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2 3 4Implementing an industrial network in the construction industry can be achieved by changing construction management activities directly on the construction site within the design and operation phase. Construction logistics plays a crucial role here, in particular on the downstream side where waste has to be efficiently collected, separated, sorted and, finally, transported from site to different waste management options. The objective of this paper is to introduce an approach for efficient construction logistics that can ensure successful implementation of an industrial network in the construction industry from the point of view of on-site materials management within the logistics of disposal. Two construction projects in Germany were investigated and it was found that the total number of material streams separated directly on site in each project could be increased from 1 to 7 and from 1 to 19 different fractions.The study also revealed that the reuse and recycling rate could be increased to over 75% in both projects and the total costs of construction logistics could also be reduced. It was thus possible to increase material resource efficiency on the downstream side for both construction projects -by 43% in project I and by 68% in project II. IntroductionThe bulk of material resources used in the modern European economy end up as materials that accumulate in the economy. The rest, however, are converted into emissions or waste (EEA, 2012). Although Europe has become more efficient in managing material resources over the past years, there is still a need to improve resource efficiency as a major step towards a 'recycling society' (EEA, 2012). However, an efficient economy can only be achieved with a considerable change in consumption, especially in production patterns (EEA, 2012), moving away from a 'throwaway' society towards a society that thinks in 'closed material loops'. The construction industry plays a crucial role here, as construction and demolition waste (CDW) represent a large part of total waste generation in Europe (Figure 1) and have a high potential for reuse and recycling (Brodersen et al., 2002).Improving resource efficiency in the construction industry by focusing on construction management on site and in its regional activities could be implemented by designing and implementing an industrial network around a construction site.In general, such a network is regarded as an organisational setting at a regional level where the main principles of industrial ecology find application (Mirata and Pearce, 2006