Persimmon has mandated a materials exchange platform across its business as it aims to shift towards circular construction at scale.
The housebuilder has signed a group-wide contract to deploy the materials exchange platform from Nexus ReGen. The national rollout began late last year following a successful trial. Persimmon aims to achieve major reductions in carbon emissions, material waste and reliance on landfill by using the platform.
Hundreds of Persimmon projects across the UK will list their material import and export requirements, from soils and aggregates to other heavy materials, on the Nexus ReGen platform. This enables a data-driven approach to material planning, giving teams visibility of reuse opportunities far earlier in the project lifecycle and allowing Persimmon to action material reuse at a scale not previously possible.
This represents one of the most comprehensive adoptions of circular construction technology seen in UK housebuilding, according to Nexus ReGen.
In the trial, one Persimmon project achieved a 43% cost saving by reusing surplus topsoil locally. This reinforces the scale of impact Persimmon can achieve through a reuse-first strategy, Nexus ReGen said, with the potential to divert millions of tonnes of materials from landfill, reduce primary material demand and avoidable unnecessary haulage miles.
Sustainable outcomes
“This partnership is ultimately about sustainable outcomes,” said Dean Wigley, group engineering and utilities project director at Persimmon Homes. “We want to actively reduce carbon, minimise landfill reliance and make better use of the materials we already have. Nexus ReGen enables us to do that consistently, at scale, across every region.
“With the housing market uncertainty, rising costs and increasing scrutiny on how materials are managed, we need smarter, data-driven solutions. Nexus ReGen’s industry expertise, technology and data made them the clear choice to support our goals.”
William Rundle, Nexus ReGen CEO, noted that Persimmon is the first UK housebuilder to adopt the platform exclusively across its entire group. “This is a defining moment for the sector, showing how one of the UK’s leading developers is taking a proactive, sustainability-led approach to carbon reduction and material stewardship,” he said. “Persimmon’s commitment reinforces the momentum behind material reuse becoming standard practice in UK construction.”
