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Recovery and reuse of structural products from end-of-life buildings
Hopkinson, P. Chen, H-M. Zhou, Kan Wang, Y. Lam, Dennis
Hopkinson, P.
Chen, H-M.
Zhou, Kan
Wang, Y.
Lam, Dennis
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2019-05, 2019-05
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Published with permission by the ICE under the CC-BY 4.0 license. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Buildings and construction have been identified as having the greatest potential for circular economy value creation. One source of value creation is to recover and reuse building products from end-of-service-life buildings, rather than destructive demolition and downcycling. While there is a trade in non-structural and heritage product recovery and reuse, the largest volume, mass and value of most buildings comprise structural elements – concrete, brick and masonry, and steel – which present many challenges. A comprehensive literature review confirms limited attention to innovation and advanced techniques to address these challenges and therefore the potential reuse of the stocks of accumulated building products globally and associated environmental benefits. Potential techniques being tested in an Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council circular economy research programme are referenced as a key building block towards circular economy building system redesign.
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Hopkinson P, Chen H-M, Zhou K et al (2019) Recovery and reuse of structural products from end-of-life buildings. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering Sustainability. 172(3): 119-128.
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