TY - GEN
T1 - Adopting Digital Technologies in Construction and Demolition Waste (C&DW) Management
T2 - 9th Future Technologies Conference, FTC 2024
AU - Otasowie, Kenneth
AU - Aigbavboa, Clinton
AU - Oke, Ayodeji
AU - Adekunle, Peter
AU - Ntuli, Nonhlakanipho
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Digital technologies in construction management have been the subject of recent research endeavours in developed nations. Nonetheless, research on the readiness to adopt digital technologies for building projects has been the focus of the few studies conducted in developing nations. Hence, this study examines the benefits of adopting digital technologies in developing nations’ C&DW management. The study utilised a survey design. 135 questionnaires were distributed, and 107 were returned and considered appropriate for the study. The data analysis involved various statistical methods, including percentages, mean item scores, standard deviation, one-sample t-tests, and Kruskal-Wallis tests. The results show that the benefits of adopting digital technologies for managing C&DW in developing nations are reduced carbon footprint, ease of C&DW classification, resource savings, reduced noise pollution, ensuring sustainability, ease of C&DW collection, and time savings. Based on the findings, it is evident that by adopting digital technologies for managing C&DW in developing nations, environmental repercussions associated with the C&DW management process will be mitigated. Also, it represents a pivotal step towards enhancing the efficiency, sustainability, and effectiveness of C&DW management practices, as it can offer higher accuracy and precision in classifying C&DW.
AB - Digital technologies in construction management have been the subject of recent research endeavours in developed nations. Nonetheless, research on the readiness to adopt digital technologies for building projects has been the focus of the few studies conducted in developing nations. Hence, this study examines the benefits of adopting digital technologies in developing nations’ C&DW management. The study utilised a survey design. 135 questionnaires were distributed, and 107 were returned and considered appropriate for the study. The data analysis involved various statistical methods, including percentages, mean item scores, standard deviation, one-sample t-tests, and Kruskal-Wallis tests. The results show that the benefits of adopting digital technologies for managing C&DW in developing nations are reduced carbon footprint, ease of C&DW classification, resource savings, reduced noise pollution, ensuring sustainability, ease of C&DW collection, and time savings. Based on the findings, it is evident that by adopting digital technologies for managing C&DW in developing nations, environmental repercussions associated with the C&DW management process will be mitigated. Also, it represents a pivotal step towards enhancing the efficiency, sustainability, and effectiveness of C&DW management practices, as it can offer higher accuracy and precision in classifying C&DW.
KW - Construction
KW - Demolition
KW - Developing nations,
KW - Digital technologies
KW - Waste management
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85209551178&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-73128-0_29
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-73128-0_29
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85209551178
SN - 9783031731273
T3 - Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
SP - 461
EP - 473
BT - Proceedings of the Future Technologies Conference (FTC) 2024
A2 - Arai, Kohei
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Y2 - 14 November 2024 through 15 November 2024
ER -
