CIRCULAR ECONOMY THINKING

CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR

Friday 12 February 2016  9:00 for 9:30 start through to 16:00  

Etc. Venues Victoria, One Drummond Gate, Victoria, London SW1V 2QQ

AGENDA

9.00 Registration and coffee  

9.30 Welcome, Introduction and purpose of the workshop Robert Pearce, Chair, Green Construction Board Circular Economy Group 9.40 The work of the Green Construction Board Mike Putnam, Chair, Green Construction Board & CEO, Skanska 9.50 Why should we want a circular economy? What’s the business case – the benefits and opportunities for the Built

environment? Mike Pitts, Innovate UK 10.10 Design with a CE approach and case studies, The Netherlands Sabine Oberhuber, Turntoo 10.30 Designing for the circular economy – Land Rover Ben Ainslie Racing Building, Portsmouth Susie Tomson, PCSG 10.50 How can the contractor procure for circular economy outcomes? What has been learned so far and what are the

potential future directions Nitesh Magdani, Director of Sustainability, BAM Construct UK Ltd

11.10 Coffee break 11.30 What advice can the demolition industry provide to facilitate the circular economy in construction? Howard Button, CEO, National Federation of Demolition Contractors 11.50 What does circular economy thinking look like from the UK based construction product manufacturing sector? Jane Thornback, Construction Products Association (CPA)  12.10 How can designers assess their designs for “circularity?” What tools can be used to measure progress? Simon Sturgis, SCP 12.25 What new circular economy measurement methodologies, tools and standards are being investigated? Gilli Hobbs, Building Research Establishment 12.40 Lunch 13.30 Introduce the afternoon session Rob Pearce

13.40 Breakout Groups - World café style (35 mins / 20 mins / 15 mins) – two facilitators each

14.50 Grab a coffee whilst facilitators collate feedback

15.00 Facilitators report back - Top three points each followed by open discussion

15.40 Summary and Next Steps - Rob Pearce  

15.50 Close of meeting