Material Passports offer an opportunity to gather and organise data about materials contained within a building, which in turn enable material reuse. In this policy paper, we propose a series of recommendations which will enable meaningful material reuse. Our ambition is to create a process that is...

The UK Government's BIM Mandate was introduced in 2011 as part of the Government Construction Strategy to improve cost, value and carbon performance of buildings and infrastructure projects. Orms believe that BIM can deliver real benefits to our clients by reducing risk, improving cost & time certainty...

To address the Climate Emergency, we believe that a Circular Economy is a necessity, not a choice. Material Passports offer an opportunity to gather and organise data about materials contained within a building. Research to date has largely focused on gathering data on new products, for future reuse....