Environmental Management of Urban Construction Projects in China

A methodology for predicting the severity of environmental impacts related to the construction process of residential buildings

“…Of the papers providing such methods, the approaches of Tam et al [8], Cheung et al [9], Shen et al [10] and Liu et al [11] are among the most noteworthy. Especially worthwhile is the Construction Pollution Index method, developed by Chen et al [12], which has proved to be an efficient means of quantitatively evaluating the pollution and hazard levels of construction processes and projects. Chen et al determined how to select the best construction plan by classifying adverse environmental impacts of construction operations/activities using the EnvironalPlanning method [7].…”

Environmental impact assessment of 17 construction projects in various university campuses

“…Pollution sources from the construction process include harmful gases, noise, dust, and solid and liquid waste [19]. This pollution issue has encouraged many construction participants to attempt to control the impacts of their activities by adopting environmental management systems [20]. Furthermore, it is expected that foreseeing the ecological impacts of every single building project before the construction stage should lead to improvements in the environmental performance of such projects, as well as of the sites that will be built.…”

An Integrated Multi-Agent Framework for Optimizing Time, Cost and Environmental Impact of Construction Processes

“…Therefore, sustainability literature has focused on defining and assessing environmental performance indicators and environmental scoring systems (e.g., Chen, Li, & Wong, 2000;Shen, Lu, Yao, & Wu, 2005a;Tah 2006;Yao, Shen, & Yam, 2007).…”

“…For example, Hendrickson & Horvath (2000) stated the importance of understanding the environmental impacts of construction operations. Chen, Li, & Wong (2000) and Gangolells et al (2009) studied the impact and severity of environmental performance related to construction operations. Even though, the concept of environmental impacts of construction operations is not new, the sustainable movement is still in need to reverse the course of deteriorating natural environment caused by massive amount of construction every year.…”

“…In a similar manner, any limitation in time or cost can result in an increase or decrease in the environmental impacts of the project (Chen, Li, & Wong, 2000). There has not been such an optimization tool to handle the interrelations between these three objectives in construction projects.…”