Sample Waste Reduction Specifications

Some organizations and jurisdictions have developed and adopted standard specifications that either provide for or require contractors and subtrades to undertake various waste reduction activities on the CRD projects.  The following links provide access to these sample specifications.  They will be of particular interest to architects and design engineers, who can adapt them to meet the needs of your next project.

• Policies, Guidelines and Specifications Database
  (Manasc Isaac Architects Ltd., 2000)
  Identifies progressive policies, guidelines and specifications used in other jurisdictions to promote construction, renovation and demolition waste reduction; evaluates the opportunities to adopt or adapt these strategies successfully; and explores institutional barriers in Alberta municipal and provincial policies and guidelines that prevent the reduction of construction generated wastes in Alberta.
   
• Construction, Renovation and Demolition Resources/Waste Management Workshop
  (by dEsign Consultants, 1999)
  Covers CRD reuse and recycling opportunities; pre-design planning, design, specifications and tendering approaches; audits; creating and implementing workplans; and site separation of materials.
   
• Building Deconstruction Master Specification (off-site)
  Search "Recycling and Garbage" Category
  (Greater Vancouver Regional District)
  Presents detailed waste management specifications for deconstruction projects, and handling and storage procedures for salvageable material.
   
• Project Waste Management Specification (off-site)
  Search "Recycling and Garbage" Category
  (Greater Vancouver Regional District)
  Provides detailed waste management specifications, and project waste generation rate estimates for construction and demolition projects.
   
• Designing with Vision: A Technical Manual for Material Choices in Sustainable Construction (off-site)
  (California Integrated Waste Management Board)
  Highlights sustainable waste management principles for planning, design and construction of large-scale residential and commercial projects.  Includes information regarding site selection and purchasing recycled-content building products.  It also provides sample contract language and recycled-content building product specifications, along with strategies for reusing and reducing construction materials and managing job-site waste.
   
• Job Specifications: Section 01524 Construction Management (off-site)
  (King County)
  Describes sample construction waste management specifications.
   
• Solid Resources Management Specification: Contractor Guidelines and Requirements for Re-use, Salvage, and Recycling of Construction, Demolition, and Land-clearing Materials (off-site)
  (City of Los Angeles)
  Presents waste management specifications for construction, demolition and land-clearing projects, along with summary worksheets.
   
• WasteSpec Model Specifications for Construction Waste Reduction, Reuse, and Recycling (off-site)
  (Triangle J Council of Governments)
  Provides architects and engineers with a tool that describes specification language addressing waste reduction, reuse, and recycling opportunities during construction and demolition.  Includes detailed specifications, information for bidders on estimating recyclable waste, worksheets and forms, and a list of resources.