2008 Beijing's Green Olympics difficulties and challenges in managing construction waste

Jian Li Hao, Lei Zhang

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Abstract

Beijing intends to host a 'Green Olympics' to reflect China's push for sustainable development throughout 21 century. To realize the theme, 'Green Olympics', priorities have been given to environmental protection in the planning, designing and construction of Olympics venues and facilities. A large number of buildings have been demolished and 19 stadiums and other projects to be built, which in turn would have caused tremendous increase of construction waste generation. This paper presents an overview of the difficulties and challenges encountered while managing construction waste for the projects developed for Beijing's 2008 Olympics. It also provides a detailed discussion of special systems to be used to manage construction activities generated waste. The focus then, is on the controlling measures adopted to better manage construction waste to realize 'Green Olympics' in terms of waste management.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of CRIOCM 2005 International Research Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate
EditorsCi-Fang Wu, Chang-Chun Feng, Yu-Zhe Wu, Norman Fisher, Juan-Er Zheng
PublisherChinese Research Institute of Construction Management
Pages660-667
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9623674910
Publication statusPublished - 2005
Externally publishedYes
EventInternational Research Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate, CRIOCM 2005 - Hangzhou, China
Duration: 30 Oct 20052 Nov 2005

Publication series

NameProceedings of CRIOCM 2005 International Research Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate

Conference

ConferenceInternational Research Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate, CRIOCM 2005
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHangzhou
Period30/10/052/11/05

Keywords

  • Beijing's olympics
  • Construction waste
  • Controlling
  • Management
  • Measures

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