Pre-demolition Audit – A Guide for Authors Publication
Finland's objective is to reach the target of 70 per cent material utilisation set for construction and demolition waste in the EU Waste Directive by next year (2020). At the time of the most recent estimate (2017), the utilisation rate was around 54 per cent. The utilisation of demolition materials is at the core of the circular economy of construction. As much as 85 per cent of construction and demolition waste is generated by the renovation and demolition of entire buildings, and more attention should be paid to managing demolition processes. For example, more emphasis should be placed on the role of demolition as a project preceding new builds.
Pre-demolition Audits are a new, voluntary measure for mapping out the materials and hazardous substances in buildings to be demolished. The purpose of the surveys is to create good conditions for the appropriate use of demolition materials while preventing environmental and health risks and ensuring a high quality demolition process in all demolition projects. Finnish pre-demolition audit is based on EU initiated audit procedure. This guide is part of a series of three guides aimed at improving the quality of demolition projects. The other two guides deal with the procurement of demolition work and the implementation of the demolition process as a whole.
