Japanese Efforts to Promote Steel Reuse in Building Construction

Fujita, Masanori; Fujita, Takeshi; Iwata, M.; Iwata, Y.; Kanemitsu, Tomomi; Kimura, Urara; Koiwa, Kazuhiko; Midorikawa, Mitsumasa; Okazaki, Taichiro; Takahashi, Satoshi; Tanaka, Teruhisa; Wada, Masatoshi

doi:10.1061/(asce)st.1943-541x.0003473

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“…This naturally results in a majority of Review publications, aligning with previous patterns, giving an even distribution between DfD and Reuse. The topics emphasized are LCA [21,57,[69][70][71], adaptability [21][22][23][24]57,69,70,72,73], and the potential of CE integration within specific materials like concrete [18,22,24,74], timber [23,75], and steel [73,[76][77][78][79][80], which is further explored in Section 4.5. Additionally, through the further examination of publications within the CE investigation, the recurrent critical research gaps have been identified as the need for precise standardization [21][22][23]57,74,77,78,81], digital tool integration [81], and overcoming challenges in policy [69,76,78], market acceptance [73,78], and industry-wide adoption to advance CE [18,22,72,74,…”

Section: Research Type and Circular Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Systematic Mapping of Circular Economy in Structural Engineering

Seeberg,

Haakonsen,

Luczkowski

2024

Buildings

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Facing increasing sustainability demands, the construction industry is at a turning point where the implementation of circular economy (CE) strategies plays an essential role in driving the necessary transformation aimed at reducing the environmental impact. To facilitate this shift, structural engineering must effectively integrate circular principles into building design. With the exponential growth of research articles within this field, it is crucial to map the evolution of the research area. The objective of this study is to detail the trends with, challenges to, and research contributions, integration, and material applications of CE principles within structural engineering. Consequently, a systematic mapping of the CE within the field of structural engineering has been conducted in this study. Initially, the mapping process began with the identification of relevant keywords, followed by searches across four databases. Each resulting article was carefully screened against content criteria, culminating in 91 publications that were thoroughly evaluated. The publications were then categorized and analyzed based on attributes such as research type, circular design, materials, and applications. The results are presented through informative figures and tables. The analysis of the research indicates a predominant focus on technical solutions for structural systems, with demountable connections designed to facilitate the future reuse of materials representing more than half of the literature reviewed. A significant portion of the literature also addresses designing from reclaimed elements; these articles reflect a transformation in engineering approaches, incorporating computational design and innovative methodologies. The focus on steel as a structural material is prominent in the reviewed literature. However, there is an increasing focus on timber, which signals a definitive shift toward sustainable structural systems. Recurring challenges identified in the literature regarding the transition to a circular economy (CE) in the construction industry include the need for industry-wide adoption, precise standardization, the integration of digital tools, and the overcoming of related obstacles in policy and market acceptances. Furthermore, the literature demonstrates a significant research gap: the absence of a comprehensive digital framework enabling an effective digital circular structural design workflow.

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Section: Research Type and Circular Designmentioning

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“…SC: [67] Upcycling SC: [55,56] Reuse SC: [85,96], CE: [79] CD: [61][62][63][64][65][87][88][89][90][91][92]97] CT: [20,[30][31][32]34] CD: [62,84], CE: [18,70,[73][74][75][76]78,80] CE: [98] General CE CT: [68] CT: [16] CE: [57], CT: [58,59], CD: [60] DfD and Reuse SC: [35] DfD CT: [94,95,99], CE: [71], SC: [66,[100][101][102] CD: [83,…”

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Systematic Mapping of Circular Economy in Structural Engineering

Seeberg,

Haakonsen,

Luczkowski

2024

Buildings

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“…Construction industry is taking countless measures to reduce the carbon footprint as world is currently facing environmental and climate challenges. Literature has reported that one third of the CO 2 emissions are produced by the construction industry [1][2][3]. Production of structural steel requires quite lot of energy which emit approximately three billion tons of CO 2 each year [4].…”

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Reuse of decommissioned offshore steel components for new buildings: A case study

Valen,

Siriwardane,

Bjørheim

et al. 2023

IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng.

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Reuse process of structural steel members, which are extracted from decommissioned offshore platform, for new apartment building is presented in this paper. An index is introduced to assess the technical feasibility of the reuse process of offshore steel components to steel buildings. The applicability and significance of the reuse process is demonstrated by a real case study. Steel columns of a new four-storey apartment building are replaced by selected members from recently decommissioned offshore platform in this case study and hence feasibility, cost benefits and environmental advantages are investigated. Utilization ratios of selected pre-used columns shows that those columns have more than sufficient capacities to withstand the loads. This indicates that considered decommissioned module of offshore topside is applicable for similar size of new buildings. The results indicate significant environmental benefits such as reduction of the CO2 emission, low global worming potentiality, and etc. The reusability index of the considered case study is 51.5%, which shows marginal feasibility of reuse, and this can be increased, if the reuse process is industrialized and streamlined by the offshore decommisioning companies. Three ways are proposed to industrialize and streamline the reuse process in the latter part of this paper.

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Lateral-Torsional Buckling Capacity of Beams: An Analytical Formula for Beams with Patch Corrosion

Siriwardane,

Pavlou

2024

Structural Integrity

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Japanese Efforts to Promote Steel Reuse in Building Construction

Cited by 8 publications

References 11 publications

Systematic Mapping of Circular Economy in Structural Engineering

Systematic Mapping of Circular Economy in Structural Engineering

Reuse of decommissioned offshore steel components for new buildings: A case study

Lateral-Torsional Buckling Capacity of Beams: An Analytical Formula for Beams with Patch Corrosion

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