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Building Digital Foundations: A Course of Action Towards a Circular Construction Industry : An Exploratory Case Study

Vagle, Kristin; Øfsti, Runa Fløtre
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2022
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Abstract
This thesis aims to explore the potential for digital platform ecosystems to support the

development of the circular economy in the Norwegian construction industry. While there is

a general understanding among scholars and industry professionals that digitalization can

enable circularity, the existing literature on the intersection of these two concepts is limited.

Existing literature does not adequately address the potential for using digital platforms to

promote circularity across industry value chains and achieve the goals of a circular economy.

To gain a holistic perspective on this potential, the thesis is based on an exploratory case study

involving clients, consultants, architects, and contractors in the construction industry. The

study aims to contribute to existing literature by developing a conceptual framework linking

the concept of a circular economy to digital platform ecosystems, as well as by exploring why

and how such a platform ecosystem can support the transition to circularity in the construction

industry.

The study's findings are twofold. Firstly, the study suggests the need for an improved

organization of the value chain actors on digital platforms to facilitate iterative collaboration

on project-level. Particularly, we identified that the implementation of circularity in the

industry depend on frequent involvement of contractors and consultants. Moreover, in order

to succeed in the transition towards circularity, we argue that the industry needs an industrywide

platform to create a market for reused materials. Therefore, our study suggests that the

industry requires a multidimensional platform with both project-specific and industry-wide

components.

Secondly, we identified three fundamental attributes that need to be present on a digital

platform ecosystem for circularity: flexibility, data accumulation, and interaction. Based on

these findings, we reassess our preliminary framework linking the circular economy to digital

platform ecosystems and describe how the fundamental attributes can support this relationship.

Overall, our thesis contributes to a better understanding of how industry actors can be

organized on digital platform ecosystems to support circularity. In addition, the thesis provides

the fundamental attributes necessary to configure a digital platform ecosystem for circularity

in the construction industry.

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