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Case Study:Call for submissions!
Read more: Case Study:Call for submissions!We are developing a library of reuse case studies and would welcome submissions from our members.
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News:
AJ Retrofit Live 2025
Why aren’t we reusing more?Read more: News:Here’s some of the key messages from the talk that Anna Beckett and Gareth Atkinson gave on behalf of The Engineers Reuse Collective at the Architects’ Journal Retrofit Live conference last week.
AJ Retrofit Live 2025
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Event:
tERC Annual General Meeting
27 November 2025: LondonRead more: Event:Our AGM for tERC members to discuss what we’ve been doing, plans for 2026, and to get your input, thoughts and feedback on tERC’s next steps.
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Punk Pecha Kucha
27 November 2025: LondonRead more: Event:The Engineers Reuse Collective present this year’s Punk Pecha Kucha event: bands from the built environment entertain with 10 mins each!
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News:IStructE Annual Academics Conference 2025
Read more: News:IStructE Annual Academics Conference 2025Andy Yates presented at the The Institution of Structural Engineers’ Annual Academics Conference, sharing an industry perspective on how we can embed reuse into everyday engineering practice.
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Talking Reuse – From Targets to Reality
5 November 2025: LeedsRead more: Event:Join us for a meeting where we will hearing a variety of experiences of reuse targets and overcoming challenges.
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Reuse GlossaryRead more: Resources:This glossary has been developed to bring together a set of carefully collated definitions for standard terms, drawn from trusted industry sources and best practice. It aims to provide clarity, increase understanding, and promote alignment in the way we talk about reuse and related circular economy concepts.
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Case Study:
Vestry House MuseumRead more: Case Study:Extensive refurbishment of the existing listed Vestry House Museum and its more modern rear extension. The extension features an entirely new roof, which reuses the joists from the existing roof, laid flat as sarking boards spanning between new roof trusses.
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Event:Talking Reuse – Adaptive Reuse8 October 2025: Bristol
Read more: Event:Talking Reuse – Adaptive Reuse8 October 2025: BristolJoin us for a meeting (in-person and online) where Price&Myers, Integral Engineering Design and Format Engineers will present examples and their perspectives on reuse and repurposing.
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No Silly Questions – Deconstruction
30 September 2025: OnlineRead more: Event:Join us for our next No Silly Questions Session on the topic of deconstruction. Note: this event is limited to tERC members only.
No Silly Questions – Deconstruction
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News:
IStructE Young Engineers Conference 2025Read more: News:Anna Beckett and Andy Yates presented at The Institution of Structural Engineers’ Young Engineers Conference on the topic of ‘Thinking Differently’.
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Opinion:
Do we need to rethink ‘best practice’ in a circular world?Read more: Opinion:Tom Webster asks do we need to rethink what we call ‘best practice’ in a world striving for circularity?
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Event:Talking Reuse – Concrete10 September 2025: London
Read more: Event:Talking Reuse – Concrete10 September 2025: LondonAn evening meeting (in-person and online) where Arup and Heyne Tillett Steel presented new and innovative approaches to reusing concrete as structural components.
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Opinion:A tale of reuse in action in Manchester and West Yorkshire
Read more: Opinion:A tale of reuse in action in Manchester and West YorkshireEvery salvaged brick, every repurposed beam, is a step towards a more sustainable built environment, writes Michael Pledger of DeSimone Consulting Engineering.
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Event:Collective Meeting18 June 2025: Manchester
Read more: Event:Collective Meeting18 June 2025: ManchesterAn evening meeting for members and prospective members where we will present an introduction to The Engineers Reuse Collective, some interesting and inspiring case studies, and how to get involved.
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Case Study:
Sheep Field BarnRead more: Case Study:Retrofit of an existing barn building into a new learning hub at the Henry Moore Foundation’s headquarters in Perry Green, Hertfordshire.
Sheep Field Barn