EIMissue5 by Environment Industry Magazine

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2010

DEMOLITION ASBESTOS 2010 OLYMPICS VEGETATION MAPPING ECOBUILD GIORA SHAVIV

INTRODUCTION FROM THE EDITOR I am pleased and relieved to be welcoming you to issue five of Environment Industry Magazine. It has been a tough old time to get here but here we are none the less. It was suggested at the beginning that starting a magazine completely reliant on advertising revenue in the middle of a recession might not be the wisest plan anyone has ever had. I am nothing if not bloody minded and here we are bringing you the fifth issue. Not only have we survived, we have actually grown and improved. Environment Industry Magazine is one of the few publications to have increased its pagination over the last year. Even this issue, which has been badly affected by the surprise introduction of Christmas at the end of last year (a friend of mine Neil from Myplasterer.com noted the sudden increase of people requiring work done “in time for Christmas” in December ... I think it snuck up on all of us) and by the sudden and inexplicable snow which rendered the whole country house bound for two weeks, has flourished. I think we have capitalised on the fact that everyone we contacted was so stir crazy in the snow, they welcomed any human contact, even our advertising salespeople. Also in this issue we have amassed editorial content from some incredible industry experts. I feel humbled by the calibre of people who are willing to put pen to paper on our behalf. Sir Michael Latham former, Conservative MP, Chairman of CITB and author of the Latham Report 'Constructing the Team'; Dr Vanessa Lawrence CB, Director General and Chief Executive of Ordnance Survey; Phil Crowcroft, Partner of ERM and Chairman of SiLC; Dr Jan Hellings, Olympic Delivery Authority and BURA Director; and Mike Watson, Head of Construction at WRAP, to name but a few. It is a privilege to have such influential people involved with the magazine.

The final editorial group covers features – all features are written by people working in or influencing an industry sector, by invitation only. In order to encourage interesting and independent comment we try to remove as many controls as possible. We give a broad subject area, normally just industry sector, and allow the writer to write whatever they feel is pertinent to that area. We only have a minimum word count and we do not edit the text, we only check for spelling, grammar and legality, other than that, what is written is what is printed. None of the editorial items are necessarily the opinions of the Editor, the magazine or EnviroMedia Ltd. Because of the nature of the editorial content, we do not expect to make everyone happy all of the time: if you feel that the content is wrong or not detailed or technical enough, or if you want to write a counter argument please contact me on 0161 4310157 or alex@enviromedia.ltd.uk Finally, we are changing our publishing calendar. We will still be bi-monthly, just alternate to our present sequence, so the next issue will be out at the beginning of March, then the new calendar kicks in and the next issue will be towards the end of April. We have a forward features list online at www.enviromedia.ltd.uk - this will be elaborated on as we get round to it. One last thing I would like to wish all of our readers and contributors a happy and prosperous new year.

Alex Stacey Alex Stacey Managing Editor

Whilst gloating about the quality of editorial contributors in Environment Industry Magazine, I would like to discuss our editorial approach in the magazine. Our policy is actually quite strict; firstly all editorial is free and there is no compulsion to advertise if you supply any. (However, if the magazine is suitable to carry your editorial then expect a call from our sales team.) For the record we break editorial into three groups. The first group is news – any press releases sent to the company which have newsworthy content will be included. We don’t do colour separations and promotional press releases will be diverted to the sales team. The second group covers case studies; this group allows clients to write about the use of a products and services in the field and to talk about successfully completed projects or developments. We try to cap the word count at around 700 words in order to keep them concise; also, to ensure that case studies are independent we actively discourage advertising alongside them. ENVIRONMENT INDUSTRY MAGAZINE

CONTENTS News

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One Monday in December By Steve Grant

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UK Sustainable Development Association ...taking a look at finding models for local renewable energy By Steff Wright

Pages 18 - 19

What Price Sustainability? By Mark Anthony

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Howard Button Hits Out at NVQ Funding Cuts By Howard Button Page 24

Reducing Construction Waste By Dr. Mike Watson

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Putting Construction Waste to Good Use By Eddie McGee

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Asbestos By Steve Sadley

Remediation of a Brownfield Site for the 2012 London Olympics Throws up a Series of Challenges By Dr. Jan Hellings

Remediation Standard - a Step-change in Expectations By Phil Crowcroft & Kevin Eaton

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Alex Stacey Tel: 0161 3410158 Fax: 0161 7668997 Email: alex@enviromedia.ltd.uk

Environment Industry Magazine is proud to be the official media partner for the UK Sustainable Development Association. Every effort is made to verify all information published, but Environment Industry Magazine cannot accept responsibility for any errors or omissions or for any losses that may arise as a result. Opinions expressed in articles do not necessarily reflect those of EnviroMedia Ltd. Environment Industry Magazine welcomes contributions for publication. Submissions are accepted on the basis of full assignment of copyright to EnviroMedia Ltd unless otherwise agreed in advance and in writing. We reserve the right to edit items for reasons of space, clarity or legality. ENVIRONMENT INDUSTRY MAGAZINE

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Education, the Construction Industry and the Sustainability Agenda By Sir Michael Latham

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Geographic Information - Underpinning Decision Making in Great Britain and Key to our Environmental Future By Dr. Vanessa Lawrence CB

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GPS/GIS Technology - a Tool for Strategic Invasive Weed Management By Jon Barton

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Eradicating Japanese Knotweed By Patrick Horsley

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Marine Conservation Zones Could Mean Better Times Ahead for Fish and the Fishing Industry By Prof. Callum Roberts

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Environmental Entrepreneurship and Water: The Ultimate Environmental Commodity? By Prof. Robert M. Kalin

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Environment Agency Prosecutions

Pages 72 - 88

Ecobuild Show Preview

Pages 90 - 94

Case Studies

Pages 95 - 96

Famous Last Words Global Warming: The Alternative View By Prof. Giora Shaviv

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The Eden Project, with its 245 rainwater harvesting toilets, has won a national Loo of the Year Award for the high standards of its washrooms. The awards scheme, run by the British Toilet Association, recognises the best ‘away from home’ toilets in locations ranging from supermarkets to service stations. Judged on a surprise visit by an inspector, Eden’s facilities were given the maximum five-star rating for the seventh consecutive year and scooped a prize in the Leisure category. The Cornish tourist attraction’s washrooms were awarded for aspects such as hygiene, accessibility and signage. They are also environmentally friendly, featuring recycled rainwater, green cleaning products and low-energy hand dryers. Conventional lavatories draw on mains water which has been cleaned to drinking water standards; an energy-intensive operation. Eden’s toilets and urinals are flushed using rain and ground water instead. This collects in the bottom of the former china clay

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pit, undergoes a simple cleaning process and is pumped to the washrooms. Eden is also trialling the state-of-the-art Dyson Airblade, a hand dryer which uses around 80% less energy than other hand dryers. The machine dries hands in ten seconds by releasing pressurised air, travelling at more than 400 miles an hour, through an aperture the width of an eyelash. Both are stories that the educational charity, which prides itself on its onsite interpretation, shares with visitors on signs inside the cubicles. The 23-strong Housekeeping Team cleans the facilities using only biodegradable products and replenishes them with recycled toilet paper and palm-oil-free soap. Eden’s Logistics Manager, Kathryn Sanders, said, “When you think of the size of the site and the fact that we welcome more than 1 million visitors, it’s a massive achievement. I’m immensely proud to have an award-winning team that consistently delivers its work to the highest standard.”

Rain Director® Smart Header Tank Rainwater System gains WRAS Approval The Rain Director, introduced in October 2008, has proved itself to be one of the most innovative and successful rainwater harvesting products available on the market. Its status as a reliable rainwater management system was confirmed by the Water Regulations Advisory Scheme (WRAS) that gave its approval in December 2009, after 6 months of testing, under the approval number 0912064. The Rain Director is the only overall rainwater management system – rather than just constituent parts – to have achieved this status.

pumps into a holding header tank which in turn gravity-feeds appliances. In this way, the pump only works when the header tank is completely empty rather than every time, for example, a WC is flushed. There are now two versions, one using even less energy. A solar-powered model will be launched at Ecobuild in March 2010 which will reduce power consumption to virtually nothing. For more information call 0800 074 7234 or visit their website. www.rainwaterharvesting.co.uk www.raindirector.co.uk

WRAS enforces the requirements of the water boards across the country. Owners and occupiers of premises and anyone who installs plumbing systems or water fittings have the legal duty to ensure that the systems satisfy the Water Fittings Regulations. These regulations have the force of law so it is an offence not to comply with them. Concerns over pump energy consumption, lack of water during power cuts, pump noise, and unsightly or bulky control panels led to the creation of the Rain Director® with its smart header tank. Instead of the pump in the underground tank feeding the appliances directly, it

THREE GOLDEN RULES TO GOING GREEN IN 2010 Envirowise are encouraging businesses to put three golden rules for resource efficiency high on their agenda during 2010. The result for companies could be cost savings of as much as £1,000 per employee per year – not to mention enhanced reputation and improved competitive advantage.

STEP BACK – take a step back from your day-to-day operations and assess your raw material use in particular. Are you missing opportunities to reduce product and packaging waste at source? Read Waste Mapping: Your route to more profit’ available free at www.envirowise.gov.uk/EN944

TEAM UP – invite your workforce to get involved in managing the environmental impact of your business. Often the best ideas come direct from the shopfloor so set-up a forum of environmental champions who can share ideas with the management team. Use the Envirowise Behaviour Change Tool at www.envirowise.gov.uk/change to get started BUILD LINKS – work more closely with your supply chain to assess products and services on an environmental as well as cost basis. Wastage may be identified in areas including water use, transport or packaging. A free, ‘traffic-light’ style toolkit to help businesses identify areas which can be addressed is available at www.envirowise.gov.uk/green-procurement

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Bluewater Shopping Centre Green

City of London to celebrate the 9th annual ‘Green Oscars’

waste process - shortlisted for Sustainable City Award

Dubbed the ‘Green Oscars’, the Sustainable City Awards recognise and reward businesses for their excellent achievements in all areas of sustainable business development. Despite UK businesses experiencing one of the most challenging of years in 2009, the environmental and financial benefits of sustainable business practice have remained high on the business agenda. Third Sector organisations were particularly to the fore on this year’s shortlist, with a 133% increase in new applications overall. Applications from the Third Sector include Dulwich Picture Gallery, for their use of art to enrich the lives of older people in the community, and Newquay Zoo for implementing sustainable measures which have both cost and carbon savings benefits.

Duke of Cambridge pub shortlisted for a Sustainable City Award

On Thursday 18th February, at a ceremony in Mansion House, David Kennedy, Chief Executive of the Committee on Climate Change, will award the ‘Green Gongs’. Among other organisations hoping to feature are: • Bluewater Shopping and Leisure Centre for turning 6,000 tonnes of waste into an education study centre. • The UK’s first organic gastropub the Duke of Cambridge in Islington. • Deutsche Bank for an impressive climate change strategy, which incorporates measures to reduce water usage, energy usage, and general waste. The RSA accredited Sustainable City Awards were established in 2001 by the City of London Corporation and are run in partnership with 20 organisations, including livery companies, trade bodies and voluntary sector organisations and businesses. Representatives from each of these organisations join the judging panel to select winners and runners-up across the award categories. Sustainable City Awards ceremony 2009 at Mansion House

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UKSPILL10 and Other Key Events to be Co-located with Oceanology International For over 40 years the biennial London-based Oceanology International exhibition and conference has played a key role serving the marine science and ocean technology community. Events held alongside the major exhibition, and free-to-attend conference, at Oceanology International 2010 (London's ExCeL, 9-11 March), demonstrate its importance and the central role it plays within the community it serves. This year's event is no exception, for the two-day UKSPILL10 Marine Oil Spill Seminar, organised by the UK Spill Association (UKSPILL), is just one of several events to be co-located with Oceanology International. The association represents companies, organisations and individuals working in the oil spill industry in the UK and is recognised by the UK Environmental and Maritime Regulators as the national industry body for the commercial and related interests of the industry. UKSPILL10 will take place on 9 and 10 March at ExCeL and thus take advantage of the presence at Oceanology International of so many global players in the sector.

Consense Launches Round Three Wind Farm Online Following the recent announcement of the winning companies for The Crown Estate's Round 3 offshore wind programme; Consense has been appointed by ScottishPower Renewables and Swedish company Vattenfall to provide a website to engage with key stakeholders and the public. ScottishPower Renewables and Swedish company Vattenfall have won development rights to Zone 5, to generate up to 7,200MW off the Norfolk and Suffolk coast with a scheme known as East Anglia Offshore Wind (www.eaow.co.uk). Now that the successful consortia have been formally announced, East Anglia Offshore Wind will accelerate their scoping work before lodging a formal planning application. Consense will assist in an important element of the planning application, first providing an online portal for project details in an informative and transparent way; and eventually upgrading the website to gather valuable feedback and comments as part of the formal consultation process.

JCB has been presented with its 25th Queen’s Award – an achievement which is thought to be a national record. JCB Earthmovers, of Cheadle, Staffordshire received the Award in the International Trade category from HM LordLieutenant of Staffordshire, James Hawley, The Queen’s representative in the county. It honours a rise in exports of nearly 80% between 2005 and 2008 and takes the number of Queen’s Awards won by the JCB Group since 1969 to 25. No other company is thought to have matched the achievement.

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The UK’s largest engineering design consultancy, Atkins, is supporting the call from the Environment Agency to the UK Government to guarantee sufficient spending on flood defences in the wake of the £3.2 billion bill from the summer floods. The Environment Agency have said that investment in building and maintaining flood defences would have to almost double to GBP1 billion a year by 2035 to keep pace with climate change impacts. It warned that unless this happened the average annual cost of flood damage could rise by 60% over that period.

Silverdell PLC, the specialist asbestos removal and regulatory, environmental-compliance group, has announced that it has secured four major contracts. The first contract is for Phase Four of the Shell Tower renewal project on London’s Southbank. Working directly for Shell Real Estate as Principal Contractor, the £3.5m phase is due for completion by June of this year. The Group has secured a framework contract for a London Borough and a further two contracts with borough councils in the South East of England. These contracts run through to 2015. | 10 | ENVIRONMENT INDUSTRY MAGAZINE

Batteries regulations reminder for small businesses The Environment Agency is urging more small businesses that make, import or sell batteries and battery-operated equipment from torches to toys to ensure they comply with new regulations aimed at reducing the environmental impact of batteries. By now any business who placed batteries for the first time on the UK market in 2009 should have registered as a battery producer – and the first deadline for submitting batteries data for 2009 is 31 January 2010. Both actions are new responsibilities under the Waste Batteries & Accumulators Regulations that came into force in 2009. The regulations set out how all types of waste batteries and re-chargeable batteries are collected, treated and recycled in the UK. To help businesses prepare for the new regulations, the Environment Agency has worked closely with industry, trade associations, the waste management industry and trade media. Guidance and updates for business have been published on the Environment Agency’s and Netregs’s websites. Leaflets and regular information bulletins have also been issued.

JCB Donates $150,000 Worth of Diggers to Haiti Quake Disaster JCB is donating diggers worth $150,000 to help the disaster relief effort in Haiti, following the devastating earthquake that is feared to have killed tens of thousands of people. The gift of two 3CX backhoe loaders is being made by JCB Chairman Sir Anthony Bamford in response to an appeal from relief agencies for foreign aid. The machines are being made available to the US Government, which is taking a leading role in the relief effort on the Caribbean island, which was recently hit by an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter Scale. Sir Anthony Bamford said: “The scale of the devastation is unimaginable and it’s heart-rending to see the human suffering caused by the disaster. There is clearly a lack of equipment on the island and I hope our gift of JCB machines will help in some small way to alleviate that suffering and in the rebuilding in the aftermath of the earthquake.” The contribution to the aid effort follows a series of other JCB machinery donations in recent years to other parts of the world hit by natural disasters, including the 2008 earthquake in Sichuan province in China, when six backhoe loaders worth over $600,000 and a team of operators were sent from the company’s factory in Shanghai to help the clear-up effort in the region. JCB also donated machines worth more than £1 million to help in the aftermath of the Asian Tsunami in 2004, with JCB diggers deployed to Thailand, southern India, Sri Lanka and Indonesia. Last year the company donated an excavator and a backhoe loader worth $250,000 to help the disaster relief effort in the city of Padang following the devastating earthquake that struck off the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health Wins Cathay Pacific New Horizons Business Award The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) has been revealed as the winner of the New Horizons category of the 2009 Cathay Pacific China Business Awards. First introduced in 2005, these annual awards are designed to acknowledge and celebrate UK business dynamism and success in Hong Kong and China.

