In order to achieve the necessary increase in resource and transport efficiency, the key enabler addressed is coordination of actors and flows. The project is financed through Vinnova Sustainable construction and development industry program. It runs between 2023 and 2025. The large consortia is of importance to capture the width of demands regarding circular material flows in construction and involves different actor groups from the construction system.
The project combines knowledge within construction logistics and supply chain management, recycling, policy and business models. The research is iterative and based on action research, where the researchers and the industry jointly identify solutions and test them. It covers the construction process from planning, through construction production to follow-up. Focus is on identifying scaleable solutions for circular material flows.
We work within three cases:
Renovation includes many different types of materials from furniture to installations. These are of varying quality and with from a logistics point of view unique reqirements. Focus in this case is on hubs for circularity, how these can be organised and integrated into todays material flows.
Demolition consider bulk materials coming out of construction sites, such as crushed concrete or soil and rock massses. In this case it is important to ensure traceability and provide efficient supply chains as the materials generally have a very low value. Focus is also to increase the knowledge of the opertional activities involved in a demolition flow to ensure possibilties of matching demand and supply of these materials.
Contacts for the project: Anna Fredriksson, LiU and Amanda Åkerberg, RagnSells
The project combines knowledge within construction logistics and supply chain management, recycling, policy and business models. The research is iterative and based on action research, where the researchers and the industry jointly identify solutions and test them. It covers the construction process from planning, through construction production to follow-up. Focus is on identifying scaleable solutions for circular material flows.
We work within three cases:
New built
Waste, spillage and packaging material. In new built there are varying flows of material and products of different values. Some flows should go directly for recycling and others such as metal, plastic and tree can be reused. Focus here is to understand the volumes of these flows and identify new business models that increase the circularity of materials.
Renovation
Renovation includes many different types of materials from furniture to installations. These are of varying quality and with from a logistics point of view unique reqirements. Focus in this case is on hubs for circularity, how these can be organised and integrated into todays material flows.
Demolition
Demolition consider bulk materials coming out of construction sites, such as crushed concrete or soil and rock massses. In this case it is important to ensure traceability and provide efficient supply chains as the materials generally have a very low value. Focus is also to increase the knowledge of the opertional activities involved in a demolition flow to ensure possibilties of matching demand and supply of these materials.Contacts for the project: Anna Fredriksson, LiU and Amanda Åkerberg, RagnSells