32nd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 32) - Auckland, New Zealand - 2024

https://doi.org/10.24928/2024/0101

A Case for Lean-Based Guidelines for Construction and Demolition Waste Minimization in Zimbabwe

Kurauwone Maponga1 & Fidelis Emuze2

1PhD Candidate, Department of Construction Management, Nelson Mandela University, Gqeberha, South Africa, [email protected], orcid.org/0000-0002-5286-9635
2Professor, Department of Built Environment, Central University of Technology, Free State, Private Bag X20539, Bloemfontein, 9301, South Africa, Tel: (051) 507 3089, Email: [email protected]. ORCID.org/0000-0001-7714-4457

Abstract

Construction and Demolition Waste (CDW) significantly costs Zimbabwe, as most waste is directed to landfills, riverbanks, and open spaces. This has made construction practitioners call for efficient strategies such as lean construction (LC). LC could help minimize construction waste in on-site operations. It could reduce land and water pollution and the blockage of watercourses caused by CDW. Minimizing CDW creates cost savings and value for the construction project clients. Although LC has addressed CDW minimization in varying countries, this is not the case in Zimbabwe, where a pressing need for resource efficiency is urgent. Thus, this paper proposes a conceptual framework for evolving LC-based guidelines for minimizing CDW in Zimbabwe. A critical review of relevant literature was conducted to observe how LC tools are utilized to minimize CDW. Given that such a framework could limit the pollution of land and open spaces with CDW, which affects people and the built environment in general, the next phase of the doctoral study would be to test and modify it through mixed methods research empirically.

Keywords

Lean construction, Demolition, Lean, Waste, Pollution, Construction projects, Zimbabwe

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Maponga, K. & Emuze, F. 2024. A Case for Lean-Based Guidelines for Construction and Demolition Waste Minimization in Zimbabwe, Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 32) , 930-941. doi.org/10.24928/2024/0101

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