Quantification and mapping of construction waste generation in Parit Raja
Construction waste is a material of waste or excess building materials that are not used either in the original or debris from construction, structural repair, and improvement work, house demolishing, buildings and other structures. Wastes are from excess building materials from dredged material and...
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Trans Tech Publications Inc
2015
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.773-774.1032 http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.773-774.1032 http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/6996/1/noor_yasmin_zainun_U_2.pdf |
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| Summary: | Construction waste is a material of waste or excess building materials that are not used
either in the original or debris from construction, structural repair, and improvement work, house
demolishing, buildings and other structures. Wastes are from excess building materials from
dredged material and stumps of structural repairs, improvements and work to destroy sidewalks,
homes, commercial buildings and other structures. Construction waste also refers to soil, rock and
vegetation removed during land levelling works or civil engineering works and works related to
road maintenance. Illegal dumping site is places other than permitted facilities to dump waste such
as transfer stations and landfills. The objectives of this study are; (1) identify illegal dumping of
construction waste distribution in Parit Raja; (2) quantifying the illegal dumping of construction
waste generated in Parit Raja and; (3) develop Geographic Information System (GIS) map for
illegal dumping construction waste distribution in Parit Raja. In this study the location of the
construction waste identified using Global Positioning System (GPS) in smartphone. Then the
picture and material of construction waste was taken and identified. After that the volume of
construction waste were determined using the pyramidal or rectangular shape measure. For the
scattered waste, the weight were taken and converted to volume. Lastly the data was plotted and
mapped in the GIS system. This study successfully create a database of construction waste
generation in Parit Raja. The benefit of this study is it will help the management of waste in Parit
Raja. |
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