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Multiconsult offers comprehensive advice for reuse projects – from the early stages to design and preparation for future reuse. Our reuse consultants and experts help you realize sustainable solutions throughout the building's entire life cycle.
Early involvement and good planning are the key to a successful reuse project. We recommend starting with a thorough and interdisciplinary reuse mapping – a natural first step to identify the potential of existing buildings and materials.
An important measure to reduce the need for demolition and new construction is to consider the preservation and upgrading of existing buildings. With the help of condition assessments, important building parts are assessed and an adaptability analysis can reveal suitability for transformation and new use. Generality, flexibility and elasticity are evaluated here.
The need for added building materials should be specified as early as possible, so that planning and "reuse hunting" can start well in advance. Together with the customer, we set clear reuse goals that balance environmental ambitions, feasibility and economics. We can also assist with the assessment of relevant support and certification schemes.
In projects with reuse ambitions, there is much that can be done to adapt the design and increase the degree of reuse:
Solutions and material choices can be adapted to existing installations and available reusable goods if desired.
It is important that reuse is described well so that it provides predictability and a clear framework for the implementation phase and the actors involved.
Good planning is a key to realizing reuse and can be influenced by the availability of reusable goods and the delivery time for new goods.
The positive effect of reuse measures can be calculated in greenhouse gas calculations and a circularity index.
To ensure a long service life for building components and facilitate future reuse, it is crucial to choose solutions that are robust, adaptable and well documented. Through smart material choices and good design, it is possible to facilitate dismantling and further use in future projects. A thorough assessment of the building's adaptability - set against different future scenarios - makes it possible to balance resource use today with the need for changes tomorrow. Digital tools such as BIM models play an important role by making relevant information available for future management and reuse. In a circular perspective, good management, operation, maintenance and development (MD&D) is also crucial to preserving the value of buildings and materials over time.
Reuse from A to Z
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