Streamlining BIM-Based Procurement for a Circular Economy: Aligning Design Specifications with Reclaimed Building Components

Due to the limited digitalization of marketplaces, integrating secondary building products into new designs or renovations remains a manual, slow, and time-consuming process. However, secondary products offer a promising solution for reducing carbon emissions in the construction industry.

Transforming the construction industry requires adopting practices that make it more efficient and data-driven over the long term (Watts et al., 2023). One key enabler for this transformation is Building Information Modeling (BIM), which serves as a valuable instrument for conducting environmental or economic assessments considering the entire lifecycle of a building (Askar et al., 2024).

 However, implementing circular economy principles in construction introduces new challenges for designers, who require specific knowledge, strategies, and methods (Dokter et al., 2021).