Reusing precast concrete for a circular economy

Author: Satu Huuhka, Tampere University  ReCreate’s Finnish cluster shares news about its new mini-pilots. This is the second of them. You can read about the first one here. Stay tuned for more info on the third mini-pilot, which will follow shortly! The second Finnish mini-pilot was implemented in summer 2025 in conjunction with the construction of the industrial production complex ‘Lokomotion Technology Centre’, which Skanska is building for the client Metso in the Lahdesjärvi district of Tampere. It involved reusing 27 hollow-core slabs in […]

Authors: Jyrki Tarpio & Tapio Kaasalainen, Tampere University  A Circular Economy Course is held for fourth– and fifth–year architecture students at Tampere University each year. In 2025, the students’ assignment was to study how to reuse load-bearing structural precast concrete elements deconstructed from an office building in new-build multifamily housing. The Finnish deconstruction pilot building of the ReCreate project, the load-bearing structural elements of which were dismantled in 2023, acted as a reference donor building in the course.  Figure 1. Load-bearing elements of the Finnish donor building. Axonometric images and floor plan […]

Author: Jakob Fischer, Brandenburg University of Technology The tender for structural engineering services for the new youth center building is an essential part of the procurement process. Following the award of the building design contract (see also episode 1 and episode 2 of this blog series), applicants were able to bid for the structural engineering […]

16-18 September 2025 Tampere Hall congress centre Tampere, Finland (street address Yliopistonkatu 55) About the conference The 2nd International Conference on Circularity in the Built Environment (CiBEn) brings together pioneering researchers from all over Europe and beyond to share knowledge on the state-of-the-art on circular construction. Organised in collaboration between Tampere University (Finland), TU Delft […]