I keep harping on the green aspects of building repair and reuse, but it’s always good to see the same idea in a different form. “Lean design: 10 things to do now” by Natasha Watson and published by the Institution of Structural Engineers in the UK is mostly about new construction, but the first two items are “Don’t build!” (i.e., reuse existing structures) and “Upgrade existing buildings wherever viable.”
It’s a good list. Engineers would do well to think like this more often.
