French Neo-Eco is engaged on a pilot residential renovation mission in Hostomel (Kyiv area) with a complete finances of EUR 45 million, which can present new housing for 310 households and present the advantages of recycling development waste into new supplies, Neo-Eco Vice President Bart Gruyaert in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.
“For Neo-Eco, this will probably be a pilot mission in Ukraine. In Hostomel on Proskurivska Avenue, due to the French authorities and different donors, we plan to revive six residential buildings with 310 residences, a faculty for 1,000 college students and a kindergarten,” Gruyaert mentioned.
In line with him, supplies from destroyed amenities close to the Hostomel airport will probably be used for development to revive buildings and roads close to them. Reuse of development waste will optimize the restoration finances of Ukraine by about 20-25%, the knowledgeable mentioned.
He mentioned that the mission will probably be applied utilizing funds offered by the French authorities. Its whole finances is about EUR 45 million, together with the demolition and development of latest housing. French architects from the BLAU firm are engaged on the event of the mission.
Samples of supplies have already been taken from a number of factors of buildings, now they’re being examined in laboratories in France and Ukraine.
“We ship about 200 kg of samples to France. They’re examined as fastidiously as potential for the presence of contaminants and the potential for their reuse (or, specifically, their elements) for housing development. There are two phases of analysis: the primary is an evaluation when it comes to the protection of reuse, the second – growth of recipes in order that the concrete to be produced meets the necessities for high quality, power, thermal conductivity, and so forth.,” Gruyaert mentioned.
He added that over the 17 years of Neo-Eco’s operation, about 10 million tonnes of concrete utilized in giant French tasks have already been recycled, and through all this time there have been no issues with its operation.
“Usually, we produce three varieties of concrete: structural, insulating-structural and light-weight. Structural concrete is essentially the most troublesome to fabricate. Right here we now have to be very cautious, as a result of its operation is at all times dangerous. It’s simpler to get the opposite two varieties,” Gruyaert mentioned.
The testing process itself takes about six weeks, and the outcomes are actually being acquired from France and native laboratories. “If we’re glad with the standard of the Ukrainian laboratory, we are going to swap to it. This will probably be proper each when it comes to logistics and costs, and most significantly, we wish to give extra work to specialists in Ukraine,” he added.
As for the enterprises that may use the dismantled supplies as uncooked supplies, a closed tender is at the moment underway.
“We’ve three necessities for such a associate firm: having the mandatory personal tools; having full-time personnel with acceptable expertise, particular schooling and abilities (some varieties of work are harmful) and following our dismantling methodology,” Gruyaert mentioned.
As for supplies for future buildings, along with recycling and utilizing supplies from demolished buildings, Neo-Eco needs to indicate one other expertise within the pilot mission, utilizing plant supplies, wooden and straw.
In line with the idea, the load-bearing constructions will probably be manufactured from concrete, and the wall panels will probably be manufactured from panels containing wooden and compressed straw.
On the similar time, Gruyaert mentioned that Ukraine is way more open to modifications than most nations of the European Union.
“I feel this is among the greatest values and qualities that I see in Ukraine and folks. For instance, we created a committee of 15 individuals who misplaced their residences the place we’re going to restore their destroyed homes. So we had anticipated that these folks will react like in France, the place they mentioned: “Straw, wood panels are too unreliable, they burn shortly.” And the Ukrainians requested to inform them about the advantages. We defined and heard in response: “Don’t fret, we are going to implement it along with you.” It is a very sturdy motivation for us,” he mentioned.
Neo-Eco is a French firm that has been working on the precept of a round economic system for 17 years.