Hong Kong have achieved a CIEH food hygiene certificate. Such initiatives are expected to result in increased safety standards in the food hygiene sector, increasing safety awareness and ultimately improving health in Hong Kong and China.

Their achievement was recognised by Cathay Pacific’s General Manager Europe, Philippe de Gentile- Williams, in an awards ceremony held at The Mandarin Oriental, London,attended by leading business figures from the UK, Hong Kong and China. One of three award categories, the New Horizons Award recognises a single project or initiative that displays compelling evidence of dedication to China and/or Hong Kong through business innovation, research projects, or examples of environmental or corporate social responsibility activity. The non-governmental institute has been providing vocational qualifications, events, candidate and trainer support materials on topics related to health, wellbeing and safety since 1883. The judges agreed that the contribution made by the institute to improving health in food hygiene in China made this a stand-out entry. The CIEH established a partnership with the Hong Kong Food Council in 1998, since then over 14,000 food handlers in ENVIRONMENT INDUSTRY MAGAZINE | 11 |

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A company-wide bin-ban has helped rubbish recycling ignorance as one of Manchester’s leading home furnishing stores sets the pace on green issues. A team of skip-cops has been enforcing and encouraging recycling after Housing Units in Failsworth, Manchester, set up a working party 18 months ago to address the issue at its multi-store retail park and distribution centre - and management have been knocked sideways by the results. “In 2007 we were recycling nothing. In autumn 2008 we were sending 80% of our waste and rubbish to landfill, but right now we're sending 80% for recycling - we're frankly amazed at what the team has achieved, but it has also been a massive measure of how the country's attitude to recycling is changing,” said Nick Fox of Housing Units. “When we started the project in early 2008 it was surprisingly difficult to find out how to turn a business green and develop recycling programmes - but there's now masses of help and advice on how to achieve some amazing recycling figures. “It was tough to get everybody engaged at first, but the

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“Our security team has a 'skip-cop' detail who have been trained to recognise what's rubbish and what's not, and if the wrong materials are found in the wrong bins then they put them in the right place and endeavour to investigate where the system has gone wrong. “We’re not perfect yet, but the more we do the more we learn about what else we can do - it's fascinating and it's rewarding, and if every business did the same then there really is a difference to be made. “Some of the rubbish we produce has a value, so we can actually sell it, which, of course, makes a small contribution towards keeping overheads down, as does the fact that we have fewer, smaller, skips for rubbish.”

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FIRST AFRICAN CARBON CREDIT SCHEME LAUNCHED FOLLOWING UNFCCC COPENHAGEN South African banking group and Old Mutual Group subsidiary, Nedbank (JSA: NED), and international NGO, Wildlife Works Incorporated, have announced they will be signing a multi-million pound agreement to launch the first African carbon credit scheme. Partnering together on a Kenyan REDD (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) carbon project, over 2.5 million tonnes of carbon will be released into the global carbon trading market.

Proving that carbon offset opportunities are both economically and environmentally viable within Africa, Nedbank will acquire carbon credits from the avoided deforestation of the Wildlife Works’ Kasigau Corridor Project to 2026. Recently awarded gold level approval under the Climate Community and Biodiversity Alliance forestry protection standard, the project is Africa’s first REDD project developed at scale. It is currently seeking registration from the benchmark voluntary carbon market registry, the VCS (Voluntary Carbon Standard). With African countries’ communities and economies some of the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, REDD projects, such as the Kasigau Wildlife Corridor, are working to help local landowners monetise their forest and biodiversity assets. The 200,000 hectare dryland forest and savannah grassland strip is under constant threat from farming, grazing, logging for fire wood, charcoal and hunting of bush meat. ENVIRONMENT INDUSTRY MAGAZINE | 13 |

FM CONWAY REWARDED FOR SETTING THE SILVER STANDARD IN THE FREIGHT INDUSTRY Leading highways maintenance, civil engineering and construction services provider FM Conway is a member of Transport for London’s Freight Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS), which promotes best practice among freight businesses in the capital.

FORS has developed an online benchmarking system of four key performance measures (CO2, fuel use, collisions and parking and speeding fines) which are linked to a similar online system owned by the Department for Transport. FORS members enter data on individual vehicles, which enables them to make comparisons within their own fleet.

Threat of acidic oceans Acidification of the oceans has been described at the Copenhagen Summit as "a major threat to marine life and our food supply".

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they are moving to states of rapid erosion. Studies suggest that reefs are worth more than £60bn annually, protecting communities from storm damage and creating ecosystems essential for food production.

Extra carbon in the atmosphere is being absorbed into the seas, lowering the pH value with potentially harmful consequences for coral, fish stocks and ultimately people, warned UK Environment Minister Hilary Benn.

Professor Chris Perry, of the University’s Centre for Earth and Ecosystem Responses to Environmental Change, is leading a Leverhulme Trust International study to develop a more effective and rapid method of assessing the carbonate ‘budgets’ of reefs.

Such changes are part of a varied range of environmental impacts to which modern coral reefs are being exposed. A critical question is how these impacts are expressed in terms of a coral reefs ability to keep growing, or whether

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LG Electronics Announces New Air to Water Heat Pump to be Available in the Spring LG Electronics (LG), a global leader in electronics, have announced that its much awaited Therma V air to water heat pump will be available in the UK from spring 2010. The Therma V has been designed to meet the fast-growing demand for an environmentallysound source of heating, hot water and air conditioning plus the option of under floor heating, reducing the amount of CO2 emitted by 90% compared to conventional fossil fuel heating systems. Its co-efficients of performance (COPs) of up to 4.5 are among the most advanced on the market.

Network Rail Given Green Light Plans to develop one of the most sustainable office buildings in the country were given the go-ahead as Network Rail’s new national centre received the stamp of approval from Milton Keynes’ planning authority. Network Rail plans to house up to 3,000 employees at the centre, bringing new jobs to the area. The 400,000 sq ft building will be constructed on the site of a former hockey stadium, revitalising an underused corner of Central Milton Keynes. Councillors voted to approve Network Rail’s plans at a town hall meeting on the 21st January.

Georgia Elliott-Smith joins Appleyards as Director of Sustainability Appleyards is delighted to announce the appointment of Georgia Elliott-Smith as Director of Sustainability Consulting, a new division of the business. Georgia will be responsible for consolidating Appleyards’ considerable experience and knowledge in the sustainability field , whilst adding her own vast expertise to build upon past successes in this area to develop new services. She is an Environmental Engineer, Member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment, a registered Environmental Auditor and one of the UK’s first Chartered Environmentalists with 12 years’ experience as an environmental professional in the construction and property industry. Major clients have included Defra, Land Securities, Accenture, Deloitte, Laing O’Rourke, the Civil Aviation Authority and Railtrack. ENVIRONMENT INDUSTRY MAGAZINE | 15 |

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We’ve just had the most severe winter since the early nineties, with the highlands reaching lows not seen for thirty years or more, and this single event has been leaped upon by a seemingly phenomenal number of people saying that it’s direct evidence that climate change is bunkum. When it is pointed out to them that the consensus of the world’s scientific community, across all the relevant disciplines, is that climate change is a very real and pressing problem, they usually play either the conspiracy card (it’s a worldwide conspiracy to enable governments to raise more taxes from us and the scientists are supporting them) or the ‘easy grants’ card (it’s easy to get funded if you’re researching climate change and being all ‘green’ about everything). The Daily Express recently ran a jaw-dropping front page story, headlined “100 reasons why climate change is natural” (Dec15), which started by stating that, “There is no real scientific proof that the current warming is caused by the rise of greenhouse gases from man’s activity”, and proceeded to push the envelope of the ridiculous from there. Among the 100 reasons it cites (and by no means the most ludicrous) is “The biggest climate change ever experienced on earth took place around 700 million years ago”. That may well be true, but it’s hardly a ‘reason’ for anything. Michael Le Page, Features Editor of The New Scientist responded almost immediately on the NS site, systematically debunking the Express’s ‘reasons’. He only managed 50, because the remainder were either not reasons for anything at all, were so lacking in credibility that they defied repudiation or were repetitions of earlier ‘reasons’. How do you counter a statement such as, “The argument that climate change is a of result of global warming caused by human activity is the argument of flat Earthers”, and how can a national newspaper possibly claim such a statement as a ‘reason’? But there was more. It also contained directly misleading statements such as, “The accepted global average temperature statistics used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change show that no ground-based warming has occurred since 1998.” That statement is absolutely true, but they conveniently

omitted to say that it’s because 1998 was the warmest year on record. I suspect very strongly that the reasons for the Express’s sudden cynicism is rooted not in the interests of healthy and challenging debate, but because they have seen a good old-fashioned market opportunity. In November, they were happy to run stories from the opposite foot, such as pop star Midge Ure’s warning about the effect on children (Nov 5) and Gordon Brown seeking a ‘pivotal role’ for Britain at Copenhagen (Dec 14th). Looking at the articles they ran, one can see clearly that at some time on Monday December 14th, the policy flipped. No slow emergence of doubt, no series of increasingly questioning articles – one day they were ‘warmists’ and the next – ‘deniers’. That’s not a process of concerned, questioning journalism – that’s a policy enactment. They’ve positively pounced on the Himalayan glaciers error in the 2007 report, running at least three stories on it that I know of. One headline read, “CLIMATE CHANGE BOSS: WE GOT IT WRONG”. How’s that for good, balanced and responsible journalism? The fact is that the Daily Express continually comes a poor second to the Daily Mail, its direct competitor. The Express averages around 725,00 sales each day, whilst the Mail achieves about 2.2M. Clearly, the Express has to do something. As conspiracy and hidden agendas seem to be flavour of the season, I posit that by adopting a strident stance of denial, the Express hopes to tap into the growing sense of incredulity felt about climate change being whipped up amongst the general population and in doing so, increase its market share. Then before you know it – the Daily Mail are on the bandwagon. Too tedious to report here, but if you’re interested, Google ‘Guardian Mojib Latif’. It’s all there. The Express, of course, would say that are the only major British newspaper voicing the real questions and concerns that must be addressed. To that I say: “don’t piss on me and tell me it’s raining”. Steve@stephenmgrant.com ENVIRONMENT INDUSTRY MAGAZINE | 17 |

UK-SDA … taking a look at funding models

for local renewable energy …

achieve greater energy self-sufficiency and help meet an identified mid-term shortfall in national power generation caused by the closure of a large number of first generation nuclear power stations and old, dirty, coal powered stations.

a rural case study … A planning application for a 50MW wind-farm at Davidstow, close to the NE corner of Bodmin Moor, has recently been granted subject to a full Environment Impact Assessment. The developer, Community Windpower Ltd, has offered the Camelford & Delabole Development Trust (there are about 2,000 inhabitants in each community) a compensating income each year. On 15 July 2009, Ed Miliband, the Secretary of State for the Department for Energy & Climate Change (DECC), announced a two tier system of subsidies for Renewable Energy, with large installations of over 5-MW installed capacity continuing to receive Renewables Obligation Certificates (ROCs) for their electricity, whilst installations under 5-MW would receive, from April 2010, a range of Feed-in-Tariffs (FITs). These are designed to ensure that small domestic installations of different types (solar PV, wind, hydro etc) can compete in terms of pay-back time with larger systems. Further, from April 2011 a range of Renewable Heat Incentives (RHIs) would be introduced to reward renewable heat in a similar way to the proposed FITs. Responses to the DECC FIT paper were submitted by 15 October and DECC has said that the Government response should be expected early in the New Year. A consultation paper on the RHIs will be issued in the next few months, to prepare people for the RHI introduction in 2011.

large-scale wind … The Government is also introducing a new planning process for large-scale RE installations of over 50-MW as these are viewed as being of national importance. They will therefore go before an independent panel of experts for the final approval, rather than the decision being made at county or district level. We can therefore expect most wind-farms to be at least 50-MW in order to by-pass the local planning process. While the new arrangements can be seen as an erosion of the democratic process, it can also be argued as being essential if the Government is to meet its EU imposed climate change target of moving from about 1.5% Renewable Energy to 15% by 2020. The policy will help achieve two other strategic aims, namely to | 18 |ENVIRONMENT INDUSTRY MAGAZINE

The modern 2.5-MW turbines, in an area with average windspeeds in excess of 7m/sec, should achieve a capacity factor between 30% and 34%. This means that the energy generated in an average year can be calculated as around 140,000-MWh (20 x 2.5MW x 32% x 365 x 24), with each MWh receiving a single ROC, worth about £50, plus the wholesale price paid by the Grid, which should be at least another £50. On this basis, the wind-farm should generate gross revenues of £14,000,000 pa which, allowing 10% for operating and maintenance costs and finance costs of around £3,800,00 pa, would leave a net profit before corporation tax of £8,800,000 pa. Under Phase 3 of the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme, the developer may also be able to claim tradable carbon credits currently worth €14/ton on the 67,000-tons pa of CO2 saved to earn a further £840,000 pa. Such projections should leave ample scope to ensure that, through legislation or the planning approval process, financial compensation can be fed back into directly affected communities via Trust arrangements.

local renewables leverage … This could have a valuable secondary impact on national renewables strategy in that the guaranteed (for 20-years) income being made available to local Trusts in this way could be used to raise capital that could be lent to homeowners to work alongside the Conservative Climate Change pledge of a £6,500 grant per house for insulation and renewable energy. Assuming a Trust benefits from, say, a 5% levy from a nearby large scale wind development, this might enable a sum of £8,500 to be made available as a loan to individual households, typically to be spent to achieve additional renewables impact along the following lines:

 £1,500 on insulation, to save £120 pa.  Five solar PV 220W panels costing £3,500, generating 1,400-kWh at 12p/kWh substitution price plus the FIT of 48p/kWh to earn £840 pa (48p being mid-way between DECC’s 36.5p/kWh and the Renewable Energy Association’s recommendation of 59.5p/kWh).  A 6-kW Ground Source Heat Pump costing £5,000 generating 17,500-kWh over 2,920 hours (33%) of the year. With a possible RHI of 2p/kWh, this will earn the householder £350 pa. The net investment by the householder on the insulation, solar PV and GSHP would be £1,500. The electricity consumption of the house, due to the GSHP with an efficiency of 4kWh heat for each kWh of electricity put into the pump, would double to about 9-MWh costing £1,000 pa. There would be zero cost for heating and hot water. The householder’s annual energy bill will be turned from about £1,400 pa (4.5-MWh electricity at 12p for £550 and 1,700 litres heating oil at 50p for £850) into an electricity bill of £1,000 pa less £840 for the solar PV and £350 for the GSHP for a profit of £190. The householder pays back the Trust’s £2,000 loan over 15 years at £190 pa. The household energy bill falls to £zero per year and each household is on average £1,400 pa better off. As the subsidies are likely to be tax free, a standard rate tax payer is £1,750 pa better off, helping to banish fuel poverty.

community based schemes … A community-wide scheme along the above lines might account for around half of the income derived through a local Trust from a legislated linkage with a nearby large-scale wind project, based on a 5% levy. This would leave the Trust ample funds to spend on community welfare and other projects, whilst leaving a healthy balance to spend on community renewable energy projects designed to get the best return from the FITs and the RHI; a typical suite of communitybased projects, all funded by the income to the Trust arising from its linkage with a nearby large-scale wind development might encompass, for example:  Four 50-kW wind-turbines costing £1 million, generating 800-MWh with an assumed Renewable Energy Association recommended FIT of 25p (DECC decision awaited), plus the guaranteed minimum Grid price of 5p/kWh, might earn £240,000 pa, or £204,000 net after deduction of site lease and O&M.

