Waste Management in Construction Process: A System Approach for Waste Management in Construction Process

Abstract

Building production, in which various actors and objects are involved at different stages, is an industrial production process having prominent role in waste generation. Construction process (CP) is an element of the "construction system" which constitutes a sub-system of "building production system” consisting of many interrelated systems and subsystems. The quantity and type of wastes generated in CP are affected by various factors such as project, construction technology, labor, etc., which creates an important constraint in terms of understandability and applicability of the construction process waste management. The study aims to set up a “Construction Waste Management System (CWMS)” presenting a conceptual framework to provide systematic applicability of waste management practices in CP. CWMS is an open system constructed in the input-process-output relationship based on system approach. Additionally, it includes many potential subsystems due to the multivariate nature of CP and the diversity of waste management processes.

Keywords

• yapım süreci
• atık yönetimi
• yapı üretimi
• yapım sistemi
• yapısal atık
• construction
• waste management
• building production
• construction system
• construction waste