Hong Kong is running out of both reclamation sites and landfill space for the disposal of construction and demolition waste. This paper reports on the findings of a study, consisting of a questionnaire survey, interviews and work‐site visits, to compare the use of low‐waste building technologies in public housing and private residential projects in Hong Kong. The results show that large panel formwork and prefabricated building components are widely used in public housing projects in Hong Kong. Due to the difference of the design with public housing, the use of smaller aluminium panel formwork is more common in the private housing projects. The barriers for the adoption of low‐waste building technologies in the private sector are identified and discussed.
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C.S. Poon;
C.S. Poon
C.S. Poon is at the Research Centre for Urban Environmental Technology and Management, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
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Ann T.W. Yu;
Ann T.W. Yu
Ann T.W. Yu is at the Research Centre for Urban Environmental Technology and Management, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
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L.H. Ng
L.H. Ng
L.H. Ng is at the Research Centre for Urban Environmental Technology and Management, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1365-232X
Print ISSN: 0969-9988
© MCB UP Limited
2003
Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management (2003) 10 (2): 88–98.
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Poon C, Yu AT, Ng L (2003), "Comparison of low‐waste building technologies adopted in public and private housing projects in Hong Kong". Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, Vol. 10 No. 2 pp. 88–98, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/09699980310466578
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