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Abstract
Generation of construction and demolition waste has becoming a pressing issue around the world. Waste minimization has been on the agenda of various organizations including clients, designers, contractors and suppliers. However, one of its major problems is the lack of environmental support from project parties. To implement waste minimization effectively, adoption of prefabricated building components should be implemented. This paper investigates an efficient approach in adopting prefabricated components in various building elements for various project types including general projects, public housing, private residential and commercial projects. Detailed surveys are conducted based on six major building elements: substructure, drainage and underground services, structural frame, external works, internal works and building services. From that, the effectiveness of using prefabrication in the practice can be examined. This examination also leads to the introduction of an efficient approach. Various project parties can clearly understand how to efficiently adopt prefabrication which brings direct benefit to environmental construction organizations.