16 DELIVERING TODAY FOR TOMORROW autumn 2011
Construction & Infrastructure
Affordable Housing
Fit Out
Urban Regeneration DELIVERING TODAY FOR TOMORROW
Investments In order to drive sustainability forward within the Morgan Sindall Group, we must give our Total Commitment to making it happen. Our Ynysowen Community Primary School – Roadmap for Sustainability An exemplar of sustainable design maps out targets, milestones A Focus On: and actions for each division and the Group as a whole TODAY is published by: to aim for. From this, six Key Commitments have Morgan Sindall Group plc Morgan Sindall Group plc is a been identified that will Kent House leading UK construction and Morgan Sindall steer us in the right direction. 14-17 Market Place regeneration group with a turnover So, whether it is helping London W1W 8AJ of £2 billion, employing over to reduce the energy and Tel: 020 7307 9200 7,000 people and operating in the waste from our offices and www.morgansindall.com public and commercial sectors. Group’s Roadmap sites, staying safe at work or email: [email protected] It operates through five divisions getting involved with local of construction and infrastructure, communities, each and affordable housing, fit out, urban every one of us has a part regeneration and investments. for Sustainability to play in helping us achieve our Total Commitment. 2 DELIVERING TODAY FOR TOMORROW IT’S ALL ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY 3
In the long term the only businesses that are going to succeed are those In this issue… that deliver sustainable solutions. Sustainability opens new market This issue of TODAY focuses on Morgan Sindall Total opportunities and so ultimately the Group’s new Roadmap for Sustainability. It starts off success of sustainability becomes Commitment the success of the company. The by explaining what the Roadmap is and why the Board Roadmap sets out what we’re trying see it as a critical tool for helping guide the Group’s in Practice to achieve and how we’re looking to journey towards sustainability. achieve it. It is a Total Commitment because we are looking to do the utmost possible in all areas of The Six Commitments...... 2 sustainability. Rather than looking at sustainability as a challenge I would Implementing the Group Roadmap cannot be achieved without the like you to look at it as an opportunity Construction and Increasingly we have been hearing support and commitment of Morgan Sindall Group’s five divisions. for us to innovate and become even Sustainability is about Infrastructure...... 4 about sustainability and as a company Each division has already signed up to the Roadmap, and agreed to better and more successful at what the human race’s ability it’s time to sit up, take notice and act; we do. to survive and prosper. give their Total Commitment to sustainability by focusing on the it’s not a matter of simply ticking a six commitments. box to say that we are sustainable. Paul Smith, Chief Executive To me, Total Commitment is about either Affordable Housing...... 6 believing in something or not. It’s about We can all make a difference both at Since the divisions are all different, they will contribute towards the work and at home, and on a personal integrity. No half measures. No excuses. No apologies. No looking for someone else to journey for sustainability in different ways and show leadership in level I will be looking at fossil fuel- Fit Out...... 8 free alternatives on my own personal do it for you. different areas. Most of this issue of TODAY provides a showcase building project. The key point to make It’s about placing sustainability at the for some examples of how the divisions are, in practice, already is that sustainability is a journey we are heart of all that we do both personally and providing project solutions that contribute towards the Roadmap’s Urban Regeneration...... 10 embarking on together. As a company corporately. It’s about being responsible for that enhances the environments and our actions and taking defendable decisions. six commitments. There is already lots going on and so the following communities in which we live and It’s about making choices that are good for pages highlight just two of the six commitments for each division. work, I am confident that by working us as individuals, good for the growth and Investments...... 12 together sustainable practices will prosperity of the company we work for and Finally, TODAY explores some examples of how Morgan Sindall become part of our DNA and culture. good for the planet we all live on. Group’s operations are themselves being made more sustainable, for John Morgan, Executive Chairman Paul Whitmore, Commercial Director example in terms of the offices it owns and construction sites it runs. Walking the Talk...... 14
THE 22 PRIORITY THE SIX PEOPLE 1 Total commitment to a safe workplace OBJECTIVES COMMITMENTS 2 Total commitment to developing talented employees
The Roadmap provides a Six key areas of strategic 3 Total commitment to reducing energy consumption and carbon emissions detailed action plan for 22 priority improvement have been selected as PLANET sustainability objectives that critical to driving sustainability into 4 Total commitment to reducing waste are relevant and appropriate to the Group’s cultural DNA. These Morgan Sindall Group. They are will form the main focus of attention drawn from the People, Planet, and activity. They will be explained 5 Total commitment to improving sustainable procurement Profit model that has been to every employee and will become PROFIT adopted by the Group. the basis of our reporting. 6 Total commitment to supporting local employment 4 DELIVERING TODAY FOR TOMORROW IT’S ALL ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY 5
