Importance of sustainability and engineering economics in waste infrastructure projects

This paper presents the understanding of current practice of waste management through reviewing past similar research and the way to improve waste management system. The results obtained via exploratory interviews revealed the insufficient of Malaysian Construction Industry waste management systems....

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Main Authors: Goh, Kai Chen, Tey, Jia Sin, Seow , Ta Wee, Goh , Hui Hwang
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4082/
http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4082/1/KC_SB13_Korea.pdf
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Summary:This paper presents the understanding of current practice of waste management through reviewing past similar research and the way to improve waste management system. The results obtained via exploratory interviews revealed the insufficient of Malaysian Construction Industry waste management systems. To rectify this problem, this paper reports the progress to date activities of extending contemporary models in the evaluation of waste management infrastructure sustainability. To ensure a sustainability waste management infrastructure in the future, the on-going research aims to design and a working model will be established to serve as a suitable tool for project stakeholders in dealing with this type of infrastructure’s investment decisions.