Reuse Case Studies
Projects
Refurbishment of a grade II listed office and warehouse in Manchester.
Reuse elements: Lighting, generators, and steel from escalators have all been salvaged for use in recipient projects. Bricks and steel will be reused in the Rylands building. There is also aa material bank for salvaged items for reuse in future tenant fit-out being created.
Cat A fit out of an office building refurbishment in Baker Street, London.
Reuse elements: Internal fire doors, glazed balustrade, wood veneered bulkhead, external doors (metal and timber), MDF wall cladding, existing steel beams and intumescent paint, feature stair structure, and raised access floors.
Community education building, acting as a recipient project for reuse elements from 22 Baker Street (above).
The project will implement Circular Economy principles and processes in the construction of the new Oasis Nature Building and the aim is to build it exclusively out of pre-used materials.
Deep retrofit of former 1930s Telephone Exchange at 1 Regent Street, Cambridge.
Reuse elements: Steel for a PV canopy, lighting, raised access flooring, reception desk, furniture. The project saved 21,000kg CO₂e through use of reclaimed materials.
Refurbishment and 1 storey extension of offices in Sloane Square, London.
Reuse elements: Structural steel, ground floor paving. 34% of steel specified is reuse, accounting for a 60tCO₂e saving in upfront carbon, with the project on track to achieve 300kg/CO₂e/m² total carbon saving and is a LETI Pioneer Project.
Tools
Heyne Tillett Steels’ Stockmatcher is designed to align two critical datasets: one cataloging reclaimed steel and the other detailing design steel requirements.
The Excess Materials Exchange is an online platform for the reuse of construction materials at their highest value.
Organisations
Cleveland Steel & Tubes is the largest stockholder of non-prime and repurposed steel tubes in the United Kingdom. They offer repurposed steel for construction and infrastructure projects.
This case study includes information about Cleveland Steel & Tubes as well as real world case studies.