Building waste assessment score: Design-based tool

Building and Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 851-861

  Ekanayake, Lawrence Lesley ^a   Ofori, George ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Design; Estimating system; Influencing factors; Materials waste; Minimisation

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION; OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; SURVEYS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BUILDING WASTE ASSESSMENT SCORE (BWAS); SITE WASTE;

BUILDINGS;

CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; WASTE REDUCTION;

EID: 1842736956     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2004.01.007     Document Type: Article

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