14 great solutions

Welcome to the third installment of Building Design+Construction’s “Great Solutions,” highlighting 14 innovative technologies and products that you can put to work in your next project.

By Amy McIntosh, Associate Editor and Raissa Rocha, Associate Editor

December 09, 2012

REPURPOSING MATERIALS FOR USE IN BUILDINGS

By-products are given a new life through recycling

Whether using advertising billboards as tarps on construction sites or crafting a banister from a ski lift cable (as shown at left), Colorado-based Repurposed Materials Inc. finds creative ways to reuse waste materials. Conveyer belts, pool covers, wine barrels, and snow fences can all be given a second chance with this economical, eco-friendly solution that gives a second life to by-products and waste materials.