Wst 01 - Construction waste management

Contractor not yet appointed at the design stage - KBCN000002

Where the contractor has not been engaged at the design stage certification, it is acceptable to award the credits based on a commitment. This commitment must be from a suitable member of the design team, and must detail the targets and criteria which must be met. Evidence must also confirm that the details in the commitment will form part of the contractual requirements. Note: This does not apply to the requirement for a pre-demolition/pre-refurbishment audit, which must be undertaken at Concept Design Stage.

12 Jul 2022 - Note added to clarify the scope of this guidance

Demolition records not available - KBCN1009

Where demolition records are missing, either wholly or in part, the credit available for diversion of construction and demolition waste from landfill cannot be achieved. This includes instances where demolition was conducted under a separate contract or by a third party on behalf of the developer.

Diversion of resources from landfill – RMP - KBCN0981

Monitoring, recording and sorting the key waste groups of non-hazardous wastes are required for this credit. Compliance with the 'Diversion of resources from landfill criteria' can be demonstrated through production of a Resource Management Plan or with equivalent documentation demonstrating that the requirements have been met.

External works – waste reporting requirements - KBCN1379

Waste arising from external works does not need to be included within the calculations for construction resource efficiency. To do so would be incongruous with reporting waste relative to the building's floor area. This follows the logic of excluding excavation waste from this criterion. However, waste from external works should be addressed in the RMP and should also be reported in the calculations for the Diversion of resources from landfill credit, which is not reported relative to the building's floor area.

Limited site space for segregation and storage - KBCN1036

When a site has limited space to segregate materials on site, a waste contractor can be used to separate and process recyclable materials off-site. Manufacturers' take-back schemes can also be used to do this. In such cases, evidence to demonstrate segregation of materials was carried out to the agreed levels and that materials were reused or recycled appropriately must be produced. Such evidence could be Environment Agency (EA), Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), Environment Agency Wales (EA Wales) or Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) Waste Return Forms.

Multiple developments monitoring construction waste on a site - KBCN00036

Where the same contractor is working on a site with more than one development, a single Site Waste Management Plan (SWMP)/Resource Management Plan (RMP) can be produced to demonstrate compliance, if it can be justified that separation of the waste would be impractical. Where the developments are of a similar nature, such as all new-build or all refurbishment with similar scope, the results from the whole development can be apportioned on the basis of floor area to derive the figures upon which the separate developments will be assessed. Where the buildings are not similar, the design team will need to provide calculations to demonstrate that the waste has been apportioned as accurately as possible according to the project types.

21/11/16 Clarification added in relation to dissimilar projects on the same site.

No demolition - KBCN1122

Where, under the developer's ownership, no demolition will be undertaken to enable the assessed development, the pre-demolition audit credit is filtered-out of the assessment.

To be clarified in the next re-issue of the manual.

Pre-demolition audit – criterion 1d - KBCN1168

To clarify, the comparison between actual waste arisings and waste management routes used with those forecast is to be drawn by re-visiting the pre-demolition audit, following completion of the relevant work. The intent of this criterion is to draw lessons learnt from the project under assessment to inform future improvements.

The pre-demolition audit criteria will be clarified in the next re-issue of the technical manual.

Pre-demolition audit – demolition in a later phase - KBCN1012

Where the demolition of an existing building forms part of the works to enable the assessed development, a pre-demolition audit must be carried out to comply with the criteria, even if the demolition occurs as part of a later phase.

28/02/2018 Wording amended for clarity

Pre-demolition audit requirement - KBCN0243

Where the site demolition/clearance does not form part of the principal contractor’s works, but has been undertaken by the developer for the purposes of enabling the assessed development, a pre-demolition audit must be carried out and referenced within the SWMP as per the guidance. Where justification and robust evidence can be provided, the following exceptions may apply:

Where it can be demonstrated that demolition/clearance was carried out prior to the developer acquiring the site and no pre-demolition audit is available.
Where the demolition was expedited for health and safety reasons.
Where the demolition has been carried out by the same developer, but as part of a significantly earlier site clearance, occurring prior to RIBA stage 0 and no less than 12 months ahead of the requirement being set to carry out a BREEAM assessment. In such cases it must be clearly demonstrated that the demolition was unrelated to the current re-development.

This requirement seeks to encourage good practice by developers and design teams in relation to previously developed sites.

28.03.2022 Reference to pre-refurbishment audit removed, and separate KBCN1504 drafted for pre-refurbishment audit exemptions.

11.12.2019 Additional exception added to align with KBCN1257 and guidance re-structured for clarity

22.11.2017 Reference added to the pre-refurbishment audit for RFO assessments.

15.11.2017 Wording amended for clarity

Pre-refurbishment/demolition audit – late development - KBCN0537

Where the pre-refurbishment/demolition audit has not been done at RIBA stage 2/Concept Design, as required in the criteria, the credit can still be achieved. Robust evidence must be provided confirming that the timing of the pre-refurbishment/demolition audit has not compromised its ability to influence the design, consideration of materials re-use and the setting of targets for waste management. Evidence must demonstrate that this allowed decisions to be made before the start of strip-out/demolition works.

26.07.2018 Applicability of KBCN extended to include the UKNC2018 scheme.

Solid concrete washout - KBCN00063

Solid concrete washout waste should be included in the waste resource efficiency benchmarks.

Using BRE SMARTWaste tool - KBCN0236

BRE SMARTWaste may be helpful in demonstrating the construction waste benchmarks; however its use is not compulsory to achieve the credits. Reference to the SMARTWaste tool has been included in the issue as an example of a tool that can be used to manage and monitor waste generated during construction.

Waste from temporary structures - KBCN1038

Temporary support structures, or any other materials or systems brought on site to facilitate construction of a building and that subsequently enter the waste stream (albeit for recycling) will be considered as construction waste and contribute to the construction waste generated for the development. If the support structure is reused on another site by the contractor (or another contractor) it has not entered the waste stream and, therefore, would not be included in the figures for waste generated. Reused timber formwork would be excluded in the same way.

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