Aggregate management: the new parameter for professionals on construction site

[Tecnoter Group]

A sign of sophisticated planning

The aggregate management on construction sites has become the new yardstick for the skills of construction site professionals: knowing how to manage waste, finding alternatives to waste disposal and new forms of smart recycling are signs of sophisticated planning. Wheel washers

Alternatives to waste disposal and smart recycling: a sign of high professionalism

Valuing waste resulting from construction or demolition is becoming not only a way to approach recycling and the environment, but also to demonstrate high design skills. The inclusion of activities dedicated to handling, alternatives to waste disposal and smart recycling is in fact a point that must be discussed already in the very early stages of design. It is precisely at this moment that one professional stands out from another, demonstrating an approach of long view on a rational use of the site’s resources. This process involves many professionals: the producer of the waste (usually the client, but not always), the construction manager, the designer, the safety coordinator. Each of these figures must know how to plan by virtue of a wise waste management already at the beginning of a construction project.

Aggregate management: numbers and bad habits in Italy

And it is on construction sites that the Italian economy is “built”. And it is still the construction sector that produces and manages around 60 million tons of waste. Excluding excavated earth and rocks (about 14.2 million tons), the recovery rate of this waste is 77% (about 35.5 million tons): Italy, in essence, is among the top on waste recycling.

Despite the large numbers, however, today there is a real lack of confidence in the use of recycled aggregates, although they guarantee the same performance as natural aggregates.

Construction has remained stuck in the purchase of quarry raw materials instead of pushing towards the reuse of materials already present on site. Automatic wheel washers

This disadvantageous habit is also supported by the lack of a protocol that uniquely regulates the treatment of aggregates.

Designing with waste: professionalism for the circular economy and the environment

Despite the gray areas on the regulatory side and on the human side, on a construction site it should be normal to “design with waste” in mind: not only the reuse of aggregates (brick waste, for example, can be reused for the construction of other masonry, favoring the circular economy), but also the preparation of a temporary on-site waste storage area; the integration of equipment for waste handling (such as hydraulic magnets); the organization of the bureaucratic and operational stages for the chemical analysis of waste, so that no polluting material is recycled.

By recycling, you can offer more without spending. At a time when the economic crisis has hit hard, eliminating expenses has great practical as well as symbolic value. Portable wheel washing system

Another point that everyone agrees on is the protection of the environment. It has now become essential to ensure high standards of eco-sustainability also to win tenders. The truly competent professionals in the sector know the importance of certain precautions and know how to propose well-planned methods of managing aggregates and adequate alternatives to waste disposal.