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HARC contracted with H-GAC to conduct a residential waste study. Included in the study was a requirement to perform waste stream audits of possibly three sites. The audit was difficult for HARC to initiate due to the extreme reluctance of production builders to allow HARC access to their cost structures and waste streams. This reluctance was so great that the project did not initiate until more than five months had expired and HARC never did secure a production builder partner. This was most unfortunate and is a situation that should be rectified in the future by doing a similar piece of work specifically with a production builder in order to compare, contrast, and draw knowledge from this study.
HARC secured two sites. Tom Cox Builders, Inc., a thirty-five year old custom home building company in The Woodlands, agreed to allow HARC to analyze the waste stream for one residence.
 Figure 7. Benefactor |
 Figure 8. Site sign Click image above for a hi-res version |
H-GAC staff agreed to the custom builder selection. Six weeks into the relationship we approached Mr. Cox with the possibility of doing something beyond simple characterization in a second house site and he agreed. Thus, two large custom houses are the subjects of this audit. In the instance of the first house, 190 North Tranquil Path, the residence was a 7,929 square foot one story house. At this building site, HARC performed an audit of the waste stream. The second house was located at 234 Angel Leaf and was a 7,789 square foot two-story house with a swimming pool. At this second site HARC went a step beyond auditing the waste stream to incorporate and evaluate the potential on-site grinding technique for waste management. The on-site building crews and the construction superintendent were consulted and a methodology was agreed upon. The first decision on both sites was to secure the areas where the roll off containers, holding the landfill destined material, would be located.
 Figure 9. 190 North Tranquil Path Click image above for a hi-res version |
 Figure 10. Crushed concrete Click image above for a hi-res version |
 Figure 11. A 30 yd roll off container Click image above for a hi-res version |
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