On Tuesday 20 June, a special study trip took place about the reuse of building materials in public space projects. The study trip was organized especially for local authorities and their partners within the province of Utrecht. This study trip took part in the context of the FCRBE (Facilitating the Circulation of Reclaimed Building Elements) Interreg NWE project, that aims to increase the circulation of reused building elements in North West Europe by 50% by 2032. The aim of the study trip was to inspire other local authorities in Utrecht with good practices on reuse, and inform them on how to stimulate reuse through integration in call for tenders. Read More
Reuse meetings took place on 8 and 9 June 2023 in Rennes. The two-day event brought together around fifty people from all over France to discuss a range of issues raised by reuse today. Between visits to places dedicated to the circular economy, round-table discussions with reuse dealers and a presentation of the FCRBE project, they provided an opportunity for rich exchanges between public contracting authorities, specifiers and players in the field of reuse. Read More
Don’t miss the first workshop on the development of a roadmap to stimulate reuse practices in the construction sector!
This workshop is an opportunity to actively contribute to the development of a list of actions and recommendations to encourage reuse practices in the construction sector! Read More
From May 10th to 26th will take place the Depot Live Show(s), an online event dedicated to reclaimed materials businesses aiming to showcase their activity among professionals and stakeholders in the field of construction in NWE. Two conference times will introduce and conclude a two-weeks web flow of resellers portraits and interviews to bring to light project opportunities, linking supply and demand, to foster the circulation of reclaimed building materials, being one of the main FCRBE project objectives. Read More
The FCRBE guides has been tackled during a Workshop organized by the Reuse Platform here in Brussels on the pre-demolition inventaries. The objectives of this event were to understand where the actors in the construction industry stand in the implementation of
inventories with the aim of reusing building materials in their projects and to understand the obstacles they've met during its realization. This discussion also took place in order to define the
place of this reuse-inventory in the framework of waste-related inventories.
The FCRBE manuals are not presented in details during this workshop. The organisers of this event assumed that the participants were professionals already familiar with these tools. Read More
On 14 February, members of FCRBE project participated to the inspiration day of another Interreg NWE project, CHARM « Circular Housing Asset Renovation & Management ». Both projects have a very similar scope, although each with a different focus and a different target group.
During CHARM Inspiration Day at Kamp-C in Westerlo (Belgium), we had the opportunity of presenting FCRBE project : Emmanuel from Rotor briefly presented an overview of the project and Susie, also from Rotor, gave a short explanation of the upcoming « Guide to facilitate the integration of reclaimed building materials and products » during the workshop of the afternoon.
Find all the details of this meeting and all presentations on the following links : Read More