Construction and Infrastructure IN PRACTICE 1 Total commitment to a safe workplace Everyone has the right to Total commitment to improving sustainable procurement 5 IN PRACTICE Meet the London, Richard Barnes, who said that be 100% Safe responsible procurement makes good Carnegie business sense. “I am delighted to see major Contractor contractors like Morgan Sindall putting gives an Morgan Sindall has renewed its Morgan Sindall’s work. It is aligned with responsible procurement into action.” commitment to safe working with our values and our philosophy of Perfect for Pudding The location of the work is adjacent to education in the launch of 100% Safe. Delivery, making it fundamental to delivering Our Commitment the southern part of the London 2012 exceptional customer service. Building on the great work that Morgan Mill Lane Olympic site and Morgan Sindall has been sustainability For some time now, sustainability The approach was launched companywide proud to support the Mayoral ‘responsible Sindall has done in previous years, has been on the radar of many on 4 April. Since then sites and offices have Morgan Sindall is putting sustainable procurement’ agenda. This involves By rewriting the design 100% Safe is a new approach to safe businesses but few of these have, until been learning about 100% Safe and what it procurement into action on the purchasing goods, works and services in rule book to meet the working that is centred on five ‘Safe’ pillars: recently, started to treat it as a priority. means for them. A series of presentations Pudding Mill Lane rail project. a socially and environmentally responsible specifications for BREEAM • Safe places – creating environments However, recent shifts in expectations, were given to all staff, extra resources have The contract, worth in the region of £50m, way that delivers both value for money which provide security and protection both from our employees and customers ‘Outstanding’, Carnegie been placed on the intranet and special will link the new Crossrail tunnels to the and benefits to London. For example; at from harm as well as other stakeholders, means that Primary School should be packs have been issued to all sites. The existing Network Rail infrastructure in the Pudding Mill Lane, the team has chosen a • Safe by choice – choosing to be safe, there has never been a better time for the first primary school in company held its first 100% Safe by Action London Borough of Newham. Morgan concrete supplier that is registered to the avoiding unnecessary risks Morgan Sindall to place sustainability at the country to gain this top day in June, where the senior executive team Sindall hosted a ‘Meet the Contractor’ event BES 6001 standard (responsible sourcing • Safe relationships – gaining trust through the heart of our offering. recognition for sustainability. active engagement, collaboration and visited sites to gain experience of how 100% on 21st July in Stratford which proved to of construction products), a standard only feedback Safe is working in practice. Sustainability has become a critical factor be not only an excellent way to gain access awarded to suppliers who responsibly Morgan Sindall was appointed as of our success and is key to our future the main contractor to design and • Safe by design – staying safe by “100% Safe is an approach based on fact to new competitive suppliers and pools source materials. By continuing to make growth. It is now a component part of our build the new school by Fife Council, undertaking proper planning and making rather than theory, and knowledge gained of talent but also strengthen links with the responsible choices for projects, Morgan customers’ and suppliers’ agendas. It has whose procurement model was one the right decisions from tried and tested experiences across communities directly impacted by the work. Sindall is driving forward its commitment become integral to the way businesses to improving sustainable procurement. of the main reasons that this school • Safe lives – caring for people, promoting the business”, said director of safe and The event featured the Deputy Mayor of operate. It is now expected by society could be created to the highest health and well-being for everyone who sustainability, Martin Worthington. “We that we will operate sustainably. standard of sustainability. The bid works with the company wanted to tie it in with positive terminology came without a design and with an and you can’t get any more positive than 100% Safe is all encompassing as it Graham Shennan emphasis on quality which meant that 100% – we are building up to success rather also focuses on environmental aspects, Managing Director, sustainability could be considered occupational healthand the quality of than looking down to zero.” Morgan Sindall for every aspect of the building. The team chose to use local companies and contractors where possible and all materials used, had either an A or A+ 100% Safe rating from BRE’s Green Guide. “A school with the name Carnegie is always going to aspire to the highest level and everything I am seeing around this new school, from the school’s leadership, to the enthusiasm of the children and to the quality of the building, makes me confident that this is a school that will more than live up to its name”. Douglas Chapman, Councillor, Fife Council. 6 DELIVERING TODAY FOR TOMORROW IT’S ALL ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY 7
