TY - GEN
T1 - The effects of building and planning regulations on construction and demolition waste management
AU - Wilson, Babulayi
AU - An, Min
AU - Evdorides, H.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - The construction industry generates overwhelming environmental waste, particularly during construction and demolition activities. While most of the waste is inert, the small amount of toxic and hazardous substances may cause significant environmental degradation leading to socio-economic impacts. Therefore, the construction industry is not only concerned with the life-safety of buildings but management of construction and demolition waste. However, implementation of these strategies indicates that technical, legislation, and other socio-economic constraints exist. The major impediment, that is, legislation and the process in which technological solutions are accepted by authorities with jurisdiction are considered. The review involves evaluation of the interfaces between environmental, planning, and building regulations more especially how they impose constraints on each other in respect to C&DW management. The evaluation reveals that the construction industry and its stakeholders neglect legal procedures of developing and deploying technology. Consequently, authorities having jurisdiction often preclude these technologydependant C&DW management strategies citing reasons as non-compliance with prevailing building regulations.
AB - The construction industry generates overwhelming environmental waste, particularly during construction and demolition activities. While most of the waste is inert, the small amount of toxic and hazardous substances may cause significant environmental degradation leading to socio-economic impacts. Therefore, the construction industry is not only concerned with the life-safety of buildings but management of construction and demolition waste. However, implementation of these strategies indicates that technical, legislation, and other socio-economic constraints exist. The major impediment, that is, legislation and the process in which technological solutions are accepted by authorities with jurisdiction are considered. The review involves evaluation of the interfaces between environmental, planning, and building regulations more especially how they impose constraints on each other in respect to C&DW management. The evaluation reveals that the construction industry and its stakeholders neglect legal procedures of developing and deploying technology. Consequently, authorities having jurisdiction often preclude these technologydependant C&DW management strategies citing reasons as non-compliance with prevailing building regulations.
KW - Building regulations
KW - Construction and demolition waste (C&DW) standards and codes of practice
KW - Town and country planning acts
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84861129920
SN - 0955239001
SN - 9780955239007
T3 - Association of Researchers in Construction Management, ARCOM 2006 - Procs 22nd Annual ARCOM Conference
SP - 339
EP - 347
BT - Association of Researchers in Construction Management, ARCOM 2006 - Procs 22nd Annual ARCOM Conference
T2 - 22nd Annual Conference on Association of Researchers in Construction Management, ARCOM 2006
Y2 - 4 September 2006 through 6 September 2006
ER -