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Characterising existing buildings as material banks (E-BAMB) to enable component reuse

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Rose, Colin M, Stegemann, Julia A·2019·Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering Sustainability
DOI 10.1680/jensu.17.00074
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As-built records for existing buildings tend to be poor. Components that make up the existing building stock must be better characterised to prevent them becoming waste. The first record of materials in an existing building is often the waste report, which classifies materials for waste management and gathers information after the opportunity for higher-value reuse of components has passed. Policy at various levels aims to increase reuse, but an understanding of ‘existing buildings as material banks’ (E-BAMB) is a necessary precursor to overcoming other barriers. This paper reviews the current means of understanding E-BAMB and identifies its shortfalls. This analysis leads to the conception of a strategy in which the various approaches are organised as an information system. The future role of technology and mandatory provision of E-BAMB information at the planning stage are explored. The proposed system would enable specifiers, manufacturers and academics to assess the wealth of materials that can be reused, repurposed or upcycled in new projects or businesses. This does not guarantee that actual reuse will occur, as financial, technical and legal barriers may remain. However, it creates the context for assessing secondary components against their virgin equivalents and the enabling conditions for new circular business models.

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  • Some participants pointed out that clients are starting to ask for pre-demolition audits, especially in the past few years, but these are procured very late during design, leaving little opportunity for materials identified for reuse to be designed into the scheme or planned for reuse elsewhere.

    “Some of the participants have pointed out that clients are starting to ask for these, especially in the past few years, albeit these are procured very late during the design process, leaving little opportunity for materials identified for reuse by the audit to be designed into the scheme, or planned for reuse elsewhere (Rose and Stegemann, 2019).”

    From Strategies for salvaging and repurposing timber elements from existing buildings in the UK (2025) · cites this paper as Rose and Stegemann, 2019

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  • To capitalise on residual timber properties, new processes are needed to upcycle secondary timber and recertify the resulting products to meet mainstream construction industry requirements.

    “However, to capitalise on residual timber properties, there is a need for new processes that upcycle secondary timber, and recertify the resulting products to meet mainstream construction industry requirements (Rose & Stegemann 2018b;Rose & Stegemann 2018a).”

    From Feasibility of cross-laminated secondary timber (2019) · cites this paper as Rose & Stegemann 2018a

  • Recent research has scoped opportunities for automated data collection for MPs, providing opportunity for dynamic data repositories for repurposed materials which can be 'mined' as part of urban-wide policies.

    “Within this professional environment, recent research has scoped opportunities for automated data collection for MPs (Kedir, Bucher, & Hall, 2021), providing opportunity for dynamic data repositories for repurposed materials (Rose & Stegemann, 2019) which can be 'mined' as part of urban-wide policies (Honic et al., 2019c).”

    From Digital material passports in the AEC industry: a scoping review and conceptualisation of future research challenges (2025) · cites this paper as Rose & Stegemann, 2019

  • To capitalise on residual timber performance, new processes are needed that upcycle secondary timber and recertify the resulting products to meet mainstream construction industry requirements.

    “However, to capitalise on residual timber performance, there is a need for new processes that upcycle secondary timber, and recertify the resulting products to meet mainstream construction industry requirements [16,24].”

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Authors
Rose, C. M., & Stegemann, J. A.
Affiliations
University College London (GB)
Corresponding author
Rose, Colin M
ORCID
Venue
Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering Sustainability
Publisher
Emerald
Published
2019-05-01
Volume
172
Issue
3
Pages
129-140
ISSN
  • 1478-4629 (ISSN-L)
  • 1751-7680
DOI
10.1680/jensu.17.00074
OpenAlex
W2884800590
Cited by
78
References
57
Citations by year
2026: 9 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 2
FWCI
4.41
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by
Locations
  • Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering Sustainability (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • University College London
  • Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/G037698/1)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Building and Construction › Sustainable Building Design and Assessment
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Building and Construction › Recycled Aggregate Concrete Performance
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Sustainable Supply Chain Management
Keywords
component reuse, construction and demolition waste, circular economy, upcycling, repurposing, secondary raw materials, information systems, circular business models, barriers to reuse

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