Steel has been an important construction material since the 19th century. A team from the University of Birmingham and University of Cambridge, along with Chetwood Architects, is making it more ...

Study: Optimized steel frame design using reclaimed steel: Logistics impact on reuse efficiency. Image Credit: Kub The Shadow Simple Man/Shutterstock.com Researchers have recently introduced a ...

Reduce, reuse, recycle. It’s a phrase we’ve all become accustomed to hearing. Some products and materials are commonly recycled with little thought, such as beverage containers in states with a ...

Spirits giant Bacardi Limited announced it has built three new warehouses at its rum distillery in Cataño, Puerto Rico using recycled concrete. The waste was derived from the demolition of six older ...

While new construction allows for incredible levels of customization, there’s no denying that new buildings can have adverse impacts on the climate, budgets, schedules and even the cultural and ...

In the rapidly shifting field of development, the persistent trend towards demolishing and replacing our older structures in favor of new construction continues to overlook the immense value inherent ...

• WUFT News: Owners of Repurpose Project, Reuse Planet open third location for reused building materials. "The latest reuse store in Gainesville lived up to its name Friday morning at a ribbon cutting ...

The ReCONNstruction Center, a nonprofit building materials reuse store in New Britain, is helping to save tens of thousands of pounds of building materials from landfills one piece at a time. Instead ...

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John Bourget of Bourget Brothers Building Materials on Thursday inspects bricks he hopes to resell. The bricks come from a building at the corner of Colorado Avenue and 17th Street that was razed to ...