The background
Rijkswaterstaat, the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, is working on climate-neutral and circular infrastructure. Reuse is an important element of this. Working together with Witteveen+Bos, Copper8 established a Reuse Strategy Recommendation (Advies Strategie Hergebruik), with which we are helping Rijkswaterstaat make decisions about the reuse of components and organize materials in their assets.
Context
Rijkswaterstaat, the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, is working on climate-neutral and circular infrastructure. Reuse is an important element of this. Working together with Witteveen+Bos, Copper8 established a Reuse Strategy Recommendation (Advies Strategie Hergebruik), with which we are helping Rijkswaterstaat make decisions about the reuse of components and organize materials in their assets.
The question
Support us with the establishment of a Reuse Strategy, to determine which decisions we need to make internally in order to structurally reuse components and materials. Help us by providing insight into the impact of reuse, the most important developments in the market, and the conditions we must arrange.
Current situation and future
Reusing components and materials structurally requires more than just designing, building and demolishing assets differently. It also requires a broader organizational change, including a change in the distribution of risk between Rijkswaterstaat and market parties. Projects also need to be directed differently. The recommendation should address these various required changes.
The process
Witteveen+Bos carried out the sustainability impact analysis. To determine the organizational conditions and required interventions, we arranged a number of expert sessions with market parties. We also held validation sessions with internal Rijkswaterstaat experts to sharpen our recommendations.
The results
The results and recommendations are summarized in the Reuse Strategy Recommendation report (Advies Strategie Hergebruik). We explained our advice to various directors, to walk them through what this involves in terms of their roles and responsibilities. The advice provides the basis for Rijkswaterstaat to take the next steps, the first of which is a strong focus on the reuse of girders.
