Environmental Compliance During Construction

Abramyan, S. G.

doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2016.07.255

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“…Effective environmental management leads to evident gains in minimised resource utilization, reduction in energy use, improved construction processes, reduction in waste generation and its associated disposal costs, and increased use of renewable resources (GBCSA, 2014). However, Abramyan (2016) noted that though environmental management during the various phases of projects is a key priority of sustainable development, ensuring environmental compliance is challenging due to the lack of applicable standards. In a study focusing on construction-related environmental laws and policies in Ghana, Adjarko et al (2016) concluded that environmental compliance within the Ghanaian construction industry is relatively low as many construction firms operate with little or no regard for environmental regulations.…”

Section: Environmental Compliance and Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Environmental performance indicators for assessing sustainability of projects in the Ghanaian construction industry

Agyekum¹,

Botchway²,

Adinyira³

et al. 2021

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PurposeRecent reports based on the sustainable development goals (SDGs) have revealed that no country is in line with achieving the targets of the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development, with the slowest progress being witnessed mainly on goals that are focused on the environment. This study examines environmental performance indicators for assessing the sustainability of building projects.Design/methodology/approachThe study uses an explanatory sequential design with an initial quantitative instrument phase, followed by a qualitative data collection phase. An extensive critical comparative review of the literature resulted in the identification of ten environmental sustainability indicators. One hundred and sixty-seven questionnaire responses based upon these indicators from the Ghanaian construction industry were received. Data were coded with SPSS v22, analysed descriptively, and via inferential analysis. These data were then validated through semi-structured interviews with six interviewees who are fellows of their respective professional bodies, a senior academic (professor in construction project delivery) and a government official. Data obtained from the semi-structured validation interviews were analysed through the side-by-side comparison of the qualitative data with the quantitative data.FindingsThe findings from the study suggest that all the indicators were important in assessing building projects' environmental sustainability across the entire life cycle. Key among the identified indicators is the effects of the project on “water quality, air quality, energy use and conservation, and environmental compliance and management”. The interviewees further agreed to and confirmed the importance of these identified indicators for assessing the environmental sustainability of building projects in Ghana.Originality/valueCompared to existing studies, this study adopts the exploratory sequential design to identify and examine the critical indicators in assessing the environmental sustainability across the entire lifecycle of building projects in a typical developing country setting, i.e. Ghana. It reveals areas of prime concern in the drive to place the local construction industry on a trajectory towards achieving environmental sustainability.

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Section: Environmental Compliance and Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Environmental performance indicators for assessing sustainability of projects in the Ghanaian construction industry

Agyekum¹,

Botchway²,

Adinyira³

et al. 2021

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“…The need for an innovative and strategic approach to determining targets for ensuring the preservation of the housing stock and improving the quality and comfort of the urban environment in the municipal formation territory determines the development and use of long-term planning methods and the selection of functional strategies [11,12].…”

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Innovative ways of implementing municipal programs in the housing and utilities sector and urban environment

Zilberova

Mailyan²

2019

E3S Web Conf.

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The paper includes the consideration of existing methods for implementing urban programs in the housing and utilities sector and the urban environment; as a result of the analysis, it was found that they are unsystematic by nature, do not have criteria for evaluating the effectiveness and even the minimum parameters of the required works. In this regard, the paper defines innovative ways of implementing municipal programs in the housing and utilities sector and the urban environment, which take into account the peculiarities of the municipal programs implementation. The method proposed in the paper is based on an innovative approach to determining the targets for ensuring the preservation of the housing stock and improving the quality and comfort of the urban environment in the municipal formation territory. As the main tool, the method of the prospect planning and the selection of functional strategies has been used. In the paper, approaches to the development of innovative methods for planning urban programs in the housing and utilities sector and the urban environment are formed; the selection criteria for the taken organizational and technological decisions of the repair and construction industry in the housing and utilities sector and the urban environment are determined; possible combinations of mastering the types of work for synchronizing the processes of yard landscaping and the overhaul of apartment buildings are established.

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“…They «endlessly followed one another…sometimes up to fivesix ceremonies per day….The number of festive days among various nations could even…exceed the number of ordinary working days». 4 On the whole, соmmunities that seemed to struggle for survival «spent main efforts not to increase tangible stability, but for extrautilitarian sphere…». 5 M.Moss in his "Essay on Seasonal Changes in the Eskimos Societies" (1906) wrote about distinct differentiation between festivals and labour in the life of traditional societies, and their association with various types of thinking, «All myths that fill the consciousness of the Eskimos in the winter-time, seem too forgotten during summer.…”

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