Impact of construction waste management towards environmental health / Mohamad Haziq Sulaiman

ln a typical construction project, there is always a wastage arise on the site. Construction waste consists of unwanted material produced directly or incidentally by the construction industry. Majority building waste is made up of materials such as brick, cement and sand and wood damaged or unused f...

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Main Author: Sulaiman, Mohamad Haziq
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Language:English
Published: 2020
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spelling my-uitm-ir.371472020-11-25T04:13:30Z Impact of construction waste management towards environmental health / Mohamad Haziq Sulaiman 2020-08 Sulaiman, Mohamad Haziq Environmental conditions. Environmental quality. Environmental indicators. Environmental degradation Construction industry Insulation and insulating materials Management of the construction site. Superintendence of building construction ln a typical construction project, there is always a wastage arise on the site. Construction waste consists of unwanted material produced directly or incidentally by the construction industry. Majority building waste is made up of materials such as brick, cement and sand and wood damaged or unused for various reason during construction. This includes building materials such as piling, nails, insulation, electrical wiring, roofing tiles, concrete, reinforcement, formworks and other waste originating from site clearance such as tree stump, hedges, rubble and tree stumps. ln addition, construction waste also may contain lead, asbestos or other hazardous substances. Observational research has revealed that this can be as high as 10 to 15 percent (o/o) of the materials that go into a building, a much higher percentage than the 2.5-5 percent (%) usually assumed by quantity surveyors and the construction industry. Since considerable unpredictability exists between construction sites, there is much opportunity for reducing this waste. 2020-08 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/37147/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/37147/1/37147.pdf text en public degree Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Sarawak Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying
institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
collection UiTM Institutional Repository
language English
topic Environmental conditions
Environmental quality
Environmental indicators
Environmental degradation
Construction industry
Insulation and insulating materials
Environmental conditions
Environmental quality
Environmental indicators
Environmental degradation
spellingShingle Environmental conditions
Environmental quality
Environmental indicators
Environmental degradation
Construction industry
Insulation and insulating materials
Environmental conditions
Environmental quality
Environmental indicators
Environmental degradation
Sulaiman, Mohamad Haziq
Impact of construction waste management towards environmental health / Mohamad Haziq Sulaiman
description ln a typical construction project, there is always a wastage arise on the site. Construction waste consists of unwanted material produced directly or incidentally by the construction industry. Majority building waste is made up of materials such as brick, cement and sand and wood damaged or unused for various reason during construction. This includes building materials such as piling, nails, insulation, electrical wiring, roofing tiles, concrete, reinforcement, formworks and other waste originating from site clearance such as tree stump, hedges, rubble and tree stumps. ln addition, construction waste also may contain lead, asbestos or other hazardous substances. Observational research has revealed that this can be as high as 10 to 15 percent (o/o) of the materials that go into a building, a much higher percentage than the 2.5-5 percent (%) usually assumed by quantity surveyors and the construction industry. Since considerable unpredictability exists between construction sites, there is much opportunity for reducing this waste.
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author Sulaiman, Mohamad Haziq
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title Impact of construction waste management towards environmental health / Mohamad Haziq Sulaiman
title_short Impact of construction waste management towards environmental health / Mohamad Haziq Sulaiman
title_full Impact of construction waste management towards environmental health / Mohamad Haziq Sulaiman
title_fullStr Impact of construction waste management towards environmental health / Mohamad Haziq Sulaiman
title_full_unstemmed Impact of construction waste management towards environmental health / Mohamad Haziq Sulaiman
title_sort impact of construction waste management towards environmental health / mohamad haziq sulaiman
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Sarawak
granting_department Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying
publishDate 2020
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/37147/1/37147.pdf
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