this pilot study is carried out as the logical first step towards construction waste management in Sarawak by categorisation of construction waste at residential construction projects. Through this study, useful information concerning waste assessment data necessary to achieve a better understanding of construction waste is obtained. Case studies involving quantification and classification of construction waste for several on-going residential construction projects in Miri City, Sarawak, Malaysia are presented. A database of information concerning the quantification of local construction waste was developed, in addition to current construction waste management practices. International Journal of Environment Resource 2008 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11089/1/Composition.pdf Lau, H.H and Whyte, A. and Law, P.L. (2008) Composition and Characteristics of Construction Waste Generated by Residential Housing Project. International Journal of Environment Resource, 2 (3). pp. 261-268. ISSN 1735-6865 |
| spellingShingle | TH Building construction Lau, H.H Whyte, A. Law, P.L. Composition and Characteristics of Construction Waste Generated by Residential Housing Project |
| title | Composition and Characteristics of Construction Waste
Generated by Residential Housing Project |
| title_full | Composition and Characteristics of Construction Waste
Generated by Residential Housing Project |
| title_fullStr | Composition and Characteristics of Construction Waste
Generated by Residential Housing Project |
| title_full_unstemmed | Composition and Characteristics of Construction Waste
Generated by Residential Housing Project |
| title_short | Composition and Characteristics of Construction Waste
Generated by Residential Housing Project |
| title_sort | composition and characteristics of construction waste
generated by residential housing project |
| topic | TH Building construction |
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