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A critical study of the existing issues in circular economy practices during movement control order: can BIM fill the gap?

Zul-Atfi Bin Ismail (Faculty of Civil Engineering and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Arau, Malaysia)

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

ISSN: 0969-9988

Article publication date: 6 September 2022

Issue publication date: 1 September 2023

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Abstract

Purpose

The improper evaluation and information management of circular economy (CE) (i.e. design, planning, supply chain, waste pile and material hazard) is critical for public health and is a major problem in the waste management of precast concrete (PC) building manufacture and construction and demolition wastes industry. The CE model is particularly problematic for PC building construction projects where the standard practices for the total number of waste building materials are not appropriate and do not match the safe disposal design specification, such as the recent number increase in the Malaysian illegal construction waste pile during the Movement Control Order (11 March 2021, about 5 out of 29 landfills related to states enforcing Act 672). The study aims to develop a framework application (i.e. Building Information Modelling [BIM]) that supports intelligent waste recycling management and sophisticated CE model system solutions.

Design/methodology/approach

Thus, the development of a new BIM-based programming algorithm approach is proposed for optimising CE in accordance with the needs of the current PC building construction schemes. As a precursor to this study, the concepts of CE practices are reviewed and the main features of BIM tools and techniques currently being employed on such projects are presented.

Findings

Sophisticated CE system solutions are described as an essential component of this optimisation to reduce the amount of waste generated at the end of the life cycle of PC building construction projects and to better manage the resources used throughout it.

Originality/value

Finally, the potential for a research framework for developing such a system in the future is presented.

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Acknowledgements

The author would like to thank Universiti Malaysia Perlis's Faculty of Civil Engineering and Technology. This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.

Citation

Ismail, Z.-A.B. (2023), "A critical study of the existing issues in circular economy practices during movement control order: can BIM fill the gap?", Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, Vol. 30 No. 8, pp. 3224-3241. https://doi.org/10.1108/ECAM-08-2021-0676

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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