JAUE2012-073: Analysis of Generation of Asbestos-Containing Materials Generated from Dismantling and Demolition of the Commercial Buildings

Abstract

Due to its economy feasibility and excellence properties such as flame retardant and insulation, asbestos had been used for various industries like as building material, friction material. However, asbestos has been banned after known as carcinogen that causes a serious disease such as lung cancer, asbestosis, malignant mesothelioma. The asbestos industry in South Korea including manufacturing, generation, sale and distribution is not running anymore, but the asbestos processing industry in China and Southeast Asia, continues in generation activities. In Korea, materials containing asbestos were widely used for the construction and insulation of buildings in the 1980s. Considering most of old buildings constructed by the asbestos-containing building materials, it is necessary to have research to estimate the generation of possible harmful emission comes out in the process of remodeling especially from demolition to removal of asbestos-containing building materials. Therefore, by estimating the generation of asbestos-containing building materials, this paper suggested how to implement sustainable buildings and how to effectively manage asbestos while remodeling commercial buildings.
In this study, this study is willing to arrange the foundation for establishing the efficient management plan of asbestos by estimating the generation of asbestos-containing materials(ACM) generated from dismantling and demolition the commercial buildings.