E-construction waste exchange in Malaysia: a preliminary study
Document Type
Conference Item
Publication Date
1-1-2008
Abstract
As a developing country, Malaysia is no exception in facing construction waste management issues. Since demand of new, construction project increases every year, construction waste dump at landfill has also increased at an alarming rate. In this preliminary study, current construction waste situation and construction waste exchange system are studied Representative from Institute for Environmental and Development, LESTARI and Construction Industry Development Board of Malaysia (CIDB) were interviewed, and a survey has was carried out to understand contractors and developers view of construction waste management. As a result, econWasteExchange model has been developed and targeted users are contractors, developers, local council and Construction Industry Development Board of Malaysia (CIDB).
Keywords
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications, Telecommunications
Divisions
fsktm
Funders
IEEE
Event Title
International Symposium on Information Technology
Event Location
Univ Kebangsaan, Fac Informat Sci & Technol, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
Event Dates
AUG 26-29, 2008
Event Type
conference
Additional Information
Univ Malaya, Fac Comp Sci & Informat Technol, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia