Deconstruction and reuse: Return to true resource conservation and sustainability

✍ Scribed by Ron Webster; Tom Napier

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2003
• Weight: 128 KB
• Volume: 14
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1048-4078
• DOI: 10.1002/ffej.10087

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The deconstruction and salvage of excess buildings is a growing segment of American business. This approach, superior to traditional demolition and
landfill, is the epitome of both the objectives of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and, more importantly, the
sustainability principles that all Americans once knew. The wood resources that exist in the Army's excess wooden property inventory constitute
the largest existing stand of old growth forests. The exploitation of these assets, and their subsequent reuse, will require a change in the current
Army business paradigm. Such change will lead to a more sustainable Army based upon sound business and sustainability principles. © 2003 Wiley
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