A New Connection

A New Connection: The use of used timber in the construction industry

Esseveld, R.N.

Peck, D.P. (mentor)
Bakker, C.A. (mentor)

Industrial Design Engineering

Design Engineering

2017-06-09

The thesis entails a project in which companies that collect, re-furbish and re-use , used building materials have been studied. The collaborating company, Buurman werkplaats en materialen, is such a company and was interested in becoming more attractive for the business to business market. For this reason, the analysis of the thesis focused on what companies such as Buurman can do with their material to become more attractive for this industry. This was studied through two multi case analyses. One that focused on companies comparable to Buurman and one that focused on the construction industry. These multi case analyses were conducted by means of in-depth interviews. The results from these analyses showed that the construction industry is a very conservative one and that the use of secondary resources is too risky for this industry. The only possibility was found in product that are not connected to residences. For this reason, a modular system of connection elements was developed that enables companies such as Buurman to produce products on a bigger scale and with more ease.

secondary resources
used timber
construction industry
modular
connection elements
gauge

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Student theses

master thesis

(c) 2017 Esseveld, R.N.