Construction cycle: GU Allco AG new partner of Madaster Switzerland

The Madaster platform offers digital tools such as material passports and indices on the economic and circular value of buildings for sustainable construction and property management. Capturing more information about the composition and technical properties of building elements during the design phase provides insight into their value and risk in the event a property is repurposed or deconstructed, the organization writes. At the same time, it would enable the future reuse of these materials. To this end, digitized data from the design phase would have to be adopted, processed and made transparent in the subsequent lifecycle phases of a building.

Transparent sustainability planning

"As a total contractor for complex construction, conversion and renovation projects, we have a great responsibility. For us, it is clear that Madaster is an important component of systematic and always transparent sustainability planning over the life cycle of a building," says Urs Meier, Managing Director of the Allco AG. Among other things, Madaster is being used by Allco for the cataloging and management of reusable material during the renovation of the Müllerstrasse 16/20 property in Zurich for the owner Swiss Prime Site.

"I am delighted to be working with our partner Allco. Their expertise and our platform make material data usable over the entire life cycle of buildings. This is how circular building works," says Marloes Fischer, Managing Director Madaster Services Switzerland.

The Madaster Partner Program offers companies the networking of knowledge and expertise on circular construction as well as the joint development of sustainable solutions for circularity in the construction and real estate sector. The Federal Office for the Environment is also a member of Madaster (cf. here)

Source: Madaster