APPLICATION OF

ARTIFICAL
INTELLIGENCE IN
CONSTRUCTION WASTE
MANAGEMENT:
A CONCEPTUAL FRAME-WORK FOR EFFECTIVE
WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

PRESENTED BY
DONA DAS
ROLL NO.31
S7 ECE A
 Content
1. Introduction
2. Concept of waste
3. Construction waste
4. Construction waste management
5. Hierarchy
6. Frame work for effective waste management
7. Conclusion
8. Reference

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 Introduction

 Due to anthropogenic activities, billions of tons of waste is generated

worldwide.
 The construction industry faces numerous problems, among which,
managing construction and demolition waste are of key concern.
 This paper aims to develop a conceptual framework for an effective
construction waste management system (EMS) by application of
artificial intelligence (AI), which could help to decide a suitable
technique to be implemented on the produced waste.

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  What is Construction Waste?

 Complete utilization of resources in their natural form is

impossible. 
Waste generated by the construction industry is termed as
construction waste.
The term construction waste defines all the waste produced
as a result of construction of building, bridges, road, their
demolition, renovation, and other operations.
Construction waste differs from household waste, as it
contains hazardous matters .

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 In the ten billion tons of total solid waste, the construction and
demolition waste from various sources is more than two billion tons .
  It is necessary to formulate policies and strategies which could abide by
the ill effects of construction waste.
  Prior to that the reduction in the waste production should be ensured
to ensure a sustainable and healthy environment.
 Every year, A large quantity of construction waste is being produced at
construction sites due to C&D activities.
 Present developments create a lot of harmful and negative
environmental impacts on the ecosystem.

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  Concept of waste
 Researches defines waste as the final product which has no worth for the
owner at the end. 
 Waste is defined as the unwanted products and material which exist but
are of no use.
 This waste may be physical or non-physical. 
 Physical waste is the type which has its physical appearance like
materials, things and good.
 Non-physical waste is termed as the waste having no physical
    appearance but leads to produce physical waste. Like time
    layover, delays.

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 Construction Waste

 The most common source of solid waste is construction

waste.
 This waste is referred as one of the most common causes
of environmental degradation and health problems.
 This waste includes asbestos, debris and other waste
generated in the result of construction and demolition
activities.
 Building materials which remain unused in any
construction project are the main source of this waste

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 Construction Waste Management

 Construction waste management can be defined as the reduction and

minimization of construction waste.
 It is also defined as minimizing any kind of disposal of construction
materials like debris, rubbish, and other construction waste. 
 It also includes the reusing, the materials, recycling it or reducing the
procurement by sophisticated estimations of materials. 
 The sufficient waste reduction can be attained by applying the proper
waste management technique and imposing these techniques as a
part of project
 Waste management includes several steps like transportation,
monitoring, disposal, and collection techniques and decides the best
suitable technique accordingly.

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 Construction Waste Management
Hierarchy
 Presence of harmful substances in various construction
materials jeopardizes the wellbeing of human being and
environment.
 It is quite difficult and impossible to completely eliminate
the ill effects of waste even after treatment.
 The most practical approach to minimizing the effect of
waste on the environment is to prevent generating waste
 The second most feasible approach may be eliminating
waste completely by converting it in such things which can
be decomposed like soil.
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 It is not possible to avoid production of waste completely ,
then waste should be reduced to its minimal level.
 It is always recommended at any stage if anything from
the waste can be reutilized then a manager should go for
it and reuse the material which could be reused.
 After that it should be tried upon to reuse the produced
waste after recycling it, means produced waste should be
reused after recycling.
 And if nothing is possible then at the last stage it can be
dumped to a landfill for final disposal but before disposal,
proper treatment of the waste must be ensured.

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 Avoid: Up to the final extent, waste production
should not be encouraged and the application of those
techniques should be implemented which produces no waste.
  Reduce: Adopting materials, and techniques which
produces minimal waste. It also includes the design and
procurement of materials which could reduce the toxicity of
waste.
 Reuse: Use of something from the waste for the
same intended purpose of some other purpose.
 Recycle: Series steps and activities performed on
waste to modify it and make it usable to be used aged again
for the same purpose or some other purpose.
 Treat and dispose: Dumping of useless material to
a piece of land. This is done after applying a thorough
process of killing all hazardous materials and converting
them to non-hazardous.

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 FRAMEWORK FOR EFFECTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM

 The first step in waste management should be identifying the most root
causes of waste generation 
 The main objective of this study is to developed a prototype framework,
identify the importance levels of the root causes of material waste during
new construction in the construction industry.
 First, through the literature, all the waste contributing factors will be
enlisted.
 The limitation and the scope will be linked; all the developed waste
management techniques will be extracted from the literature. 
 All the gathered data will be put up in a database which will be the first
step.

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 A graphical user interface, enabling the user to input the site
conditions, type of waste and other relevant data, on which decision
has to be made, will be developed.
 The user will input the required data in the program.
 This program will be linked to the developed database in the
background.
 Entered input data will be linked and searched out in the database for
the similar situations which are applied in the previous cases.
 In the case of relevance, the limitations of each technique will be
matched with the current situation.
 Relevance analysis will be coded in the program, which will be run in
case no similar conditions are found in the database.
 In that case, the program will run an approximate analysis on each
technique and will suggest the technique which will maximize the
waste reduction.
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 Conclusion

 This paper aims to develop a framework for coding the procedures in web-

based program.
Ø The input of attribute and other site conditions will be given that will be
analyzed through the program. 
Ø On the basis of the analysis, the program will be able to decide the most
appropriate technique which could be implemented to a specific case and
will cost minimal to the user.

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 References
 J. F. Huang, Q. B. Liang, H. Wang, S. Y. Xu, L. S. Zhang, and Y.Xing,
“Comprehensive recycling of construction waste,” In Applied Mechanics and
Materials, Trans Tech Publications, 17, 2012, pp. 385-389.
https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.117-119.385
 S. H, Khahro, N. A. Memon, T. H, Ali and Z. A. Memon, "Improving Material
Waste Management Performance: An Attribute Study For Provential Projects,"
International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology, 7(6), 2016, 498-506
http://www.iaeme.com/IJCIET/issues.asp?JType=IJCIET&VType=7
 M. A. Akhund, N. A. Memon, T. H. Ali, A. H. Memon, H. U. Imad, “A
Comprehensive Review on Waste Generating Attributes: Way Forward for
Pakistan’s Construction Industry,” Engineering Science And Technology
International Research Journal (ESTIRJ), 2(3), 2018 1-7.
http://www.estirj.com/Volume.2/No.3/1%20(2-3)%20213.pdf

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