Construction and Demolition Success Stories
Kensington Development - A Flagship in Sustainable Public Housing (Dec 03)
Waste reduction standards were adopted at the $60 million public housing renewal at Kensington, resulting in 76% diversion of construction waste from landfill and approximately 10% savings on waste management costs for the builder, Becton.
One of the objectives of the Kensington Development was to improve sustainability outcomes. In line with this objective, the Office of Housing (Department of Human Services) developed guidelines to improve environmental outcomes on new construction projects and renovations.
The guidelines required that contractors minimise waste on projects. Becton, the builder responsible for Kensington Development, embraced the standards:
- establishing systems and contracts to separate wastes on site for ease of recycling,
- engaging Collex to provide numerous skips for cardboard, concrete and bricks, steel, timber and general waste.
In addition, Collex and the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union provided on-site training and induction for the workers.
Recycling at Aurora Estate (Aug 03)
VicUrban (formerly URLC) have appointed Alex Fraser Group as the exclusive contractor for collection of civil and builders waste at Aurora estate. Alex Fraser Group have committed to achieving the 95% diversion target set by the developer and the scheme represents a first in Australia. Both the developer and builders will also look at opportunities to specify recycled content materials in construction and landscaping.
Demolition of Nestle Plant at Dennington (Jul 03)
City Circle achieved a 98.5% diversion in undertaking a part demolition of the Nestle plant at Dennington, near Warrnambool. The demolition task generated 8873 tonnes of waste, including 8,000 tonnes of concrete and brick rubble. The brick and concrete rubble will be crushed using the City Circle mobile crushing plant, and is destined to be sold back to Nestle for re-use on site in maintenance applications.
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