Cradle-to-Cradle opportunities during the construction phase of small-to-medium sized projects
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The proposed research project aims to explore cradle-to-cradle and material loop opportunities during the tendering, procurement, pre-construction planning and construction phases on a number of suitable case studies.
Partners
Collaborating with a local SME-contractor, Carey Building Contractors
Aim
The project aims to develop a pragmatic and evidence-based toolkit for construction SMEs who wish to explore cradle-to-cradle opportunities across their supply chains.
Target Groups:
All stakeholder groups in industry and higher education programe related to the built environment.
Exchange of Experiences:
Collaboration between GMIT and Carey Building Contractors. Wider dissemination of findings to all industry stakeholders.
Outcomes
Impacts/Outcomes 1:Identify exsiting supply chain arrangements related to waste management, resource efficiency and material circularity.
Impacts/Outcomes 2:
Identify and critically evaluate cradle-to-cradle best practice applications in the construction sector.
Impacts/Outcomes 3:
Explore opportunities within traditional supply chain arrangements to design and pilot cradle-to-cradle initiatives, measuring impact on selected case studies.
Policy/Initiative
Skills Gaps:Explore pro-circular knowledge, attitudes and self-reported behaviours of construction site personnel and built environment students in higher education.
Mis-Matching of Skills:
Embed cradle-to-cradle thinking into educational provision in higher education and on-site using existing structures i.e. embed into existing sustainability-related modules, site inductions, site toolbox talks etc.
Skills Shortages:
Significant gap in pro-circular knowledge and skills that provides an opportunity to develop a research-informed and evidence-based approach to providing learning opportunities across the higher education sector.
Recommendations
Training:Develop cradle-to-cradle learning resources that will be applicable in a real-world context i.e. on site and in the classroom.
Career Moves:
Improved employability of higher education students and addressing the need to address competency shortages related to environmental good practice on site.
Mobility:
Opportunities to collaborate nationally and internationally with industry and the higher education sector.
Other EQF-Level:
Preparation of cradle-to-cradle toolkit for industry that will be transferable into the higher education curriculum.
Transfer in Europe:
Opportunites to do so.
Target Groups:
All stakeholder groups in industry and higher education programe related to the built environment.
Other:
General improvement of the construction sector image with increased attractiveness and competitiveness
Contact Information
| Name of Organisation: | Galway and Mayo Institute of Technology, GMIT |
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| Address: | Department of Building and Civil Engineering, Dublin Road |
| Zip/City: | Galway H91 TRNW |
| Country: | Ireland |
| Telephone: | 091742161 |
| Email: | Mark.Kelly@gmit.ie |
| Website: | https://www.gmit.ie |
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| Contact Phone: | 091742161 |
| Contact Email: | Mark.Kelly@gmit.ie |