 Five small biomass CHP plants costing £400,000 each. Each would be operated by an entrepreneurial farmer using a mix of miscanthus, sawmill & forestry waste and waste wood with an average cost of £50 per tonne. The plants each use 850-tons pa of biomass for a total cost of £213,000 pa. In return they each generate 400-MWh electricity, 1,180-MWh of useable heat and 85-tons pa of biochar suitable when briquetted as a domestic coal substitute or for BBQs or as an organic fertiliser with a sale value of £350 per tonne to raise £150,000 pa (paying for the feedstock). The FIT for pyrolysis & gasification for plants under 100-kW is 20p/kWh plus a mix of substitution and wholesale price of 7p/kW worth £540,000 pa. Assuming that the RHI is 2p/kWh and that 50% of the heat is sold at 2p/kWh, the heat generated by the five plants will earn £177,000 pa. Assuming the O&M costs of the five plants total £240,000 pa, the tax free profit accruing to the Trust would be £477,000 pa from an investment of £2 million.

conclusion … The above projections illustrate the potential knock-on benefits arising at the local level from a, say, 5% levy on the pre-tax profits made by developers who install RE projects larger than 5-MW. As the developer would have paid 28% Corporation Tax, the net cost of such a levy to the developer would be 3.6%. Such a levy could compensate affected communities, providing them with the resources to address a wide range of local issues, and act as a multiplier by funding other renewable energy projects. The guaranteed income stream accruing from a 5% levy will enable community trusts to raise capital which can be used to generate further income from FITs and the RHI; this could apply not only to large-scale wind projects, but also to large biomass CHP, energy from waste plants, tidal farms and pumped storage schemes. For further information about renewable energy see www.uk-sda.org

Gage Williams OBE, a former infantry brigadier, is a director of the Renewable Energy Office for Cornwall and has given independent advice to the county, major utility companies, estate owners and recently the National Trust on how they can benefit from switching to renewable energy. He can be contacted at gagewillms@aol.com

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What Price Sustainability? The demolition industry has consistently improved site safety levels by removing manpower from the most hazardous site areas. But the drive for greater levels of recycling and sustainability threaten to put men back in harm’s way. Mark Anthony, founder of demolitionnews.com reports. It is a crying shame that the site accident statistics for the demolition industry are combined with those from the less safe construction sector. If they weren’t, it would be plain for all to see that the demolition business has probably made the greatest strides of any industry sector in the field of workplace safety. Ever-improving levels of training have, unquestionably, played a role in the continual decline in site accidents, incidents and fatalities. But a change in work practices and an ever-increasing mechanisation has been the primary driver, with high reach excavators and remote-controlled mini excavators largely replacing the man with a sledgehammer of yesteryear.

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Certainly, in the past 20 years since the high reach excavator was introduced and embraced by UK demolition contractors, the annual count of accidents and fatalities has reduced as the popularity of these machines has grown. But if the focus 20 years ago was the removal of manpower from the “work face”, then the focus today is recycling and materials resource efficiency. And while we all want a cleaner, greener world, this drive towards sustainability threatens to put operatives back in the danger zone.

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During a recent presentation to the Institute of Demolition Engineers, President Terry Quarmby revealed that an initial study suggested that the growth in recycling had been mirrored by a growth in reportable, on-site incidents. While these were, thankfully, of the non-fatal or lifethreatening variety, any increase in accidents needs to be taken very seriously indeed. And in a hard-hitting presentation, Quarmby also stated that:

Quarmby says that the demolition business’ livelihood has long hinged upon its ability to find a home for the materials generated by its activities, but that this ability is being undermined by the use of new-build materials that are either difficult or prohibitively costly to recycle or that no-one actually wants.

• architects and designers are undermining sustainability initiatives by an increasing use of non-recyclable and composite materials • demolition industry waste return figures are combined with those of the construction sector to help bolster the construction sector’s less-than-impressive statistics • the construction industry is unlikely to achieve Government targets to reduce waste to landfill by 2012. “As an industry, demolition is bombarded with new directives and recommendations from the likes of WRAP, the BRE and CIRIA and a multitude of non-Governmental organisations, all of whom are keen to fight the sustainability cause,” Quarmby says. “But I firmly believe that what we really need is a radical rethink on the primary use of materials on new build to facilitate the ease of re-use and recycling.”

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“Twenty or thirty years ago when we were demolishing Edwardian or Victorian properties, all of the materials could be passed on very easily for re-use,” he says. “Today, we’re dealing with a very different range of products including a large number of composites. We need to go back to the drawing board to reduce the use of these non-recyclable materials, and it is the architects and designers that must take the lead. Designers have a huge responsibility but, at present, they’re sitting on the fence, following client instructions, and not thinking about the ramifications of the materials they choose and specify.”

Ambitious Targets Quarmby is similarly critical of the construction sector’s still poor record on waste and recycling. “According to current statistics, approximately 50 million tonnes of construction, demolition and excavation waste is sent to landfill each year,” he explains. “According to figures from the National Federation of Demolition Contractors, the demolition sector is achieving recycling rates of more

than 95%. That landfill input material is coming from somewhere and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not from demolition. We find the thought of sending aggregates to landfill abhorrent, yet it remains commonplace within the construction field.â&#x20AC;? Against this background, Quarmby believes that the construction industry will fail to meet Government targets from the demolition sector bolstering the statistics. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a hugely ambitious target and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only three years away,â&#x20AC;? he asserts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Demolition is sending a miniscule amount of materials to landfill, even if we include the arisings from soft strip operations. But construction has a long way to go and, based on present figures, I would personally question their ability to meet these targets.â&#x20AC;?

Danger Zone However, Quarmbyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s greatest fear is for the safety of his fellow demolition workers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thanks to the development of modern work practices and the increasing use of highly specialised equipment, many parts of the demolition process have become a one man, one machine operation and that man is largely isolated from the demolition area. Aside from a few blips along the way, this has been reflected in a steady but marked decrease in the number of accidents on UK demolition sites,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The problem with the level of recycling and materials segregation that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re now being asked to achieve is that not all of it can be accomplished mechanically. This is forcing men back

into potential danger areas. Even with the level of training this industry now provides, that is bound to lead to an increase in accidents.â&#x20AC;? Concerned over this potential danger to his fellow demolition workers, Quarmby has conducted his own initial research. And while the findings are not entirely conclusive, the signs are plain to see. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The sustainability drive began in earnest at the turn of the new millennium. At the same time, the number of accidents in the demolition industry began to increase,â&#x20AC;? he states. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And the figures are significant. Over a 10 year period, site accidents were up by as much as 60%.â&#x20AC;? Although heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s convinced that the increase in recycling and the increase in accidents are linked, he has called upon demolition contractors to maintain records on the precise cause of any accidents that might occur. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need to gather as much information on this subject as we possibly can,â&#x20AC;? Terry Quarmby concludes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As an industry, we are totally committed to the sustainability cause. But if it is causing harm to our workers, then we need that information to share with Government and to help them steer future work practices.â&#x20AC;? To listen to a full audio podcast of Terry Quarmbyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s presentation, please visit: http://tinyurl.com/mrpb7y

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Howard Button Hits Out at NVQ Funding Cuts Having relocated to allow its National Demolition Training Group deliver to higher levels and quantities of much-needed training for the demolition industry, the National Federation of Demolition Contractors has seen swinging cutbacks in grant funding undermine its plans for a fully-carded and competent workforce. Howard Button, Chief Executive of both the National Federation of Demolition Contractors and the National Demolition Training Group and a keen advocate of workforce training, has hit back angrily over cuts to NVQ grant funding announced by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC). Button believes that these swinging cutbacks will impact upon the demolition industry’s ability to train staff and will undermine the sector’s drive towards a fully carded and competent workforce. Maintain Commitment Following a recent meeting of the Learning and Skills Council, training providers (including the National Demolition Training Group) were advised that cutbacks in funding means that it will “not be enough to support new starts on next year’s contract, and that, initially at least, we will only be offering providers an allocation to complete learners carried over from the 2008-09 contract year”. Button believes that this will impact across the entire industry but will be felt most acutely within the demolition business. “The Demolition NVQ Level 2 has been a great success due to two factors: the hard work put in by the NDTG; and the grant funding that has been available to contractors in England,” Button asserts. “Almost 200 Demolition VQs have been achieved by the NDTG to date in England. This loss of funding will have a huge and negative impact at a time when we (the NFDC) are encouraging our members to maintain their commitment to training at a time of industry-wide recession.” Ongoing Impact The reduction in grant funding comes hot on the heels of a protracted discussion over the CPCS card scheme. Following months of protracted discussions and negotiations, the NFDC and NDTG signed up to the CPCS scheme that contains a few industry-specific compromises. “The Demolition Plant Qualification (QUB729) can now be ENVIRONMENT INDUSTRY MAGAZINE

used to qualify many categories of CPCS Trained Operator Cards- including excavators, skid steer loaders, wheel loaders, crushers, screens and access platforms,” explains training group manager Sophie Francis. “The NDTG has also confirmed a conversion route with CPCS to add Demolition Plant (A65) to these cards. This will allow operatives who have completed the Plant Operations NVQ to obtain the CPCS Blue Competence Card for 360o excavators to add either Materials Processing or Demolish up to 15 metres to the back of the card by undertaking unit VR385 (Operate Plant and Machinery to Demolish). This can also be achieved through the NDTG. “ It’s been a long time coming but Howard Button is relatively upbeat about the final outcome. “This is a satisfactory outcome for all concerned,” Button asserts. “The CPCS management accepted our view that operating a skid steer in a groundworking application is fundamentally different to operating one on top of a high-rise structure that is being demolished. The new CPCS card scheme will reflect that, as will our in-house training courses.” Qualification on Hold Having finally won the battle over the CPCS card scheme, Button and his team at the NDTG are now bracing themselves for an even tougher battle, this time against the LSC’s funding cutbacks. Button further believes that the cutbacks will impact upon a Level 3 vocational qualification that is currently being developed by the National Demolition Training Group. “We have spent months developing a Demolitionspecific NVQ Level 3. But how many companies will be willing to shell out £2,000 per man to get this new qualification when they could just as easily stick with the current NDTG 12-week distance learning course that delivers a Supervisor’s gold card. As far as I am concerned, the NDTG’s NVQ Level 3 is now on hold, pending feedback from the Learning and Skills Council and CITB ConstructionSkills.”

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reidnugcin c g u n d i e rreducco o i n t s c t r i u t u r t c s n u r o t c s n o c wtaeste s a e w t s a w Signatories to WRAP’s voluntary agreement, the Construction Commitments: Halving Waste to Landfill, account for 20% of annual UK construction spend. Their numbers are increasing weekly and the outlook for halving the waste sent to landfill by 2012 is very encouraging. Here Dr. Mike Watson, Head of Construction at WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme), explains the purpose of this vital initiative and where focus will be in the coming months…

In June 2008 Government and industry launched the Strategy for Sustainable Construction. Introducing a series of overarching objectives, the strategy outlined the target of a 50% reduction in the amount of construction, demolition and excavation waste sent to landfill by 2012, relative to a 2008 baseline. To support industry in meeting this target, WRAP launched the Construction Commitments: Halving Waste to Landfill in October 2008. This cross-sector voluntary agreement provides an easy to implement framework for organisations to publicly commit to meeting the Government’s target.

and contractors. The commitments, already signed, have the potential of reducing three million tonnes of waste.

Progress towards Halving Waste to Landfill

Waste reduction offers a means of meeting these challenges but, with such tight budgets, can industry continue to work towards meeting waste reduction targets?

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But one year on from the launch, the construction and property industries continue to struggle in this difficult economic climate. December’s pre-budget report identified significant future budget cuts across key areas of public sector construction, signalling yet more tightening of belts to come. Major construction programmes, such as Building Schools for the Future, offer precious opportunities for work and competition to win these is fierce. The pressure to deliver efficiencies is more important than ever.

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The answer should be an unequivocal YES. The Environment Agency estimates that the full cost of waste – including the value of materials wasted – can be around 4% of construction value for an office building at baseline practice. Moreover, the cost savings that can be secured by reducing and recovering more waste should substantially outweigh the effort of achieving them.

In practice, potential cost savings can be maximised by prioritising waste reduction, re-use and recovery from the earliest stages of a project. Clients and their project teams should plan to meet requirements for Site Waste Management Plans (SWMPs) from the design stage. SWMPs have been mandatory in England on all projects valued at over £300,000 since 2008, with the client and main contractor jointly responsible.

Take for example the £33 million development of the Bridge Learning Campus in Bristol, part of the Building Schools for the Future programme. Implementing waste reduction measures from the start of the project delivered a cost saving estimated at £650,000 - net of implementation costs.

WRAP has produced a simple to use guide to support designers, which can be downloaded from the WRAP website. This guidance helps designers identify areas where waste can be avoided and resources better used to ensure maximum return on budget for the client. Developed in consultation with real design teams, Designing out Waste: a design team guide for buildings introduces five ENVIRONMENT INDUSTRY MAGAZINE

key principles of reducing waste through design (www.wrap.org.uk/designingoutwaste). Supporting this guidance document, WRAP has developed a design tool for buildings and civils projects, and a series of design detailing sheets. To contextualise the level of resource efficiency possible at the design stage, a series of exemplar case studies are also online, which demonstrate the financial and environmental savings possible. A series of WRAP design workshops will also be held in 2010. These have been developed especially to give designers first hand advice and guidance for practical implementation. It is fundamental that cross-industry communication takes place at every stage of the construction process, if we are to meet the waste reduction targets set. Waste is not the responsibility of any one sector more than another, and we must actively engage with areas not immediately thought responsible for waste production. Indeed, feedback from industry at the Construction Commitments: Halving Waste to Landfill One Year On anniversary echoed the desire for a united industry. Clients are particularly keen for all supply chain partners to work together to deliver efficiency savings associated with waste. A year on: next steps for the Commitment WRAP continues to help organisations which have signed up to Halve Waste to Landfill to maximise the benefits of their commitment. It is vital that action is taken and imperative that, those committed measure and report on their progress. Along with designers, our focus will also address waste management contractors in 2010, in accordance with industry requests.

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Reducing waste to landfill on an industry level is only possible if clients and contractors are supported by their waste management contractors, particularly in measuring and reporting data. The number of waste management companies that have signed the agreement is growing steadily, and the business benefits for these organisations are clear, not least in terms of demonstrating value to existing and potential clients. WRAP has developed a Site Specific Waste Analysis Tool (SSWAT) to help waste management contractors better recycle and recover waste. Developed following in-depth industry consultation, this new tool allows waste management contractors to easily prepare detailed analysis of their waste inputs and the route of recovery or disposal. The SSWAT tool is an essential application which demonstrates to clients effective waste management controls. The coming year looks set to be another challenging one for the construction industry. The Construction Products Association anticipates little sign of recovery for the construction industry until 2011, and pressure for more sustainable construction and business efficiency remains a priority. Reducing, re-using and recovering construction waste is one simple means by which industry can make significant savings, both financially and environmentally. For more information on how to become a signatory, please visit the WRAP website www.wrap.org.uk/construction or call the WRAP helpline on 0808 100 2040 to request a brochure.

