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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…
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…
This contractor has established a ‘Carbon Focus Group’ to develop an inclusive approach to generating discussions at all levels in the company. The new focus group has already developed a carbon specific toolbox talk that has been rolled out on site to educate and inspire the workforce to think about ways of reducing carbon. A number of initiatives were discussed…
When trees are uprooted and subsequently get stuck along a river this can cause major issues for the ecological and environmental balance of that river. Further to flood events, a tree stuck at the Common Cauld at Hawick was holding back the free-flowing of fish in the River Teviot. When a member of the River Tweed Commission noted issues with…
The contractor and a local paddle boarding group have undertaken the task of removing plastic waste from the local rivers and estuaries, these areas which are regularly cleaned are areas which are not easily assessable to others and so as a result the ecosystems of these rivers and estuaries have suffered. By using paddleboards, they have been able to remove…
The Net Zero Hackney Challenge was a programme, developed by the project team aiming to educate young people about net zero carbon and provide opportunities to the younger generation to enter the construction industry. This programme contributed to the efforts to improve social mobility in the borough by creating opportunities for further training, placements, work experience and mentoring. The net…
TfL, boroughs, developers, utilities are investing to improve London’s infrastructure to support sustainable growth and a strengthened economy. 38 opportunity and intensification areas, such as Blackfriars Road, Elephant & Castle, Old Oak Common and Vauxhall & Nine Elms, have been identified to accommodate a rising population. Maintaining the resilience and functionality of the road network during this transformation, including enabling…