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title: Adaptive Re-use
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# Adaptive Re-use

![Adaptive Re-use](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/the-doulton-united-kingdom.jpg)

## Extending asset life while reducing embodied carbon

Adaptive re-use has emerged as one of the most effective strategies for reducing
embodied carbon while responding to changing demands across the built
environment. By repurposing existing assets, owners can deliver future-ready
infrastructure while preserving the cultural, economic and environmental value
embedded in existing structures.

With the building and construction sector responsible for nearly 40% of global
greenhouse gas emissions, adaptive reuse is increasingly central to meeting
decarbonisation targets and sustainability commitments.

Across Europe, the UK and Nordic countries, demolition-and-rebuild proposals now
require justification where reuse opportunities exist. Similar momentum is
building across the Asia-Pacific, as asset owners and governments prioritise
lifecycle performance and long-term asset value.

![](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/quay-quarter-tower-amp-tower-australia-1-1024x620.jpg)

### Delivering complex adaptive reuse projects

SYSTRA delivers adaptive reuse projects across commercial, residential,
cultural, heritage, healthcare and education sectors through close coordination
across structural, façade, construction engineering, and materials and
durability disciplines. This integrated capability enables detailed assessment
of existing assets to deliver designs optimised for buildability, performance
and reuse.

The Quay Quarter Tower in Sydney, Australia, commonly known as the AMP Tower, is
a representative example. The 50-year-old, 45-storey building was redeveloped
into a high-performance commercial tower. In one of the earliest applications of
this construction methodology globally, part of the tower was demolished and
rebuilt while the remainder was retained and refurbished simultaneously,
preserving approximately two-thirds of the original structure and conserving
around 12,000 tonnes of embodied carbon

The project was awarded World Building of the Year at the 2022 World
Architecture Festival and the International High-Rise Award 2022/23.

### A multidisciplinary international network

BG&E, acquired by SYSTRA in 2025, brings over 50 years of structural engineering
experience in the Australian market across all major sectors. This track record
strengthens SYSTRA’s international capability in the transformation of existing
infrastructure and buildings, combining global infrastructure expertise with
deep experience in technically complex and constrained built environments.

Integrated disciplines spanning structural, façade, construction engineering,
materials, sustainability and digital engineering enable SYSTRA to manage
technical risk and operational constraints – extending asset life while
improving performance and sustainability outcomes.

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