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Area of Science:

  • Construction Management
  • Sustainable Engineering
  • Data Science

Background:

  • Circular economy implementation in construction requires detailed data on reusable components.
  • Existing data lacks granular information on geometric attributes, material properties, and assembly of building products.
  • A significant data gap hinders the prediction of component availability for reuse.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce the Digital Inventory for Swiss Construction Systems (DISCS) database structure.
  • To address the data gap concerning component attributes in existing buildings.
  • To provide a foundation for predicting the stock of reusable construction components.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a database structure for detailed component attributes in as-built buildings.
  • Digitalized 102 Swiss buildings into building information models.
  • Parameterized components using a custom library of 78 attributes.

Main Results:

  • The DISCS database provides granular data on component attributes for 102 buildings.
  • The database structure facilitates the operationalization of a construction systems inventory.
  • First-level analyses validate the database's utility for stock prediction.

Conclusions:

  • DISCS addresses the critical data gap for component reuse in the construction sector.
  • The database structure supports upscaling component reuse in new projects.
  • This work establishes a basis for data-driven circular economy strategies in construction.