Implementation of eco-costs per value ratio (EVR) on construction waste management in Shah Alam, Malaysia

The construction industry in Malaysia which is rapidly growing is indirectly contributing towards the economic influx to the country. However, the waste generation in construction is increasing proportionally with new construction developments. The current construction methods focus on minimal recycling process where most construction wastes are dumped at landfills because construction companies are required to set aside a higher preliminary cost for proper waste disposal. This study focuses on creating a more potential outcome in decreasing the construction waste by implementing eco-costing in development for the construction waste generated from the beginning stages of a project. Therefore, this study discusses the construction waste management using the eco-costing per value ratio (EVR) assessment. The EVR assessment for eco-costing were targeted to the construction waste products from Shah Alam. The analysis included 5 selected sample sites in Shah Alam conducted within the year 2013 to 2017. The findings indicated that EVR index ranged between 0.054-0.1225 for conventional and semi industrialised building system (IBS) method based on five-selected sample of sites. This range signify on current EVR index which will be compared with Malaysian EVR benchmarking in result and discussion. Furthermore this result is useful to evaluate EVR index between residential for construction waste management towards sustainable development.