| Title |
Development of the Tool for Evaluating Construction Waste Management Performance |
| Authors |
Kim, Jee-Hye ; Kim, Jae-Moon ; Cha, Hee-Sung ; Shin, Dong-Woo |
| Keywords |
construction wastes ; waste management performance ; evaluation tool ; sustainability |
| Abstract |
Although waste management in construction industry has a significant impact on both economical and environmental issues,the current level of waste management performance in Korean construction is reported as relatively low. To improve any type ofmanagement performance, it is necessary to diagnose the current status of the performance level. In this context, this research isaimed to identify important factors in influencing the waste management performance and to develop an evaluation tool for thepurpose of assessing the level of the performance for a particular construction site. In this paper, 59 influential factors have beenidentified and categorized into five classes, i.e., manpower, material, method, management, and policy, in terms of thecharacteristics of the factors. In addition, an evaluation tool has been developed in order to effectively quantify all the 59 factorsbased on a thorough industry survey. The output of the Tool, which is Waste Management Index, effectively assess the level ofwaste management performance for a particular project and provide with the most leveraged factors in need for improvement inwaste management performance. |