Building Information Modeling (BIM) for Construction and Demolition Waste Management in Australia: A Research Agenda

Han, Dongchen; Kalantari, Mohsen; Rajabifard, Abbas

doi:10.3390/su132312983

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“…Research and Development (R&D) [15], [30] Policy related strategies: formulation of suitable policies and their effective implementation is the key to achieve any purpose. EOL waste management should focus on two main aspects: 1) designingout any waste from future demolition of any project, and 2) maximizing reusing and recycling of various components/elements and materials from the eventual demolition [45] [46]. Policies like financial incentives and subsidies to designers and manufacturers of EOL waste management practices, elements or materials are seen to support such practices [47] [48].…”

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End-of-life waste management practices: A brief review

Roslim,

Rahman,

Yusof

2024

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Effective management of construction and demolition waste is one of the key aspects of sustainable construction. As such, many studies have been conducted on waste management in construction in general, however, only a very few focusing on demolition or the end-of-life (EOL) phase of buildings. Understanding and managing EOL waste is important, e.g., to avoid illegal landfills, but critical to implement Circular Economy (CE) in construction. CE aims to create a regenerative built environment to make buildings more adaptable for the future and allows reclaiming of useable materials and components from old buildings to further use elsewhere, especially with the help of Building Information Modeling (BIM). Therefore, this study was designed to assess the construction industry awareness of EOL waste management, identify relevant issues/barriers, and a set of strategies to overcome those barriers and implement CE in construction. This paper specifically focused on the outcomes of a systematic literature review extracting relevant issues/barriers and strategies. A total of twenty-three barriers/issues in six groups and twenty-one strategies in four groups have been extracted. The six groups of issues/barriers are policy, sociological, expenses, technology, research and development, and time-related barriers. Among these, sociological barriers, particularly the lack of awareness, education, and publicity are perceived to be the major issues. Among the four groups of strategies, i.e. policy, organisational, technological, research, and development; Formulation of policies and setting goals specifically in achieving sustainable EOL waste management are mostly suggested/cited by previous authors than others. While a summarised discussion on these groups and individual factors will be presented in the paper, the next stage of the study is to refine the various factors and conduct a structured questionnaire survey of the construction industry participants, to tap experiential knowledge and suggestions.

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End-of-life waste management practices: A brief review

Roslim,

Rahman,

Yusof

2024

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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“…On the other hand, policymakers and industry practitioners must improve their awareness and efforts to promote and implement effective C&DWM [39]. Albeit, the emergence of building information modeling technology provides new opportunities to reduce construction waste generation and project costs by enhancing the quality of design and construction management with inherent capabilities like material quantity take-off, spatial conflict analysis, and multidisciplinary data communications.…”

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“…Albeit, the emergence of building information modeling technology provides new opportunities to reduce construction waste generation and project costs by enhancing the quality of design and construction management with inherent capabilities like material quantity take-off, spatial conflict analysis, and multidisciplinary data communications. However, few studies have focused on how to more effectively manage demolition waste generated from existing buildings with the aid of building information modeling applications [39,40]. Han et al [39] identified the main barriers hindering the extensive adoption of building information modeling in C&DWM as the inefficient building data acquisition and integration process, moreover, existing waste management software and inherent waste analytic functionalities are not compatible with building information modeling.…”

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“…However, few studies have focused on how to more effectively manage demolition waste generated from existing buildings with the aid of building information modeling applications [39,40]. Han et al [39] identified the main barriers hindering the extensive adoption of building information modeling in C&DWM as the inefficient building data acquisition and integration process, moreover, existing waste management software and inherent waste analytic functionalities are not compatible with building information modeling.…”

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Identifying the Barriers to Sustainable Management of Construction and Demolition Waste in Developed and Developing Countries

Alotaibi

Bowan²,

daiem

et al. 2022

Sustainability

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The construction industry is a vital part of every nation’s economy. Construction activities influence the social, environmental, and economic aspects of sustainability. There are so many barriers to sustainable construction and demolition waste management (C&DWM). This study aims to identify barriers for effective sustainable C&DWM in developed and developing countries. To achieve the objective, 11 barriers have been selected and identified based on an excessive and comprehensive literature review, and then reviewed by experts. These reviewed barriers were further examined by various experts within different organizations using a questionnaire survey. Ranking of the barriers was carried out using the Relative Importance Index (RI), and the results were statistically analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Practical solutions were proposed to overcome the identified barriers. The overall ranking of barriers by RI indicates that insufficient attention paid to C&DWM, lack of law enforcement, lack of regulation, and financial constraints represent the four major barriers to sustainable C&DWM in these countries. The findings of this study and the proposed solutions are enablers for decision-makers to develop effective strategies to tackle construction and demolition wastes in sustainable manners.

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“…The construction sector is one of the most significant contributors to a nation's growth from social and economic aspects, whereby it raises the living standards of a community [1,2]. It entails the development of socioeconomic projects and infrastructure such as roads, hospitals, schools and universities for the community.…”

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Integrated Framework Towards Construction Waste Reduction: The Case of Egypt

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The construction industry is plagued with significant construction and demolition waste (C&DW) generated during various phases of construction projects. This waste has created a universal, pervasive, and enduring problem globally. To propose practical solutions to resolve this consequential issue, this research adopted a quantitative approach in two stages. The first stage involved an online survey, administrated to 360 methodically selected construction organisations working in Egypt, to evaluate the impact of six main factors on C&DW reduction (C&DWR). The six main factors are as follows: (1) materials procurement measures (MPMR); (2) materials procurement models (MPMO); (3) green building practices (GBPR); (4) legislation (LG); (5) culture and behaviour (CB); and (6) awareness (AW). The second stage comprised multivariate statistical analysis via the structural equation modelling (SEM) approach to develop an integrated framework for C&DWR, to support Egypt’s vision 2030. The results revealed that these six factors positively affect C&DWR in Egypt. Additionally, the study found that GBPR has the highest importance value of 0.293 and the highest performance rate of 92.169. However, CB has the second highest importance value of 0.238 whilst it has the lowest performance of 72.08 among the six factors. This paper proposes practical recommendations for the government and the construction sector to reduce the C&DW in support of Egypt's Vision 2030.

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Building Information Modeling (BIM) for Construction and Demolition Waste Management in Australia: A Research Agenda

Cited by 32 publications

References 94 publications

End-of-life waste management practices: A brief review

End-of-life waste management practices: A brief review

Identifying the Barriers to Sustainable Management of Construction and Demolition Waste in Developed and Developing Countries

Integrated Framework Towards Construction Waste Reduction: The Case of Egypt

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