Persimmon has signed a group-wide contract to deploy Nexus ReGen, a digital platform that promotes the reuse of surplus construction materials.
It began the national roll out of the Nexus ReGen Materials Exchange Platform to all regional businesses in November. The objective is to reduce material wastage and landfill costs.
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 gives teams visibility of reuse opportunities earlier in the project lifecycle, enabling Persimmon to action material reuse at a wider scale.
According to Nexus ReGen, this “represents one of the most comprehensive adoptions of circular construction technology seen in UK house-building”.
The rollout of Nexus ReGen followed a trial period across multiple projects. One Persimmon project achieved a 43% cost saving by reusing surplus topsoil locally. This reinforced the scale of impact Persimmon can achieve through a reuse-first strategy, with the potential to divert millions of tonnes of materials from landfill, reduce primary material demand and avoidable unnecessary haulage miles.
“This partnership is ultimately about sustainable outcomes,” said Dean Wigley, group engineering & 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 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.”
Nexus ReGen chief executive William Rundle said: “We’re thrilled to welcome Persimmon Homes as the first UK house-builder to adopt the platform exclusively across their 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. Persimmon’s commitment reinforces the momentum behind material reuse becoming standard practice in UK construction.”
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