Designing for the Circular Economy – innovation and business models #CEthinking

Delivering ‘Circular’ Value

Nitesh Magdani

Group Director Sustainability

Royal BAM Group

Our Circular Economy ambition

“Doing more good not just less bad,delivering more value for clients. Bycollaborating with our supply chain,encouraging innovative thinkingthrough our products, and realising thebenefits of circular economic businessmodels, we aim to have a net positiveimpact in the long term (towards 2050)”

Innovation to date

• City hall Brummen - The building as a materials bank (D&B, completion 2013)

• Live projects - ABN Amro Pavilion Amsterdam, RHDHV Office Amsterdam, Rabobank refurbishment, Circular ‘House’ pavilion (UK)

• Interior of BAM (NL) premises - circular office interiors (refurbishment and reuse of existing furniture, refurb and maintain agreements on new with supplier Desko)

• Clients - Circular consultancy for large UK development. growing number of clients interested

• Supplier engagement – Workshop series with follow on projects, inc Armstrong, Tata, Tarmac, Arcellormittal…

New Circular Pavilion ABN Amro, Amsterdam



• Not originally a CE approach in design

• Modular, prefabrication, design for ‘demount ability’ and re-use of materials wherever possible

• Early contractor and supply chain involvement has been key

• Strong emphasis on residual value

Transformation Broedplaats and RHDHV-office Amsterdam



• BAM = designer, developer and property manager with partnerships in demolition industry to reclaim valuable materials +

• Initiator project for a Circular Building Platform development

• Investor led approach, focusing on residual value, catalyst for Circular Building and CO2 reductions

• Client to pay ‘fixed rates’ to BAM over 10 yrs initially (materials can be reused or lease continues)

• HOW?...Focus on reuse of materials throughout and maximising future value of elements / materials

Circular ‘House’ Pavilion

Circular ‘House’ Pavilion

• An experiment!

• Supply chain engagement

• Design for Re-assembly

• Eventual return to manufacturers…

CE Supplier Workshop feedback

Business models

Information Management

Design

BAM’s Circular Economy tips…

Understand/ develop value proposition –Client requirements,

- Asset Management- Operational certainty- Waste reductions over life cycle

Business models, Incentivisation

Material without information = waste How do we ensure we capture the right information and it remains relevant?

Develop experience across the value chainEncourage design ethos in everyday projects – offsite manufacture, design for re-assembly, performance contracting

Collaborate with others on research projects –BAMB, Circular Building R&D projects…

Capture learnings from live CE projects –CE steering group, case studies, cross sell (i.e. FM)

Designing for the Circular Economy – innovation and business models #CEthinking

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