BUILDING CONSTRUCTION WASTE MANAGEMENT WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY OF BENIN

ABSTRACT

A component of sustainable development, which is motivated by increased concern over how human activity affects the environment, is construction waste management. The successful management of construction procedures to minimize, reuse, recycle, and properly dispose wastes has a significant impact on the project's overall cost, quality, timeline, and environmental impact. This research studies the management of building construction waste by professionals in the construction industry. The scope of this research covers building construction projects within the University of Benin. The research was carried out mainly with both primary and secondary data. The primary data was gathered by administering a well-structured questionnaire to correspondent in the building construction industry who have been involved in building construction activities within the last three years. The data gathered wer e then analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences,a tool for analyzing quantitative data. Only six of the thirty respondents who were surveyed about the waste management hierarchy— representing 20% of the respondents—chosen prevention as their top choice. This indicates that a significant contributing cause to the increase in trash at the University of Benin is a lack of proper understanding of the full idea of waste management. Additionally, only 46.7% of all construction professionals have received any training in waste management techniques that can be used to achieve more ecologically friendly construction projects