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Poon, C S, Yu, A T W and Ng, L H (2003) Comparison of low-waste building technologies adopted in public and private housing projects in Hong Kong. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 10(02), 88–98.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: construction industry; demolition; waste disposal; building materials; recycling; Hong Kong
- ISBN/ISSN: 0969-9988
- URL: http://titania.emeraldinsight.com/vl=1289930/cl=13/nw=1/rpsv/cw/mcb/09699988/v10n2/s2/p88
- Abstract:
Hong Kong is running out of both reclamation sites and landfill space for the disposal of construction and demolition waste. This paper reports on the findings of a study, consisting of a questionnaire survey, interviews and work-site visits, to compare the use of low-waste building technologies in public housing and private residential projects in Hong Kong. The results show that large panel formwork and prefabricated building components are widely used in public housing projects in Hong Kong. Due to the difference of the design with public housing, the use of smaller aluminium panel formwork is more common in the private housing projects. The barriers for the adoption of low-waste building technologies in the private sector are identified and discussed.
Tan, W (2003) Building competitive advantage: construction education in Japan. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 10(02), 78–87.
Tong, T K L (2003) Fuzzy optimisation of labour allocation by generic algorithms. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 10(02), 146–55.
Underwood, J and Watson, A (2003) An XML metadata approach to seamless project information exchange between heterogeneous platforms.. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 10(02), 128–45.
Vee, C and Skitmore, M R (2003) Professional ethics in the construction industry. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 10(02), 117–27.