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Bespoke Carbon Reporting

This contractor has implemented an in-house carbon reporting system. Two baseline forecasts (conforming and alternate design baseline) are calculated for the project, which provides insight into the expected variation in CO2 throughout the project. Via a simple but effective digital tool, the site record the quantities of each carbon emitting source used on the project. All data is evidence based…

Transport Data Capture

On this project they are using an online platform, in partnership with Datascope, to capture all carbon emission data generated from the transport of materials and waste. Each trade contractor has to book all material deliveries and waste removal trucks visits 48 hours before arrival in order to be accepted to site. The booking process includes, among other things, several…

Environmental Performance and Report

The Wellington Place 7 and 8 project team, led by Dan Miller, has shown great leadership and professionalism by using their sphere of influence to achieve the environmental targets set at the beginning of the project. Highlights Include: 59% reduction in CO2 emissions from the following measures: 100% Renewable energy electricity supply, primary and secondary lighting circuits that reduce unnecessary…

Safety Dashboard

Hollyfields have implemented a running dashboard to measure our health, safety and environmental targets. This consists of compiling data from health and safety audits, carried out by Directors and Group Health and Safety staff, creating tables and measuring this against our benchmark. We are also analysing weekly interventions logged by our site team, which involves reporting health and safety issues…

Site Specific Sustainability Route Map

It can sometimes be difficult to communicate sustainability issues to the workforce and present this information in an easy-to-understand way. See the examples below for how one site achieved this: The group as a whole has a Sustainability Route Map which, while informative and depicting the group’s good environmental intentions, was not making operatives aware of their site’s actions towards…

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