Study of site's construction waste in Batu Pahat, Johor

Malaysian Technical Universities Conference on Engineering and Technology (MUCET) 2012 organised by technical universities under the Malaysian Technical Universities Network (MTUN), 20th - 21st November 2012 at Hotel Seri Malaysia, Kangar, Perlis.

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Main Authors: Sasitharan, Nagapan, Ismail, Abdul Rahman, Prof. Dr., Ade, Asmi, Nur Fadhilah, Adnan
Other Authors: ismailar@uthm.edu.my
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: Malaysian Technical Universities Network (MTUN) 2013
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Online Access:http://dspace.unimap.edu.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/28978
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spelling my.unimap-289782013-10-21T01:58:10Z Study of site's construction waste in Batu Pahat, Johor Sasitharan, Nagapan Ismail, Abdul Rahman, Prof. Dr. Ade, Asmi Nur Fadhilah, Adnan ismailar@uthm.edu.my Construction industry Environment Waste management plan Construction waste Malaysian Technical Universities Conference on Engineering and Technology (MUCET) 2012 organised by technical universities under the Malaysian Technical Universities Network (MTUN), 20th - 21st November 2012 at Hotel Seri Malaysia, Kangar, Perlis. Rapid growth in construction industry has increased the problems of construction waste around the world. In Malaysia, the construction industry plays a significant role both in the infrastructure development and economic sectors. The construction industry is been regarded as one of the major contributors of negative impact to the environment. To reduce these negative impacts, it needs a comprehensive understanding of the construction waste generation and management. Hence, the objective of this research are to identify the construction waste generation on site, to quantify the physical wastes that are generated at the construction site and to determine the construction waste management plan that have been applied in project. This research involves two ways of data collection which are by interviews and site observation. This study was conducted at three site's projects around Batu Pahat, Johor. The data collection were taken weekly in two month duration. The finding shows that, there were six types of waste produce on the three sites which are timber, metal, concrete, mortar, packaging waste and bricks. Throughout the quantifying data of the construction wastes, it shows that timber wastes were the largest contributor to the construction wastes which then followed by bricks, packaging waste and concrete. Study on construction Waste Management Plan (WMP) at sites had showed that, they were not fully applied of WMP. Hence, to minimize the waste, WMP should be fully applied on site. The finding will be an input to authorities in shaping better policy of construction waste management. 2013-10-21T01:58:10Z 2013-10-21T01:58:10Z 2012-11-20 Working Paper p. 441-446 http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/28978 en Proceedings of the Malaysian Technical Universities Conference on Engineering and Technology (MUCET) 2012; Malaysian Technical Universities Network (MTUN)
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topic Construction industry
Environment
Waste management plan
Construction waste
spellingShingle Construction industry
Environment
Waste management plan
Construction waste
Sasitharan, Nagapan
Ismail, Abdul Rahman, Prof. Dr.
Ade, Asmi
Nur Fadhilah, Adnan
Study of site's construction waste in Batu Pahat, Johor
description Malaysian Technical Universities Conference on Engineering and Technology (MUCET) 2012 organised by technical universities under the Malaysian Technical Universities Network (MTUN), 20th - 21st November 2012 at Hotel Seri Malaysia, Kangar, Perlis.
author2 ismailar@uthm.edu.my
author_facet ismailar@uthm.edu.my
Sasitharan, Nagapan
Ismail, Abdul Rahman, Prof. Dr.
Ade, Asmi
Nur Fadhilah, Adnan
format Working Paper
author Sasitharan, Nagapan
Ismail, Abdul Rahman, Prof. Dr.
Ade, Asmi
Nur Fadhilah, Adnan
author_sort Sasitharan, Nagapan
title Study of site's construction waste in Batu Pahat, Johor
title_short Study of site's construction waste in Batu Pahat, Johor
title_full Study of site's construction waste in Batu Pahat, Johor
title_fullStr Study of site's construction waste in Batu Pahat, Johor
title_full_unstemmed Study of site's construction waste in Batu Pahat, Johor
title_sort study of site's construction waste in batu pahat, johor
publisher Malaysian Technical Universities Network (MTUN)
publishDate 2013
url http://dspace.unimap.edu.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/28978
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