Waste minimisation through deconstruction: A BIM based Deconstructability Assessment Score (BIM-DAS)

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 105, Issue , 2015, Pages 167-176

  Akinade, Olugbenga O ^a   Oyedele, Lukumon O ^a   Bilal, Muhammad ^a   Ajayi, Saheed O ^a   Owolabi, Hakeem A ^a   Alaka, Hafiz A ^a   Bello, Sururah A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Building deconstruction; Building information modelling; Demolition waste minimisation; Design for deconstruction; Design performance assessment; Scoring scheme

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CONSERVATION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DEMOLITION; DESIGN; INFORMATION THEORY;

BUILDING INFORMATION MODELLING; DEMOLITION WASTES; DESIGN FOR DECONSTRUCTION; DESIGN PERFORMANCE; SCORING SCHEMES;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN;

BENCHMARKING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOLITION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; BUILDING; BUILDING DECONSTRUCTION; BUILDING INDUSTRY; BUILDING INFORMATION MODELLING BASED DECONSTRUCTABILITY ASSESSMENT SCORE; BUILDING MATERIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; WASTE MINIMIZATION;

EID: 84946547463     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2015.10.018     Document Type: Article

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