## 4 Recommendations  
To foster the wider adoption of CE principles within the building sector, a multifaceted approach is essential. Policymakers should establish a robust regulatory framework that incentivizes CE practices, such as tax reductions for using recycled materials, grants for renewable energy integration, and penalties for excessive construction waste. Additionally, policies mandating LCA and pre-demolition audits can help maximize material recovery and reuse. Setting clear national standards for CE practices, including certifications and benchmarks, can ensure consistency and alignment across projects while encouraging compliance. Governments can drive the adoption of circular construction by funding and supporting pilot projects that demonstrate how CE principles can be successfully applied in real-world scenarios. These projects can serve as practical examples for the industry, showing the benefits of CE strategies and inspiring wider adoption. Owners and developers should be encouraged to integrate CE principles at the earliest stages of a project, as decisions made during initiation and planning significantly influence the project's overall sustainability. This can be supported by developing clear CE guidelines and standards to ensure alignment across projects. Strengthening the focus on CE principles during the initiation and planning stages is vital for embedding CE throughout the building lifecycle. This phase sets the foundation for all subsequent decisions, making it the ideal stage to prioritize CE objectives. Project briefs should explicitly include CE strategies such as material reuse, renewable energy integration, and adaptability. Additionally, incorporating lifecycle assessments (LCAs) and lifecycle costing (LCC) during planning can ensure a holistic view of environmental and economic impacts, enabling better decision-making. Early stakeholder engagement is also critical, as it fosters collaboration, aligns priorities, and ensures that all parties understand the benefits of CE principles. Designers play a critical role and should be equipped with tools and training to prioritize CE strategies, such as design for disassembly, modularity, and durability. Collaborative platforms that bring together designers, consultants, and contractors can help in integrating CE objectives across the project lifecycle. Design guidelines and mandates should explicitly incorporate CE strategies such as design for disassembly, adaptability, and durability to ensure that buildings are designed with their entire life cycle in mind. Collaboration between designers and consultants is critical to integrating lifecycle thinking into material selection, building layouts, and construction methods. This collaborative approach helps identify opportunities for resource efficiency and material reuse early in the process and evaluate design options using circular metrics. Additionally, investing in advanced design tools and technologies, such as BIM, can support the simulation and optimization of circular outcomes, enabling teams to predict the environmental impact and economic benefits of their design choices. Supply chain manufacturers must be encouraged to adopt CE principles by developing circular products and components, supported by incentives for adopting circular practices. This can be further enhanced by improving local supply chain infrastructure to ensure the availability of CE-compliant materials, reducing logistical and cost barriers. Establishing and supporting local supply chains for circular materials, such as reused, recycled, and bio-based, is fundamental to ensuring their availability and accessibility. Procurement policies should be updated to prioritize suppliers and materials aligned with CE principles, offering incentives to contractors who opt for sustainable choices. Strong partnerships with suppliers can enhance the reliability and consistency of CE-compliant materials, creating a more resilient supply chain.