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The optimisation of building deconstruction for Department of Defense facilities: Ft. McClellan Deconstruction Project

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This project entailed the removal of three identical WWII-era two-story wood-framed barracks buildings at Ft. McClellan Army Base, Anniston, AL, using varying degrees of hand deconstruction and mechanical/hand deconstruction, and a traditional demolition method. Deconstruction is the dismantling of building structures to recover the maximum amount of primarily reusable and secondarily recyclable materials in a safe and cost-effective manner. Each building was approximately 4500 square feet. The maximum practical materials salvage from the buildings using 100% hand deconstruction techniques was 39% of the mass by weight. A combination of hand and mechanical techniques was discovered to have approximately the same economic efficiency as 100% hand deconstruction, measured as a ratio of gross cost per salvage value, with a 44.6% reduction in total labour-hours, and a reduction of only 7% of salvage materials by weight. This paper describes the research methods and deconstruction techniques employed, and lessons-learned.

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  • Bradley Guy, 2006. "The optimisation of building deconstruction for Department of Defense facilities: Ft. McClellan Deconstruction Project," International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 6(3/4), pages 386-404.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijetma:v:6:y:2006:i:3/4:p:386-404
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    1. Pongiglione, M. & Calderini, C., 2014. "Material savings through structural steel reuse: A case study in Genoa," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 86(C), pages 87-92.
    2. Denhart, Hazel, 2010. "Deconstructing disaster: Economic and environmental impacts of deconstruction in post-Katrina New Orleans," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 54(3), pages 194-204.
    3. Charef, Rabia & Ganjian, Eshmaiel & Emmitt, Stephen, 2021. "Socio-economic and environmental barriers for a holistic asset lifecycle approach to achieve circular economy: A pattern-matching method," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 170(C).

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