RESEARCH ARTICLE
A Model for Quantification of Construction Waste in New Residential Buildings in Pearl River Delta of China
Liu Jingkuang*, 1, Wang Yousong1, Lin Yiyong1
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2012Volume: 6
First Page: 398
Last Page: 403
Publisher ID: TOBCTJ-6-398
DOI: 10.2174/1874836801206010398
Article History:
Received Date: 7/09/2012Revision Received Date: 10/10/2012
Acceptance Date: 28/10/2012
Electronic publication date: 16/11/2012
Collection year: 2012
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Construction waste management is currently a worldwide issue that concerns not only the on-site construction management but also the sustainable development direction of construction industry. The quantification of construction waste volume, at the project stage, is essential for the building practitioners to properly plan and control the disposal. A detailed model is established to estimate the on-site volume of construction waste for new residential buildings. This quantification model has been established based on 20 dwelling project investigations in Pearl River Delta of China. With the bill of quantities, two coefficients have been developed respectively to estimate the wreckage volume and the packaging volume. Finally, a case study of residential building with masonry-concrete structure is demonstrated to illustrate the usefulness and effectiveness of the model.