Pre-demolition Audits in the City of London
Pre-demolition and pre-redevelopment audits across the City of London, giving Square Mile project teams the Circular Economy Statement and whole-life carbon evidence the GLA and the City expect before demolition begins.
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Explore our full range of audit services, including pre-demolition audits.
Audits across the City of London.
Material Index carries out pre-demolition, pre-redevelopment and reclamation audits across the Square Mile, from Bank and Moorgate to Aldgate, Farringdon and the Barbican. Our auditors survey each building before strip-out, photograph and log every material, and our platform assigns each item a pathway: retain, reuse on-site, reuse off-site, recycle, or waste as a last resort.
The result is a structured asset register your design team, demolition contractor and sustainability consultant can all work from, delivered fast so it informs the programme rather than arriving too late to act on.
City of London circular economy policy.
Office redevelopment in the City is almost always referable to the Mayor, so schemes must submit a Circular Economy Statement under London Plan Policy SI 7 and a Whole Life-Cycle Carbon assessment under Policy SI 2, with a pre-redevelopment or pre-demolition audit as the evidence base. The City of London's plan has moved firmly towards a retrofit-first, whole-life-carbon approach to its commercial stock.
The Square Mile's steel-and-concrete office buildings, raised floors, facades and fit-out hold significant reusable and recyclable material. We identify it early enough to be resold or diverted before demolition, and connect it to buyers through the Material Index marketplace and trade partner network.
Areas we cover.
Audit Case Studies.
See how our audit and exchange services have delivered measurable results on real UK construction projects.
PDAPre-demolition Audit
1 Appold Street
British Land
Thorough Pre-demolition Audit and detailed asset register for a Broadgate Estate strip-out ahead of redevelopment.
MRAMaterial Reclamation Audit
Workplace Futures Group Office
Workplace Futures Group
Material Reclamation Audit used by designers to identify what can be reused in Workplace Futures Group's new office.
PRDAPre-redevelopment Audit
125 Shaftesbury Avenue
EDGE
Pre-redevelopment Audit for a GLA Circular Economy Statement, retention feasibility and planning approval in 2025.
Audits in the City of London
Our team can be on site fast, catalogue your materials, and have a report ready within five working days.