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Putting Construction Waste to Good Use

Eddie McGee, Operations Manager of BuilderScrap Construction, renovation and demolition projects produce 20% of our country’s waste – about 120 million tons a year. Even worse, at least 14% of construction waste is unused material, not damaged, not second hand, just brand new leftovers. WRAP, the Waste and Resources Action Programme, estimates that about £1.5bn worth of goods move straight from the builders’ merchant to the building site to landfill, without ever having been used in a building. By anyone’s standards that’s a shocking waste and one that can be avoided. The construction industry has accepted a target of halving waste to landfill, and the landfill tax focuses management’s attention on not wasting money. But in the current economic climate, construction firms need practical help to translate green policies into effective action. The Federation of Master Builders estimates 90,000 builders have been laid off in the first half of 2009 and many firms are still focused on short term survival, more than long-term sustainability, and desperately need a carrot to accompany the regulator’s stick. It is very difficult for a pragmatic project manager to observe the sustainability principle of “meeting today’s needs without compromising the needs of future generations” when his or her working week is governed by strict deadlines and a need to comply with all the various Government regulations. Many companies are now looking to reuse these unused, surplus materials as a way to save money and benefit the environment. These materials can be reused in-house, or passed on to other businesses or community groups to use. Even materials given away free of charge offer a cost saving to the company that would otherwise have to arrange and pay for disposal. The case for reusing materials is obvious – the benefits for the environment are evident through reduced waste sent to landfill, less energy being used to create these new materials (and less greenhouse gases created) and ENVIRONMENT INDUSTRY MAGAZINE

fewer lorry movements to transport them. Cost saving wise, reuse of materials results in fewer skips being required and fewer workers to fill them! A good example of the benefits of reuse, is that of Wirral based construction company, The Trustland Group, who have shown estimated savings of £26,378 over one project, through the effective reuse of surplus and good quality second hand materials. The refurbishment of an empty space to create a small, mezzanine office and fully fitted out warehouse used up surplus and second hand materials from various other projects. The savings were made as purchase of the new materials was not required, and disposal was not necessary. The warehouse shelving and the office partition walls were all taken from a project the company had undertaken, which required the strip out and refurbishment of an office block. Trustland did not have to dispose of these materials, which saved several man hours, and therefore the materials did not go to landfill. There are many methods to passing on surplus materials and products. Companies such as BuilderScrap® and Earth Exchange provide websites to allow companies and individuals to let others within their communities know what materials are available and when. The construction industry and its employees are renowned for being time restricted and so they require methods which are simple and effective. That is why BuilderScrap® has been designed by builders for builders. Unlike many green initiatives, it offers practical benefits to builders trying to get the job done, clear the site on time and hand the keys over to the client. You don’t have to have a conscience to benefit from BuilderScrap® but you’ll feel much better when you see what good it does. By passing on surplus, left over materials, members can lower the amount of waste sent to landfill as well as saving costs.

Local communities and the third sector can also benefit from this reuse of surplus materials. By utilising free or low cost materials, projects can begin earlier and be completed quicker. Many construction companies have been seen to donate materials free of charge to these organisations. As more organisations within the construction industry become â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;greenerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, there will be increased pressure to prove what they are doing. One example is the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (formerly known as the Carbon Reduction Commitment), which is the UK's mandatory climate change and energy saving scheme, due to start in April 2010. It is central to the UKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strategy for improving energy efficiency and reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, as set out in the Climate Change Act 2008. It has been designed to raise awareness in large organisations, especially at senior level, and encourage changes in behaviour and infrastructure. It will operate as a 'cap and trade' mechanism, providing a financial incentive to reduce energy use by putting a price on carbon emissions from energy use. All the money raised through the allowances will be recycled back to participants, according to how well they perform. The scheme features an annual performance league table that ranks participants on energy efficiency performance. Together with the financial and reputational considerations, the scheme encourages organisations to develop energy management strategies that promote a better understanding of energy consumption. [Source: The Department of Energy and Climate Change]. In conjunction with Salford University and the Centre for Construction Innovation, BuilderScrapÂŽ are currently developing a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Carbon Calculatorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, which will effectively measure the reduction in carbon production through the reuse of construction materials. This can be used by individual contractors, or by the client across single or multiple projects. The Carbon Calculator is due to be launched in Spring 2010.

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Written by Steve Sadley, Chief Executive of ARCA

Use of asbestos has been known for over 2,000 years. Its natural form is found in rock and it is virtually indestructible, relatively cheap, and plentiful. As asbestos can be used for sound and heat insulation and also to add strength to other materials, it leant itself readily to the manufacture of a wide range of products. However, exposure to asbestos fibres causes asbestos-related diseases, which are often fatal. There are three types of asbestos which were extensively used in Great Britain, Crocidolite ‘blue asbestos’, Amosite ‘brown asbestos’ and Chrysotile ‘white asbestos’. Stringent legislation has been put in place to regulate the removal of asbestos when it is discovered. The HSE feel that the only major potential for exposure that exists today, which is not adequately addressed by legislation, is to anyone using premises, who disturbs asbestos that has deteriorated or has been damaged and is releasing fibres. In fact anyone whose work involves drilling, sawing or cutting into the fabric of a building could potentially be at risk. It is now thought possible that repeated low exposures, such as those that could occur through routine maintenance work, may also lead to asbestos related diseases. It is generally acknowledged that crocidolite and amosite are more hazardous than chrysotile, but all are designated as class 1 carcinogens meaning that they have been proven to cause cancer in humans.

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Asbestos is the single greatest cause of work related deaths in Great Britain. There is no cure for the main asbestos-related diseases. However, asbestos is only a risk to health if asbestos fibres are released in to the air and breathed in. The fibres are long and fine and when inhaled can lodge in the tissue of the chest resulting in three main fatal diseases, mesothelioma, a cancer of the lining around the lungs or the stomach which is always fatal, Lung cancer, usually fatal and Asbestosis, a scarring of the lung leading to shortness of breath which is very disabling and can be fatal. Asbestos must still be considered as an important issue for all those charged with responsibilities for facilities management or maintenance. The Health & Safety Executive estimates that over 1.5 million commercial buildings still contain asbestos materials, and that 60% of all asbestos imported into the UK has been used to produce building materials. Asbestos is likely to be present in a building if it was constructed between 1940 and 1980, and can sometimes be found in buildings constructed in the 1990’s. The main uses of asbestos are, or have been: as a reinforcing agent in asbestos cement sheeting used on walls and roofs; in asbestos cement building products, such as tile, cold water tanks, pipes and gutters; in insulating board used as wall partitions, fire doors, ceiling tiles, etc.; in yarns and textiles, in lagging and in sprayed coatings for insulation and decorative purposes. Employers of building maintenance and repair workers are required to carry out a risk assessment before undertaking any work which exposes, or is liable to expose, employees to asbestos. They must take the appropriate steps required by the Asbestos Regulations to prevent or reduce these risks. However in many cases the employers and their workers have little or no information about the premises where they are going to undertake work, and are not aware if asbestos containing materials are present. Consequently, it is difficult for them to consider the risks, or if precautions may be needed. A duty to manage the risk from asbestos in non-domestic premises was therefore added to the Control of Asbestos at work Regulations in 2002 to address this. These requirements have since been brought forward unchanged in

the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 as Regulation 4.

• Taking the steps needed to put their plan into action

Those who own, occupy, manage or have responsibilities for premises that may contain asbestos, will either have:

• Reviewing and monitoring their plan and the arrangements made to put it in place; and

• A legal duty to manage the risk from asbestos material; or

• Providing information on the location and condition of the material to anyone who is liable to work with or disturb it.

• A legal duty to co-operate with whoever manages that risk They will be required to manage the risk from asbestos by: • Finding out if there is asbestos in the premises, its extent and what condition it is in; • Presuming the materials contain asbestos, unless you have strong evidence that they do not; • Making and keeping up to date a record of the location and condition of the ACM’s or presumed ACM’s in their premises; • Assessing the risk from the material • Preparing a plan that sets out in detail how they are going to manage the risk from this material

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and disposal, as a full contracting ARCA member we ensure that quality control and best practice procedures are upheld at all times, in line with Health & Safety Executive guidelines as appropriate. With credentials including ISO 9001:2000, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 quality assurance, CHAS accreditation for Health and Safety, plus Constructionline and Safecontractor registration, Allan Dyson Asbestos Services is your ideal asbestos services partner. We are committed to delivering safe, effective and cost-effective asbestos removal and surveying services and are extremely proud of our ﬂawless Health & Safety record.

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At some point somebody has got to work with asbestos containing materials, but who is allowed to do this? In the United Kingdom work on asbestos has by law to be carried out by a contractor who holds a licence under the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006, although there are exceptions. Normally, non-licensed work includes work on asbestos-containing textured coatings, asbestos cement and certain work of short duration on asbestos insulating board. Short duration means any one person doing this type of work for less than one hour, or more people doing the work for a total of less than two hours, in any seven consecutive days. The total time spent by all workers must not exceed two hours. This includes time setting up, cleaning and clearing up.

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The duties imposed by Regulation 4 of the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 supplement the provisions of some of the duties imposed by other sets of regulations, in particular the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007, which require the client to provide designers and contractors (who may be bidding for the work

or who they intend to engage) with the projects specific health and safety information needed to identify hazards and risks associated with the design and construction work. The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 place legal duties on employers and employees with regards to asbestos in the workplace, Regulation 10 states that:

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“Every employer shall ensure that adequate information, instruction and training is given to those of his employees who are or are liable to be exposed to asbestos or who supervise such employees...” Therefore those who employ construction workers to carry out demolition or refurbishment work have a legal duty to ensure that they have adequate information, instruction and training regarding asbestos, as those tradesmen are always liable to be exposed to asbestos as a result of the type of work they carry out. In fact the Approved Code of Practice which accompanies the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 states that: “Asbestos awareness training is required to be given to employees whose work could forseeably expose them to asbestos. In particular it should be given to all demolition workers and those workers in the refurbishment, maintenance and allied trades where it is foreseeable that their work will disturb the fabric of the building because asbestos containing materials (ACMS) may become exposed during their work. Exemption from this requirement would apply only where the employer can demonstrate that work will only be carried out on buildings free of ACMs. This information should be available in the client’s asbestos management plan”. An Approved Code of Practice has special legal status; it is the accepted way of complying with the law. If you do not comply

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with the Approved Code of Practice you must demonstrate that you have complied with the law in some other way, to an equal or better standard. From the above it can be seen that asbestos awareness training is a legal requirement for most employees and supervisors working in the construction industry. In addition to initial training, the Approved Code of Practice which accompanies the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 also states that refresher training should be given at least every year. Therefore, there is an ongoing annual legal requirement for refresher training to be carried out for the identified employees. ARCA is the leading supplier of asbestos awareness training aimed at building and maintenance workers. ARCA trainers have considerable experience within the asbestos removal industry and understand the issues that are faced every day. The range of courses which ARCA have available is comprehensive. Each has been designed to ensure that your staff acquire a real depth of knowledge and capability. To find out more or to arrange a no obligation meeting to discuss your employees’ asbestos awareness training needs please contact ARCA on 01283 531126.

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Our specialist team of operatives, supervisors and managers are all trained by industry association specialists to provide market leading asbestos management services. Turnkey Asbestos Handling, Transportation and Disposal Service When removal is deemed the best option we use the most appropriate stripping technique or a combination of techniques to minimise asbestos fibre release. SURECLEAN use the most advanced environmental monitoring equipment, wetting techniques and decontamination facilities which are selected on a project-by-project basis to ensure that the asbestos is removed in the most appropriate and efficient manner.

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Remediation of a brownfield site for the 2012 London Olympics throws up a series of challenges

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Dr. Jan Hellings, Olympic Development Authority The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) is redeveloping 2.5km2 of brownfield land within the Lower Lea Valley in east London to house five major venues for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The site was acquired in July 2007 by the London Development Agency. Since then over 215 buildings have been demolished, 90% of the site has been cleared and over 2.1M.m3 of soil excavated. The site has historically been used for a range of uses including light retail and heavy industrial processes. Ground investigations highlighted that there had been potentially significant contaminative land uses on the site, generally associated with mixed industrial use with significant importation of fill material for the reclaiming of the original marsh land, during the mid to late industrial revolution and from the clearance of World War II damaged buildings in the London area. During the course of the redevelopment works the majority of the site has been excavated, predominantly consisting of made ground as a result of land reclamation of the old marshes in the Victorian era and land raising over the past 50 years. The site also had extensive areas of five of the EA's seven principle invasive plant species, namely Japanese knotweed, Giant Hogweed, Himalayan Balsam and Floating Pennywort, particularly adjacent to and within the six waterways that dissect the park. The Enabling Works were designed to produce an Olympic Park platform that was also suitable for the proposed legacy development. The remediation works were designed to address the most sensitive landuse needs of the Olympics and legacy, thereby achieving much greater cost saving and environmental benefit under the scheme. The core principles of the Olympic Delivery Authority required phased earthworks, which were required to consider the need to minimise any additional earth movement in the conversion phase of the site following the games. The design was also focused on minimising the need to export or import materials of secondary aggregate, with therefore only the most

contaminated material required to be removed from the site. The earthworks were designed to address the various end users by incorporating a Separation Layer, with a minimum 600mm thickness providing protective measures for human health. Beneath this cover system a bright marker layer was placed to coincide with the Sub-Grade level, after remedial works were undertaken, wherever required for any soft spots or hot spots and in areas which were to receive fill. As part of the Olympic Park Projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s aim to be the most sustainable games, it has been recognized to be the first to design, procure and maintain a Soil Treatment Centre (or HUB) within the UK. The HUB receives and cleans/recycles site-derived materials from within the park's multiple construction zones. Materials are received from site demolition, site clearance, earthworks and remediation excavation works. Because of the sheer size of the park, the site was divided into two principal contractor areas (north and south), each with their dedicated treatment centre, with the ability to share resources for both treatment and supply of suitable recycled materials/fill. By bringing together specialist designers and contractors, and setting up centralised treatment centres, the recycling of site-derived soils and hard materials has been maximised. Material recycling and reuse on the park has so far exceeded best practice targets within remediation projects: excess of 85% of soils from excavations and more than 90% from demolition and site clearance hard materials. Demolition materials in the form of brick and concrete are recycled using a combination of either/both crushing and screening on site, rendering the materials suitable as an engineering class of material/fill. Site clearance materials in the form of soft landscape, topsoil and foliage, including invasive species, for hard landscape pavements (in concrete and blacktop), are processed on site to maximise their reuse or sent off site for recycling into new tarmacadam and compost/chippings. ENVIRONMENT INDUSTRY MAGAZINE

Earthwork and soil remediation materials are chemically and geotechnically assessed and classified by the site specialist teams - made up of consultants, project managers and specialist contractors. They provide expertise as to the most cost-effective and sustainable methods to treat site-derived materials. The teams also provide information on how to develop and blend the cleaned materials to generate engineering class material suitable for the follow-on construction. Waste processing was designed with the early involvement of the specialist contractors. The treatment centres were set up as a single soil washing plant in July 2007 - the main HUBs followed in January 2008 - with soil washing and soil stabilisation equipment common to both sections of the site. One bioremediation bio-pile system was procured in the south of the site. All site-derived and excavated materials are first pre-screened to remove any biodegradable, ENVIRONMENT INDUSTRY MAGAZINE

oversized (<125mm) and metallic objects. All site-derived soils that have been classified with chemical exceedences are screened to less than 50mm, to allow for the screened soils to pass through secondary chemical treatment plants. Five soil washing plants have been brought together in the park; the first time so many processing plants have been unified in a single scheme in the UK. The plants have been designed to treat about 1.5M.m3 of granular soils, using physico-chemical technology to remove a wide range of contaminants, including organic ones petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), and inorganic, such as heavy metals, arsenic and cyanides. So far over 600,000m3 of site-derived soils have been recycled through the soil washing plants, with 60,000m3 still to be processed from the final phase of the enabling and follow-on-construction works.

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The Armac Group provides every service required to transform a derelict site to a cleared, safe, clean site ready for development or re-use. We call it our ‘turn key package’. By consulting us at the early stage for technical expertise, cost-effective, environmentally sensitive solutions to a project, clients are able to save time, effort and money. Our turn key package broadly encompasses the following key stages:

• Asbestos Survey & Removal Beginning with the asbestos survey our surveyors will prepare an accurate Type 3 survey. Our in-house, licensed, asbestos operatives will then tackle the most difficult asbestos removal works. We can de-risk this process for the client by providing a lump sum, all risk removal cost if we are working from our own survey. We also provide an easier interface with any demolition activities when working alongside our own demolition crews allowing for accelerated programme times.

• Demolition From the initial design of the demolition process with 2D & 3D Cad modeling, our highly trained staff and specialist fleet of state of the art demolition plant, allows us to quickly and safely clear any site. We will also deal with all other planning and design issues such as service disconnections, temporary works and statutory notifications. Our commitment to sustainability provides cost saving solutions and allows us to consistently seek new methods to usefully process and re-use demolition derived materials.

• Remediation Our in-house experts have a wealth of remediation experience and a track record of addressing the most technically demanding issues in a robust and cost effective manner. We can also intergrate any geotechnical requirements and related groundwork packages such as piling and earthworks. Our technical team will provide detailed completion reports for the regulators and collateral warranties for the site funders to demonstrate that the site has been remediated to the required standards.

