ConstructionResale.co.uk experienced an excellent launch day by being awarded the Innovation of the Year at the NCE Innovation Awards. The accolade was presented to ConstructionResale.co.uk in recognition of the new online resale market place being “more than innovative, it needs to be fit for purpose and commercially viable, and increasingly it needs to be environmentally friendly.” Civils 2007, NCE.
ConstructionResale.co.uk is now set for success with many users registered and items now featured on the website we should expect to see the industry becoming more efficient with their resources. It was confirmed by the attendees of the Civils 2007 show that sustainability remains a hot topic within the industry.
By speaking to the hundreds of contractors, clients, consultants and manufacturers at the show the founder Will Goode observed that ‘there is increasing pressure on organisations to improve their Corporate Social Responsibility credentials with sustainability at the top of the agenda; innovative, commercially driven solutions are the best way of achieving this.
He concluded that “ConstructionResale.co.uk is the simple and effective answer to what is a very large and complex problem. A great many people I spoke to felt confident that ConstructionResale.co.uk would be able to provide their organisations with an ideal platform for the sale and purchase of materials and products.”
ConstructionResale.co.uk is an online business to business sales platform for the entire UK construction industry, facilitating the resale of any and all construction project related materials and products. Contractors can use this service to buy and sell used temporary works products, excess/used/reclaimed building materials, site offices, fill materials, aggregates and plant in order to reduce the current amount of construction material waste and improve industry efficiency. Suppliers can use this service to sell directly to their end customers, cutting out middlemen and ultimately driving the delivery of new innovative products to market.
Users encounter a familiar style online sales website, with clear categories and the option to sell at auction or to set a fixed price. A fixed low percentage is charged to the seller upon the successful completion of a sale. Users can hold a corporate account and be invoiced on a monthly basis.
The fixed percentage on sale has been set at 3% and one-off fee for setting up a corporate account is £150.
The site also features RSS Auctions; using this tool subscribers are immediately informed when items are uploaded that fall into certain specified categories. This will allow specialist contractors to keep watch for any stock that comes onto the market that is core to their business. Tailored news feed solutions are possible and can be arranged upon request.
ConstructionResale.co.uk will allow the construction industry to benefit from:
- Improved resource efficiency.
- Reduced waste related overheads
- Reduced material costs
- Less reliance on middlemen
- Access to available industry materials
- An industry wide audience of potential buyers and sellers.
Improved sustainability
Construction is facing enormous pressure to find ways to conserve and make best use of our increasingly scarce natural resources. Site Waste Management Plans (SWMPs) will make it a legal requirement for those responsible for construction projects in England worth more than £250,000 to assess how much waste will be produced on-site, and how it will be recycled or disposed of responsibly. (Source: NetRegs) ConstructionResale.co.uk is being launched at a crucial time to assist the UK construction industry with the fulfilment of legal and corporate social responsibilities.
Waste facts
- Construction and demolition waste represents 19% the UK's waste (Environment Agency)
- Around 13% of all the solid materials delivered to construction sites goes unused, and up to one third ends up in landfill, according to the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
- The UK construction industry produces 109M tonnes of waste every year (DEFRA)
- One-third of all fly tipping includes waste from construction, demolition and excavation (Defra)
- Construction and demolition is the single largest UK waste stream (Construction Resources and Waste Platform)
- Waste accounts for up to 5% of construction project value (Construction Resources and Waste)
- 4.5% of a construction company's profit is spent on waste removal (CIRIA)
- The construction industry pays an estimated L200M a year in landfill tax (Construction Resources and Waste Platform)
- The Department for Business, Environment & Regulatory Reform target for construction waste landfill is zero (by 2020).
