Quantification methods for construction waste generation at construction sites: A review

Advanced Materials Research

Volumn 163-167, Issue , 2011, Pages 4564-4569

  Masudi, Ahmad Firman ^a   Hassan, Che Rosmani Che ^a   Mahmood, Noor Zalina ^b   Mokhtar, Siti Nazziera ^b   Sulaiman, Nik Meriam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

C D waste; Construction waste; Waste estimation; Waste index; Waste quantification

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION; CONSTRUCTION SITES; CONSTRUCTION WASTE; CONSTRUCTION WASTES; FUTURE DIRECTIONS; GLOBAL INDEX; IN-BUILDINGS; NUMERICAL ESTIMATION; QUANTIFICATION METHODS; USER-FRIENDLY SOFTWARE TOOLS; WASTE AUDITS; WASTE GENERATION; WASTE MINIMIZATION; WASTE REDUCTION;

BUILDING MATERIALS; CONSERVATION; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DEMOLITION; ESTIMATION;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 78651400687     PISSN: 10226680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.163-167.4564     Document Type: Conference Paper

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