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Introduction
The construction business has a main source of pollution, accountable around 4% of
particulate emission, more of aquatic contamination incident and other business. Moreover,
the building doings also contaminate soil; the key areas of the concern are air, water, and
noise effluence.

However, the decent construction site preparation can help in controlling and preventing
pollution. In this, the main step is to formulate the ecological danger valuation for all
structure activities and material helps in causing less pollution. Likewise, cover up and
safeguard all drainage system on site, reduction of the sound pollution through cautiously
handling of material, quite powerful tools, lower influence technologies and wall structure as
sound shields (El-Halwagi, 2017).

Critical examples of sustainable construction

There are numerous examples of sustainable construction of the buildings across the globe
who has adopted the sustainable operational and constructional strategies. However, green
buildings do offers a huge potential to the real estate industries. The strategies, which they
have adopted, like minimum usage of water, optimum energy efficiency, lower wastage,
lower pollution, conservation of natural resources and along with all these offering the
occupants the healthy environment to live and to work in (Kibert, 2016).

Moreover, the government is taking the statutory measures to reduce the effect of the
pollution, resource preservation and security of the natural ecosystem. Many environmental
related statutes, guidelines, codes and general strategies have implications for the
construction industry, how they are planned, the material is about to be used, the techniques
and equipment. (Kibert, 2016).

In fact, China real estate developers are also more concern about sustainability and made
outstanding achievements in the sustainability construction. Throughout the continuous
investment made in the research and development for the sustainable buildings in the real
estate industry, Land Sea has become the unique existence. Moreover, they also are using
thermal insulation solution and ground source heat pump technologies, which are more
energy efficient and environmentally friendly than the ordinary constructions (Hua, 2016).
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Role of the project manager in sustainability construction

The construction business is very accountable for the intense use of energy while creating and
constructing structures and infrastructure, and realizes harmful pollutants, which are caused
by the construction process and for the building use. For all this, the project manager having
thoughtful planning in order to reduce the energy use and pollution. The solutions for the
same are the use of sustainable products, which helps in providing substantial financial
savings as well as environmental benefits (Alwan, Jones, and Holgate, 2017).

Viewpoints of the construction project manager who are concerned with

sustainability
Moreover, the increments in the pollution, energy wastage, and climate change have majorly
affected the sustainability of the entire economy. For this in order to reduce more of their
effects, the companies are now bending towards the sustainability construction. Above all,
they also have a major concern for tackling the effects of climate change, pollution, and the
other environmental factors, which can major, harm peoples health, livelihood and lastly, the
lives (Gray, 2018).

Critical issues faced by the project manager in sustainability construction

Higher cost for sustainable construction practices and material:

The higher cost of the green structure directly influences the project manager, because they
are very accountable for proper handling and conveying their project within the assigned
financial plan. Moreover, the main project manager has to guarantee that pollution from the
production is to be kept in least by keeping in control the soil erosion, waterway
sedimentation. Furthermore, the natural environment should also be preserved through a
prudent sitting of structure to minimizing the disturbance to the prevailing natural
environment.

The lengthy approval process for the new sustainable technologies and recycled
material:

The entire market environment moves forward with the planning process, for all this a
process of approving the use of sustainable technologies and recycled material needs the
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lengthy approval process. In this, the project manager develops the schedules and approves
the process payments to the ultimate vendors and suppliers (Rahman, 2017).

SWOT Analysis in context to construction project manager

Strength Weaknesses
 Strong governmental support  Lack of awareness
 Excellent opportunities for companies  Perception of cost
to tap the more international markets  A larger challenge towards
 Facilitating the green building widespread acceptance
technologies  Lack of accurate information
 Increases public awareness and regarding the impact of green
support buildings

Opportunities Threats
 Customers are more concerned  Risk of going in the same direction as
 Rising challenges of sustainability other projects
 An opportunity for future eco-  Flying ashes generates a huge amount
sustainability of pollutions
 Government assistance
 People value functionality

Suitable future development made in the context of sustainable

construction
Under the energy challenge, sustainability is the biggest trends for future construction. The
future of sustainable construction is to reduce the environmental impact along with these
benefits for the people health. That why recently the building is designed in such a way,
which helps in reducing energy consumption, conserve water, reduce pollution and protect
health. Likewise, one of the successful sustainable constructions made is Masdar city whose
ultimate goal was “zero carbon, zero-emission” (Novotny, 2018).

Another future upgradition in sustainable construction is a green building. In addition, apart

from the green design, we in today scenario is focusing on more new green building
techniques material and making way for the smarter and eco-friendly construction. Even the
partners of infographic the rubber bond also applied innovative technology and new
sustainable material for the exciting phase of green building.
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China is having a huge potential consumer market for sustainable building and they are the
largest manufacturers and at the same time the customers of solar, wind and the other energy
equipment’s. More of the buildings material manufacturers’ are also moving towards
sustainability. Hence, all these aspects lay the foundation of a future ecological city as they
are moving towards the growth mode and the sustainable building (Novotny, 2018).

Conclusion
From the above report, we conclude that pollution is also one of the major causes, which
damages and major effects on the environment. The construction business is very accountable
for the intense use of energy while creating and constructing structures and infrastructure, and
realizes harmful pollutants, which are caused by the construction process and for the building
use.

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construction industry, through the framework for strategic sustainable development, using
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El-Halwagi, M.M., (2017) Sustainable design through process integration: fundamentals and
applications to industrial pollution prevention, resource conservation, and profitability
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