Construct for Growth
Zara Lamont OBE Performance Improvement Director
Carillion Building
10th September 2008
Carillion Plc – Who are we?
• Support services and Construction company• Employ around 50,000 people• Annual Revenue of approx £5bn• Based: Britain, Europe, Canada, MENA, Caribbean• Sectors: Health, education, regen.,road, rail, defence, and commercial property.
‘Wake up Call’
Twyford Down
Sustainability
Planet
Profit
People
Carillion provides sustainable solutions for the way we live
1994 our first steps were : • Independent Advisory Panel
• Create an Environmental Policy
• Develop an Environmental Management system
• KPI’s
• World Wildlife Fund – Timber Group
1999 Princess Margaret Hospital
The Natural Step
• Waste Management
• Energy Reduction
• Wildlife protection
• Community Liaison
Last Environmental Prosecution
SustainabilityJourney
• Sustainability Committee (chaired by John McDonough, Chief Executive)
• MD’s Sustainability Group (chaired by David Hurcomb, Executive Director)
• Sustainability Operations Group (SOG)
• Building Sustainability Group
• Business Unit Groups
Sustainability Management
• Attract, develop, retain excellent people
• Margin Improvement
• Winning more work
• Risk Management and Reputation
The business drivers
• The true cost of waste is generally around 20 times the disposal
cost:
• Purchase of materials
• Cost of storage, transport and disposal of waste
• Loss of income from selling salvaged materials
Waste and Resource Management
Concrete / Brickwork15%
Timber22%
Metal8%Pallets
2%
Packaging18%
Plasterboard15%
M & E2%
Other18%
Concrete / Brickwork
Timber
Metal
Pallets
Packaging
Plasterboard
M & E
Other
Waste and Resource Management
Carbon Footprint
• Reduce energy consumption
• Understand energy profile
• Use preferred energy provider – Scottish and Southern – Green CCL exempt energy
If every company car driver in Carillion Building
drove 1000 miles less per year (around 3 return
journeys from Wolverhampton to London) this
would save the business in the order of £50,000
and reduce the our carbon emissions by over 100
tonnes
Every minute that somebody in Carillion is using a VC
unit rather than driving to a meeting, the company
is saving 95p
Travel
2003 Oxford John Radcliffe Hospital
Achievements and benefits:
• Waste management – 90% diverted from landfill• Green transport plan – Carbon dioxide emissions reduced by more than 20%• Linoleum used on 60% of floors – biodegradable and enhanced life cycle, £264k saving over life of project• Ceiling tiles made from 30% post-industrial waste – £60k saving and tiles environmental friendly• Paint delivered in 10ltr metal cans – cheaper to buy doesn’t result in plastic cans which can’t be recycled
2007 Asda Bridgend A Waste Neutral Construction Project
• Developed by Waste and Resources Action
Programme (WRAP)
• New method of measuring:• The use of building materials made from recycled content and
the reuse of waste materials
• The waste generated during a construction project
• The Net Waste Tool calculates value of materials
wasted versus value of recycled or reused
materials
Net Waste
The Toolkit gave us this
information:
• Predicted cost of waste:
£118,241
• Equals 1.53% of value of
construction materials
• £300,000 more recycled
content than a standard
equivalent building to be
used
The Net Waste Tool - Asda Bridgend
Estimated materials cost £7.7 million
WValue of
wasted materials& packaging
£118,000
- RValue of
recycled content &reused materials
– £300,000
= Z Net Waste - £182,000
Key strategies for minimising the cost of materials wasted at Asda Bridgend
Material Waste minimisation strategy adopted
Stone, bricks, blocks, concrete, tiles
On site crushing and reuse
Concrete lift well Prefabricated off site manufactured in sections
Steel frame Standardised, off site manufactured
Aluminium wall cladding Panellised modular construction
Aluminium roof sections Rolled on site to exact lengths required
Plasterboard Take-back schemeOff-cuts reused
TimberTerrazzo tiles
Off-cuts reused
• Design
- More influence in Design and Build
- Influenced reuse of demolition material on site
• Supply Chain
- Made subcontractors responsible for waste, with particular focus on
packaging
- Influenced specification to increase recycled content
• On Site
- 16,006 m3 of 6F2 grade fill produced from site won rock and reused
on site and 17,619 m3 of site won general fill produced from
excavation and reused on site
As so much recycled content was used, the project was
declared waste neutral
Asda Bridgend
• True cost of waste revealed allowing focussed actions
• Main sources of waste by value identified so focus can be given to
reduce largest opportunities
• Allows a percentage recycled content to be targeted, which is
becoming increasingly important to clients – BSF, Defence, Health
• Assists in the development of pan Carillion Site Waste Management
Plans in obtaining value of estimated waste and setting waste
reduction targets
• Allows cost reduction/increased profits through waste
minimisation/waste management
So what does this mean to us as a business? - Benefits of Good Waste Management
• Strategic approach to waste minimisation and management
• Use of Net Waste Tool on further projects
• Site Waste Management Plans – already on all CB sites
• Waste targets (tonnes / £100k)
• Influence Design in choice of materials, waste minimisation and
recycled content
• Influence Supply Chain in choice of materials, waste minimisation
and recycled content
What are we doing to make this happen across Carillion?
• This is a journey - but you have to get started
In Summary
• Needs commitment – can’t play at it
• Makes Business Sense – adds value to your bottomline• It won’t go away – legislation / society demanding it
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