Four output materials are produced from the soil washing plants as sands (>2mm, generally 40%),gravels (<50mm, generally between 45% to 50%), fine silts and clays as filter cake (waste, generally between 15% and 18%), and fine/coarse organic matter and ashes/coke materials (waste, generally between 2% and 5%). The design of the soil washing plants have been continuously under review, as the site-derived materials have varied. The plants have required high levels of technical support and backup laboratory trials from the specialist supporting teams. These provide either recommendations for site modifications within the plant equipment, or changes in water flush rates/ volumes and modifications in the density separation additives used in the process. Both external electromagnetic belts and magnetic drums are used to fine-tune the output materials. This renders them suitable for the variety of materials used as general fill, specific engineering Class fill (CLASS 1a, 6F, 6N) and cover or break layer materials protective of the final intended land use. Fine-grained derived materials from the enabling works have been processed through one of the two ex-situ batch pugmills, primarily for soil stabilisation of chemical contaminants. It uses proprietary and specialised re-agents to produce chemically stable constituents/ materials. The soil stabilisation equipment is also available to enhance the material strength of soil using re-agents and/or cement. Chemical soil stabilization has to date processed 50,000m3 of site-derived soils, with about 10,000m3 still to be processed from enabling works and 50,000m3 from the follow-on construction works. Soil stabilisation of river silts and soft alluvium for material strength enhancement is also being undertaken using in-situ techniques, with up to three specialist Wirgen machines. So far over 150,000m3 of site-derived soils have been geotechnically stabilised.

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Ground conditions within one construction zone in the north of the park encountered an historical landfill, originating from the Victorian period and active up until the 1960s. Excavated materials required sorting on a complex level, prior to any main treatment of the soils, to render them suitable for reuse as an engineered fill. The complex sorting machinery was procured with careful consultation and use of the specialist contractor, who designed the combination of equipment uniquely for the site conditions. The equipment uses vibrating screens to separate the soil from the general landfill materials, before using belt electromagnets to remove materials. The soil then goes through a manual picking zone to undertake a final visual separation. The process has subsequently been refined and used for the manual abstraction of low-grade exempt radiological wastes and asbestos materials. One bio-remediation system has been established in the south treatment centre to allow for the processing of soft alluvium or cohesive materials with principally hydrocarbon (organic) exceedence values in contamination. So far over 12,000m3 of site-derived soils have been bioremediated, with about 2,000m3 still to be processed. The works have also encountered invasive species in the form of Japanese knotweed, Giant Hogweed, Himalayan Balsam and Floating Pennywort. The works have undertaken a carefully designed sequence of treatments over the park, including spraying and controlled removal, together with excavation and burial within a root barrier containment system. A specialist horticultural management contractor was procured to recycle about 28,000m3 of topsoil and sub-soils, and oversee the design, burial and containment of 40,000m3 of chemically contaminated soil and Knotweed. Less than 3% of soils infected by invasive species have been sent to appropriate licensed landfill.

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Groundwater improvement There are a number of groundwater improvement schemes in the park to address specific contaminants. Methodologies adopted vary and use: • containment by physical (below ground) structures and groundwater control by pumping • abstraction of light and dense free-phase hydrocarbons (NAPL) • treatment of abstracted water by filtration, air stripping, granular activated carbon and micro-organisms • injection of slow and quick release oxidising chemicals.

Summary

In addition to these remedial treatments, deep basement construction is also requiring localised groundwater control by deep sumps and wellpoint systems. Containment, by installing a recirculating pump and reinjection system, has been designed to abstract shallow groundwater from the Terrace Gravels and treat the abstracted water for principally ammonia (seeding with Archaea microbes) and hydrocarbons (through skimming tanks and activated carbon filters). This is prior to about a third of the water being locally reinjected and the remainder disposed to combined sewer. The system will temporarily reverse the local existing groundwater gradient that flows towards the adjacent river courses. Containment in the form of both sheet and concrete pile walls are used to control pathways and enhance groundwater treatment and improvement. Both light and dense hydrocarbon skimming/ abstraction systems are also being used for the abstraction of both shallow and deep groundwaters. In some instances abstraction is combined with secondary injection of oxygen release compounds (ORC) to enhance ENVIRONMENT INDUSTRY MAGAZINE

A further scheme incorporating both a passive collector drain and shallow in-ground physical barrier is also being considered, where perched water has been assessed to potentially impact upon the adjacent surface water course. The Stadium and Aquatics sites have been delivered three months early and groundworks continue, leading to completion of platforms for the remaining venues. Bringing consultants, specialist contractors and regulators together at an early stage has allowed this project to fulfill its objectives.

The combination of a range of treatment technologies has resulted in over 600,000m3 of material to be processed in the last seven months, with around 60,000m3 still to be processed in a very sustainable and cost effective manner. The local community has been continuously engaged through a consultation, communication and engagement programme that has included meetings, workshops, drop-in sessions, educational activities for young people, newsletters and a dedicated website to inform them of progress and to hear views and issues as they arise.

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Remediation standards – a step-change in expectations? Phil Crowcroft, Chairman, SiLC PTP and Partner, ERM Kevin Eaton, SiLC Champion and Principal, Environ

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Whilst there appears more optimism that the UK economy is coming out of recession during this period of economic downturn, the land regeneration sector has faced some significant challenges. As the market picks up, developers and land owners may find that regulators are demanding more stringent controls, particularly for remedial activities. In 2009, the remediation of contaminated land hit the mainstream news following the judgement that Corby Borough Council had become the first local authority to be found liable for negligence in the control and management of remediation works. The case relates to the uncontrolled impacts from contaminated dusts to the surrounding area arising from remedial activities at a 257 hectare former steelworks site in the 80’s and 90’s. In announcing his decision, Mr Justice Akenhead concluded that the council, “did not really appreciate the enormity, ramifications and difficulty of what it was setting out to achieve in terms of removing and depositing very substantial quantities of contaminated material.” Whilst a causal link between the contaminated dusts and birth defects in the local population was not proven at the hearing, the Judge gave leave to the complainants to take individual cases forward to confirm any such link. An appeal against the judgement has been lodged by the Council. Further discussions are reported between the parties to negotiate a possible settlement. Whether or not a causal link between the contamination and the birth defects is ever proven in court, there will remain a public perception that exposure to contaminated soils can be dangerous, and both direct exposure and the stress of theoretical exposure can lead to physical health effects. However, if regulatory authorities remain somewhat cautious following the Corby Borough Council case, then they should be buoyed by the recent decision of Secretary of State to uphold the Part 2A remediation notice served on Redland Minerals, the former owner of a chemical works; and housebuilder Crest Nicholson, who in the 1980’s purchased and developed the site for residential use. The land had been polluted by bromate, which had impacted the underlying chalk aquifer and created the largest known

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contamination plume in the UK. The concept of polluter pays was upheld and both the polluter and the developer, who allowed pollution to continue, were apportioned a percentage of cost of the liability. Although the bromate is not reported to have caused any impact on the health of the residents of the site, the whole Part 2A process has undoubtedly had an effect on the site occupants as the case has dragged on over a period of nine years. It is over 10 years ago since the Corby works were completed, but this is still a wake up call to the industry regarding the potential consequences of their actions; and a reminder to regulators of the importance of ensuring that robust pollution controls are put in place. These events have highlighted the need for, and importance of, experienced professionals (whether within public or private sector organisations) who have demonstrable expertise and who can offer authoritative advice to help deliver safe and exacting solutions. The Specialist in Land Condition (SiLC) registration scheme has the capability to meet these aims as it brings together professionals from a broad background advising on land condition matters and its status demonstrates a high degree of experience, competence and skill amongst the profession. Although the site assessment and remediation market is mature in the UK, there remains no mandatory registration scheme for professionals working in the sector. Clients should perhaps be demanding more of their professional advisors; regulators should start requiring authors and reviewers of reports to hold minimum professional status. After all, we expect a range of trades people to be registered with approved schemes, chartered status is a prerequisite for providing certain services by accountants, surveyors and engineers and there are many other professions where individuals have to be licensed to operate. The Corby remediation was essentially a large scale earthworks project where contaminated soils were excavated and transported to a nearby purpose-built landfill. Over the last few years, the UK has seen a substantial shift away from landfill towards on site treatment solutions, and these bring together complex science and engineering to transform or extract contaminants from soil and groundwater. These projects need skilled professionals to design, manage and verify the outcomes, and provide both regulators and the public with confidence in the re-use of the finished site. Industry is undoubtedly rising to the challenge of innovation in site assessment and remediation. The development of the Gas Clam to provide continuous recorded readings of soil gas is likely to transform the assessment and characterisation of gassing sites. Smoke and tracer gas testing is being used more frequently to verify that gas-resistant membranes are fully sealed and effective. The treatment of DNAPL to depths of 18 metres on one site has brought together a combination of surfactant flushing, emulsified vegetable oil (EVO) injection and a barrier using zero valent iron. Over 9 tonnes of product was removed from the ground in this riverside site. A common feature of all ENVIRONMENT INDUSTRY MAGAZINE

these recent projects was the need for high quality verification by well-qualified professionals. Applying this concept to the remediation sector is not new. In the USA the first Licensed Site Professionals (LSPs), experienced in the field of hazardous waste site assessment, cleanup and removal, was established in Massachusetts in 1993 and schemes have continued to develop. The latest in New Jersey in 2009 is for a Licensed Site Remediation Professional (LSRP), who has the appropriate qualifications, experience and completed training covering regulations concerning technical requirements. The LSRP has the responsibility for oversight of investigation and cleanup, with the specific aim that projects are completed quicker but delivered in a safe and robust manner to address the Sates contaminated land legacy. There are of course ‘checks and balances’ in place and a Strict Code of ethics, the violation of which results in penalties as well as revoking the licence to operate. There are clearly parallels between the LSRP criteria and the SiLC registration scheme, not least the strong ethical code of conduct by which all SiLCs must abide. However, such schemes are not restricted to the USA. Australia has a well established ‘Environmental Auditor’ (for contaminated land) model, and there are schemes throughout Europe; Flanders have an accreditation scheme established since 1995, and even in small provinces such as the Basque region, professionals have to be accredited to investigate sites, undertake risk assessment and deliver remedial solutions. As such, there is a role for many professionals, clients and regulators working in this sector to ensure higher quality standards are delivered and this can be achieved by actively supporting the SiLC scheme which has the capability to deliver these aims. Further details can be found at www.silc.org.uk.

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Industry is inextricably linked with the environment; much of the time to its detriment, I’m afraid to say. According to the National Energy Foundation, around half of the UK’s CO2 emissions come from industry and commerce, including the use of transport to deliver goods. Many commentators point to the aviation and motor industries as being particularly heavy pollutants but I’m afraid to say we are all responsible. A story that caught my eye recently was one concerning the agriculture sector. There was a call by Hilary Benn MP, in January 2010, to produce more food, whilst simultaneously reducing carbon emissions. A tall task, surely? But one that, unfortunately, must be conquered; a rising population with spiralling demands on food resources cannot deter our national and global goal of significantly reducing carbon emissions. And the same goes for the construction industry; whilst we’ve seen a stagnation in building projects in the last year or so, this will not be the case as we move further into the second decade of the century. An increase in population means a greater need for more residences and we are already in the midst of a housing shortage. Our farming colleagues are, at this very minute, in the process of developing more sustainable ways to produce food and my industry colleagues are doing the exact same thing for construction. We all have to change the ways in which we work and, whilst this naturally does take some time, we do not have all the time in the world. Sustainability has progressed from being a buzz word to a reality at an alarming speed. The construction industry is continuously evolving, with changing needs, and we need to reflect this in our approach to training new recruits, who are the life blood

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of the industry, and up-skilling the existing workforce, whose experience and knowledge we absolutely depend upon. Education, for both school-leavers and adults, will underpin the sustainable skills requirements that we are currently looking at. Whether we’re talking about the design and manufacture of construction products, approaches to planning, building and construction methods, or repair & maintenance, sustainability is now, and will continue to be ever more so, at the heart of everything the industry does. And for those who are still doubtful of ‘sustainability’ as a concept, I say to them that, they will lag behind their competitors, as clients increasingly demand greener buildings and products. It is only those businesses that embrace the changes in technology, new methods of construction and the changing needs and clients – as well as changes in legislation - that are securing their own future. They are sustaining themselves as a business entity. What we must do at ConstructionSkills is to help construction companies decipher what is meant by this word ‘sustainability’ and all that it entails throughout the entire production of a product. It’s all very well telling industry that we need to be ‘more sustainable’, but what does that mean for businesses of all sizes? What does it mean for the supply chain and our clients? There is certainly going to be a period of education and re-education. From a skills perspective, ConstructionSkills has an important and challenging role to play. We are acutely aware that innovation and modern methods of construction are already having an impact on training and skills needs with the larger contractors and their supply chains. In many areas of the industry new and greener construction

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methods have already become commonplace. Among the reasons for this move are increasing regulation and targets around lower and zero carbon. This is going to require the industry to work with new materials, such as carbonabsorbing concrete, and to design innovative water and energy saving devices to be installed in new buildings, to cite but a couple of the myriad advances being made. Naturally, we must up-skill our current workforce but we’re also in the exciting position of now being able to instil

sustainability (both the concept and practice of it) into the minds of the construction industry’s newest recruits. Education in the construction industry is changing, radically, and the introduction of the Diploma in Construction & Built Environment (C&BE) in 2008 was a real and crucial step in the right direction. At level 3 of the Diploma, for example, areas such as sustainability and its role in the design process, economic, social and political factors influencing changes in the design of the built environment,

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the impact of Government policies and practices on the planning process and climate change and its impact on the design of structures, are built into students’ learning. This will, I hope, not only allow the next generation of construction workers to deliver sustainable working practices and techniques on projects but also refine and develop them for the next generation. This brings me on to an exciting project we’re currently in the process of undertaking at ConstructionSkills. The Future Skills Unit aims to facilitate this move towards a more sustainable approach to construction and the built environment. It seeks to quell the perception that innovation is purely product-based. The existing built environment will require traditional maintenance skills for many decades to come. However, a large part of ‘new build’ output is demanding more innovative skill sets which require new training programmes and qualifications. The Future Skills Unit has been set up in recognition of increased industry change over the last 10 years. It will also help ensure we can provide new qualifications to support industry needs. This follows on from the work begun in 2005 to develop an NVQ in Innovative Methods in Construction.

The Diploma and NVQ graduates of 2010 will be pioneering these new methods, incorporating renewable technologies and intelligent building technologies into every aspect of their working day. We have to make young people’s education of today relevant for tomorrow. We need to inform and assist the construction industry to respond to the changing demands being placed upon it to achieve social, environmental and commercial sustainability. In doing so, we need to provide support to innovate in terms of product, process and ultimately people and skills. Of course, whilst new products can provide a catalyst for change, they will only deliver the intended benefits if they are supported by effective changes within both the workforce and the process. Product innovation and process innovation are two separate entities but they are not mutually exclusive. It is up to us to marry the two together, seamlessly if possible, but effectively, at the very least. Without a shadow of a doubt, education will be key to everything the industry, and especially ConstructionSkills, does in relation to working on and fulfilling the sustainability agenda and I look forward to contributing to, and reviewing the changes that are being made over the coming months and years.

