The Bay Area Deconstruction Workgroup is a group of Northern California deconstruction and reuse leaders from government, private, and nonprofit sectors working to improve policies and practices advancing safe building materials recovery and reuse.
The workgroup first met in December of 2017 to learn about the City of Portland’s successful Mandatory Residential Deconstruction Ordinance and now holds quarterly meetings.
For additional information or to be added to the Workgroup distribution list, contact Heather Larson.
Meeting Notes and Presentations
- December 12, 2024 - Codes and Compliance
- November 21, 2024 - Shifting Practices for Material Reuse
- October 23, 2024 - Unlocking Funding for Material Reuse
- September 24, 2024 - Deconstruction Infrastructure
- May 17, 2022 - Right to Repair/Warranties, Disaster Debris/Sea Level Rise Planning and Deconstruction
- November 2, 2021 - Program Updates
- February 3, 2021 - Toxics, Permitting, and Deconstruction
- October 21, 2020 - The Economics of Deconstruction
- May 6, 2020 - Deconstruction & Building Materials Industry + More
Resources
- City of Portland, The Economics of Residential Building Deconstruction in Portland, OR, April 2016
- Public Architecture, Design for Reuse Primer, 2010
- Deconstruction Training Request for Quotation (RFQ) County of San Mateo Office of Sustainability, September 18, 2018 - (Closed – Provided as a reference)
- C40 Implementation Guide: How to start deconstructing and stop demolishing and your city’s buildings
- Building Materials Salvage Center Request for Proposals - County of San Mateo, September 17, 2019 - (Closed – Provided as a reference)
- California Disaster Debris Management Plan - County of San Mateo, August 2020
Videos
- San Mateo County Deconstruction Job Training
- Baltimore Deconstruction & Job Training
- Metro Vancouver – Wood Waste Upcycling