ResourceCo’s Green Star-verified recycling facility at Wingfield is playing a key role in the Adelaide Football Club’s new Thebarton headquarters achieving Green Star Building status.
Effective management of demolition waste and the integration of recycled materials in new civil works are critical aspects of sustainable infrastructure projects, both of which are integral to the high-profile Thebarton Oval redevelopment.
ResourceCo has collaborated closely with McMahon Services, under the guidance of project leaders Tandem Building Group, to recover and recycle demolition waste and soil, alongside using recycled products in the civil works development of the new building.
Brad Lemmon, Recycling & Waste CEO at ResourceCo highlighted the benefits of an integrated approach to resource recovery and recycled product supply, particularly in this prominent project.
“The Thebarton Oval redevelopment will reshape the future of the Adelaide Football Club, along with the local community. This project is demonstrating how material circularity can be both efficient and contribute to achieving sustainable development objectives.
“Over 6,000 tonnes of demolition material have been recovered from this site, including bitumen, concrete, brick, topsoil and structural soils. ResourceCo’s integrated approach to resource recovery means that we’ve also supplied at least that volume of recycled products back into the project in the form of high-quality civil construction material for the new building works.” he said.
McMahon Services Senior Project Manager, Luke Luey, expressed excitement about contributing to the Crows’ new facility striving for Green Star status.
“Delivering sustainable infrastructure projects require partnerships where everyone looks to maximise resources, he said.
“We took the demolition waste to ResourceCo, where it was remanufactured into a new product. We then integrated ResourceCo’s recycled PM2 20 product into the new build, which is a great outcome for the project”.
“There’s close to 20,000 tonnes of recycled product being included throughout this project, most of that will sit under the new building pad and roads.
“It’s great to see the Crows putting their faith our leading SA businesses, enabling us to do what we do best, particularly with a project focused Green Star accreditation.”
Lemmon said this project was a perfect example of ResourceCo’s work pioneering diverse resource recovery solutions.
“We see waste as a resource, wherever possible we seek to create integrated circular solutions, particularly when they are efficiency opportunities to leverage by handling different waste materials amongst the supply of high-quality recycled products,” he said.
“From redevelopments like Thebarton through to hospitals, roads, tunnels, ResourceCo is pleased to play a really important role through creating circular outcomes and providing high quality products across all of our facilities.”
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