Assessing brick waste on domestic construction sites for future avoidance

Forsythe, PJ; Mate, KJ

Assessing brick waste on domestic construction sites for future avoidance

Forsythe, PJ

Mate, KJ

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Publisher:: Deakin University
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Australian and New Zealand Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA) Annual Conference - Towards Soloutions for a Liveable Future: Progress, Practice, Performance, People, 2007, pp. 101 - 108
Issue Date:: 2007-01

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dc.contributor.author	Forsythe, PJ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0997-9118	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Mate, KJ	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Forsythe, PJ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0997-9118	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Mate, K	en_US
dc.date	2007-11-14	en_US
dc.date.issued	2007-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Australian and New Zealand Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA) Annual Conference - Towards Soloutions for a Liveable Future: Progress, Practice, Performance, People, 2007, pp. 101 - 108	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	978-0-9581925-3-8	en_US
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dc.description.abstract	The problem of construction waste on building sites is not new and continues to be a significant problem to the waste stream. Much has been done to better understand and encourage re-use and recycling, but relatively little has been done on avoiding the occurrence of waste in the first place. A significant contributor to the waste stream on domestic housing sites in Australia is brick waste. A common solution to the problem is recycling the waste into crushed brick, used as a landscaping aggregate or low grade road base. This relies on the stability of recycling markets and so a more ideal situation is to avoid brick waste in the first place. This paper investigates the issue of brick waste and strategies for avoidance. From site investigations, it was found that bricks accounted for the main loose waste onsite (by weight). As much as 75% of this waste was caused from cutting waste often in trying to obtain half bricks. Through experimentation it was found that the brick design could be marginally changed during manufacture to better facilitate a successful `first strike of the brick, providing a clean split and thereby reducing wastage through unsuccessful strikes. This simple change could see a reduction in brick waste on domestic construction sites in Australia	en_US
dc.publisher	Deakin University	en_US
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dc.title	Assessing brick waste on domestic construction sites for future avoidance	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
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The problem of construction waste on building sites is not new and continues to be a significant problem to the waste stream. Much has been done to better understand and encourage re-use and recycling, but relatively little has been done on avoiding the occurrence of waste in the first place. A significant contributor to the waste stream on domestic housing sites in Australia is brick waste. A common solution to the problem is recycling the waste into crushed brick, used as a landscaping aggregate or low grade road base. This relies on the stability of recycling markets and so a more ideal situation is to avoid brick waste in the first place. This paper investigates the issue of brick waste and strategies for avoidance. From site investigations, it was found that bricks accounted for the main loose waste onsite (by weight). As much as 75% of this waste was caused from cutting waste often in trying to obtain half bricks. Through experimentation it was found that the brick design could be marginally changed during manufacture to better facilitate a successful `first strike of the brick, providing a clean split and thereby reducing wastage through unsuccessful strikes. This simple change could see a reduction in brick waste on domestic construction sites in Australia

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