Collaboration
Multidisciplinary team
Build multidisciplinary teams with collaboration in mind: a design and construction team wherein various experiences and viewpoints (on circularity) by different expertises are included, to co-create the building project.
When to take action?
Who can take action?
Design team, client, contractors, manufacturers
Beginner expertise needed
Take action
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Define who needs to be involved in each life cycle phase to make the building project a success.
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When reaching out to these people, make sure you set clear expectations around what you are asking of them.
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Ask for their input to gather and share knowledge and information.
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Discuss your roles and make a collaboration plan and agreement.
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Refer back to the collaboration plan once the project has started.
Why?
A multidisciplinary team (of experts), each with their own knowledge and approach, can comprehensively analyse and tackle various barriers. You will benefit from having a variety of perspectives and skillsets. A team with different (useful) backgrounds and expertise that have a shared goal and a collaboration plan.
More information and sources
Building teams - The Circular Design Guide by Ellen MacMarthur Foundation
Leising, E. et al. 2018. Circular Economy in the building sector: Three cases and a collaboration tool