Affordable Housing
the first in the region to reach Code for Sustainable Homes (CSH) Level 6 – meaning they produce zero carbon emissions. These 12 properties feature the latest solar photovoltaic panels and high levels of insulation designed to make them carbon neutral. Longfield Drive also features a Our Commitment communal biomass boiler which can heat multiple premises at the same time. The remaining 33 homes have been built to We will continue to monitor and review CSH Level 4 and also feature rainwater our existing Sustainability Strategy harvesting systems for use in the toilets that has been designed to; embrace as well as external use via a tap. By responsibility for our actions, encourage incorporating energy efficiency measures positive impacts and establish efficient as standard, these affordable homes will sustainable practices within the use considerably less energy to run and business. This strategy is driven by a so will also save the tenants money after Forum of senior staff from key disciplines they move in. chaired by me. Councillor the Rev Paul Flowers, Bradford The members of the Forum have Council’s Executive Member for Housing, Bradford goes demonstrated Lovell’s commitment to said: “They give a flavour of how houses the Group’s Sustainability Roadmap in the future will be built as normal, as the zero carbon through positive leadership and our own technology develops further and becomes sustainability objectives which in time will more commonplace. There is a major Total commitment to supporting local employment Lovell has worked with Yorkshire be a defining characteristic at Lovell. 6 Housing to produce the most shortage of affordable homes in the district IN PRACTICE eco-friendly homes in Yorkshire so to be able to address that and act as a Stewart Davenport for Bradford Council. 12 of 45 standard bearer for eco-friendly building is Managing Director, properties in Longfield Drive are a great achievement.” Lovell Paving the way for local apprentices
3 Total commitment to reducing energy consumption and carbon emissions IN PRACTICE Lovell is helping local apprentices in Nottingham energy efficiency to the level of a new build a bright future in the Out with the build home – but at an affordable price. Simple energy efficiency measures construction industry. old and in were put into place including insulation in the loft and walls, and the installation The company has provided employment with the new of new windows. Alongside this were for 10 local people through apprenticeship new technologies such as a photovoltaic placements in a range of specialist areas Using its experience as one of the panel that was fitted to the roof which such as bricklaying, plastering, plumbing first UK contractors to achieve will generate a saving of £200 on the and joinery. The placements are also Code for Sustainable Homes tenants’ electric bill. Overall the upgraded supplemented by construction qualifications (CSH) Level 6, Lovell successfully house will achieve a 62% reduction in which will ensure career development in retrofitted a typical 1970s house for CO2 emissions compared to a current the industry. Wellingborough Homes to exceed building regulation-compliant house of Noel Adams, regional director at Lovell, said: CSH Level 4 at half the price. a similar size. “Apprentices are a valuable asset to our Although the house on Kestrel Lane was As there is not yet an official environmental business and it is great to see local people empty at the time of the retrofit, the work standard for existing housing stock, this thriving within the construction industry. We was designed to be completed as if the project was an excellent pilot that allowed truly believe in trying to make a difference Lovell has also joined forces with Nottingham home was occupied, within 20 days. The Lovell to explore the commercial feasibility to people’s lives and by helping our Academy and Jobcentre Plus to provide project managers aimed to meet and exceed Local schools took part in a competition of retrofitting an existing property to to design their own house of the future – apprentices gain practical skills hopefully work experience to Year 10 students and CSH Level 4 by increasing the property’s today’s energy efficient standards. Inspired by Lovell’s work on Kestrel Lane. we will achieve that.” local people who are struggling to find work. 8 DELIVERING TODAY FOR TOMORROW IT’S ALL ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY 9
Fit Out
IN PRACTICE 4 Total commitment to reducing waste
