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Designing out waste in high-rise residential buildings: analysis of precasting and methods and traditional construction
conference contribution
posted on 2009-09-07, 13:42 authored by Andrew Baldwin, Chi-Sun Poon, Li-Yin Shen, Simon Austin, Irene WongThe Construction industry is a major generator of waste material. Construction waste should
be minimized at source. If we are to significantly reduce the level of construction waste
designers should consider reducing construction waste during the design process. The
majority of construction waste is generated from the concreting process. In general, any
reduction in on-site concreting leads to waste reduction. Precasting and prefabrication
therefore offers significant opportunities for the reduction of waste. If precasting is adopted
there are significant implications for the design phase of the project. Additional information
is needed by design staff, construction expertise is required as part of the design process.
This paper shows how information modeling and Design Structure Matrix, (DSM),
techniques enable designers to model and understand the implications of such decisions
within the detailed design process.
History
School
- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Citation
BALDWIN, A.N. ... et al, 2006. Designing out waste in high-rise residential buildings: analysis of precasting and methods and traditional construction. Proceedings of International Conference on Asia-European Sustainable Urban Development, Chongqing, China, 4-6 April 2006Publisher
University of Cambridge, Dept. of Architecture / © the authorsVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publication date
2006Notes
This is a conference paper.ISBN
9780903248037Language
- en