From Waste Management to Component Management in the Construction Industry

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].”

Such ordinances are currently not available.

“However, according to the reviewed articles, such ordinances are currently not available (Chileshe et al., 2016b, 2016a; Rose and Stegemann, 2018; Tingley et al., 2017; Yeung et al., 2015).”

Unknown remaining capacity happens when information about characteristics, details, certificates and drawings of reused components are not available.

“The latter happens when the information about the characteristics, details, certificates and drawings of the reused components are not available (Gorgolewski, 2008; Gorgolewski et al., 2008; Huuhka and Hakanen, 2015; Rose and Stegemann, 2018; Tingley et al., 2017; Yeung et al., 2015).”

With an underdeveloped reuse market, the supply chain remains fragmented and information about supply and demand cannot be shared, which further decreases reuse rates.

“With an underdeveloped reuse market, the supply chain remains fragmented and information about the supply and demand cannot be shared, which further decreases the reuse rates (Gorgolewski et al., 2008; Rameezdeen et al., 2016; Rose and Stegemann, 2018).”

A reclaimed components management coordinator and knowledge of a known list of structural components to reuse early in the design phase can potentially increase the adoption of reuse by firms.

“Also, a reclaimed components management coordinator (Gorgolewski, 2008; Tingley et al., 2017) and the knowledge of a known list of structural components to reuse early on in the design phase are recommended in order to potentially increase the adoption of reuse by the firms (Gorgolewski, 2008; Rose and Stegemann, 2018).”

Higher deconstruction costs can hinder its application and might elevate financial risks associated with deconstruction and reuse.

“According to the literature, higher deconstruction costs can hinder its application (Chileshe et al., 2015; Dantata et al., 2005, 2018, Rose and Stegemann, 2018, Yeung et al., 2015, Tatiya et al., 2017; Tingley et al., 2017) and might elevate the financial risks associated with deconstruction and reuse (Rameezdeen et al., 2016).”

If the client does not support reuse, there is a much smaller chance that designers or contractors will risk the project by introducing reused components.

“However, if the client does not support reuse (Huuhka and Hakanen, 2015; Rameezdeen et al., 2016; Rose and Stegemann, 2018; Tingley et al., 2017), there is a much smaller chance that the designers or contractors will risk the project by introducing such components.”

Lack of systems thinking, ownership, and integration of reuse in the design process decrease reuse rates in the building sector.

“Lack of systems thinking (Rose and Stegemann, 2018), ownership (Arif et al., 2012) and the integration of reuse in the design process of the new projects (Rose and Stegemann, 2018) are factors identified that decrease the reuse rates in the building sector.”