Waste not, Our Commitment Morgan Sindall Fit Out’s Total want not Commitment is about taking forward our sustainable aspirations to staff, Overbury has taken a group clients, supply chain and the general of employees from across its public. We have already achieved a lot operational teams and support in the last few months through Perfect functions to visit a waste transfer Delivery, customer experience and station of a preferred supplier. health and safety initiatives and now This transfer station recycles over 95% is the time to look ahead. Fit Out is of all of the waste that it receives and is committed to promoting best practice a great example of best practice in the energy management through trialling sector. By visiting the station, Overbury technological innovations, and working hopes to increase its understanding closely with our supply chain to reduce Raising awareness of what good looks like in this arena, energy consumption. We look forward helping to support the agenda of to the many exciting opportunities improved resource efficiency and sustainability brings including the reduction of waste to landfill. across the board empowerment of staff, charitable support and sustainable projects and Overbury is working to foster welcome you on our journey. collaborative working relationships with Moving forward as a leading fit out There has been a large increase in clients’ a reduced number of waste contractors, contractor, Overbury is offering appetite for this form of assessment, which Steve Elliott to ensure that it meets the expectations training to every employee on the is why Overbury is ensuring its employees Managing Director, of delivering the highest recycling rate SKA sustainability rating. are fully aware of the ins and outs, as well as Fit Out possible for clients. In 2009 a sustainability rating system called establishing how it can best support clients SKA was launched that was created to and their professional teams in achieving Morgan Lovell specifically help organisations achieve more either a Gold, Silver or Bronze rating. sustainable fit outs. This assessment, which Recent successes include the fit out of the is backed by the Royal Institute of Chartered RWE Npower HQ, which was the first project is green-listed Surveyors (RICS), is seen as a tool for the to be awarded a Gold rating under the industry by the industry. scheme. In addition to this, a recent project Although not too dissimilar to other completed for Bank of China achieved a Morgan Lovell has been recognised as employees were also rewarded for their assessment methods such as BREEAM, Silver rating. Both examples were showcased one of the UK’s greenest companies in contributions and achievements by being insofar as it guides fit out projects towards by RICS, reinforcing Overbury’s position The Sunday Times Green List. The list, ranked as the seventh greenest employees adopting good practice measures around as a leading fit out contractor for delivering published in June 2011, saw Morgan in the country. energy efficiency, responsible sourcing and excellence in these types of assessments. Lovell ranked 23rd overall. The Sunday Times Green List is designed minimising the impact on the environment, Internal training courses across Overbury are Morgan Lovell was recognised for its to encourage and acknowledge businesses there are some stark differences. currently underway. These are designed to holistic approach to sustainability, which and other organisations that are striving to The main difference stems from BREEAM raise awareness of SKA as well as provide focuses on reducing its own environmental improve their environmental performance. being based around a whole building employees with the necessary skills to best impact, and that of its clients, through green It uses a methodology devised by The approach, whereas SKA only focuses on the advise clients. The courses are offered to all office design. This commitment resulted in Sunday Times in collaboration with Bureau area being fitted out. This is proving to be a employees to ensure that everyone has an Morgan Lovell being the first company in Veritas, the international firm of environmental more flexible approach in the market place, understanding of this assessment, not just the country to be awarded the BS EN 16001 consultants, and Munro Global, the leading especially on smaller projects. those on site. energy management system in 2010. The market research company. Companies have Sunday Times placed Morgan Lovell in third to score well in two separate surveys – a place in the category of small to medium- detailed assessment of the organisation’s sized companies with high or medium environmental performance and an employee 2 Total commitment to developing talented employees environmental impacts, and Morgan Lovell’s engagement survey – to make the top 60 list. IN PRACTICE 10 DELIVERING TODAY FOR TOMORROW IT’S ALL ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY 11
Urban Regeneration IN PRACTICE 2 Total commitment to developing talented employees Our Commitment Sustainability has moved to the heart of all property development and Back to school! regeneration activities in recent years. With this has come a new sophistication in how all parties to a successful Through the Group’s membership of the and opportunities that sustainability scheme approach regeneration. From UK Green Building Council (UK-GBC) presents. This information is then applied initial design, through planning, funding, all Muse Developments’ professional to the work place with learning on how to letting and disposal, sustainability is staff are currently undertaking an online best champion sustainability within an essential part of the regeneration course to improve their understanding of an organisation. process. Muse has responded to current thinking in sustainability. Throughout 2011 all Muse professional these challenges and continues to win