Determining root cause of construction waste generation: a global context

Kaliannan, Suaathi and Nagapan, Sasitharan and Abdullah, Abd Halid and Sohu, Samiullah and Ahmed Jhatial, Ashfaque (2018) Determining root cause of construction waste generation: a global context. Civil Engineering Journal, 4 (11). pp. 2539-2547. ISSN 2476-3055

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Abstract

Construction sector is one of the main sectors in contributing Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate in every developing country. The rapid growth of this sector directly produces a huge amount of construction waste. Hence, to find out the main root causes of the generation, this paper aimed to determine root causes of the construction waste generation in the construction sector. The research is carried out through triangulation technique (questionnaire survey and practitioner’s validation). This technique is adopted to facilitate cross validation by analysing 38 articles and then the final results have been validated by construction practitioners. A total of 80 root causes were identified from 38 articles and the 5 main root causes determined have scored more than 50% out of the total number of articles. Finally, the result was validated and found out that 87.5% of construction practitioners agree with the findings. The agreed root causes are ‘Constant design changes’, ‘Incorrect storage of materials’, ‘Poor handling of materials’, ‘Effect of weather’ and ‘Mistakes while ordering from suppliers’. Therefore, these initial findings will be able to aid the construction practitioner (contractors, consultants and developers) to be aware of the root causes that is mostly causing construction waste generation

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Construction Waste; Root Causes; Construction Practitioners; Triangulation Technique; Malaysia.
Subjects:	T Technology > T Technology (General) T Technology > TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
Divisions:	Faculty of Civil Engineering and Built Environment > Department of Civil Engineering : Building and Construction Engineering
Depositing User:	UiTM Student Praktikal
Date Deposited:	23 Nov 2021 06:26
Last Modified:	23 Nov 2021 06:26
URI:	http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/id/eprint/3984

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