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CONSTRUCTION SITE MANAGEMENT WORKS
(Related to construction site and safety, site
preparation and waste control)
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4. Construction activities are largest consumer of natural
resources, using over 400 million tons of material per
annum.
Effective project site management requires planning,
evaluating, forecasting and controlling all aspect of
project including safety and health issue.
Waste Minimization and Management (WMM) on
Construction projects will help reduce the significant
quantities of construction waste sent to landfill and we
can prevent most hazards from waste and promotes to
site safety and good environment of workplace.
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5. Most construction site is not implementing any
Construction Waste Management Plan (CWMP) which all
wastes could not being quantified. All of the waste from
the construction project is being dump into landfill
without being separated due to lack of implementation of
SWMP on handling the construction waste.
The construction waste has not being separated before
dumping it to landfill. This waste handling method has not
given the opportunity for reduce, reuse and recycle
purpose. The site experiencing so much construction waste
to be disposed to landfill as there is no plan on the
Construction Waste Management Plan (CWMP).
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6. Several factor contribute to waste management such as
poor site management and supervision, lack of experience,
inadequate planning and scheduling, mistakes and error in
design, rework and frequent design changes
Construction activity contributes to waste generation
mostly from structural, architecture, mechanical and
electrical, infra works and landscape works.
Method of Construction Waste Minimization and
Management can be done by Identification of all the
possible of waste for the proposed project need to be done
before the method of construction waste minimization and
management (CWMM).
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7. CWMP could have contributed in reducing amount of waste generated besides reducing the amount
of waste to be dump to the landfill. With this plan, the contactor could have help in sustaining the
environments besides saving costs on the transportation or cost of paying collector to dispose the
construction waste.
In producing a method of a good method of Construction Waste Minimization, 4R concept needs to
be used in order to get the best results. The 4R concepts include reduce, reuse, and recycle the waste
before it can be send to the landfills.
Project manager needs to have conducted necessary training for internal and external staff. Besides
training, all of the construction workers need to be brief on the CWMP so that the implementation of
the CWMP could be done efficiently
The documentation is very important in evaluating the CWMP. All the figures from the GI need to be
recorded systematically. Proper documentation could have helps in reviewing the CWMP for the
future projects. Documentation includes Global Index (GI) and all the cost paid to the collector of the
construction waste.
Project manager should have monitored the implementation of the CWMP in order to ensure that it
is done according to the plan. Project manager could have set up an organization for monitoring the
implementation of the CWMP. Meeting regarding the CWMP could have been help with the clients
and consultant in order to achieve the most minimum waste generation.
All the data gathered from the Global Indexes (GI) could have help in improving the Construction
Waste Management Plan (CWMP). The data from this project could have been used for other future
projects. Evaluating and reviewing the CWMP is very important in order to ensure that the waste
generation could have been minimized in every project done. CWMP can be reviewed by using the
Cost/Benefits Saving analysis.
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8. Adopting the principles of good practice WMM on a project can
demonstrate a firm commitment to sustainable construction and
environmental management. If implemented correctly, good practice
WMM can be a straightforward process that can deliver a range of
benefits in addition to Improvements in materials resource efficiency.
Benefits/Cost Saving could have been the indicator of how success the
implementation of a Construction Waste Management Plan. A
benefits/cost saving analysis could have shown the total benefit get
from the implementation of the CWM.
Total Benefits include:
Direct Benefits
Purchasing cost saving by reusing and recycling of construction waste materials
+ revenue from selling of scrap materials.
Indirect Benefits
Waste collection and transportation cost savings + cost savings from landfills
charge by reusing and recycling of construction waste materials.
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Jalali, Wastetool Book.
Nagapan, S., Rahman, A. I., Asmi, A., Memon, A. H., & Zin, R. M.
(2012). Identifying Causes of Construction Waste-Case of Central
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Mohd Nizam B. Yusoff. Waste Minisimation By Recycling of
Construction Waste. (2009)
Effie Papargyropoulou, Christopher Preece, Rory Padfield and Anis
Adila. Sustainable Construction Waste Management in Malaysia: A
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Mohd Firdaus B. Mustaffa Kamal. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Recovery
Technique in Sustainable Construction Waste Management. (2009)
Resouce Venture, Construction Waste Management Guide
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrastructure
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