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Geographic Information – underpinning decision making in Great Britain and key to our environmental future

Dr. Vanessa Lawrence CB, Director General and Chief Executive, Ordnance Survey

Ordnance Survey’s vision is to be the content provider of choice for location-based information in the new information economy. This means, for Ordnance Survey and our partners, that we are responsible for providing the underpinning geographic framework for the nation. It is our job to collect, maintain and distribute the geographic context that enables business,Government and our society as a whole to operate – from everything to national telecommunication infrastructures to in car satellite navigation systems. ENVIRONMENT INDUSTRY MAGAZINE

Ordnance Survey is Government owned, we do not focus solely on profit, but by covering our costs and returning a dividend to Government, we are able to invest in a sustainable way forward that maximises the use of geographic information (GI) in the future. We currently have around 500 commercial partners that rely on our data to create value added products and services. Market sectors like insurance and banking are in the early stages of harnessing the full power of GI, but over the last decade I believe that in large areas of both the public and private sectors, location is now understood to be a critical part of the decision-making process. Certainly, GI has never been so much in use, or benefited so many people. There is increasing exposure of the power of geography to visualise and interpret information over the web, in satellite navigation systems, and many other aspects of our daily lives. Equally, I believe that GI has a vital role to play in tackling our environmental

challenges. Many businesses and organisations are already harnessing GI and the concept of location to reduce their environmental impact. In many ways the problems we face are so complex that geography is the only meaningful way of visualising them. I think the best way of explaining the power of geography within an environmental context is to do so with real-life examples, one of which has been particularly pertinent over the last few years, namely flooding. Flooding is a national issue that has the potential to affect many areas of the country, as demonstrated by the floods in July 2007 and subsequent flooding. Even areas that were perceived to be low risk can be seriously affected. Owing to the national scale of this issue and the magnitude of the losses involved - ÂŁ3-4 billion in the summer 2007 floods alone - any approach to predict, prevent and mitigate the impact of future flooding must be based on a consistent framework of information.

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Sir Michael Pitt's Report into the summer 2007 floods highlighted several issues that needed to be addressed and made 92 recommendations. He proposed that the flooding threat must be addressed more comprehensively than in the past through better risk assessment and contingency planning. Ordnance Survey is one of a number of public-sector organisations working on a project called the Atlantis Initiative. I believe that the Atlantis Initiative has a key role to play in achieving this goal. Atlantis was established with the objective ‘to provide integrated base geographic and environmental datasets to better support water management in flooding and water quality for the 21st century’. Atlantis is not about delivering a single product. It is about collaboration where each of the organisations involved maintains a number of datasets that are fundamental to addressing the problems associated with water management. Current Government organisations involved with Atlantis are the British Geological Survey, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Environment Agency, Met Office, UK Hydrographic Office and ourselves at Ordnance Survey. Each of these organisations maintains a number of definitive datasets that are fundamental to understanding the problem, from geological and tidal data to topographic information. The explicit aim of the Atlantis Initiative is to ensure that these critical datasets are engineered to enable them to work together and complement each other in a consistent manner, irrespective of the location. Atlantis is a huge benefit to a range of organisations from local Government to insurance companies. For example, insurance companies can spend some 25-50% of their time sourcing relevant information and getting it to work together. Access to this consistent national framework is made available to all key stakeholders quickly and easily to allow for a rapid response when it is needed most. This in turn helps improve flood modelling and forecasting as well as planning and reconstruction, something which I fear will become ever more pertinent over the coming years. Atlantis is a large-scale project concentrating on a specific environmental challenge, but GI has so many uses that sometimes even I am surprised by the diversity. The range of applications, and users, is only likely to broaden further as technology drives greater change and innovation. Fostering that change is one of Ordnance Survey’s core goals, and looking to the future and maintaining our investment programme is at the centre of everything we do. Ordnance Survey’s Research department has the responsibility for working on new ways of improving what we do best, namely creating the most accurate and up-to-date digital representation of the country. Over the last three years our research department has been doing some pioneering work on mapping in three dimensions; the GI ‘Holy Grail’ for decades. Of course 3D ENVIRONMENT INDUSTRY MAGAZINE

city models in themselves are not new, but the difference between our work and the 3D maps already produced is that we are not just trying to understand how to build a visualisation. Our goal is the creation of a seamless database that incorporates a detailed terrain model of our most accurate mapping data. This is more than a visually attractive 3D map but is a valuable and intelligent resource that can be maintained and updated for use by existing business and Government users, as well as those interested in the third dimension. The result of this work is a startling representation of the beachfront in Bournemouth, created using a combination of aerial and terrestrial LiDar, aerial photography and more traditional surveying techniques. The project aimed to create the most detailed 3D map possible, not because it simply looks impressive, but because we wish to get an idea of the costs involved balanced against the needs of our customers. We have been talking with a number of potential users of the data, some in areas you might expect, like architecture and planning; but other possible applications are more unusual. For example, one company is interested in renting roof space for solar panels, something for which good quality 3D mapping would be very useful for visualising changing shadows and the relationship between adjacent buildings. Perhaps this is a small example, but I think it aptly demonstrates the value of GI and how people are continually finding uses for it that we might never have envisioned. Three dimensional mapping might be something for the future, but today there are already organisations making real use of GI to improve the way they work. As well as the 500 business partners I referred to earlier, the vast majority of public-sector organisations in Britain have access to a huge range of Ordnance Survey data. This data is helping each of these organisations provide public services in a better and more efficient way. East Riding of Yorkshire Council, for example, saves £160,000 a year and tonnes of carbon emissions by evaluating their refuse collection routes using GI. In addition, Daventry District Council has recently won a National Environmental Award for their ‘Walking Bus’ scheme, providing an alternative to parents who would usually drive their children to school; all underpinned by our data. I hope these few examples have helped illustrate the power of geography. At Ordnance Survey our mantra is ‘everything happens somewhere’ because every human or natural activity is played out on a geographic stage. Understanding that relationship is incredibly important and that is why I am convinced that geography has a vital role to play in combating climate change. GI may help us deal with the implications of a changing world with initiatives such as Atlantis, or it could be through helping our leaders make better decisions for our future based on the best available GI.

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GPS/GIS Technology - a tool for strategic invasive weed management? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The objective of data collection should be that of being able to prioritise the impact of each infestation against the level of threat it posesâ&#x20AC;? By Jon Barton, PBA Solutions The war against terror is dependant upon GPS/GIS Technology, yet few people realise what a valuable weapon it is against the terror of invasive weeds encountered in ground maintenance. Such technology and services can have far reaching benefits in reducing the environmental, financial and legal burden upon perplexed landowners. Pressure on landowners to take effective control of their invasive weeds infestations has gained momentum in recent years and will continue to grow as public awareness increases. When properly used, GPS/GIS systems can become a valuable management tool for the collection of data to develop strategies, communicate information and hold records. Knowledge about highly invasive weeds should be as important to a landowner as tree safety because these weeds are a real threat to our environment and society as a whole. It is ironic that, with the possession of such basic knowledge about what is within the green estate, the financial burden of invasive weeds could have been avoided. The use of GIS/GPS systems for tree and vegetation surveys is common practice so why not utilise this technology in the fight against invasive weeds? Landowners such as councils, facility and estate managers and those responsible for any large area of green estate which is threatened by the existence of invasive weeds such as Japanese knotweed, Giant hogweed, Himalayan balsam and Ragwort can benefit from utilising this technology. For example, Swansea City Council and Cornwall County Council have undertaken GPS/GIS surveys to locate and measure the extent of Japanese knotweed they have within their jurisdiction. By regularly updating the data, they have established that it is possible to demonstrate whether current management ENVIRONMENT INDUSTRY MAGAZINE

strategies are reducing the percentage area of invasive weed contamination, or if the weed is still taking hold and damaging our natural environment. A strategic approach that focuses on control will have far reaching benefits, as already discussed. To ensure that the data collected is not just academic, and turn GPS/GIS systems into a usable tool, expertise is fundamental in the creation of a meaningful database. The objective of data collection should be to prioritise the impact of each infestation against the level of threat it poses to human health, the environment, built structures, safety and neighbouring property. Once data is collected it can be analysed and a control strategy developed, focusing treatment toward high priority infestations while minimising treatment to low priority infestations. Implementation of such a strategy will yield financial benefits and reduce potential legal liabilities. Similarly the environmental impact of overall treatment should be reduced when compared to the blanket control approach i.e. all infestations are treated with the same chemical at the same time.

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Japanese knotweed blocking sight lines on the highway would implicate the landowner as liable in the event of a road traffic accident. The situation should be avoided and given high priority for control.

â&#x20AC;˘ Adherence to the Legal obligation for invasive weed control to be demonstrated through monitoring the treatment programme against the initial survey.

On large estates, knowing which invasive weed species are growing, and where, can be a challenge. Completing a GIS/GPS survey combined with a bespoke database and the development of a strategic management plan will ultimately help eliminate or reduce the threat that specific infestations represent.

To illustrate the need for accurate surveys using GIS/GPS systems there are three situations which landowners should seek to avoid: 1. Threats to human health. Take the example of Giant hogweed in the grounds of a primary school; this can have serious consequences for the landowner. Giant hogweedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clear watery sap causes painful blistering if it comes into contact with human skin, which can take several years to heal. The importance of knowing where Giant hogweed is growing cannot be over-stressed so a clear strategy for its control is vital. Schools and accessible public open spaces are good examples of priority areas where this weed must be eradicated. 2. Migration through properties Allowing Japanese knotweed to migrate into neighbouring property could culminate in legal proceedings being

In the context of large scale invasive weed management, utilising GIS/GPS systems to implement a control programme should be a natural progression after completing the survey and management strategy. Treatment can be readily targeted. An effective invasive weed strategy is wholly dependant on the ability of the field technicians to implement the desired objectives of a management strategy as originally intended. To do this and to ensure success, they need clear instructions and to know what is required, when it is required, where and how. This is where GPS/GIS handheld computers with properly developed databases come into their own. The person implementing the control programme can navigate to the invasive weed infestation with ease and undertake the prescribed tasks from information provided on the

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Investment in GIS/GPS systems can be off set through the advantage it will undoubtedly have in better financial planning and cost allocationâ&#x20AC;? handheld unit. They can complete and record their own environmental assessment and treatment records on their GPS handheld unit. Additional information such as photographs, stand and plant size can also be recorded to enable the success of the implemented strategy to be assessed. An environmental assessment should always be completed when applying herbicide. Having proactive tools and strategies that underpin the management of invasive weed control are of immense importance, particularly when the EU is restricting the use of pesticide due to a history of claimed misuse and over reliance. Consideration has to be given to the financial impact of invasive weed control. Investment in GIS/GPS systems can be offset as the advantages will undoubtedly produce better financial planning and cost allocation. Without clearly locating infestations, identifying species and implementing procedures for control, the duration and cost will never be fully known; eradication, if ever achieved would be expensive. Using specialists who have expertise in both GIS/GPS systems coupled with invasive weed control expertise provides a very attractive solution for effective invasive weed management. To do nothing can result in invasive weed infestations threatening human safety and/or resulting in legal action against a land owner.

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As a leading business for the eradication of Japanese knotweed, we are aware of the construction industry requirements to successfully treat knotweed at a rate that is compatible with program constraints throughout the year, including the dormant winter period. The professionals involved with the built environment hold knowledge that there are a few market options to treat and kill Japanese knotweed in a single growing season, including our own F.A.S.T (Foliage and Stem Treatment) System which is now established, and such herbicidal treatments are clearly the most economic to the end user. The Government emphasis and intent to reduce carbon footprint has had a severe impact on the cost to remove the problem by way of excavation and transport to tip. The tax levied by HM Customs and Excise is now prohibitive and the ability to apply for contaminated landfill tax exemption has ceased. To offset this penalty, Japanese knotweed was included in the 2009 Finance Bill for 150% tax relief against the cost of treatment only, but there are exceptions and not all sectors can realise the benefit. It is easy to understand the Government policy, we cannot indefinitely create massive landfill sites simply moving the problem from point A to point B. The number of landfill sites capable of receiving Japanese knotweed is reducing and the distance to travel from source to tip involves unnecessary lorry movements, sometimes at excessive distances. Using Environment Agency guidelines, a single stand of Japanese knotweed calculates out at up to 18 lorry transport movements. The construction industry needs to understand that forward thinking and planning is needed. In the majority of instances Japanese knotweed is recognised at an early stage and it is now common to see it noted on intrusive site investigation reports as an integral part of the planning process. The simple rules are that any development that permits a program for eradication in a full growing season can have the plants killed at a cost circa 10% of the cost to tip. Any development that requires immediate excavation and removal to tip will suffer severe and unnecessary financial penalty.

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you need space and you need an area not designated for future development • There are root barriers available which are designed to stop the spread and will eradicate the plant in the longer term • In the last few years, screening out the rhizomes has been introduced • We have observed a number of market options to design alternative treatments which do not delay development program. These options, which include rapid insitu treatment, have minimal risk and can be conducted at around 25% of the cost to tip. Japanese knotweed is a most invasive and pernicious weed, it is also a very clever plant which needs professional respect if you want to avoid re-growth and guarantee your actions. After extensive research, methods have been developed for neutralising the growth of Japanese knotweed within the soils matrix. The writer has been involved with various treatment protocols for over 16 years. Observations have shown results which have led to develop rapid integrated treatment. Japanese knotweed rhizomes will not propagate easily when below a certain length and diameter; with the correct dosages of approved herbicide formulae applied directly onto the rhizome, growth can be neutralised. The solution which allows treatment even in the winter months combines an understanding of the plant physiology with experience on historical eradication. It is not an overnight solution as each process cycle allows for approx 8m³ per 20 minute treatment but once treated development can proceed unhindered. In simple terms a controlled excavation of the impacted area takes place to remove the plants and rhizomes. The excavated material is transferred into the treatment plant to reduce the rhizome mass to a none viable re-growth size with a simultaneous application of approved herbicide during the treatment cycle. The treated material is set aside or can be returned to the previously excavated pit. This is just one example of the forward thinking being applied. There is no doubt that invasive weed specialists will continue to field test innovative ideas to eradicate the problem within acceptable timescales in the ensuing years but with purposeful forward planning there are products and services available now and which work.

Marine Conservation Zones could mean better times ahead for fish and the fishing industry Prof. Callum Roberts

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The next two years will be exciting for those keen to see the UK’s marine life better protected. The passage of the Marine Act in November last year represents a fresh beginning for marine conservation and management. The Act was the culmination of years of effort by the Government, its agencies, industry and a broad coalition of environmental groups, and passed with broad crossparty support. The Marine Act will enable the creation of Marine Conservation Zones to protect wildlife and habitats. The Government has committed to establish a national network around the English coast by 2012. The Welsh Assembly Government is using the Act to create Highly Protected Marine Reserves in its waters, while Scotland has committed to establish protected areas under its own domestic Marine Bill, currently under development. We need a Marine Act now (in fact it was long overdue)

because the seas are becoming increasingly crowded; the number of ways in which we use them have multiplied and intensified. The UK Government’s announcement of licenses for 12 huge areas of sea in Round Three of its wind farm scheme is only the most recent manifestation of industry’s move offshore. Of course the fishing industry has been active offshore for a long time – a very long time indeed. Archaeological remains indicate a massive switch from freshwater to marine fish consumption in the middle of the 11th century, signalling the onset of commercial sea fishing. The industry developed slowly, gradually inventing new ways to catch fish. For centuries it remained confined to estuaries and waters within a few miles of the coast. There was little point going further because fish were plentiful, the sea generous, and fish would spoil if boats remained too long at sea. ENVIRONMENT INDUSTRY MAGAZINE

The 19th century changed this bucolic industry for ever. From the 1830s the spread of railway networks expanded markets for fresh fish deep inland and the fleet multiplied to meet demand. Then in the 1880s steam power was added to fishing boats. Engine power was so effective that by the turn of the twentieth century, there was hardly a sailing boat left in the fleet. Over the last 100 years the fishing industry has rapidly embraced new technologies – diesel power, monofilament, echo sounders, hi-tech electronics – that has increased the fishing power of individual vessels by an extraordinary 3-5% per year. Such developments should have enriched the industry, but instead they have impoverished it. The problem was well known as early as the 1920s, when Michael Graham, who was later to become the UK’s chief fishery scientist, wrote: “In the early ‘20’s [Danny’s] trawl was lighter, without a heavy ground rope or tickler chain, so it was easier to handle. It was not necessary in the ‘20’s to fish among boulders, and to use three-hour hauls, which, with average amount of trawl mending, reduce the period of rest to under six hours out of twenty-four, including meal times. This is scraping for a living – expensive, skillful and upto-date scraping; but anxious and ill-rewarded – with every sign of being an effort contending with some invincible force of nature and economics – as men struggle on the edge of the Dustbowl, or cling to eastern American lands when the forest is coming back.” ENVIRONMENT INDUSTRY MAGAZINE

The pursuit of fish is a delicate matter. If fishing pressure is balanced so as not to exceed the rate of fish replenishment in the sea, then fisheries will prosper. But if we remove too many – even just a few – then stocks decline. Over the last 150 years, we have done exactly that, in the process gradually emptying the sea of the fish we most like to eat. It is a little-known fact that in 1889, when records began, bottom trawlers landed six times more fish into England and Wales than they do today. These landings were made by a much smaller fleet than today’s that was still mostly powered by sail. For all their technological power and sophistication, modern fishing fleets produce only a small fraction of the fish landed by vessels in the past. This is not a result of draconian EU regulation, as some would claim, it is a simple consequence of too much fishing and too little protection. This is why I welcome the UK’s Marine Act as a chance to change the fortunes of life in our seas, and with it, reinvigorate the fortunes of a moribund fishing industry. We must use it to create a network of Marine Conservation Zones that will begin the process of rebuilding depleted fish stocks and repairing their habitats. Vast areas of seabed, for example, were once carpeted with rich crusts of sponges, oysters, maerl, coral, seafans and other life that has been stripped away by centuries of trawling and dredging. As experience in other countries has demonstrated already, the seas have great powers of recovery if they are given space and time free from human interference.