monitoring systems and easy access to The Sustainability Training & Education staff will be taking this course as part of Leading the way accolades both for its design and for public transport. Cycle racks have also Programme was established by the UK- its Total Commitment to developing its innovative approach to unlocking been provided. GBC in partnership with the College of talented employees. in energy saving complex regeneration projects. ECf carried out a study to compare the Estate Management, as a foundation course Testimony to this are the number of English Cites Fund (ECf) – a joint energy costs of the building with a typical on sustainability issues for professionals projects which have achieved the venture vehicle between Muse 1990s commercial development, to working in the built environment sector. highest standards of excellence in Developments, Legal and General demonstrate the benefits of the building’s The course is delivered online and focuses sustainable design and delivery. and the Homes and Communities sustainable features. The research found on key sustainability issues for the built Agency – recently launched the final that No 4 St Paul’s Square provides a saving environment. These include the main drivers Capable and Sustainable! phase of the St Paul’s Square scheme to occupiers of £244,815 in energy costs for sustainable development and the threats Muse is strongly committed to driving in Liverpool: a 109,000 sq ft Grade A, over 10 years in comparison to a typical sustainability forward in a market that BREEAM ‘Excellent’ office building. 1990s building. The study estimated energy remains challenging. This in itself costs for a typical floor plate and found that Sustainability features at the building include presents opportunities and we are occupiers and investors will actually save up Development director Darran Lawless (centre) the distinctively unique glass fin, which continually striving to get the best out of and project director Mike Broadhead (right) get provides solar shade to the building, an air- to 57% on their energy bills. to grips with the sedum roof at St Pauls Square. our schemes and to improve upon their sourced variable refrigerant flow heating and sustainable performance. cooling system, which provides more than 15% of the building’s energy requirements If there is a better way of delivering and a sedum roof – the first in Liverpool’s sustainability, we will find it, while commercial district. always retaining a pragmatic and realistic approach to design, delivery The roof’s 2,290 sq ft sedum matting and management in use. absorbs rainwater, boosts insulation properties and helps filter out pollutants. Matt Crompton and Nigel Franklin The building also features water-efficient Joint Managing Directors, taps, low flush toilets, leak detection and Muse Developments
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Investments
Our Commitment Total Commitment is about people, their local communities and ensuring that the schools, surgeries, leisure centres, homes, offices and wider developments that we Total commitment to supporting local employment deliver through our partnerships serve as IN PRACTICE 6 catalysts for improving wellbeing and the quality of life in local communities.
There is no doubt that what we do as a A popular choice: Basildon sporting village has already business and as a team within the wider surpassed its contracted visitor target for the end of August by 36, 801 – a great success! Morgan Sindall Group has profound impact Thinking local on the local communities in which we work. Throughout our core business and the One year on from starting work on completion of two schools, the total number quality of construction expertise within the activities that we undertake, our advisors the Hull Building Schools for the is 106. With 15 more schools to build, MSIL local community. This has already increased believe that for every £1 spent locally, up to £1.70 of ‘social and economic value’ is Local investment Future project (as featured in the is well on its way to meeting and exceeding the percentage of staff on site with a HU summer 2010 edition of TODAY), the initial target, working to provide the skills postcode to 75% and by continuing this actually created through ‘multiplier effects’ Morgan Sindall Investments Limited and training for many to start a career in the partnership, MSIL expect this number to rise. and the recycling of the local pound in (MSIL) has already made a significant construction industry. the community. The future for local employment on this site delivers Olympian difference to levels of employment As well as committing to training apprentices, lies within a new consortium project called Total Commitment in Morgan Sindall in the local area. MSIL also pledged to employ a workforce “The Exchange”. The Exchange is a scheme Investments provides direction and raises the In partnership with the city council, MSIL of predominately local people. Due to a skill whereby the consortium identify and target sustainability bar and we are excited about benefits is part of the consortium that was awarded shortage in the area, the total percentage of approximately 120 NEETS (Not in Education the future prospects it will bring. a Building Schools for the Future contract staff from the HU postcode was lower than Employment or Training) individuals and last year. As part of the