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Factors Influencing Construction Waste Generation in Building Construction: Thailand’s Perspective

open access: yesSustainability, 2019
Rapid growth in construction activities as a result of a growing population and urbanization in many parts of the world generates a large amount of waste from construction.
Singh Intrachooto, Vachara Peansupap
exaly   +2 more sources

Multi-participant construction waste demolition and transportation decision-making system

Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2021
Construction waste management involves multiple participants and processes. Although existing research has developed a building information model (BIM) based estimation system, the challenge of selecting a transportation and demolition plan that provides
Ting Wang, Zeqing Wu, Chunyang Luo
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Construction and demolition waste indicators

Waste Management & Research: The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy, 2013
The construction industry is one of the biggest and most active sectors of the European Union (EU), consuming more raw materials and energy than any other economic activity. Furthermore, construction waste is the commonest waste produced in the EU. Current EU legislation sets out to implement construction and demolition waste (CDW)
Miguel, Mália   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Investigating the bulk density of construction waste: A big data-driven approach

, 2021
Construction waste contains inert (e.g., construction debris, rubble, earth, bitumen, and concrete) and non-inert materials (e.g., bamboo, plastics, wood, paper, and vegetation), while it is often a combination of the two when it is generated at source ...
Weisheng Lu, Liang Yuan, Fan Xue
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Quantification and benchmarking of construction waste and its impact on cost – a case of Pakistan

Engineering Construction and Architectural Management, 2022
PurposeThe construction industry struggles in environmental and economic performance due to waste generation. Several studies have measured this waste in the construction industry of developing countries like India, Brazil, China, Nigeria and Iran, and ...
Muhammad Usman Shahid   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Trash to treasure: From construction waste to tellurium adsorbent materials

Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021
Solid waste, such as construction waste, electric and electronic equipment wastes, has become one serious global challenge due to the presence of toxic substances and non-biodegradable substances in it.
Chenhui Hao   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Decoupling economic growth from construction waste generation: Comparative analysis between the EU and China.

Journal of Environmental Management
The reduction and management of construction waste is crucial for the sustainable development of the construction industry. This research aims to explore a comparative analysis on decoupling relationship between economic growth and construction waste ...
Zhenshuang Wang   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Understanding waste in construction

2020
Waste is one of the key concepts in the Lean Production philosophy. The elimination of waste has been largely used as a driver for improvement in the manufacturing industry. By contrast, it has not been strongly emphasised in the construction management books and mainstream journals.
Carlos Torres Formoso   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Efficiency of construction waste and carbon reduction in the construction industry: based on improved three stage SBM-DEA model in China

Engineering Construction and Architectural Management
PurposeReducing construction waste generation and carbon emission in the construction industry is crucial for the “dual carbon” goal. Evaluating the efficiency of reducing construction waste generation and carbon emission in the construction industry at ...
Zhenshuang Wang   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Recycling of construction and demolition waste

Environmental safety problems and solutions
Significant upgrade of waste disposal. Construction And Demolition Waste Management.RECCON03 2. De Terp Holding.A lot of natural resources can be saved by recycling CD waste, which makes up 24.
A. V. Steblyeva
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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