Sustainable values in construction projects through waste management plan: Private and Public organizations’ perspectives.
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2008
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Oladiran O.J.
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Hong Kong Institute of Value Management
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Sustainable values can be generated and enhanced in construction projects by minimizing waste generation. Previous works have shown that waste management plan (WMP) can minimize waste, thereby generating and enhancing development sustainably. This study aims at finding out the possibility of enhancing sustainable values in Nigerian construction projects through the usage of WMP from public and private organizations’ perspectives. The population of the study is construction professionals in construction companies in Lagos State, Nigeria. It involves the usage of a designed questionnaire to gather information for the study. Descriptive and inferential statistical tools were used for the analysis. The study reveals that WMP has high impact on waste reduction and hence can generate or enhance sustainable values in construction projects. A recipe of important factors for the achievement of these values by WMP is shown in the study; and there is no significant difference between private and public organizations on their opinions about the importance of these factors. The study also sheds light on the content-composition of WMP to generate these values. However, it reveals that “special handling disposal of hazardous waste” is the most important in formulating WMP for public projects and least for private projects. Finally, recommendations for implementation of WMP and its contents for both private and public projects to enhance sustainable values are outlined in the paper.
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1. Oladiran, O.J. (2008). Sustainable values in construction projects through waste management plan: Private and Public organizations’ perspectives. Proceedings 9th International conference of Hong Kong Institute of Value Management, October 30th – November 1st, Hong Kong, China.