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Hållbar masshantering med fokus på massbalans och avfall
Jönköping University, School of Engineering, JTH, Construction Engineering and Lighting Science.
Jönköping University, School of Engineering, JTH, Construction Engineering and Lighting Science.
2022 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Sustainable mass management with focus on mass balance and waste management (English)
Abstract [en]

Introduction (and purpose): At every construction project there is a lot of soil moved around and managed. Mass management is an important topic which affect every project. Mass balance is what is tried to achieve. If mass balance is achieved no masses is bought or transferred from the project. If a project has deficit mass, they need to buy soil from outside of the project and move it with trucks. These transports are usually quite long which means it gets cost inefficient. It also has a negative impact on the climate. If there is excess mass within the project soil needs to be removed with trucks.

Municipality sees on contaminated soil in different ways depending on where in Sweden it is placed. This can also affect the length on transports of soil.The purpose of the report is to find a solution of how construction company can do mass management together to find mass balance from a bigger perspective instead of the specific project.

Method: The study will be of a qualitative character and been executed with semi- structured interviews and literature search to answer the studies questions. The interviews have been implemented with land contractors in Jönköping.

Results and analysis: The study shows that there is some lack in the regulation regarding secondary masses. All municipalities have their own regulation which means that there are different problems depending on where you are located. It takes a long process to reuse masses today which not is economically favorable. The study highlight deficiency that exists today and show suggestions for a more effective mass management. Study shows also that there is an interest for a collective platform where you can buy and sell secondary masses. In that way companies and municipalities can cooperate for a mutual mass management by buying and selling masses from each other.

Discussion: Through interviews with contractors in the industry the questioning has been confirmed. The result is based on solution and suggestions which can promote a circular mass management. To answer the questions the study is based on different impression, opinions and aspects.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2022. , p. 74
Keywords [en]
Waste, Deficit mass, Excess mass, Mass balance, Mass management
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Construction Management Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-58696ISRN: JU-JTH-BTA-1-20230488OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-58696DiVA, id: diva2:1706244
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JTH, Civil Engineering
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Available from: 2023-04-24 Created: 2022-10-25 Last updated: 2026-03-12Bibliographically approved

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