Print Email Facebook Twitter Explorative case study to gain insight on the consequences of circular infrastructural construction projects Title Explorative case study to gain insight on the consequences of circular infrastructural construction projects: Investigating the effects of circularity in construction projects on project process and construction costs. Author Kanters, Mark (TU Delft Civil Engineering & Geosciences) Contributor Wamelink, J.W.F. (graduation committee) Schraven, D.F.J. (mentor) Di Maio, F. (graduation committee) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Programme Civil Engineering | Construction Management and Engineering Date 2022-12-08 Abstract The aim of this research was to investigate the effects of implementing circularity in infrastructural construction projects. As a very polluting sector, circularity is becoming a more and more popular theme in the construction industry. Driven by both governmental regulations of reaching a full circular economy in 2050 and intrinsic motivation, construction companies are slowly introducing practices which contribute to circularity. Unfortunately, not much is yet known about the effects on project process and construction costs when implementing circularity. This research has initiated the first step towards understanding what the effects of circularity are on infrastructural construction projects, providing welcoming insights to both the academic world and practice. Based on a case specific comparison, a circular construction project is more expensive than a regular construction project, due to extra activities which need to be executed before a secondhand material can be applied. Regarding the project process, the circular construction project introduced ''gathering of materials'' as a whole new process step which is constantly interchanging with (re)design until a final design has been completed. Subject Circular economyInfrastructural innovationInfrastructureConstruction sectorConstruction costsProject processImplementation of circularityCase studyContractorProject management To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:c603336c-8c62-451f-a43a-b1825c0fd15b Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights © 2022 Mark Kanters Files PDF Master_Thesis_M_Kanters_PUBLIC.pdf 22.7 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:c603336c-8c62-451f-a43a-b1825c0fd15b/datastream/OBJ/view