Construction and Demolition Waste Management in Turkey

Arslan, Hakan; Coşgun, Nilay; Salgın, Burcu

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“…According to Arslan, et al [2], sources of waste include unused materials, incorrect materials, surplus stencils or nails, packages of construction materials or components, surplus concrete materials resulting from fractures or deformations due to improper storage or preservation of construction materials and components arriving at the construction site. Others include poor material handling, erroneous cuttings, improper or faulty equipment, poor storage facilities, poor workmanship and inaccurate measurements.…”

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An Investigation of Waste Management Practices in the Zambian Construction Industry

Muleya¹,

Kamalondo²

2017

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This study investigated the practice and perceptions on waste management and the feasibility of establishing a site waste management plan in the Zambian Construction Industry (ZCI). In this research, Lusaka and the Copperbelt provinces were selected as study areas to represent the construction industry in Zambia. This was because the largest volume of construction work in the country is mainly concentrated in these two provinces. The research targeted contractors from Grades 1 to 3 as categorised and registered by the Zambian National Council for Construction (NCC). Consultancy firms and government institutions were also included in the target population as regulators. Data for this study were obtained through questionnaires, interviews and site surveys. The results from this research indicated that disposal was the most common method of waste management in the Zambian Construction industry as indicated by the highest ranking score with a mean index of 0.923. The research concluded that the construction industry in Zambia has poor practice of waste management through waste disposal which is not environmentally friendly. The results further indicated that it is feasible to adopt a Site Waste Management Plan in the Zambian Construction industry based on the respondents' willingness mean score of 0.94 from all the categories. Finally, the research confirmed that a Site Waste Management Plan can be an effective tool to address waste management challenges in the Zambian Construction Industry based on the literature review and willingness measured from research respondents.

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An Investigation of Waste Management Practices in the Zambian Construction Industry

Muleya¹,

Kamalondo²

2017

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“…Nearly 23% of the solid waste in Hong Kong comes from construction sector activities [10]. The massive amount of construction waste in different countries has revealed the importance of local action in order to manage, recycle and re-use the waste generated throughout the lifecycle of concrete infrastructure [3].…”

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“…C&D waste constitutes the largest volume of all solid waste [3]. For instance, the U.S. construction industry generates over 100 million tons of C&D waste per year [4], and approximately 29% of the solid waste stream in the U.S. is created by the construction sector [5].…”

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Recycled Construction Debris as Concrete Aggregate for Sustainable Construction Materials

Kabir

Al-Shayeb

Khan

2016

Procedia Engineering

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An experimental program was conducted in order to compare the engineering properties of reclaimed concrete aggregate waste from various demolition sources: lab-tested concrete waste from a commercial ready-mix company with known engineering properties, construction and demolition (C&D) concrete waste with some information about engineering properties, and regular aggregate from the market, which was used as control samples. This study explores the potential use of construction waste for the development of sustainable construction materials in order to obtain economic returns from the waste. After processing the construction debris into gravel, the amount of reclaimed material from the waste was calculated, and then aggregate tests were conducted. Lab samples were fabricated based on a 35 MPa mix-design with reclaimed aggregate from the various waste sources, along with control samples. Finally, compressive strength, tensile strength, and flexural strength, as well as some nondestructive tests (NDT), such as pulse velocity and hammer tests, were conducted. Correlation between results obtained from the various tests were analyzed in this experimental program; a linear correlation was noted between compressive strength and other mechanical properties evaluated, namely, split tensile strength, flexural strength, pulse velocity, and Schmidt Hammer.

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“…Compared with household waste, the safe disposal of C&D waste is difficult because it may contain hazardous materials, such as asbestos, heavy metals, persistent organic compounds and VOCs (Esin and Coşgun, 2006;Arslan et al, 2012). C&D waste threatens human health and the natural environments.…”

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Explorando la relación entre los métodos de diseño lean y la reducción de residuos de construcción y demolición: tres estudios de caso de proyectos hospitalarios en California

2016

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The lean ideal is to deliver customer value without waste. Traditional sustainability outcomes, which are attributed to the pursuit of the lean ideal in construction projects, consisted of economic outcomes instead of environmental outcomes. This paper explores how lean design methods can reduce construction and demolition (C&D) waste and contribute to environmental sustainability. Three case studies are conducted to analyze three hospital projects in California that employed lean tools and methods during design. These three cases demonstrate that C&D waste reduction (e.g., recycling construction waste, reducing material use, and enhancing recovery after use) can be indirectly achieved by economic waste reduction. Testable hypotheses were generated from the case study findings and were proposed as future research topics.

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Construction and Demolition Waste Management in Turkey

Cited by 29 publications

References 9 publications

An Investigation of Waste Management Practices in the Zambian Construction Industry

An Investigation of Waste Management Practices in the Zambian Construction Industry

Recycled Construction Debris as Concrete Aggregate for Sustainable Construction Materials

Explorando la relación entre los métodos de diseño lean y la reducción de residuos de construcción y demolición: tres estudios de caso de proyectos hospitalarios en California

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