Deconstruction Dave Bennink

Dave Bennink is Director of the Building Deconstruction Network and owns Re-Use Consulting. He trains groups focusing on reusable materials and embodied carbon, and has salvaged/deconstructed over 5000 projects in North America, existing within the circular economy since 1993. Significant to the City, Dave has formed the NYC Circular Construction Network whose goal is to unite various projects in the NYC area that are working towards a circular economy, spurred by the recent ‘Circular Design and Construction Guidelines’. The network’s focus is on driving action and facilitating “material matchmaking” between current and future projects.

By the numbers:

• 100,000,000+ pounds diverted
• 100,000+ customers served
• 10,000+ acres of forest saved
• 1000+ green-collar jobs created
• 100+ circular businesses started
• 10+ countries impacted via our consulting