If we get this right, Marine Conservation Zones will be a powerful force for good that will benefit both environment and industry. There can be few industries more dependent on a high quality environment and vigorous wildlife populations than the fishing industry. Throughout the world, Marine Conservation Zones that are protected from exploitation have shown a rapid rebound in stocks of commercial species like fish, scallops and lobsters. The UK’s first such protected area in Lundy has repeated this experience with lobsters increasing seven fold in only a few years. Because of the way that marine species breed and disperse, protected areas can supply surrounding fishing grounds with fish. They protect critical breeding stocks of animals, or areas important to key life stages, such as nursery or spawning grounds. Most animals we exploit release their offspring or larvae into open water where they drift for a period of days to months before changing into juveniles, so over time, protected areas export increasing numbers of fish and shellfish to places they can be caught. Such benefits come at a price, however. Marine Conservation Zones do little good if they are not given sufficient protection. Fish stocks will not build up and habitats will not recover if protected areas remain open to significant levels of fishing. Again, experience from overseas is telling. If we want these areas to play a role in restoring the vitality of UK seas, they must at a minimum be

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Environmental Entrepreneurship & Water: The Ultimate Environmental Commodity?

Prof. Robert M. Kalin, BSc. MSc. PhD. CEnv FICE FRSC FGS, Head of Civil Engineering, Strathclyde University and Director of Research, David Livingston Centre for Sustainability

The past decade saw a major renaissance in environmental awareness and a seemingly strong willingness to implement real change. However, we can best describe how the end of the decade passed into history by paraphrasing T.S. Elliot's The Hollow Men: ‘this is the way...(Copenhagen) ends, not with a bang but a wimper’. The focus of environmental issues and debate have become wrapped up in climate change impact and mitigation, economically linked to carbon. We should have no doubt that man has induced some measure of climate change and environmental impact linked to industrialisation and the use of carbon resources to fuel the engines of global economic growth. But the economic value of the environment is much greater than carbon (as a commodity), and includes values of soil, ecosystems and biodiversity, habitats (terrestrial and marine), etc. spanning poles to the equator. Environmental Capital is the fuel that maintains our standard of living. The elusive ‘sustainable planet’ therefore needs a new breed of Environmental Entrepreneurs who can sustain economic growth through ‘out of the box’ development of new business models and commodity trading, and water is the obvious first choice to join global carbon trading. The world population has risen three-fold within the lifetime of the post-war generation (2.5 billion to 7 billion) and is increasing remorselessly towards 9 to 10 billion. Supplying food for this rising population, coupled with increasing urbanisation and burgeoning living standards, has resulted in increased contamination of the environment and a marked reduction in the volume of our global ‘fresh water bank’. A potential global disaster brought about by ENVIRONMENT INDUSTRY MAGAZINE

the lack of clean water and proper sanitation is less than a generation away. Nowhere is the problem worse than the Middle East, Asia and Africa, where a five-fold increase in water consumption since 1950, mainly for agriculture, leaves the prospect of future human conflict and even war over water resources but a matter of time. Climate change will likely accelerate the use of declining water resources with resulting desertification (chiefly due to use of groundwater), and thus water-related migration will be a certainty. An example is the overuse of Spain’s water resources through human (largely UK) migration to Spain’s warm climate and concurrent export of ‘virtual’ water from the Mediterranean countries to the supermarkets of Europe. At the end of the last decade Barcelona resorted to importation of nearly 23 Million litres of drinking water to provide water to nearly 180,000 tourists due to the over exploitation (The Guardian, Wednesday May 14 2008). A compounding fact is that recent estimates suggest 5 million deaths per year from water related illnesses in the developing world with these sick people occupying over 50% of all hospital beds in regions that are already overstretched. If we juxtapose this with problems in terms of the NHS statistics, we are a minor blip in comparison to the thousands dying every day from diarrhoea, typhoid, cholera, and a range of other infectious diseases. It would appear the climate change and energy focus of the affluent West has left the environmental industry (as a global community) with little opportunity for direct action to benefit water resource management, leaving the main protagonists for change, charities and UN agencies, to do their best.

Joint Carbon and Water Trading Water Footprint and consumption of ‘Virtual’ Water 1,000

Litres in a Cubic Metre

1,000,000,000,000

Litres in a Cubic Kilometre

5,000,000,000,000,000

Litres used each year by Agriculture

600 to 800 Cubic Metres

Water Footprint per personyear in Poor Countries

2100 to 2500 Cubic Metres

Water Footprint per personyear in Developed world

Water requirement equivalent of main food products UNIT EQUIVALENT WATER (litres per unit) Citrus Fruits

1,000

Cereals

1,500

Fresh Poultry

6,000

Fresh Beef

15,000

Sheep or Goats

Head

15,000

Cattle

Head

4,000,000

Source: FAO, 2003. Published in the UN World Water Development Report.

The Water Footprint concept was introduced in 2002 at the International Expert Meeting on Virtual Water Trade, Delft, the Netherlands (Hoekstra, 2003). But what is a ‘Water Footprint’? It was designed to illustrate the hidden links between human consumption and water use, and between global trade and water resources management. It is an analogue of the ecological footprint concept originating from the 1990s. Your Ecological Footprint denotes the bio-productive area (hectares) needed to sustain a population, the Water Footprint represents the freshwater volume (cubic metres per year) required to sustain the same population at its’ current socio-economic standards. The Water Footprint takes into account the source and production circumstances of society and calculates the actual water use involved (not global averages). Your overall Water Footprint is thus the total water resource depletion (local to global) that you are responsible for. The table above illustrates the amount of water that is used world-wide in the production of food (the main element of our Water Footprint) and contrasts the difference in Water Footprints between developed and developing countries. The concept of ‘embedded’ or ‘virtual water’ introduced by Allan (1998) was designed to measure the water consumed to produce food or consumable items that may be imported or exported. virtual water consumption can be massive for items that we take for granted, for example it has been estimated that it takes 10,850 litres of water to produce 1 pair of blue jeans and 2,500 litres of water for a T-shirt! This ‘embedded’ water comes from the water it takes to produce the cotton, mine raw materials, knit and dye the fabric, etc. The main global trade in virtual water Environmental Geotechnics Ltd is through food, including meat, grains, fresh produce, worldwide experience, niche solutions. vegetables and fruit, where the real-water content of

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content it took to grow. England, Scotland and Wales, as water rich countries, together import between 25 and 50 Billion Cubic Metres of virtual water each year without considering the impact we have on the water resources of others. In contrast, the water rich USA exports between 50 and 100 Billion Cubic Metres of virtual water each year! This great discrepancy between two of the most powerful G7 economies comes from the high level of export of grains and rice to the developing world by the USA and the relatively low-level of exports from the UK that have embedded water. In a recent audit of the sources of fresh produce in UK supermarkets, the vast majority of popular items were imported from water scarce regions of the world (see table below). Surely, environmental entrepreneurs can find economic opportunity for the UK environmental industry to explore and exploit water as a commodity. This new breed of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;environmental entrepreneursâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; should be developed in the UK to look for market opportunities through a balance of trade in global environmental capital

and knowledge. Importantly, the UK, as a nation that is part of the water-rich world, could consider economic policies that develop long-term economic sustainability based on a sustained effort to restore the global water environment capital we have, up to now, used for short-term economic gain. Perhaps through action and commitment we can assume economic and social leadership. References Allan, J.A. (1998) Virtual water: A strategic resource, global solutions to regional deficits, Groundwater 36(4), 545-546. Hoekstra, A.Y. (ed.) (2003) Virtual water trade: Proceedings of the International Expert Meeting on Virtual Water Trade, Delft, The Netherlands, 12-13 December 2002, Value of Water Research Report Series No.12, UNESCO-IHE, Delft. UNESCO (2003) Water for people, water for life: The United Nations world water development report, UNESCO Publishing, Paris / Berghahn Books, Oxford. UNESCO (2006) Water, a shared responsibility: The United Nations world water development report 2, UNESCO Publishing, Paris / Berghahn Books, Oxford.

Country of Origin

Consumer Produce

Spain / Portugal / Italy

Raspberries, Grapes, Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Radish, Lettuce, Oranges, Rosemary, Mint, Onions, Basil, Courgettes, Marrow, Broccoli, Pears, Plums

Israel / West Bank

Sharon Fruit, Figs, Cherimoya, Persimmon, Pomelo, Mango, Dates, Thyme, Sage, Chives,

Bolivia / Peru / Brazil / Argentina / Chile

Blueberries, Black Grapes, Avocado, Limes, Mango, Cantaloupe, Piel des Apid, Honeydew, Brazil Nuts, Mange Tout, Asparagus, Sugar Beans

Uruguay / Costa Rica / Ecuador / Columbia

Pineapple, Banana, Mandarin Oranges, Tangerines, Kiwi, Physalis, Passion Fruit

USA / Mexico

Peaches, Onions, Butternut Squash, Grapefruit, Walnuts, Pecans, Sweet Potatoes, Rocket Lettuce

Egypt / Morocco / Iran

Salad Onion, Pistachios, Dates, String Beans, Green Beans, Runner Beans

Kenya, Mozambique

Baby Corn, Mange Tout, Runner Beans, Peas, Chilli Peppers,

S. Africa

Red Apples, Granny Smith Apples, Oranges, Lemons, Grapefruit, Pink Lady Apples

Scotland and UK

Beetroot, Cox Apples, Carrots, Onions, Potatoes, Aubergene, Spinach, Kale, Cavolo, Cabbage, Broccoli, Leeks, Brussel Sprouts, Mushrooms

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Environment Agency prosecutions CASE 1: Britain’s unluckiest flytipper

CASE 4: Vegetable company fined for gross pollution

Ian Goldsmith, of St Anns, Nottingham, pleaded guilty to seven charges of flytipping at various locations around Nottinghamshire. The 47-year-old was also ordered to pay £582 in compensation to Nottingham City County and Broxtowe Borough Council, along with £700 in costs to the Environment Agency. The community order required Mr Goldsmith to carry out 80 hours of unpaid work in the community. He also narrowly missed a driving disqualification, as the Court wanted him to carry on working in order to pay the compensation and costs.

Vegetable wash water grossly polluted a stream near Attleborough leading to a fine of £3,500 and costs of £6,473 for Watton Produce Company Limited. Miss Claire Bentley, prosecuting for the Environment Agency, told Swaffham Magistrates’ Court that investigations by environment officers and biologists had shown that the pollution had been ongoing for some time. Talks with the company at the end of January 2009 identified where pollution prevention could be improved and where in-house sampling was needed but subsequent water quality samples taken in January, February and March showed that the treatment plant was still discharging polluting waste water.

CASE 2: Pollution costs Evesham farm over £3,800 On the 20th January, Shanael Farms Limited and Michael Miller of Greville Hall Farm, Evesham, pleaded guilty at Worcester Magistrates’ Court to polluting the Battleton Brook at Hinton on the Green, near Evesham. Shanael Farms Limited was fined £1,500 and ordered to pay costs of £900, along with a £15 victim surcharge. Mr Miller was fined £500 and ordered to pay costs of £900, along with a £15 victim surcharge. Shanael Farms Limited run a 400 head dairy unit at Greville Hall Farm, with Mr Miller as the director of the company. CASE 3: Imprisonment for “Talking Rubbish” in Court A Berkshire scrap yard owner has been given a suspended prison sentence and ordered to pay prosecution costs after pleading guilty for handling illegal waste at their Berkshire business premises. Leslie Tucker Dunn (Snr) and Leslie Thomas Dunn (Jnr) of The Willows, Reading pleaded guilty on the 11 January 2010 to depositing controlled waste without a Waste Management Licence. The Dunn’s ran a series of businesses from the site including a skip hire business called – “Talking Rubbish”. The site received waste ranging from wood, plastics, cardboard, rubber, polystyrene and soil between January and July 2008.Mr Dunn Senior was sentenced to imprisonment for 26 weeks, suspended for two years, and ordered to pay £6,000 towards prosecution costs. In addition he was ordered not to be involved in any unlicensed waste transportation, storage and disposal businesses and was placed on an electronic curfew for three months during the hours of 7am – 7pm.

CASE 5: Shoe company gets the boot for poor recycling A major shoe company has been ordered to pay over £30,000 in fines and costs at Coalville Magistrates’ Court after failing to comply with packaging regulations. Brantano (UK) Limited is a major footwear retailer and has 147 stores in the UK. The company is based at Interlink Business Park, Bardon, in Coalville. The company pleaded guilty to 15 charges related to not registering with the Environment Agency and failing to meet its packaging waste requirements between 2003 and 2007. The charges were brought under the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997, 2005 and 2007. It was estimated that the company had avoided costs of approximately £20,000 by not following the correct procedures. CASE 6: Wine company fined for waste packaging offences A top wine importer has recently been ordered to pay more than £35,000 in fines and costs for failing to meet all of its obligations under the Waste Packaging Regulations. On January 22, 2009 The Great Western Wine Company was contacted by the Environment Agency to establish whether it was required to register. With an annual turnover of £4.7 million in 2003 rising to £7.7 million in 2007 is was evident the company should have registered. The amount of packaging handled in those years was 315 tonnes and 637 tonnes respectively. It is estimated the company avoided more than £22,000 in fees and costs for the years 2004 2008 by failing to comply with the regulations. The company has since joined and paid a compliance scheme.

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The first 21st-century water company practical water sustainability for communities We look forward to welcoming you on

Stand 1596 at Ecobuild 2010 Earls Court, London Tuesday 2 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Thursday 4 March

T 01582 767 720 E info@albionwater.co.uk

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Chief Executive, Crest Nicholson and Paul Drechsler, CEO Wates, are amongst the respected figures taking to the stage to tackle pertinent topics such as Copenhagen consequences: how strong is the political will for a low carbon Britain?, International & green: learning from around the world and Second generation sustainability: zero carbon without the bling. See the full conference programme at www.ecobuild.co.uk/conference

ecobuild fringe, attractions, special events Another new initiative for 2010 is the Ecobuild fringe, an eclectic range of events from exhibitors, supporters and partners, all taking place at or around Earls Court during Ecobuild. Highlights include:

• One planet living – BioRegional • The power of landscape to deliver communities – The Landscape Institute

• Delivering sustainable M&E projects – M&E Sustainability

• Bio-based materials for better low carbon buildings – National Non Food Crop Centre (NNFCC)

• Ventilation and indoor air quality – AECB • Delivering low energy sustainable buildings: the people dimension – Construction Skills

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Elsewhere on the programme there are dozens of attractions and special events. The presentation of BRE Global’s BREEAM Awards, which recognise and reward those involved in the design and construction of the highest scoring buildings certified under BREEAM, will take place in the Ecobuild Arena on Wednesday 03 March. A BREEAM ‘excellent’ rating is a pre-qualification, which ensures that winners truly represent exemplary sustainable design and construction. Each development will have been independently assessed and certified, and in order to win an award, each building must have excelled in every environmental category – from energy to ecology - and represent an holistic approach to delivering environmental sustainability. Awards will be presented to the top rated buildings in the UK, together with a number of special awards in an international category. The Solar Decathlon Europe competition stops off at Ecobuild too, with the debut of The Nottingham HOUSE (Home Optimising the Use of Solar Energy) at Ecobuild on its way to the final in Madrid in June. The University of Nottingham’s Department of the Built Environment (SBE) has teamed up with Saint-Gobain to create the HOUSE – an energy efficient, zero carbon solar powered home – which is part of the students’ entry into the competition.

