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I spotted your comments on Sandy's page about recycling buildings - datelined August 08. During our first study tour to Japan in Nov07, we came across one of the big 5 Japanese General Contractors - Shimzu - stated that they have built the world's first concrete recycling plant! This plant would harvest concrete structures salvaged from demolition and turn these lumps into particles and reuse the particles in new concrete mix. We e
were impressed but not pressed for more details. Maybe you may wish to do some research to find out more from them. Henry
I would be pleased to accept your invitation to present.
regards Mervyn
At BRE we are producing a policy paper looking at what the 'appropriate' life is for a house. Common thinking puts this at 60 years, but some last far less, others much longer. The key lies in the value delivered by that part of the built environment - as long as it delivers value, it will be maintained and retained. Once the value becomes negative it tends to be demolished and replaced. Good design will deliver an improved residual value even then as the built asset will contain components and materials that can be recyled/re-used at minimal cost.