Sarcouncil Journal of Engineering and Computer Sciences

Abstract: U.S. construction industry is one of the largest contributors to resource depletion and generation of waste, with almost 40 percent of total material use and solid waste. The principles of the circular economy (CE) that focus on the reduction, reuse, and recycling of materials provide a transformative scheme for attaining sustainability in the building industry. This narrative review summarized the recent developments, policy frameworks, and technological developments that led to the circular construction practices in the United States. It critically analyses current material recovery, design to deconstruct, and industrial symbiosis approaches, points of knowledge gap and new research frontiers. The databases analyzed to analyze peer-reviewed studies included Scopus, Web of Science, and ScienceDirect (published in the last 5 years 2020-2025). The review has given a priority to literature that is U.S.-based that combines the concept of Circular Economy in producing materials, waste management and design of green buildings. The new tendencies show an increasing correspondence between the CE implementation and the federal sustainability targets, where the innovation clusters are recycled concrete, modular construction, and lifecycle design. The problem is however, hindered by policies and fragmentation, lack of standardization of data, and economic obstacle. To reach a real U.S. building sector that is circular, there will be the need to unify policies, measure lifecycle, and make cross-sectoral efforts to close material loops and achieve reduced embodied carbon to hasten the transition to net-zero construction.