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Technical development for deconstruction management
The Australian construction industry, particularly in the area of demolishing existing facilities, is responsible for up to 40% of the country's enormous solid waste streams, totalling about 14 million tonnes annually. The recently created concept of deconstruction, rather than destruction for demolishing a constructed facility, came about because of the rapidly increasing number of demolished buildings and changes in levels of environmental awareness. However, reconstruction processes are now seen as only an interesting concept for reducing waste through reuse and recycling, but they fail to achieve widespread understanding or acceptance. The challenges faced by deconstruction are significant and diverse. The maturity of deconstruction practice depends on not only on tlle development of deconstruction techniques and management, but also on the enhancement of deconstruction awareness by the owners, designers, and construction teams, as well as the development of environmental regulations. These practical limitations are interrelated and mutually promotional. The technical developments in deconstruction management resulting from this research will have direct effects on various aspects, including the development of design and construction for deconstruction, deconstruction technology, reused material certification, recycl ing technology, and a method by which to calculate environmental benefits so that deconstruction would be promoted from an interesting concept mainly in theory to wide acceptance in practice.
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Proceedings of the 11th Rinker International Conference on Deconstruction and Materials Reuse. CIB Publication 287Event
Rinker International Conference on Deconstruction and Materials Reuse (11th : 2003 : Gainsville, Fla.)Series
CIB publication 287Publisher
CIB - International Council for Research and Innovation in Building ConstructionLocation
Gainesville, Fla.Place of publication
Hornsby, N.S.W.Start date
2003-05-07End date
2003-05-10Language
engPublication classification
E1 Full written paper - refereedCopyright notice
2003, Australian Institute of Building SurveyorsEditor/Contributor(s)
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