title: A novel methodology to estimate the evolution of construction waste in construction sites.
abstract: This paper focuses on the accumulation of construction waste generated throughout the erection of new residential buildings. A special methodology was developed in order to provide a model that will predict the flow of construction waste. The amount of waste and its constituents, produced on 10 relatively large construction sites (7000-32,000 m(2) of built area) was monitored periodically for a limited time. A model that predicts the accumulation of construction waste was developed based on these field observations. According to the model, waste accumulates in an exponential manner, i.e. smaller amounts are generated during the early stages of construction and increasing amounts are generated towards the end of the project. The total amount of waste from these sites was estimated at 0.2m(3) per 1m(2) floor area. A good correlation was found between the model predictions and actual data from the field survey.
authors.affiliation: National Building Research Institute, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. akatz@technion.ac.il
authors.forename: Amnon
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.forename: Hadassa
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Baum
mesh_terms: D003252:Construction Materials / Q000032:analysis*; D007220:Industrial Waste / Q000032:analysis*; D007557:Israel; D008962:Models, Theoretical
chemical_list: D007220:Industrial Waste