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Shines a light on the extremely important topic of the global construction’s use raw materials and generation of waste
Fills a void the academic literature on the critical need to embrace front-end strategies to reduce waste on construction projects along with recovery, re-use, and recycling
Evaluates each of the solutions presented and their means of implementation
Encourages readership beyond the book’s core audiences of engineers and site managers to government, environmental groups, and the larger community
Points to other areas of future practical research in construction waste management
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Front-end construction waste strategies to serve as best practices to minimize waste generated by construction projects was the methodology selected for detailed research. The text also covers the primary sources of construction waste. The book is ideal for civil and construction engineers as well as project developers; managers and public sector waste management specialists.
Keywords
- Construction Waste
- Lean Construction
- Construction Procurement Practices
- Optimal Hours of Work on Construction Sites
- Regulatory Safety Standards
- Sustainable Construction Labor Force
- Portfolio Project Development
- Sources of Site Waste
- Minimization of Site Waste
- Greener construction
- sustainable construction
- industrial pollution prevention
- Engineering Economics
Authors and Affiliations
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School of Environment, Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University, East Lismore, Australia
Peter G. Rundle, Alireza Bahadori, Ken Doust
About the authors
Peter G. Rundle is a chartered professional civil engineer. Mr Rundle has held roles as engineering manager, construction manager, project manager, project director and company director, in the development and execution of major engineering projects, on 12 long term assignments in 10 countries. He holds an MBA, MSc.(Research) and a DCE. Mr Rundle is undertaking a PhD in 2019 to develop this research. He was a 2017 finalist for SCU Alumnus of the Year and earned a High Distinction average for his MBA, topping all students in three postgraduate units. In 2016, he attended London School of Economics in the UK and studied a summer school unit of Macroeconomics. He has been engaged on a broad range of projects, varying from a site manager on a US$2 billion dollar nickel mine construction project, to engineering manager for a port project in the South Pacific. Mr. Rundle spent the early part of his career as a bridge engineer, working in such locations as Papua New Guinea and Saudi Arabia. He has recently been Chief Operating Officer for the largest division of a global engineering company with over 2,000 personnel reporting to him. He has been a study manager, project manager and project director on 22 project studies. The last feasibility study he supervised was for a US$ 4.5 billion coal mine with a study cost US$58 million. Mr Rundle is a member of both Engineers Australia and also the American Society of Engineers. He has been employed by several of the world's largest contractors (Bechtel; Brown and Root; Aker Kvaerner etc.) both in Australia and internationally.
Alireza Bahadori, PhD, CEng, MIChemE, CPEng, MIEAust, RPEQ, NER is a research staff member in the School of Environment, Science and Engineering at Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, Australia. He received his PhD from Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia. During the past twenty years, Dr. Bahadori has held various process and petroleum engineering positions and was involved in many large-scale projects. His multiple books have been published by multiple major publishers, including Springer, Elsevier and Wiley. He is Chartered Engineer (CEng) and Chartered Member of Institution of Chemical Engineers, London, UK (MIChemE). Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) and Chartered Member of Institution of Engineers Australia, Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland (RPEQ), Registered Chartered Engineer of Engineering Council of United Kingdom and Engineers Australia's National Engineering Register (NER).
Ken Doust, PhD, MEng, Grad Dip Syst Eng, BE (Civil), MIEAust is the Director of Windana Research Pty Ltd; Co Director UCCRN Australian Oceania Hub; Co-coordinator Eng. Management Program at Southern Cross University. He has over 30 years’ experience at senior management level in railway transportation infrastructure strategic planning for both the private and public sectors. Along with expertise in sustainable climate change infrastructure planning and design.Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Effective Front-End Strategies to Reduce Waste on Construction Projects
Authors: Peter G. Rundle, Alireza Bahadori, Ken Doust
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12399-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-12398-7Published: 13 June 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-12401-4Published: 14 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-12399-4Published: 30 May 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVIII, 321
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 52 illustrations in colour
Topics: Construction Management, Industrial Pollution Prevention, Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing, Building Materials, Building Construction and Design