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Rescue Project: Guidance - Management of existing buildings and infrastructures
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| Resource Type: |
document --> technical publication --> report
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| Country: |
EU Projects
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| Year: |
2005 |
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Rescue Consortium (2005) Rescue Project: Guidance - Management of existing buildings and infrastructures. Workpackage 3 – Deliverable D 3.1
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| Author 1/Producer: |
Rescue Consortium
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| Author / Producer Type: |
EC Project
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EUGRIS Keyword(s): |
Brownfields
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| Short description: |
The sustainable management of existing buildings and infrastructures is a
fundamental aspect of successful brownfield regeneration. Most approaches
for brownfield redevelopment follow the tradition of destroying old buildings
and infrastructures prior to the construction of new buildings and associated
infrastructure in line with the chosen land reuse option. In many cases, this
planning approach leads to an underestimation, or even the loss of historic,
economic, semiotic and aesthetic values that the existing built environment
is likely to represent. Therein lies part of the sustainability challenge faced
by brownfield regeneration projects, irrespective of their geographical
location or scale of redevelopment.
The RESCUE research project aims to integrate the concept of sustainability
into brownfield regeneration, therefore improving the quality of recycled
derelict land in terms of the sustainability of the built environment and the
quality of urban life. Workpackage 3 (WP3) is one of the two technical
packages representing the “engineering skills” element of the project which
evaluates current practice in brownfield redevelopment and derives tools for
delivering best practice – Fig 1. These engineering aspects are combined
with planning and project management skills to provide a framework with
the tools to meet the sustainability remit of brownfield development. An
integrated approach is needed in order to ensure that strategies and
technologies can be successfully implemented given a social licence. By this,
it is meant that the management of buildings and infrastructure must
incorporate the needs and expectations of those who are intended to use it.
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Submitted By:
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Dr Stefan Gödeke WhoDoesWhat?
Last update: 28/09/2006
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