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Description
The issue is the need of standards for the construction sector that promote the circularity of materials and processes. The project CLOSER - Close to Resources Recovery pursuits the development of a guide for preliminary demolition and/or renovation audits applicable to the Portuguese reality.
For the implementation of the proposed guide it is foreseen to: analyse the possible scenarios for the pre-audits; outline national recommendations to be included in the pre-audit guide; suggest operational measures for the implementation of the pre-audits, and apply the methodology developed in the guide to a real demolition and/or renovation project.
Summary of project results
The main objective was to collect information on European and international experiences, concerning the use of pre-demolition audits before demolition and/or rehabilitation of buildings, with particular emphasis on the inventory of materials, presence of hazardous substances in the construction sector and competence of the involved stakeholders.
As for results it was achieved several aspects such as the
technical management of the project continued with intense interaction between the promoter''s team and the partners. project meetings were held between partners and were also held with the General Secretariat for the Environment. In addition, frequent individual contacts between partners allowed to analyse specific issues and to achieve common agreements.
It allowed a Conceptual Framework which have given rise to the elaboration of the R2 report. This report presented the requirements for pre-demolition audits of some EU member states as well as from Norway.
It was created a Stakeholders Survey through a set of questions addressing the current practices in Portugal when building demolition is performed was formulated and discussed by all the CLOSER partners before developing the survey using Google Forms.
It was created a Portuguese Guide for Pre-Demolition Audits of buildings is the subject of the R4 report and corresponds to the indicator I5 of the project CLOSER. It is the main objective of this project because it fulfills the objective of the “Small Grants Scheme #2 – Projects for the development of standards in the Construction Sector that promote the Circular Economy”, i.e., it is a guidance for the construction sector aimed at expanding the implementation of circular economy principles
And was also created the R5 report, representing case study of the CLOSER project and the R6 report regarging the implementation policies regarding the policies that must be into force to implement the Pre-Demolition Audit guide.
The final task was the dissemination, a task coordinated by LNEC in which from the beginning of the CLOSER project all the partners were committed to transferring and sharing knowledge to the scientific community, stakeholders, students and the general public.
As for activities, there were changes in the chronogram initially proposed for the development of the CLOSER. Unfortunately, these changes have had some influence on the development of the tasks. Namely, it was only possible to apply the pre-demolition audit inventory to one case study instead of a higher number of building demolitions or rehabilitations. On the other hand, it was not possible to send the final version of the pre-demolition audit guide to those stakeholders concerned with its content. Nevertheless, this situation will be remedied after the end of the project with a consultation and future publication of an updated version of the guide.