Dataterm IHC EN SE V ! S A T ON

Guaranteed to Reduce Your Fuel Bill by 25% Dataterm Intelligent Heating Controls from Warmworld really can save you money, thousands of people all over the country are enjoying the increased comfort and reduced running cost’s of the Dataterm system. It does its thinking right out of the box so once fitted will start to control your heating and save you money straight away. Dataterm will pay for itself in no time in energy savings alone, so if reducing your annual fuel spend by an average of 25% sounds good to you fit Dataterm NOW... It comes with single or multizone control with or without hot water for all sizes of property and has 30 built in plans to get you up and running in no time at all along with room for 3 personal plans with up to 8 set-points per day and everyday of the week can be tailored to your lifestyle. Dataterm set it and forget it - Dataterm will take care of you and your pocket 24/7 and its good to the planet too.

WARM WORLD

THE INTELLIGENT HEATING DECISION

www.warmworld.co.uk 0117 949 8800

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AKVAir Solar The sunny side of heating

Ensure your heating efficiency with tested and reliable Akvaterm accumulator tanks. Now get your accumulator tank optimized also for solar or airsource heatpumps from the leading European accumulator tank manufacturer. Please come and meet us at one of the following events: Training day Somerset, Feb 15th 2010

Interclima Feb 9th – 12th 2010

Ecobuild March 2nd – 4th 2010

contact Dunster Wood Fuels Ltd, Tel. 01643 821 188, info@dunsterwoodfuels.co.uk

Paris Porte de Versailles, stand of HS-France, Hall 7.3 stand C31 HS France tel. 00 33 388 505 002, info@hsfrance.com

Earls Court, London, Stand 1720 www.ecobuild.co.uk, Tel. 00358 400 785164, Juho Nuosmaa, Akvaterm Oy

www.akvaterm.fi

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EXHIBITOR INDEX BBEESSPPOOKKEE TTI IM MBBEERR FFRRAAM MEE

Visit Visit us us in in Green Green shoots shoots area area on on stand stand GS31 GS31 www.enconassociates.com www.enconassociates.com

T.T.0844 0844800 8001947 1947 F.F.01787 01787882596 882596 E. E.projects@cbsolarshading.co.uk projects@cbsolarshading.co.uk W. W.www.cbsolarshading.co.uk www.cbsolarshading.co.uk Stand StandNumber: Number:2120 2120

Econergy Econergy stand stand no. no. 1623 1623 Contact Contact details details sales@econergy.ltd.uk sales@econergy.ltd.uk www.econergy.ltd.uk www.econergy.ltd.uk 0870 0870 0545 0545 554 554 0870 0870 0545 0545 553 553

English EnglishBrothers BrothersLimited Limited Salts SaltsRoad, Road,Walton WaltonHighway, Highway, Wisbech, Wisbech,Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, PE14 PE147DU 7DU Telephone: Telephone:01945 01945587500 587500 www.englishbrothers.co.uk www.englishbrothers.co.uk

SureSet will be located on stands 2452 & 2453

Stand number: 1841 “Fresh Thinking in Natural and Smoke Ventilation” Stand Number: 1266 T: 0161 491 4840 F: 0161 491 4841 enquiry@dyerenvironmental.co.uk www.dyerenvironmental.co.uk

Trianco │ Stand 1372 For more info, visit www.trianco.co.uk or call 0114 257 2300.

Leading ventilation and window hardware expert. Tel: +44 (0)1206 713800 Email: enquiries@titon.co.uk Website: www.titon.co.uk

Visit VADO at stand 1056 email: sales@vado-uk.com tel: 01934 744466 fax: 01934 744345 web: www.vado-uk.com

Stand no: 1954 t: +44 (0)29 2073 9518 f: +44 (0)29 2073 9566 www.up-ltd.co.uk

Leading the field in outdoor furniture and construction productsmade in Britain from 100% British plastic and rubber waste

Stand no. Green Shoots

Visit the Bat Conservation Trust at the Biodiversity Pavilion Visit Wolf Systems within the Timber Works area. Visit www.wolfsystem.co.uk or call 02476 602303.

MAP environmental | Stand 1535 Tel: 01622 722280 or visit www.mapenvironmental.co.uk

www.bats.org.uk tel: 0845 1300 228

Stand number 1717

Stand Number 1269 Fakro GB Ltd, stand 1363

Umicore VM Zinc Stand 1457

Flag-Soprema UK Ltd stand 1455

Stand number 1272 tp24 ltd, 12 Station Road, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, PE16 6AG Telephone: 01354 694591

Stand number 1230 Our stand number is: 2390 Tel: 01959 576897

Phone: 01952 675000 Fax: 01952 675041 Email: info-uk@viessmann.com Website: www.viessmann.co.uk

Visit us at stand 2470 Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

01270 753000 01270 753333 uk@flowcrete.com www.flowcrete.com

ATAG's stand number is 1429

Visit Navitron at stand 1729

For more info call us on 01572725512 or email us at sales@navitron.org.uk

Tel: 01243 815 770 Fax: 01243 839 596 Email: info@atagheating.co.uk

Stand number: 2380 Tel: 020 8337 0731 Email: info@mgcltd.co.uk

www.atagheating.co.uk

www.info@mgcltd.co.uk

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Tel: Fax: Email: Web:

01202 579208 01202 581748 info@icb.uk.com www.icb.uk.com

Ecochoice FSC Timbers Ecobuild Stand 2052 Tel: 0845 6381340 Email: info@ecochoice.co.uk

THE BRITISH PRECAST CONCRETE FEDERATION LTD STAND NUMBER: 2553 Tel: 0116 253 6161 Fax:0116 251 4568 www.britishprecast.org

Visit us at stand no. 2503, Earls Court 2

‘Bekstone’ Products: Reconstituted Structural Stone (House building stone) and ‘Pavestone’ Products: Pre-cast garden paving and landscaping materials. All manufactured with 100% certified sustainable ‘Green Electricity’. Visit us at stand 2219

Centres in Northolt, Basildon and Luton

Stand number – 1260

B & K Structures will be exhibiting at stand number 1865.

Practical Acoustics will be at stand 1943

Tel 0845 845 7222 Fax 0845 845 7333 enquiries@logic4training.co.uk www.logic4training.co.uk

Visit us at stand 2329

Visit Parker Dann at stand 1610

Allan House, Ord Road, Berwick-Upon-Tweed, TD15 2XU

Visit us at stand GS114 www.parkerdann.co.uk

Visit us at stand 2579

Stand No. 2200 www.mpba.biz

STAND NO.

1793

Visit us at stand no. 1606 or email as at sales@solartwin.com to find out more

Carpet Recycling UK Bridge 5 Mill, 22a Beswick Street, Manchester, M4 7HR 07787 160 169 www.carpetrecyclinguk.com

www.greenstructures.co.uk

Visit Jaga Heating Products at Stand 1155

Visit us at stand 1791

Tel: 01289 334600 Fax: 01289 334601

See us at stand no. GS37

Stand number: TW06 Tel: 01296 481220 Fax: 01296 424090

Tel. 01531 631533 jaga@jaga.co.uk www.jaga.co.uk

www.osmouk.com

Visit us at the Biodiversity pavilion T. 020 7326 0007 E. enquiries@ecologyconsultancy.co.uk W. www.ecologyconsultancy.co.uk

«SWISS Pavilion» Earls Court 1 Stand No. 1733

Stand Number: 2441

Marley Plumbing & Drainage Stand 2226 Contact: 01622 858888 www.marley.co.uk

Visit us at stand number 2499, Earls Court 2

Marley Alutec | Stand 2226 Contact: 01234 359438 www.marleyalutec.co.uk

ABC Anchors Email: sales@abcanchors.co.uk www: www.abcanchors.co.uk Tel: 01380 850885

Come and visit us at stand number: 1930

Visit us at stand 1585 or contact us on +44 (0)161 745 7450 or marketing@energ.co.uk

www.eluna.org.uk UK Tel: 07968 490051

Visit us at stand 2055. IFTech Ltd., 62-68 Rosebery Avenue, London, EC1R 4RR Tel: 0207 278 3982 Email: info@iftech.co.uk Web: www.iftech.co.uk

ECOBUILD stand no.2402 t. 01730 816941 f. 01730 816874 www.ewtimber.co.uk www.localtimber.co.uk

Environment Industry Magazine’s show previews are free to exhibitiors. Call Claire on 0161 3410158 to find out how you can be part of our next show preview.

Stand 311 Securely Managing Land: Successfully Supporting Communities www.landrestorationtrust.org.uk

Visit us at stand 1405 ENVIRONMENT INDUSTRY MAGAZINE

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2403

7.5

EXITS

3.13

130.63

3.13

2.5

100

8.5

2217

78.62

2115

19.5

146.25

42.5

A Proctor Group

2118

Bekstone

2219

Offsite Solutions

2218

8.5

CPM 2117 Group Sunsquare

3.13

36.13

MiTek Industries

2313

Stretch Ceilings Group Ltd

2417

Actis Insulation

Café

Silva Timber Products 15

2419

Kingspan Offsite

2318

Trespa

2215

3.13

Ecological Building Systems

Allwood

Group

Fire R

Osmose

Faay Vianen BV

2315

Innovate Offsite

2210

BCL 3

Richard Burke Woodworking

2 Scotian TF

Brooks Bros

The

Wolf

CPET Clarke

2312

Fronius

2415

by Mtech and Galliford Try

Bilzano Pavilion

6.5

4.5

RTC Timber Systems

EXITS

3.01

Brooks Cavendish/ Anglo Geotherm

2007

16 14

2009 EBP

36.13

2311

Howick

Precious Woods 14

2006

4 Fermacell

2005

2.5

8.5

2208

Tremco 2107 Illbruck

2105

Monodraught

2205

2411

Schilliger

2310

Café sponsored 8 by TTF

Carpenter Oak

Senior Architectural Systems

2308

3.13

Schueco

2307

5 42.5

TTF 3

Osmo UK

Timberwright

JJ Smith Woodworking

smart Roof

Trada

GreenSteps

Kebony

2304

Ambassadoor

2409

2407 2408

Crendon Timber

2405

English Russell Bros Timber

2.5

kd Joinery

Drillvent

EXITS

DCE Publications

12 2000 9

2001 Carey 4 & Fox

Detail Magazine

2002

James Jones & Sons Ltd

2102 9

EcoCooling

2103

3 3

Janex

2202

7.5

MPBA

2200

Danlers 6 Ltd

2300

Timber in Construction

2400

Soundcraft

2401

English Woodlands Timber 9

2402

Wolman 3

Donaldson Timber 9

2500

8.5

25.5

2123

Caribbean Blinds

2120

76.5

EXITS

67.5

Abbey Pinford Piling & Foundations

2125

The Concrete Centre

2020

4 Litchfield Group of Companies

Wienerberger

2222

Marley P&D / Alutec

2226

2220

8 Hansgrohe

4.5

Allan Brothers

2325 2326

UKTFA

Howarth Timber 8 (Windows and Doors)

4.5

2327

4.5

Frame UK

2320

Ltd

Decra Roof

2420 2425

8 Systems

Modcell Classroom

2520

.6 6

3.12

2333

16.5

68.03

4 8.

1833

10.5

Abbey Publishing

1830

Bluebeam Software

1831

16.5

Ormandy

1832

5.5

22.5

.6 6

68.03

5.5

1836

2.5

72.53

3.12

25.5

1843

25.5

Twyford Bathrooms

1842

.3 4

2447 16

135.63

1845

Nu-Heat UK

1847

3.12

8.5

14.5

2.18

4.5

5.5

4.30

439.81

72.25

3.12

4.00

19 6

1855

Specialist Ltd

1857

42.5

Dendura

1854

77.25

Shelforce

1953

Danfoss Heat Pumps

1956

9.5

1951

Biomass Energy Centre

135.63

3 6

3.5

15.09

11.59

2265

3.5

1863

4.75

2.5

42.75

B+K Structures

Stokvis

20.55

Unity 6 Media

1867

9.5

52.5

2064

1962

2.5

1866

4.75

15.09

CEMEX

2060

1860

16.5

2365

3.12

Wetherby Building

2465

1967

2.5

2267

3.12

68.06

EXITS

52.5

Invest NI

2066

Marvin Architectural

1869

Allbrite UK

1868

Ltd

136.12

Alcoa

2167

113.88

68.06

6 Simon

ZEDfactory

2562

Saint-Gobain

3 3.

46.7

2.5 4

Dow Corning

H+H UK Ltd

4.5

Burmatex

2160

9.5

Wallbarn Ltd

3.5

Royal Logix Mosa

BSRIA

1964

Xpelair

2.5

IF Tech

2054

Cavity Trays

1865

2460 2462

2557 Cornish Concrete

Roger Bullivant

2554

Belgian Pavilion

2260

5 British Precast

2553

Vitra 67.19

1960

UPL

1954

2360

2056

120

Dupont

EXITS

2358

2253

3.12

65.63

2155 2157

3.12

BASF

8 Joinery

2.5

16.5

. 22

3.5

2458

Rockwool

11.5

Sika

16.5

Helical Systems

1950

2.5

2053

11.25

Ecochoice

De 4 Leeuw

James 8 2K Manufacturing Hardie

2355

2455

Aggregate Industries

2052

2.5

2050

Mark Group

1852

5.5

2350

Space Air

2150

3.12

Eco Modular Living

2552

2.5

Xella

2453

160

2452 Sureset

Wave Homes

2450

Trees & Design Action Group

1949

Point

4 Information

2.18

286.81

Café

Tradical Hemcrete

1849

72.64

2.5

Surestop

Glenalmond Timber 4

1944

Energy Saving Trust

1948

11.25

3 9

2046

Practical Acoustics

1943

85.6

2.5

2047 Arch Timber Protection

UK-GBC Arena

3.12

Yorkon

2449

UK Green Building Council

2145

16.5

Café EMCO Peikko

2446

Mitsubishi Electric UK

2.5

2049

1941

52.23

Titon

1841

PTS

1937

6.5

Rationel Windows

68.02

11.66

6.5

2445

2341

4.5 Faversham House 18 16

2444

Innovation Future Zone

Advanced Panel Systems

Steico

2040

Protan UK

2044

2443

2.5

Knauf Insulation

2140

EIBI

2043

2547 Tekla

2442 SAPA

4 Frame/Mark 4 Magazine

2546

ABC Earthscan Anchors

2441

181.42

41.29

5 Rheinzink

2542

Design

2 1940 ConstructionLine Passivent Domestic 5.5 6

VectorWorks

1837

Greenwood Airvac/ Zehnder Comfosystems

1839

46.75

YBS Insulation

1934

2.5

Vent-Axia

2035

Hamworthy Heating

7.5

2545 3 Secure by

2240 2245

BRE

9.09

NBT 15.09

2135

Danish Pavilion

19.92

Rettenmeier

GP4

132

16.5

Klenk

2243

Combilift 4.5

1930

Ian Iarnach

Beco Products

2033

2030 Waverley

4.5

Jewson Ltd

Arnold Laver

2130

Pazen

GP3

Lafarge Cement, Readymix and Aggregates 36

2131

68.03

GP6 GP5

Interface 6

Ecotherm, Springvale and Ancon

2230

2234

68.03

2340

German Sustainibility Council

GP2

Homatherm

GP7

Howarth Timber Engineering

16.5

Aluminium Area

3.12

2330

Hering

GP1

Hess

GP8

2530

EXITS

2.5 3.5

5.5

2070 2071

LSSD UK Ltd – Homesafe / Securidor 14

Vorwerk

6.5

netMAGmediaLtd

2074

URSA

2076

Sustain Ltd 14

2078

6.5

Green Lighting 4 Company

2177

KME

2175

BBA

2275

102

Portuguese Pavilion

2072 IES

Cellecta

2170

16 Grant Westfield

2478

2375

4 Greenhouse 4 Effect

2568 6

2569

4.5

2.78

2387

116.5

4.5

KdB

2178

2.78

100