Sustainable procurement in the Canadian construction industry: current practices, drivers and opportunities

Ruparathna, Rajeev; Hewage, Kasun

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.07.007

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“…In his study, Brown [52] identified that a lack of awareness and knowledge on sustainability is one of the factors hindering the implementation of SC practices in the construction industry. It is possible the reason behind the lack of awareness and knowledge could be the lack of concrete, explicit regulations [38] or lack of expressed interest from clients [37]. Furthermore, this finding from the survey is justified by a review of the literature on the subject, which suggests that the low level of knowledge and awareness on the concept of SC is not very different in other developing countries [6].…”

Section: Awareness Knowledge and Understanding Of Sustainable Constrmentioning

confidence: 88%

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Sustainable Construction Industry in Cambodia: Awareness, Drivers and Barriers

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Abstract:Although sustainability is of utmost importance, anecdotal evidence suggests that the concept is not adequately implemented in many developing countries. This paper investigates industry stakeholders' awareness of the current state of, factors driving, and barriers hindering the adoption of sustainable construction (SC) in Cambodia. Using an empirical questionnaire survey targeting local construction professionals, respondents were invited to rate their level of awareness, knowledge and understanding of SC, as well as to rate the level of importance of 31 drivers and 10 barriers identified from the seminal literature. The data set was subjected to the relative importance index method. The results suggest that the industry-wide adoption of SC practices is poor, which is believed to be due to a lack of awareness and knowledge, and reluctance to adopt new sustainable technologies. Furthermore, more efforts must be put into the selection of more durable materials for the extension of buildings' lives and to minimize material consumption, as well as to develop energy-efficient buildings with minimal environmental impact and a healthy indoor environment, so that the ability of future generations to meet their own needs will not be compromised. The outcomes of this study have enriched knowledge about the current state of, drivers of, and barriers to sustainable construction in a typical developing economy. Although the outcomes of this study were a short scoping exercise, it has formed a significant base for future SC work within Cambodia.

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Section: Awareness Knowledge and Understanding Of Sustainable Constrmentioning

confidence: 88%

“…Hewage [38] Barriers: lack of consideration of sustainability criteria in the evaluation of bids, unavailability of standard methods for procurement, lack of knowledge of local conditions, lack of explicit statutory requirements that cover sustainable procurement.…”

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confidence: 99%

Sustainable Construction Industry in Cambodia: Awareness, Drivers and Barriers

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“…According to Ruparathna & Hewage (2015), promoting the sustainable development through procurement should overcome the number of flaws identified in traditional procurement processes. Sustainable procurement is a way to integrate environmental and social considerations in all steps of procurement and contracting process, in order to reduce impacts on human health, environment, and human rights.…”

Section: Sustainable Procurementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainable procurement portfolio management: a case study in a mining company

Mello

Eckhardt

Leiras

2017

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Sustainable procurement is a solution to integrate environmental and social considerations in all steps of procurement process, in order to reduce impacts on human health, environment, and human rights. Despite the existence of important works in this area, more studies for determining how the principles related to sustainable development can be integrated to procurement strategies are needed. This study presents a case study in a mining company to evaluate the elements that should be considered for the implementation of sustainability concept in the contracting of services through the application of a sustainability portfolio model. Results show that the contracts of the internal movement's category of the studied company fit as Strategic Commodity, which means that the items in this category have a risk in the strategic supply, because they need investments made by the buyer in the relationship with the supplier.

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“…To this end, the following should be considered: low power consumption for air conditioning and lighting [29], rationalisation of consumption of drinking water [30], use of construction systems and execution of the work to minimise waste generation [31], location of the building to facilitate its access by users without disturbing the neighbourhood, especially during construction [32].…”

Section: Sustainable Constructionmentioning

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A Resilience Engineering Approach for Sustainable Safety in Green Construction

Rosa

Franca

Haddad

et al. 2017

J. sustain. dev. energy water environ. syst.

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Sustainable construction is a complex endeavour, involving various stakeholders and resulting in situations that are incompletely described or underspecified. Traditional risk assessment methods require a detailed description of the system and safety, focusing on undesirable outcomes, losses, incidents and accidents. Developing this principle, this research describes a new way to deal with risk assessment in the green construction industry using a resilience engineering method based on the functional resonance analysis method and analytic hierarchy process methodologies. The functional resonance analysis method defines a systemic framework to model complex systems based on combinations of function variabilities during normal work. Therefore, to quantify the outcomes for risk assessment, this method was used together with the analytic hierarchy process in a case study during the modernisation work on the Maracanã stadium in Rio de Janeiro. The results of this case study demonstrate that the combined utilisation of the functional resonance analysis method and analytic hierarchy process can be utilised to recognise situations where developments could potentially be without control, which enables this to be used as a basis for performing indicators or a monitoring system. Furthermore, this combined technique can be used to assess and quantify the performance variabilities that may lead to occupational or environmental accidents, and provide new recommendations about how work processes should function, minimising production losses, incidents and accidents.

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Sustainable procurement in the Canadian construction industry: current practices, drivers and opportunities

Cited by 131 publications

References 44 publications

Sustainable Construction Industry in Cambodia: Awareness, Drivers and Barriers

Sustainable Construction Industry in Cambodia: Awareness, Drivers and Barriers

Sustainable procurement portfolio management: a case study in a mining company

A Resilience Engineering Approach for Sustainable Safety in Green Construction

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