Asst Professor & HOD, Civil Engineering Department, RVS Padhamavathy College of Engineering and Technology, Chennai, India
Online published on 22 January, 2015.
Construction waste becomes a global issue facing by practitioners and researchers around the world. Waste can affect the success of construction project significantly. More specifically, it has a major impact on construction cost, construction time, productivity and sustainability aspects. This paper aims to identify various factors causing construction waste in Chennai. Study was carried out through a structured questionnaire focusing on small scale contractors involved in construction projects. Data was analysed with Statistical Software Package SPSS. Reliability of data was found as 0.831 which showed that data collected was highly reliable. The calculation of Mean Rank of the construction waste causes found that the 10 key cause are errors, Ignorance of specifications, Poor planning, Inexperience designer, Effect of weather, Poor quality of materials, Lack of coordination among parties, Shortage of skilled workers, Poor site condition. Through identifying the causes it gives better understanding to the construction community for future construction projects which benefit not only in term of economy but also the environment.
