Building site Cleanliness and Waste Management : Guideline for EKE-Rakennus Oy

Abstract

The purpose of the final year project was to develop a building site cleanliness and waste management guideline for a construction company specialised in new accommodation projects. The project aimed at delivering theoretical and practical solutions for the company. The thesis is a situational analysis proposing adapted solutions which can be used now and improved continually.

Regulations, directives, tools, and literature in the field of new accommodation projects were analysed and compared. Motivations and reasons for investing in building site cleanliness and waste management were considered. Four projects case studies of the company were observed and analysed under the form of graphics. Cleaning during the construction, final cleaning, and waste management costs are examined in interrelation with cleanliness and dust measurement monitoring and with the general schedule. Cleaning during construction, final cleaning, and waste management costs of each project are also examined through their own field. It is done according to the whole construction costs and operating costs, and according to target and realized costs.

The results summarize the needs of the construction company and how to implement a guideline. It highlights the importance of existing cleanliness and waste management data. In opposite, it highlights the difficulties of developing adapted guideline and its implementation on site. Furthermore, the thesis suggests precise monitoring for perpetual and durable improvement for the company and more generally for the fields of the study.