# The Engineers Reuse Collective
## Posts
- [Event:
Talking Reuse - Reuse in Action
22 January 2026: London](https://terc.org.uk/eventtalking-reuse-reuse-in-action22-january-2026-london/): Join us for a meeting where we will hearing a variety of experiences of reuse targets and overcoming challenges.
- [Resources:
Deconstruction Specification](https://terc.org.uk/resourcesdeconstruction-specification/): This document provides a set of suggested additional clauses and amendments to the NBS C20 demolition specification wording (CAWS) to make the specification more appropriate and relevant for deconstruction activities and the reclamation of structural components.
- [Resources:
The Reuse Resources Map](https://terc.org.uk/resourcesthe-reuse-resource-map/): The Reuse Resources Map presents a range of design standards, design guidance, research papers and other resources relating to structural reuse, in all its forms, with the aim of supporting structural engineers in increasing reuse on their projects.
- [Event:
tERC Annual General Meeting
27 November 2025: London](https://terc.org.uk/eventterc-annual-general-meeting27-november-2025-london/): 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.
- [Event:
Punk Pecha Kucha
27 November 2025: London](https://terc.org.uk/event-punk-pecha-kucha-nov-25-london/): The Engineers Reuse Collective present this year's Punk Pecha Kucha event: bands from the built environment entertain with 10 mins each!
- [Event:
Site Seeing Social: GALVANISE
23 October 2025: London](https://terc.org.uk/eventsite-seeing-social-galvanise23-october-2025-london/): Come and join us for a social evening showcasing the challenges and successes of reusing and repurposing GALVANISE in Bethnal Green, London.
- [News:
AJ Retrofit Live 2025
Why aren't we reusing more?](https://terc.org.uk/newsaj-retrofit-live-2025why-arent-we-reusing-more/): 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.
- [News:IStructE Annual Academics Conference 2025](https://terc.org.uk/newsistructe-annual-academics-conference-2025/): Andy 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.
- [Event:
Talking Reuse - From Targets to Reality
5 November 2025: Leeds](https://terc.org.uk/eventtalking-reuse-from-targets-to-reality5-november-2025-leeds/): Join us for a meeting where we will hearing a variety of experiences of reuse targets and overcoming challenges.
- [Resources:
Reuse Glossary](https://terc.org.uk/resourcesreuse-glossary/): 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.
- [Case Study:
Vestry House Museum](https://terc.org.uk/case-studyvestry-house-museum/): 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.
- [Event:Talking Reuse - Adaptive Reuse8 October 2025: Bristol](https://terc.org.uk/event-talking-reuse-adaptive-reuse-oct-25-bristol/): Join 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.
- [Event:
No Silly Questions - Deconstruction
30 September 2025: Online](https://terc.org.uk/eventno-silly-questions-deconstruction30-september-2025-online/): Join us for our next No Silly Questions Session on the topic of deconstruction. Note: this event is limited to tERC members only.
- [News:
IStructE Young Engineers Conference 2025](https://terc.org.uk/newsistructe-young-engineers-conference-2025/): Anna Beckett and Andy Yates presented at The Institution of Structural Engineers' Young Engineers Conference on the topic of 'Thinking Differently'.
- [Opinion:
Do we need to rethink 'best practice' in a circular world?](https://terc.org.uk/opiniondo-we-need-to-rethink-best-practice-in-a-circular-world/): Tom Webster asks do we need to rethink what we call 'best practice' in a world striving for circularity?
- [Event:Talking Reuse - Concrete10 September 2025: London](https://terc.org.uk/event-talking-reuse-concrete-sep-25/): An evening meeting (in-person and online) where Arup and Heyne Tillett Steel presented new and innovative approaches to reusing concrete as structural components.
- [Case Study:Call for submissions!](https://terc.org.uk/case-studycall-for-submissions/): We are developing a library of reuse case studies and would welcome submissions from our members.
- [Opinion:A tale of reuse in action in Manchester and West Yorkshire](https://terc.org.uk/opiniona-tale-of-reuse-in-action-in-manchester-and-west-yorkshire/): Every salvaged brick, every repurposed beam, is a step towards a more sustainable built environment, writes Michael Pledger of DeSimone Consulting Engineering.
- [Event:Collective Meeting18 June 2025: Manchester](https://terc.org.uk/event-collective-meeting-2/): An 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.
- [Case Study:
Sheep Field Barn](https://terc.org.uk/case-studysheep-field-barn/): Retrofit of an existing barn building into a new learning hub at the Henry Moore Foundation's headquarters in Perry Green, Hertfordshire.
- [Event:Talking Reuse - Foundations28 May 2025: London](https://terc.org.uk/event-talking-reuse-foundations-may-25/): One of our 'Talking Reuse' sessions diving into the topic of foundation reuse. We heard from Andy Tyler, Head of Geotechnical at Heyne Tillett Steel, and Paul Smith, Associate Director at A-squared Studio Engineers.
- [Case Study:Alexandra Palace House](https://terc.org.uk/case-studyalexandra-palace-house/): The project involves the conversion of two flats into a single, family home in North London. The ambition was to create a sustainable family home with real architectural merit. The existing end of terrace house is built from traditional load-bearing masonry with timber-joisted floors.
- [Event:No Silly Questions - Steel23 April 2025: Online](https://terc.org.uk/no-silly-questions-steel-apr-25/): An online webinar discussion where there are No Silly Questions. We encourage participants to ask our panel of engineers any questions that they want relating to the reuse of steel.
- [Event:Collective Meeting27 March 2025: London](https://terc.org.uk/event-collective-meeting-mar-25/): Join the Engineers Reuse Collective at their spring Collective meeting where Elliott Wood will be taking the helm and talking about three projects.
- [Case Study:Holbein Gardens](https://terc.org.uk/54-2/): Holbein Gardens is a retained and extended 1980s concrete-framed commercial building, refurbished with Barr Gazetas architect for Grosvenor, to create a modern sustainable workplace with increased floor area. The building includes a 2-storey upward extension, with a roof terrace over an existing 4 storey building plus basement.
- [Event:Talking Reuse - Steel26 February 2025: London](https://terc.org.uk/event-talking-reuse-steel-feb-25/): An evening meeting where we discuss the practicalities of steel reuse with presentations from contractors and a Q+A session. We discuss how steel can be disassembled, easy changes to your specs that can make a big difference and how this affects what happens during fabrication.
- [Opinion:What’s stopping us from being more collaborative?](https://terc.org.uk/whats-stopping-us-from-being-more-collaborative/): The construction industry often talks about collaboration, but true knowledge-sharing – especially among competitors – remains rare. Anna Beckett argues that the industry must embrace deeper cooperation to accelerate material reuse, cut carbon, and drive sustainable change.
- [News:Structural Engineers Declare Webinar](https://terc.org.uk/presentation-structural-engineers-declare-webinar/): Andy Yates presents an introduction to The Engineers Reuse Collective at the Structural Engineers Declare webinar in February 2025.
- [Event:Collective Meeting 29 January 2025: London](https://terc.org.uk/event-collective-meeting-jan-25/): An evening meeting for members and prospective members where we present our plans for 2025 and how to get involved.
- [News:Six UK engineering firms join forces to launch The Engineers Reuse Collective](https://terc.org.uk/news_launch/): Six major UK engineering firms have launched The Engineers Reuse Collective (tERC), a not-for-profit group committed to accelerating reuse in the built environment to support the transition of the UK’s construction industry to Net Zero Carbon. The first of its kind, the group convened due to growing concern about the climate crisis and the collective responsibility that engineers have to reduce carbon in the industry through reuse.
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