Supply chain integration for structural steel reuse

该项目的目标是通过改善建筑供应链上的协调和信息交流，鼓励结构钢在英国的广泛再利用。目前只有5%的结构钢被重复使用，但与回收钢的常见做法相比，重复使用钢可以显著节省能源和排放。通过协调设计师和拆迁承包商的信息，重复使用的钢材的供需可以匹配，导致与传统的破坏性拆除相比，建筑物的解构和再利用。该项目将研究建立一个在线信息门户的实际可行性和经济可行性，通过该门户绘制可重复使用的钢材的供需地图，以刺激可重复使用的结构钢市场。

The objective of this project is to encourage widespread reuse of structural steel in the UK through improvedcoordination and information exchange along the construction supply chain. Currently only 5% of structuralsteel is reused, but reusing steel leads to significant energy and emissions savings compared to the commonpractice of recycling steel. By coordinating information from designers and demolition contractors, the supplyand demand of reused steel can be matched, leading to the deconstruction and reuse of buildings compared totraditional destructive demolition. This in turn, will lead to reduced embodied emissions impacts, cost savingsand 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 portalthrough which the supply and demand of reused steel are mapped to stimulate a reused structural steel market.