Specifying recycled: understanding UK architects’ and designers’ practices and experience

Chick, Anne; Micklethwaite, Paul

doi:10.1016/j.destud.2003.10.009

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“…Challenges that practitioners encounter have been not linked to individual strategies. Individual strategy use has not been measured with the exception of two limited studies of green material use in architecture (Chick and Micklethwaite, 2004;Smida, 2003).…”

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“…They cited challenges to their use as: low demand for them (37%), limited availability (21%), cost (14%), and difficulty determining what is green (23%) (Smida, 2003). A UK study of architects and designers quantified recycled material use and identified the following major obstacles to use: lack of information and familiarity; limited supply; high cost; and questionable quality (Chick and Micklethwaite, 2004).…”

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Strategy use and challenges of ecological design in landscape architecture

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2005

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Strategy use and challenges of ecological design in landscape architecture

Calkins

2005

Landscape and Urban Planning

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“…Similarly, when investigating the reasons why UK architects do not specify recycled products, Chick and Micklethwaite (2004) suggest that lack of required information and unfamiliarity with the products are the major obstacles preventing the specialists from specifying the products. This means that apart from placing stringent rules on the use of recycled materials, or encouraging its use, market calls for documents that would give detail information about recycled products that are available for use in construction projects.…”

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Use of recycled products in UK construction industry: An empirical investigation into critical impediments and strategies for improvement

Oyedele

Ajayi

Kadiri

2014

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

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Construction industry consumes about half of all material resources taken from nature, and generates a large portion of waste to landfill. A way of tackling negative environmental impacts impending from continuous material extraction and waste generation is the use of recycled materials for construction projects. However, the use of recycled materials is yet to become a commonplace in construction industry. This study evaluates the factors hampering the use of recycled products in UK construction industry as well as strategies that could be adopted to enhance its use in the industry. In order to identify the impediments and critical strategies, a two-fold methodical approach was used. An unstructured interview preceded a quantitative questionnaire survey which was used to elicit broader industry practitioners' opinion.The study shows that designers rarely specify recycled products. This is due to lack of adequate information about quality and market availability of the products, negative perception from clients, and unexpectedly high cost of the products, despite its perceived low quality. The study suggests that a number of strategies could be adopted to promote the use of the products. These include allocation of points to the use of recycled products in sustainable design appraisal tools, governments legislative measures, improved collaboration between designers, contractors and materials supplier, contractors involvement at earlier stage of design, improved education of the professionals about the products, and the use of tax break to influence the cost of the products. The findings of this study would therefore help policy makers, manufacturers and construction professionals to identify the factors hampering the use of recycled products for construction projects as well as the strategies that could be adopted in order to create market for the products.

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“…Several research efforts have been made in this perspective, by concentrating on reuse and recycling of waste generated (cf. Medina et al, 2014;Oyedele et al, 2013;Chick and Micklethwaite, 2004;Bolden et al, 2013;Dunster, 2012;Cavalline and Weggel, 2013). Apart from the fact that these set of studies provide end of pipe treatment for waste, the quality of recycled materials has been a subject of controversial literatures.…”

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Optimising material procurement for construction waste minimization: An exploration of success factors

Ajayi

Oyedele

Akinadé

et al. 2017

Sustainable Materials and Technologies

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Although construction waste occurs during the actual construction activities, there is an understanding that it is caused by activities and actions at design, materials procurement and construction stages of project delivery processes. This study investigates the material procurement and logistics measures for mitigating waste generated by construction activities. In a bid to explore the phenomenon from the perspectives of experts from the construction industry, this study used a combination of descriptive interpretive research and survey approach as its methodological framework.The study suggests that four features characterised waste efficient logistic and procurement process. These include suppliers' commitment to low waste measures, low waste purchase management, effective materials delivery management and waste efficient Bill of Quantity. In addition, the key requisite strategies for mitigating construction waste through materials procurement include commitment to take back scheme , procurement of waste efficient materials/technology and use of minimal packaging. The use of Just-in-Time (JIT) delivery system and prevention of over ordering are also important for mitigating waste through materials procurement processes. These implies that while the key measures are critical success factors for reducing waste through procurement process, the four established features are required of all procurement process. Measures through which the procurement process could enhance waste efficiency are further highlighted and discussed in the paper. Findings of this study could assist in understanding a set of measures that should be taken during materials procurement process, thereby corroborating waste management practices at design and construction stages of project delivery process.

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Specifying recycled: understanding UK architects’ and designers’ practices and experience

Cited by 28 publications

References 6 publications

Strategy use and challenges of ecological design in landscape architecture

Strategy use and challenges of ecological design in landscape architecture

Use of recycled products in UK construction industry: An empirical investigation into critical impediments and strategies for improvement

Optimising material procurement for construction waste minimization: An exploration of success factors

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