CEEQUAL IMPROVING SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH BEST PRACTICE an Introduction to CEEQUAL

CEEQUAL IMPROVING SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH BEST PRACTICE An Introduction to CEEQUAL

Transport for Sustainability, Keck Center of the National Academies Washington, D.C.

Roger Venables Chief Executive, CEEQUAL

What is CEEQUAL? …

Sustainability assessment, rating Rating system and awards scheme Influencing tool for civil engineering, Improving sustainability infrastructure, through best practice landscaping and Team based self assessment works in public spaces Evidence based Independent verification + Award

Crossrail Jacobs Engineering Northern Ireland Govt Mouchel Environment Agency Mott Macdonald Highways England Parsons Brinckerhoff Network Rail URS Olympic Delivery WYG Authority Transport Scotland Amey Welsh Assembly Balfour Beatty Government BAM Nuttall Carillion Aecom Costain Arup Skanska Atkins Transport for London Capita Symonds Volker Stevin Halcrow / CH2

>650 individual assessments to date, of which 295 are ‘transport’ projects, with total construction value of ≈ $40 billion (£26 billion) © CEEQUAL Ltd 2002-2015 Key features of CEEQUAL

Consider/Assess

Avoidance (of adverse impacts) Reduce, minimise & mitigate

Enhancement (of positive impacts) Plan Inclusion of amenity & environmentally beneficial features Implement Stakeholder involvement Resource efficiency Legal compliance (a few) Monitor/ Beyond legal compliance Performance

1. Project Strategy 2. Project Management 3. People and Communities 4. Land Use and Landscape 5. Historic Environment 6. Ecology and Biodiversity 7. Water Environment 8. Physical Resources 9. Transport

Economic Success improved biodiversity Minimising Delivering the adverse impacts energy and project well & maximising carbon positive Minimising waste etc sustainability- driven project Enhanced Sustainable quality of life DevelopmentContributing to Delivering the a more Environmental+ right project sustainable social+economic society benefits Balancing High Social competing Environmentaldemands Success © CEEQUAL Ltd 2002-2015 Quality Sustainability-driven projects the right way round

Enhanced quality of life

Contributing to Environmental+ Delivering the a more social+economic right project sustainable benefits society Balancing competing demands sustainability- driven project improved biodiversity Minimising Delivering the adverse impacts energy and project well & maximising carbon positive Minimising waste etc

Point Scales Box Greyed out Boxes combined (3 examples) Question not Points can be scored by either They are black relevant for that role or at either stage, but and white! stage or role only once per project © CEEQUAL Ltd 2002-2015 What effect do we have? What benefits do we generate?

CEEQUAL was a tender commitment and a key project target … to stretch the sustainable performance of the project.

It aided the measurement and review of processes to ensure continual improvement.

CEEQUAL ensured that evidence was collected as the project progressed in order to demonstrate the sustainable approach taken and provide third party confirmation of the sustainable practices undertaken.

The collaborative approach taken, involving the designers and key subcontractors in the development of the strengthening solution, ensured input from all parties; ensuring the most environmentally and socially responsible methodology, minimising disruption to the public, impact to the environment and delivering savings to the client.

In relation to the completed Forth Replacement Crossing M9 Junction 1a and Fife Intelligent Transport System (ITS) projects:

“CEEQUAL has been used to provide a systematic and comprehensive approach to the detailed design and construction of these projects, tracking the site management activities and associated sustainability initiatives, within the overall sustainability objectives of the FRC project.

CEEQUAL also considered environmental aspects not routinely covered by the EIA process such as energy and carbon assessment, which ensured a holistic approach to the project was undertaken and all aspects of sustainable development were duly considered.”

• Identifying current • Positive performance reinforcement Team • Setting improvement building • Business plans improvement • Delivery of objectives • Innovation Internal and targets • Improved benchmarking • Identifying areas for project improvement management Reputation & • Demonstrating competitiveness continual improvement Proactive management of • Linkage to ISO14001 sustainability aspects

Resource efficiency & cost savings

Trigger actions that improve performance and save money whole-life costing waste minimisation energy consumption reduction water consumption reduction minimising complaints minimising costs of environmental incidents minimising costs of dealing with protesters

Improve Performance not Maximising Score 90 80 70

50 40 Scores Use section scores to 30 drive improvement 20 programmes 10 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Project

Flexible but Established Wide coverage rigorous

Significant influencer & change agent tool in addition to end-of project rating and awards

Worthwhileness Better performance

Delivers better projects

Major on-going Open process development

Thank you for listening. Your questions and comments are welcome.