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Every month, subcontractors are assessed against the project’s sustainability and social value requirements, providing a total score and ranking. Subcontractors gain points by meeting project requirements. They can earn additional points by exceeding requirements, or through best practice and innovation. The results are shared with package managers who provide feedback to subcontractors on what went well and areas for improvement….
As part of a respectful approach to forestry and in a bid to protect, preserve and enhance our natural environment, the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), aims to promote responsible management of the world’s forests. This ethos is very much in line with the environmental aims of the CCS Code of Considerate Practice and you can become fully involved in working together with the…
45 Millharbour is one of the few sites in the UK that contains Jersey Cudweed – a protected species of wild plant which was found growing naturally on the site prior to the project commencing. In order to protect this species, the project team set up an action plan with an ecologist from Greengage to ensure that the plant was…
The Challenge At our site, reporting of environmental near misses and close calls were poor and it was clear many of the operatives were struggling to identify what environmental hazards might actually be and toolbox talks and posters were not working. Training was needed – but for a 300 strong diverse workforce how could we develop effective training? Many on…
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Sharing your knowledge of environmental issues and methods to help the environment through re-use and recycling of products should be shared with the younger generation. Fun and engaging activities are an effective way to make learning fun and engage with the community. Below is an example of how a site used activities to raise awareness of environmental issues: An educational…
Sites have a responsibility to manage the environment. Construction sites can cause disturbance to the local ecosystem both during and long after completion. It is therefore important to manage this issue and reduce the impact as much as possible. Sites should even further their actions and help enhance the environment, supporting the local area in the future. The below example…
It is important to make the younger generation aware of the issues surrounding the environment and the opportunities that are available to ensure that we do as little harm as possible. As the construction industry is stereotyped as having a negative impact on the environment, we challenged a group of students from the South Dartmoor Academy to research and present back to…
This contractor is volunteering on a monthly basis with Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust to support their local traditional orchard restoration project, which enables them to directly ‘give back’ tangible benefit to the environment through their own volunteered time and collaborative efforts. The easy way to contribute to enhancing the environment is financially or with planting, and while the contractor is also…
Earth Day focuses on the human impact on Earth as a whole. This day aims to broaden and diversify the environmental movement worldwide and to mobilise it as the most effective vehicle to build a healthy, sustainable environment, address climate change, and protect the Earth for future generations. To support Earth Day on your site, you could do the following: Be aware…
To provide a validated chain of custody for timber materials from source to site, Mace worked with the client, architect and design team at 5 Broadgate to achieve Project FSC Certification. This was undertaken voluntarily, beyond original sustainability requirements specified for the project. Project FSC certification represents best practice in responsible sourcing of timber, as at the end of 2015,…
To help site personnel understand what is meant by embodied carbon, Mace created an embodied carbon poster, relating the impact of making one brick to the impact of making a pint of beer. By translating an impact into a language people can understand it helps communicate what can be a somewhat abstract concept. Since many people working on site like…
As part of their sustainability responsibility on this project and their desire for the healthiest workplace for their employees, the contractor set out to investigate the range of available low emitting raw materials, adhesives, finishes and finishing products and put these together to provide a certified method for achieving low emitting veneered and painted panels. These emissions include recognised prolonged…
The project team are involved in a joint venture, in an element of research to measure the load experienced in two of the largest piles on the project. The purpose of the research is to determine the load share between the pile and raft foundations, which can then be used to rationalise pile design on future projects in similar ground…
A protected tree was identified as being at risk from the construction of the Northern Line Extension ventilation Shaft site at Kennington Green. In addition the Ailanthus altissima (or Tree of Heaven) had particular value to local residents providing screening to their properties and ecological interest. In order to fully assess the likely impacts on the tree and the potential…