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Carrillo, P (2004) Managing knowledge: lessons from the oil and gas sector. Construction Management and Economics, 22(06), 631-42.

Chew, M Y L, Silva, N D and Tan, S S (2004) A neural network approach to assessing building façade maintainability in the tropics. Construction Management and Economics, 22(06), 581-94.

Ho, M-F, Drew, D, McGeorge, D and Loosemore, M (2004) Implementing corporate ethics management and its comparison with the safety management system: a case study in Hong Kong. Construction Management and Economics, 22(06), 595-606.

Johnstone, I M (2004) Development of a model to estimate the benefit-cost ratio performance of housing. Construction Management and Economics, 22(06), 607-17.

Lowe, D J and Parvar, J (2004) A logistic regression approach to modelling the contractor's decision to bid. Construction Management and Economics, 22(06), 643-53.

Rooke, J, Seymour, D and Fellows, R (2004) Planning for claims: an ethnography of industry culture. Construction Management and Economics, 22(06), 655-62.

Trigunarsyah, B (2004) A review of current practice in constructability improvement: case studies on construction projects in Indonesia. Construction Management and Economics, 22(06), 567–80-.

Wong, E O W and Yip, R C P (2004) Promoting sustainable construction waste management in Hong Kong. Construction Management and Economics, 22(06), 563-6.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: Construction and demolition waste; sorting; recycling
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/0144619042000226270
  • Abstract:

    Similar to many affluent cities found elsewhere in the world, Hong Kong is currently facing a great challenge to manage the wastes generated from its construction and demolition (C&D) activities that has wide-ranging impacts on the environment. To tackle this, the Hong Kong Special and Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government has signalled the required changes by sorting out the inert substances from C&D waste for reusing and recycling and using recycled building materials in construction through its role as both a construction client and contractor. The current practices and attitudes of local project participants towards C&D waste management were collected through questionnaires. A total of 69 questionnaires were received: 61% of the respondents stated that their projects did not take any measures to collect and separate C&D wastes and 64% of the projects did not use recycled building materials in construction. The prevailing problems of local construction industry are addressed through examinations of the constraints involved in improving C&D waste treatment and according to the results of the survey, to evaluate the practicability of increasing the capability and capacity of the industry to learn to be more sustainable.

Yang, I-T and Ioannou, P G (2004) Scheduling system with focus on practical concerns in repetitive projects. Construction Management and Economics, 22(06), 619-30.