This research is useful to better understand the current status of construction and demolition waste management in construction projects and sites.
Rethinking waste management in construction requires adopting 'cyclic' rather than 'linear' approach to design and construction.
To do so in a manner that maximizes sustainability, quality of life, and economic competitiveness they will need a mix of novel approaches to security, energy and water conservation, resource distribution, waste management, disaster management, construction, and transportation.
More than half of Vivendi's roughly $40 billion in revenue still comes from water distribution, waste management and construction.
In July, Vivendi hopes to raise as much as $4 billion more through a public offering of Vivendi Environment, which contains the water treatment, waste management and construction businesses.
While Vivendi very much remains a water distribution, waste management and construction company -- more than half of its $40 billion in revenue come from those divisions -- Mr. Messier has been steadily building an impressive stable of telecommunication and entertainment properties.
In July, Mr. Messier established an independent company to run Vivendi's traditional water distribution, waste management and construction businesses -- Vivendi began in the last century as Compagnie Generale des Eaux, essentially selling water to French municipalities -- and parked most of Vivendi's debt in the new company, in which Vivendi maintains a 72percentt stake.
Researchers have also been developing strategies and models of waste management for construction and demolition of buildings.
Meanwhile, district councils are chiefly responsible for waste management and construction projects within their respective districts.
Suitable strategies for each stage of the construction cycle have been identified: among others, waste management plan and construction methods in the planning and designing stage; awareness and awards and regulations enhancement during procurement phase; and effective management during the stages of construction and demolition.
