Projects
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| Reference Number | InnUK/132106/01 | |
| Title | Supply chain integration for structural steel reuse | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Not Energy Related 50%; Energy Efficiency(Industry) 50%; |
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| Research Types | Applied Research and Development 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Metallurgy and Materials) 25%; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Civil Engineering) 50%; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering) 25%; |
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| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Project Contact No email address given The Steel Construction Institute |
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| Award Type | Feasibility Study | |
| Funding Source | Innovate-UK | |
| Start Date | 01 November 2015 | |
| End Date | 31 August 2016 | |
| Duration | 10 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £100,824 | |
| Industrial Sectors | ||
| Region | South East | |
| Programme | Competition Call: 1503_FS_BUIL_ECCSC - Supply Chain Integration in Construction. Activity Supply chain integration in construction | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Project Contact , The Steel Construction Institute (51.151%) |
| Other Investigator | Project Contact , University of Cambridge (38.533%) Project Contact , Alliance for Sustainable Building Products (10.316%) |
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| Objectives | ||
| Abstract | The objective of this project is to encourage widespread reuse of structural steel in the UK through improved coordination and information exchange along the construction supply chain. Currently only 5% of structural steel is reused, but reusing steel leads to significant energy and emissions savings compared to the common practice of recycling steel. By coordinating information from designers and demolition contractors, the supply and demand of reused steel can be matched, leading to the deconstruction and reuse of buildings compared to traditional destructive demolition. This in turn, will lead to reduced embodied emissions impacts, cost savings and the development of a new UK market supporting steel reuse. This project will examine the practical and economic feasibility of establishing an on-line information portal through which the supply and demand of reused steel are mapped to stimulate a reused structural steel market.The objective of this project is to encourage widespread reuse of structural steel in the UK through improved coordination and information exchange along the construction supply chain. Currently only 5% of structural steel is reused, but reusing steel leads to significant energy and emissions savings compared to the common practice of recycling steel. By coordinating information from designers and demolition contractors, the supply and demand of reused steel can be matched, leading to the deconstruction and reuse of buildings compared to traditional destructive demolition. This in turn, will lead to reduced embodied emissions impacts, cost savings and the development of a new UK market supporting steel reuse. This project will examine the practical and economic feasibility of establishing an on-line information portal through which the supply and demand of reused steel are mapped to stimulate a reused structural steel market.The objective of this project is to encourage widespread reuse of structural steel in the UK through improved coordination and information exchange along the construction supply chain. Currently only 5% of structural steel is reused, but reusing steel leads to significant energy and emissions savings compared to the common practice of recycling steel. By coordinating information from designers and demolition contractors, the supply and demand of reused steel can be matched, leading to the deconstruction and reuse of buildings compared to traditional destructive demolition. This in turn, will lead to reduced embodied emissions impacts, cost savings and the development of a new UK market supporting steel reuse. This project will examine the practical and economic feasibility of establishing an on-line information portal through which the supply and demand of reused steel are mapped to stimulate a reused structural steel market. | |
| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | (none) |
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| Added to Database | 12/02/18 | |
