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Design for deconstruction using a circular economy approach: Barriers and strategies for improvement

Akinade, Olugbenga; Oyedele, Lukumon; Oyedele, Ahmed; Davila Delgado, Juan Manuel; Bilal, Muhammad; Akanbi, Lukman; Ajayi, Anuoluwapo; Owolabi, Hakeem

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Authors

Olugbenga Akinade Olugbenga.Akinade@uwe.ac.uk
Associate Professor - AR/VR Development with Artificial Intelligence

Lukumon Oyedele L.Oyedele@uwe.ac.uk
Professor in Enterprise & Project Management

Ahmed Oyedele

Juan Manuel Davila Delgado

Muhammad Bilal Muhammad.Bilal@uwe.ac.uk
Associate Professor - Big Data Application

Dr Lukman Akanbi Lukman.Akanbi@uwe.ac.uk
Associate Professor - Big Data Application Developer

Anuoluwapo Ajayi Anuoluwapo.Ajayi@uwe.ac.uk
Associate Professor - Big Data Application

Hakeem Owolabi Hakeem.Owolabi@uwe.ac.uk
Associate Professor - Project Analytics and Digital Enterprise



Abstract

This study explores the current practices of Design for Deconstruction (DfD) as a strategy for achieving circular economy. Keeping in view the opportunities accruable from DfD, a review of the literature was carried out and six focus group interviews were conducted to identify key barriers to DfD practices. The results of phenomenology reveal 26 barriers under five key barrier categories. The barrier categories to DfD are ‘lack of stringent legislation and policies’, ‘lack of adequate information at the design stage’, ‘lack of large enough market for recovered components’, ‘difficulty in developing a business case for DfD’, and ‘lack of effective DfD tools’. After this, the study identifies the strategies for overcoming these barriers. The paper, therefore, addresses the need for actions within the construction industry to bring DfD to the fore towards achieving the current global sustainability agenda.

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Sep 21, 2019
Online Publication Date Nov 25, 2019
Publication Date Aug 1, 2020
Deposit Date Oct 14, 2019
Publicly Available Date Nov 26, 2020
Journal Production Planning and Control
Print ISSN 0953-7287
Electronic ISSN 1366-5871
Publisher Taylor & Francis
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 31
Issue 10
Pages 829-840
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2019.1695006
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/3772229
Publisher URL https://www.tandfonline.com/action/showAxaArticles?journalCode=tppc20

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