Steel ReUse
Cleveland Steel and Tubes Ltd
Roy Fishwick
Managing Director
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ASBP 2021
Metals Recycling & Reuse
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Surplus/waste?? 600,000 T cancelled project
Steel is a great material and 95%+ is currently recycled
Steel can do better than that!! - properties don’t deteriorate - REUSE
Cannot reuse ;
Steel that’s be subject to Radioactivity
Steel that has been subject to fire (need to check the history of the building, standards on the re-use of steel after a fire etc)
Steel that’s been subject to fatigue ( may need to carry out further inspections for micro-cracking of the steel)
Recycle – saves 70% carbon vs new
Reuse – saves 96% carbon vs new
Recycle – that’s enough?
Can we reuse?
YESCPR – one of 7 tenets is sustainability – principle
Eurocode 3 – Part 1 –
Performance qualities
Basic Reuse Protocol
Specify the required properties
Establish test frequency
Test
Compare results to spec
Steel Construction Institute
Specification
Specification is key
Specifications include modern grades, how can you hope
to reuse?
Specify by performance criteria – not by size and grade
Minimise usage
EAF vs BOF – this is a GLOBAL emergency. Is ticking all
your own “green” boxes really making a difference or just
punting the problem to someone else
Feedback Loops
Cosmetic expectations for cosmetic situations
Traditional Model
Building Required
Design
Procurement
Contractor
AlternativeMaterial/Product
Materials sourced
Complete
New Material –
Always availableSpecific Lead timesPrice list costsDesign from catalogues
Current/Future Reuse Model - Conundrum
TIME
Available material Specification
Availablematerial
Estimating / QS / Design
Available material
Procurement
Available material
Contractor
MaterialWhat's on site ?
What else is there available?
What do you own ?
What is “normal” supply model? (Do you have to do something new?)
End of Life
Film Sets to Farm Gates
Hunterston Turbine
Prop-agating Props
NTS Building
London Olympic Stadium
• Sub title in PT Sans
2010/11
>2000T Irish gas pipe
Greenest games ever
Niche
-Developing market (unless you want tubes!)
-Need to be flexible in design requirements
-Don’t go for all or nothing solution – some reuse better then none
-See what assets you have already AND WHO ELSE MIGHT WANT THEM – FUEL THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY
-Its already happening and more and more are talking about it
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