An assessment of environmental impacts of building construction activities : case study of Republic Democratic of Congo town of Kinshasa

Abstract: Construction is an economic activity that on the one hand puts at the disposal facilities and infrastructures and on the other hand, it is beneficial to society in some ways and harmful in others. This review was done to evaluate the significant impacts of construction activities in Kinshasa, which is the Democratic Republic of Congo capital and to propose measures for their mitigation. A number of impacts were listed from the literature only fourteen were highlighted. These impacts were further developed in six substantial group and were brought into the survey. Questionnaire were send out to get the response, the distributed questionnaires were 200 it was made every which way, identities were kept privately among those were Architect, Quantity-Surveyor, Civil Engineer, Project Manager, Construction Manager and Other construction practitioners. According to the study results, impacts were listed as followed time and cost aspect followed by Reliability of project, Accessibility to resources, Easy and fair communication. The study recommends that stakeholders in the industry should implement a successful model and also develop a framework on how to assist collaboration between clients, design team and the contractor either way on one virtual desk so that they should have a proper and effective implementation in the construction industry.M.Tech. (Construction Management