DocumentCode :
3305008
Title :
An innovative concrete practice performance measurement towards environmental improvement in Malaysia
Author :
Salleh, Salehin ; Harun, Zakaria ; Mahmud, Hilmi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Civil Eng., Univ. of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
fYear :
2010
fDate :
2-4 Nov. 2010
Firstpage :
81
Lastpage :
85
Abstract :
The environmental impact from the concrete construction industry is quite alarming. The industry is embarking into improving the concrete performance and exploring into alternative materials to reduce such impact. An area which is lacking is improvement in the quality of concrete practice itself. By having good concrete practice, a good quality concrete can be achieved. This paper proposed a performance measurement of concrete practice and applies the measurement to assess the quality of concrete practice for a concrete structure project in Malaysia.
Keywords :
cement industry; concrete; construction industry; environmental factors; innovation management; quality control; Malaysia; concrete construction industry; concrete performance; environmental impact; environmental improvement; innovative practice; performance measurement; quality assessment; Concrete; Production; Time measurement; Weight measurement; concrete; concrete practice; environmental impact; performance measurement; quality;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering (ICBEE), 2010 2nd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cairo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8748-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8749-3
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICBEE.2010.5649800
Filename :
5649800
Link To Document :
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