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Afshar, A, Ziaraty, A K, Kaveh, A and Sharifi, F (2009) Nondominated Archiving Multicolony Ant Algorithm in Time–Cost Trade-Off Optimization. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 135(07), 668–74.

Cha, H S, Kim, J and Han, J (2009) Identifying and Assessing Influence Factors on Improving Waste Management Performance for Building Construction Projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 135(07), 647–56.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: Construction management; Environmental issues; Assessments; Sustainable development; Waste management;
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0733-9364
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2009)135:7(647)
  • Abstract:
    Environmental sustainability has become one of the key drivers for continuous growth in the construction industry. Many project practitioners face challenging circumstances in finding an effective way to prevent pollution and minimize wastes by making the best use of the increasingly scarce natural resources. However, most of these efforts are focused on planning and/or design strategies; therefore, they fail to thoroughly cover the environmental issues based on the construction execution level. Further, there is a lack of quantitative measurement system and management-level guidance. To overcome these limitations, this paper proposes a new methodology that assists project managers to assess the performance level of a project in terms of waste management practice. This study is based on a two-pronged approach. One is the identification of the waste management influence factors that play an important role in decreasing waste and increasing recycled materials on construction sites. The other is the development of an assessment tool to measure the level of waste management performance for a particular project. As a result of this work, 59 factors were identified and an assessment tool was developed based on quantification of these factors. The tool has been proved to effectively measure waste management performance throughout four real-case validity tests. From the industry perspective, this paper contributes to establishing the environmentally sustainable production systems by providing the project stakeholders with an established set of influence factors and with a diagnosis tool for measuring their current performance. Additionally, project owners can use the output of the tool, especially the total index score, as a measure to benchmark the level of waste management for continuous improvement.

Cheng, G and Wilmot, C G (2009) Louisiana Highway Construction Cost Trend after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 135(07), 594–600.

Hale, D R, Shrestha, P P, Gibson, G E and Migliaccio, G C (2009) Empirical Comparison of Design/Build and Design/Bid/Build Project Delivery Methods. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 135(07), 579–87.

Kanit, R, Gunduz, M and Ozkan, O (2009) Investigating the Effectiveness of Certain Priority Rules on Resource Scheduling of Housing Estate Projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 135(07), 609–13.

Lin, P, Lee, W and Lee, M (2009) Exploring Problems and Undesired Effects in the Construction Development Process: The Case of a Small- to Medium-Sized Developer in Taiwan. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 135(07), 560–9.

Ling, F Y and Gui, Y (2009) Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats: Case Study of Consulting Firms in Shenzhen, China. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 135(07), 628–36.

Miller, L, Mannering, F and Abraham, D M (2009) Effectiveness of Speed Control Measures on Nighttime Construction and Maintenance Projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 135(07), 614–9.

Perkins, R A (2009) Sources of Changes in Design–Build Contracts for a Governmental Owner. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 135(07), 588–93.

Wan, S K, Kumaraswamy, M M and Liu, D T (2009) Contributors to Construction Debris from Electrical and Mechanical Work in Hong Kong Infrastructure Projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 135(07), 637–46.

Watkins, M, Mukherjee, A, Onder, N and Mattila, K (2009) Using Agent-Based Modeling to Study Construction Labor Productivity as an Emergent Property of Individual and Crew Interactions. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 135(07), 657–67.

Yang, J and Yin, P (2009) Isolated Collapsed But-For Delay Analysis Methodology. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 135(07), 570–8.

Zhu, Y, Ahmad, I and Wang, L (2009) Estimating Work Zone Road User Cost for Alternative Contracting Methods in Highway Construction Projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 135(07), 601–8.

Zou, P X and Zhang, G (2009) Comparative Study on the Perception of Construction Safety Risks in China and Australia. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 135(07), 620–7.