Rebuilding Ukraine safely, sustainably, and swiftly

But it is not just about rebuilding Ukraine—it's about pioneering a new construction approach that can be replicated in other regions facing similar challenges. That’s why the consortium unites leading universities, businesses, and an NGO from the UK, Ukraine, and the Netherlands, which are committed to circularity in the built environment, focusing on concrete reuse and upcycling.

Unique cohort of organizations

The University of Sheffield (UK) is the administrative project lead, actively engaged in the project management and concrete separation. University of Leeds (UK) is the technological lead, and will also focus on clinker/cement manufacturing, concrete characterisation and testing, and materials value optimisation using dynamic systems modelling.

ReThink (UA) is the local project coordinator with a strong focus on public engagement, dissemination and communication activities.

C2CA Technology (NL) plays an important role of technology and equipment provider. The company is offer solutions in thermomechanical processing and optimization; aggregate and fines optimization.

Eco+Logic (UA) will deploy and operate C2CA equipment for concrete separation, processing, and dry product development.
They will also do the debris logistics, sorting and primary crushing.

National University of Water and Environmental Engineering (UA) will research blended cements and supplementary cementitious materials, while Lviv Polytechnic National University (UA) will do the concrete R&D, on-site characterization, applications discovery and testing.

The University of Oxford will develop advanced thermomechanical separation modelling, and Imperial College London (UK) will perform a holistic techno economic and life cycle assessment.