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Atapattu, A M D S, Hadiwattage, C, Perera, B A K S and Rajaratnam, D (2024) Employing criteria scoring matrix in appraising the economic return of transcending to a circular built environment. Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, 13(02), 267-90.
Ghanem, A and Edirisinghe, R (2024) Socio-economic disparities in greenspace quality: insights from the city of Melbourne. Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, 13(02), 309-29.
Lam, E W M, Chan, A P C, Olawumi, T O, Wong, I and Kazeem, K O (2024) Sustainability concepts in global high-rise residential buildings: a scientometric and systematic review. Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, 13(02), 425-43.
Nie, P, Dahanayake, K C and Sumanarathna, N (2024) Exploring UAE's transition towards circular economy through construction and demolition waste management in the pre-construction stage–A case study approach. Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, 13(02), 246-66.
Nikmehr, B, Kafle, B and Al-Ameri, R (2024) Developing a sustainable self-compacting geopolymer concrete with 100% geopolymer-coated recycled concrete aggregate replacement. Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, 13(02), 395-424.
Purushothaman, M B and Seadon, J (2024) System-wide construction waste and their connectivity to construction phases, impacting 5M factors and effects: a systematic review. Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, 13(02), 354-69.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: construction waste; lean waste; system-wide waste; waste
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- URL: https://doi.org/10.1108/SASBE-12-2022-0269
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Purpose: This review paper, using a systematic literature review (SLR) approach, aims to unravel the various system-wide waste in the construction industry and highlight the connectivity to construction phases, namely men, materials, machines, methods and measurement (5M) and impacting factors. Design/methodology/approach: This study used an SLR approach and examined articles published since the 2000s to explore the connectivity of system-wide waste to construction phases, 5M and impacting factors. The results are given in table forms and a causal loop diagram. Findings: Results show that the construction and demolition (CD) waste research carried out from various perspectives is standalone. The review identified ten types of system-wide waste with strong interlinks in the construction industry. The finding highlights connectivity between wastes other than material, labour and time and the wastes' impacting factors. Further, the review results highlighted the solid connectivity for construction phases, 5M, and impacting factors such as productivity (P), delay (D), accidents (A), resource utilisation (R) and cost(C). Research limitations/implications: SLR methodology limitations include not keeping in phase with the most updated field knowledge. This limitation is offset by choosing the range for literature review within the last two decades. This literature review may not have captured all published articles because the restriction of database access and search was based only on English. Also, fruitful articles hiding in less popular journals may not be included in the well-known database that was searched. Researcher bias of the authors and other researchers that authored the articles referred to is a limitation. These limitations are acknowledged. Practical implications: This article unravels the construction system-wide waste and the waste's interlinks, which would aid industry understanding and focus on eliminating the waste. The article highlights the connectivity of system-wide wastes to 5M, which would help better understand the causes of the waste. Further, the paper discusses the connectivity of system-wide waste, 5M and P, D, A, R and C that would aid the organisation's overall performance. The practical and theoretical implications include a better understanding of waste types to help capture better data for waste reduction and productivity improvement. The operating managers could use the tracking of wastes to compare estimated and actual resources at every process stage. This article on system-wide waste, 5M and P, D, A, R and C, relationships and their effects can theorize that the construction industry is more likely to identify clear root causes of waste now than previously. The theoretical implications include enhanced understanding for academics on connectivity between waste, 5M and P, D, A, R and C that the academics can use and expand to provide new insights to existing knowledge. Originality/value: For the first time, this article categorised and highlighted the ten types of waste in construction industries and the industries' connectivity to construction phases, 5M and impacting factors. © 2023, Emerald Publishing Limited.
Rasanjali, W A, Mendis, A P K D, Perera, B A K S and Disaratna, V (2024) Implementing enterprise resource planning for lean waste minimisation: challenges and proposed strategies. Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, 13(02), 330-53.
Salama, A M, Patil, M P and MacLean, L (2024) Urban resilience and sustainability through and beyond crisis – evidence-based analysis and lessons learned from selected European cities. Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, 13(02), 444-70.
Shooshtarian, S, Maqsood, T, Wong, P S P, Caldera, S, Ryley, T, Zaman, A and Cáceres Ruiz, A M (2024) Circular economy in action: the application of products with recycled content in construction projects – a multiple case study approach. Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, 13(02), 370-94.
Tunji-Olayeni, P, Kajimo-Shakantu, K and Ayodele, T O (2024) Factors influencing the intention to adopt green construction: an application of the theory of planned behaviour. Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, 13(02), 291-308.