The role of suppliers in the market of reused construction materials A supply chain perspective
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Examensarbete för masterexamen
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Master's Thesis
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The construction industry is the industry that is using the largest amount of natural
resources. The model of the construction industry has for decades been to “take,
make, use, dispose”, a linear model not allowing materials in properties to be reused.
Changing the construction industry to a circular model including reuse of construction
materials is a way to reduce the impact on the climate from the construction industry.
The suppliers of construction materials possess an important role in the
transformation of scaling up the market of reused materials. Thus, the purpose of this
thesis is to identify and analyze the Supply Chain role of suppliers in the market of
reused construction materials. The research is based on interviews with 29 actors in
the construction industry. First, actors involved in three projects were identified and
interviewed, to create a holistic view of how the market of reused materials function.
Thereafter, other actors, for instance suppliers, were interviewed to create an
understanding of how different stakeholders in the construction industry work with
reused materials.
The interviews resulted in information about three projects and the processes of
working with reused materials from a supplier’s and reuse hub’s point of view.
Furthermore, it contributed with information about market drivers for the reuse
market, challenges, collaboration and opinions about the future of the reuse market.
Seven actors were identified as included in the market of reused materials. These are
property owner, construction company, reuse consultant, supplier, reuse hub,
architecture firm and demolition firm. Furthermore, several resources controlled by
the actors and activities performed by them were identified.
A number of key factors influencing the reuse market is discussed in the thesis. These
factors are environmental sustainability, costs, market requirements, collaboration,
communication, procurement process, logistics, matching supply and demand, and
supplier capacity.
The result from the study implies that suppliers possess an important role in the
transformation of the reuse market. There are four main activities suppliers should
implement to establish work with reused materials. First, they need to adapt
operations to enable circular flow. Secondly, they need to focus on the take back
process. Furthermore, the process at the suppliers must be updated, and finally the
selling process of reused materials needs to be implemented.
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Circularity, Reverse logistics, Reuse of materials, Circular business models, Collaboration, Construction industry, Supply chain management, Industrial networks, ARA mode