A Web-Based System to Optimize Project Waste Management Decisions
Publication: Construction Research Congress 2022
ABSTRACT
Governments, researchers, and contractors alike are looking for way to manage construction and demolition waste (C&DW) in the most environmentally friendly and economic way. The literature offers little guidance to contractors in making decisions pertaining to sorting procedures, transportation schemes, and waste treatment alternatives. Such decisions are deliberated individually for different projects since each project is unique in terms of geographical location, quantity and type of waste generated, and surrounding waste outlets. This paper lays the foundation for a novel web-based framework that takes into consideration the key principles governing C&DW management at the regional and project levels, and aims to provide guidance that is tailored to the project’s and waste market’s specific characteristics. The proposed framework has two main objectives: (1) establishing effective data interoperability between contractors and waste diversion markets through a web-based information sharing system that analyzes and integrates spatial data; and (2) optimizing waste management strategies for contractors based on the specific market, while taking into consideration their intended waste diversion goals. This work will allow for drafting waste management plans at the design and planning phase, while providing a common collaboration platform for construction waste stakeholders.
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