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 Volume 6, Issue 10 (October 2019), Pages: 19-24

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 Original Research Paper

 Title: Key factors affecting construction wastes in Vietnam

 Author(s): Phuong Thanh Phan 1, Khoa Dang Vo 1, Quyen Le Hoang Thuy To Nguyen 2, Phong Thanh Nguyen 1, *

 Affiliation(s):

 1Department of Project Management, Ho Chi Minh City Open University (HCMCOU), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
 2Office of Cooperation and Research Management, Ho Chi Minh City Open University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6180-2520

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 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2019.10.004

 Abstract:

As a developing country, Vietnam has a huge social demand for infrastructure. Ho Chi Minh City, where plenty of construction projects are made to cater to social needs, is seen as an economic center of preeminent importance. The development of construction projects in terms of quantity entails, among other things, the burden of construction wastes. In fact, the collection, classification, and treatment of wastes are not paid due attention by construction contractors. Furthermore, there remains a scarcity of enterprises investing in construction waste treatment plants and poor management of wastes. A major part of the waste is poorly treated, causing negative environmental effects. Hence, this paper identified factors affecting the management of construction wastes in Vietnam. A survey was used to collect the data for the analysis. The results illustrate that the critical factors affecting the management of construction wastes in Vietnam are: (1) Ecological design; (2) Optimization of design for reduction of material consumption and construction waste; (3) Recycling and reuse of construction wastes; (4) Workers’ awareness of construction wastes; and (5) On-site waste sorting. 

 © 2019 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Civil engineering, Construction wastes, Environment management, Project management

 Article History: Received 28 April 2019, Received in revised form 18 July 2019, Accepted 20 July 2019

 Acknowledgement:

The authors would like to say thank Ho Chi Minh Open University (Vietnam) for supporting this research.

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 Conflict of interest:  The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

 Citation:

 Phan PT, Vo KD, and Nguyen QLH TT et al. (2019). Key factors affecting construction wastes in Vietnam. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 6(10): 19-24

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