Waste reduction in Building Construction in Hong Kong

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Waste reduction in Building Construction in Hong Kong

Government achievements in HK

Achievements

30% reduction of construction waste disposed

Actions taken

promotion

the use of recycled aggregates

Implementing policy

preparation of waste management plans

construction waste disposal charging

incentive schemes for Gross Floor Area exemptions

solutions

encouraging prefabrication

difficulties

difficult to estimate the impact on waste reduction

much costly

definition

Prefabrication is a manufacturing process, various materials are joined to form a component part of the final installation

pre-designed process

solution to reduce construction waste

prevent off-cuts materials

impovements

working enviroment

labor requirement

tidiness

construction time

quality control

adopted in public construction but not private sector

Sustainable Construction

waste reduction

Resource conservation

encouraging green building techology

promoting the reuse and recycling of construction waste

minimise construction waste

Construction industry in HK

suggestions

wider adoption of prefabrication

using modern construction methods and information technology

poluting

dangerous

highest level of accident injuries and fatalities

Labour intensive

rely on in-situ constrcution methods

qulity is depends on the skill of workers

Huge amount of wet trades

use of timber formworks

Problems facing in HK

Produces large quantities of building waste

causes

rapid development rate

expensive land price

limited space

consume large amount of building materials

Public filling areas and land fill space will be exhausted by 2008