Dubai’s Al Safat Green Building Regulations are getting stricter. Contractors are now graded on their “Construction Waste Management.” If you send too many skips to the landfill, you get fined or lose your rating.
The #1 Source of Site Waste: Timber Formwork
Walk onto any traditional construction site. What is in the dumpster? Wood. Piles and piles of cut plywood, timber bracing, and broken pallets. This is “Single-Use Plastic” but for construction. You buy it, cut it, pour concrete into it, and throw it away.
The Precast Solution: Zero Waste
Precast concrete is the ultimate “Zero Waste” methodology for a site.
- No Formwork on Site: The mold stays in our factory. It is made of steel and reused for 10 years.
- No Concrete Waste: We don’t have “leftover” concrete at the end of a pour. We use it for smaller items (like spacers).
- No Packaging: Concrete blocks don’t come in boxes or plastic wrap.
The “Green” Benefit
When you switch from Cast-in-Situ foundations to Precast Foundations, you instantly eliminate tons of timber waste from your site. You can list this in your Waste Management Plan submitted to the Municipality.
- “Project will utilize 100% precast boundary elements to reduce timber waste by 95%.”
That is a winning sentence in a tender document.
Go Green by Going Grey (Concrete).
