Scorecard approach to assess factors causing concrete waste in building construction projects
By: Alone, Sameersinh V
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Contributor(s): Sawant, Priyadarshi H.
Publisher: Pune NICMAR 2014Edition: Vol.29(4), Oct-Dec.Description: 13-22p.Subject(s): Construction Engineering and Management (CEM)Online resources: Click here
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NICMAR Journal of construction managementSummary: Application of concrete in building construction industry is increasing with the advancement of technology, innovations in concrete and formwork system and in need of speedier construction. Being 'A' class item, concrete consumes considerable amount of project funds. It needs careful handling to avoid wastage and not to lose the profit margin. Many times, actual percentage of waste generation is much higher than the envisaged; initially causing needless utilization of resources. Lack of appropriate quantitative measurement systems put forth many challenges to project managers to control the waste. Although waste minimization is identified as one of the key factors for achieving sustainable construction and enhancing productivity, waste management is getting ignored on site in the absence of fully developed and easy to use assessment systems. An attempt is made in this paper to overcome this limitation by introducing a score card assessment system to measure concrete waste in multi storey building projects. Questionnaire survey is carried out to identify factors causing concrete waste. As a result of this work, 50 such factors are identified. An assessment tool is developed by prioritising these factors and further computing their influence level, scoring and weightages on generating concrete waste. The tool can be further tested and used as a diagnosis tool to audit concrete waste on construction sites.
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Application of concrete in building construction industry is increasing with the advancement of technology, innovations in concrete and formwork system and in need of speedier construction. Being 'A' class item, concrete consumes considerable amount of project funds. It needs careful handling to avoid wastage and not to lose the profit margin. Many times, actual percentage of waste generation is much higher than the envisaged; initially causing needless utilization of resources. Lack of appropriate quantitative measurement systems put forth many challenges to project managers to control the waste. Although waste minimization is identified as one of the key factors for achieving sustainable construction and enhancing productivity, waste management is getting ignored on site in the absence of fully developed and easy to use assessment systems. An attempt is made in this paper to overcome this limitation by introducing a score card assessment system to measure concrete waste in multi storey building projects. Questionnaire survey is carried out to identify factors causing concrete waste. As a result of this work, 50 such factors are identified. An assessment tool is developed by prioritising these factors and further computing their influence level, scoring and weightages on generating concrete waste. The tool can be further tested and used as a diagnosis tool to audit concrete waste on construction sites.
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