Critical Management Practices Influencing on-Site Minimisation and Production of Construction Waste in Construction Projects

Abstract

It goes without saying that there has been an accelerated growth in Infrastructure development around the globe predominantly due to an increase in population and industrialization. This development has translated to a significant increase in Construction Waste (CW) resulting in cost and time overruns. At present, Construction Waste Management (CMW) depicts one of the most crucial issues both in developing and the developed countries. This research is carried out in order to analyze those strategies and frameworks employed for waste management in the construction industry so as to provide an optimal solution for this waste management. In addition, this study will also investigate the factors conh·ibuting to waste generation in construction activities. An effective contemplation and application of the critical management practices can lead to a significant reduction in the construction and demolition waste. Furthermore, this study is based on quantitative data; the close ended questionnaire has been distributed to different construction companies. SPSS and Amos were used for analyzing the data. According to results the most important and critical construction waste producing factors are frequent design change and Design & detailing complexity with the value of 0.891 and 0.889. Whereas in the construction waste minimization factors the important factors are Construction with standard materials and Low Waste Construction Technologies with the value of 0.918 and 0.904. Therefore, this study recommends that the construction companies should encourage eco-friendly and susta inable construction practices. They should conduct inspections on-site regularly in order to ensure that all the waste management practices in construction are followed and functioning adequately.