[Participation Call] Launching a database for construction details disassembly evaluation

📋You have relevant building construction details that are designed for disassembly ❓

We invite you to contribute by filling in the questionnaire-based database: https://lnkd.in/e7HcEzhdWe, Enola Giannasi, Muheeb Al-Obaidy and Shady Attia, invite you to contribute to our new database for building connections and disassembly evaluation. The ultimate objective is to create a database of building connections (timber, steel, concrete, hybrid). This will enable us to:

📌Understand and know the different types of connections,

📌Collect a large number of building connections (nodes) details to calculate their potential for disassembly,

📌 Publish a report, including all participants and contributors to the database as co-authors in 2026.

📌Potentially influence construction standards and regulations relating to connections and the sustainability of buildings, as called for by the European Union by 2025.

Currently, the construction 🏗 sector (which is responsible for one-third of carbon dioxide emissions and forty percent of the world's energy use and waste production) generally proceeds along the lines of "take - make - waste." This scenario is problematic ❌. Given these environmental challenges, transitioning to sustainable and renewable construction techniques is crucial. Circularity ♻ in construction is an emerging concept that aims to transform the life cycle of buildings into a circular model. Indeed, buildings 🏢 need to be easily disassembled so that materials can be reused in new construction, thus avoiding waste 🗑 and reducing the overall ecological footprint. Therefore, the new database is part of the PhD project DeConstruction of Muheeb Al-Obaidy: https://lnkd.in/e7WQTFRu

We appreciate your participation and time. All contributors to the database will be invited as co-authors of a final report in 2026. We invite Lisa Ottenhaus, Chiara Piccardo, Rafael Passarelli, Pedro Palma, Eugenia Gasparri, Philippe Grönquist, Cäsar Grüter, Hans Hammink; Elma Durmisevic, Mike van Vliet and Cor van Dijken to participate. We thank you in advance for your participation. The image above was taken from https://lnkd.in/ehghvYrb

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at shady.attia@uliege.be

✅ Your expertise contributes immensely to the success of this initiative.

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