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Battling construction waste and winning: lessons from UAE
Abstract
The vast scale of urbanisation in the United Arab Emirates creates both instant buildings and hundreds of thousands of tonnes of waste. This paper reviews the waste-management strategies being adopted at the £10 billion Al Raha Beach Development in Abu Dhabi, which aim to reduce, reuse, recycle and recover construction waste by over 80%. They include developing a site-specific waste management plan, emphasising the importance of waste minimisation and management, creating a space on site for waste streams, ensuring there are dedicated resources and time, and being persistent in developing waste management options. The financial benefits to the developer have proved considerable.
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“Training operators for effective deconstruction (Dantata et al., 2005; Elias Özkan, 2012; Shaurette, 2006), availability of space for the storage of the reusable components after deconstruction (Rogers, 2011) and knowledge and experience in using reused components (Tingley et al., 2017), as well as proper separation of the reusable components after deconstruction (Ajayi et al., 2017; Ding et al.,”
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“One method to increase the reuse rates by the organizations is through integrating reuse in the design process of new projects (Gorgolewski, 2008; Gorgolewski et al., 2008; Rogers, 2011; Tingley et al., 2017 (among others)).”
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“In contrast, lack of demand (Chileshe et al., 2016b; Huuhka and Hakanen, 2015; Rogers, 2011; Shaurette, 2006; Tingley et al., 2017) or uncertainty about the need for the reused components (Rose and Stegemann, 2018) causes scepticism about the revenue from the reused components resale (Chileshe et al., 2016a; Dunant et al., 2018; Rose and Stegemann, 2018; Yeung et al., 2015).”
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Components reuse in the building sector – A systematic review
Rakhshan, K., Morel, J.-C., Alaka, H., & Charef, R. (2020) · Waste Management & Research: The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy · doi:10.1177/0734242x20910463 · Cited by 167
“…et al., 2006; Schultmann and Sunke, 2007 (among others1)) and promoting the green image of the companies to improve competitiveness (Chileshe et al., 2016a, 2016b; Chinda and Ammarapala, 2016; Durão et al., 2014; Rogers, 2011 (among others)) rank the highest among all other organizational drivers.”
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- Authors
- Rogers, S.
- Affiliations
- is senior environmental scientist and healthsafety and environmental manager for AECOM on the Al Raha Beach Development in Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Corresponding author
- Rogers, Susan
- Venue
- Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering
- Publisher
- Emerald
- Published
- 2011-02
- Volume
- 164
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 41-48
- ISSN
- 0965-089X (ISSN-L)
- 1751-7672
- OpenAlex
- W1982679681
- Cited by
- 17
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 1 · 2013: 3
- FWCI
- 2.09
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Building and Construction › Recycled Aggregate Concrete Performance
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Building and Construction › Construction Management and Sustainability
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Building and Construction › Sustainable Building Design and Assessment
- Keywords
- construction waste, waste management, waste reduction, recycling, reuse, Abu Dhabi, urbanization, United Arab Emirates
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