Lindapter provided connection
solution for Arup’s Circular
Economy Building
The construction industry currently
produces three times more waste than all
UK households combined, including 60
tonnes of materials that go straight to the
tip due to incorrect ordering, damage or
not fitting correctly. The circular building
project aims to change this.
Lindapter and many other collaborators
pulled together, generously giving their
time, products and services to support
Arup’s project, which tested the maturity
of circular economy thinking in order to
prove that circularity is achievable.
The prototype challenged both designers
and suppliers to think differently about
their chosen materials and construction
processes in order to create a building
where, at the end of its life, all of its
elements can be re-used, re-manufactured
or re-cycled.
glazing supports to the structural frame.
Lindapter’s technical team quickly
designed bespoke connection solutions
using the CE Marked Type B clamp, which
allowed contractors to rapidly install the
panels by easily sliding and aligning the
eco-boards into position before tightening
with a standard torque wrench.
As only hand tools are required to
install Lindapter products, noise, waste,
and tool/welding consumables are
avoided. Lindapter clamps allow onsite
adjustability and adaptability to suit
different beam thicknesses and angle
alignment to ensure a guaranteed fit,
therefore minimising site waste or
returned construction components.
True circularity has only been possible
with the support of manufacturers such
as Lindapter who are committed to
testing the principles that underpin the
circular economy. During the project, Arup
asked Lindapter to design and supply a
connection system to secure the circular
building’s roof panels, wall panels and
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The connection solutions were particularly
appropriate for the circular buildings
project due to Lindapter’s synergy with
the principles of the circular economy,
for example, Lindapter’s products provide
flexibility, ease of deconstruction and the
potential to reuse or recycle.
Lindapter prides itself on its outstanding
green policies and creates social,
environmental and economic benefits in
steel construction, supporting what BCSA
refer to as sustainability’s ‘triple bottom
line’.
Visit www.Lindapter.com to find out
more and watch the time lapse video.