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Johar, N (2017) Community participation: A cementing process, theorizing various dimensions and approaches. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 22(S1), 47-61.
Loganathan, S, Srinath, P, Kumaraswamy, M, Kalidindi, S and Varghese, K (2017) Identifying and addressing critical issues in the Indian construction industry: Perspectives of large building construction clients. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 22(S1), 121-44.
Malik, K (2017) Assessment of energy consumption pattern and energy conservation potential at Indian airports. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 22(S1), 97-119.
Parthasarathy, M K, Murugasan, R and Murugesan, K (2017) A critical review of factors affecting manpower and equipment productivity in tall building construction projects. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 22(S1), 1-18.
Paul, V K and Seth, V (2017) Benchmarking and objective selection of technologies for housing in India using quality function deployment. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 22(S1), 63-78.
Seethapathy, S and Henderson, J H (2017) Management of construction waste in nuclear and thermal power plant projects in India. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 22(S1), 19-46.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: concrete structures; construction materials; infrastructure planning; power plant; waste management
- ISBN/ISSN: 1823-6499
- URL: https://doi.org/10.21315/jcdc2017.22.supp1.2
- Abstract:
Waste in construction is important both from the perspective of productivity and from environmental considerations. Mostly actual quantum of waste generation exceeds the percentage envisaged initially, causing needless utilization of both natural and human resources. It is understood from project and construction managers during site survey that there is plenty of scope for enhancing project productivity simply by minimizing waste out of construction and also saving the cost as well as extraction of natural resources. This paper attempts to identify the causes towards generation of waste of different types of building materials during various stages of construction in different power plant projects in India. Subsequent to identification, methods are proposed to mitigate the generation of construction wastes by adopting appropriate construction and management checks and methods, which allow waste reduction. The use of various building materials in different types of projects has different impact on the amount of waste generation, environment, and cost. Research data were gathered from the analysis of five power plant projects under construction or already completed in different states in India. The causes of such occurrences of each item and details have been analysed from the questionnaire survey and the same was processed for normalizing, data cleaning, and reliability analysis done through SPSS. The result of the first questionnaire was used along with site inputs/factual data to project the tabulation of perception versus reality. Furthermore, a second questionnaire was initiated for the validation of the above using non parametric statistic test and suitable recommendations were given to reduce wastage. The research paper reveals the major root causes for material wastage in construction of power plant projects and proper awareness to be created to the relevant project team by training. The findings of this paper would help in enhancing project productivity during construction, cost savings to the extent of 1.667% to 1.941% of total project cost and minimizing the extraction of natural resources. © Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia, 2017.
Venkateswaran, C B and Murugasan, R (2017) Time delay and cost overrun of road over bridge construction projects in India. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 22(S1), 79-96.