The Best Practices for Sustainable Construction Waste Management from Malaysian Contractors’ Perspective

Tan, Yi Ming (2022) The Best Practices for Sustainable Construction Waste Management from Malaysian Contractors’ Perspective. Final Year Project (Bachelor), Tunku Abdul Rahman University College.

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Abstract

Sustainable construction waste management is becoming a concerning topic for the Malaysian construction industry, especially contractors. This dissertation is intended to evaluate the best practices for sustainable construction waste management. It is important to understand the perceptions and feedbacks of the Malaysian contractors in regard to the initiatives, best practices, and level of implementation of sustainable construction waste management. As part of this investigation, quantitative research is adopted to collect information from the respondents. Questionnaire survey method is chosen to collect data from the contractors from Kuala Lumpur and Selangor. Then, the data collected is analysed by SPSS Software, mainly of mean ranking and independent samples t-test. The findings of this dissertation reflected that improve material planning and provide at least one location on site for segregation and collection of construction & demolition waste can help to reduce construction waste. Besides, preventing, reducing, and recycling are the best practices for sustainable construction waste management for Malaysian contractors. In addition, sustainable construction waste management that required extra funding are challenging to implement in Malaysia.