initial bid, MSIL expected during the first year of the project. then provide the facilities for them to be Ernie Battey Managing Director, committed to employing and training In order to address this, MSIL has partnered trained. To follow MSIL’s progress in Hull, A consortium led by Morgan Sindall Benefits for the local community don’t Morgan Sindall Investments Limited 210 apprentices and to date, after the with local training centres to improve the visit www.morgansindall-today.com Investments Limited (MSIL) has stop there. The centre is also home to a recently completed the construction café which serves fair trade produce, of a new £38m sporting hub in promoting community cohesion and Essex. Basildon Sporting Village healthy food choices. Centre staff, who has transformed leisure and sport in are employed from the local area, receive the local area, as well as having an continuous training through personal impact internationally; as an official development plans designed to enhance training camp for the London 2012 skills and qualifications. Olympic and Paralympic Games. By maintaining an excellent relationship The facility is operated by MSIL’s with the local community from the partner SLM Ltd under their banner start, the visitor figures for the centre ‘Everyone Active’ – encouraging people are already well above target. MSIL is to participate in 30 minutes of moderate optimistic that the centre will welcome physical activity five times a week. over 1 million visitors in year one. The The sporting village supports this by story at Basildon successfully shows how providing programmes and facilities an internationally recognised centre can for adults, children, seniors and families, successfully maintain the interests of promoting active and healthy lifestyles the local community, promoting healthy for everyone at an affordable price. lifestyles for everyone. 14 DELIVERING TODAY FOR TOMORROW IT’S ALL ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY 15
Walking the talk: Morgan Sindall Morgan Lovell is using its expertise Morgan Sindall Group shows its to carry out a green audit of Morgan Group steps up Sindall Group’s head office at Kent Total Commitment by improving House. This will help to identify areas its commitment where performance in sustainability to sustainability sustainability both on site and can be improved and where savings in the office… can be made in energy use. Morgan Sindall Group has taken another step in its support and guidance of sustainable building practice, by strengthening its relationship with the PEOPLE UK Green Building Council (UK-GBC) and becoming a prestigious Gold Leaf member.
Eco Sheets are an alternative to and reprocessed thus reducing Paul King, Chief Executive of the UK-GBC, Since 2005, Lovell has expressed his delight at the Group’s been working with wooden hoardings that are used waste disposal to landfill. entry into the prominent Gold Leaf group, prisons in the Midlands on site by many of the Group’s Morgan Sindall has even saying “This support demonstrates the to provide training and divisions. They are easy to handle, recycled its old hard hats into importance that Morgan Sindall Group long lasting, reusable and recyclable. environmentally-friendly attaches to the sustainability agenda and employment opportunities enables us to increase our capacity to for ex-offenders. This unique At the end of the hoardings life plywood substitute boards, lead the transformation we so urgently venture has given 12 people they are returned to the factory to use on projects. need to see”. a second chance, helping In order to become a member of the UK them to break the cycle of Green Building Council, Morgan Sindall Group has signed up to the Statement of re-offending behaviour. Colin Member Commitment. As part of this, the Ball, project director at Lovell, PLANET Group has committed to improving the has said “The motivation and sustainability of the built environment by dedication by the apprentices taking a part in radically transforming the way it is planned, designed, constructed, shows what people can Following on from Morgan Eco cabins are being used by Lovell to reduce the maintained and operated. achieve when someone Lovell’s successful installation of the Workplace Footprint environmental impact of its Paul Whitmore, Commercial Director and believes in them and gives on site accommodation. Made Head of Sustainability at Morgan Sindall Tracker in its London HQ, them an opportunity to from 95% recyclable materials, Group said “We share the UK-GBC’s grab hold of.” Morgan Sindall Professional they use high-efficiency electrical philosophy that meeting today’s needs Services is following suit. appliances to reduce energy use. shouldn’t compromise the welfare of future generations. Like the UK-GBC, we recognise The tracker, which uses metering data The carbon footprint of a site can that sustainable working is fundamental acquired for electricity, gas and water be reduced by 50% and thanks to to both reducing a building’s whole life services to identify energy savings, the inclusion of waterless urinals, costs and driving future prosperity. We Having discovered each skip that has now been installed in its Stratford water consumption can also be are delighted to add the wide-ranging leaves its sites contains on average HQ. There is also a view to extend PROFIT reduced by 65%. sustainability expertise within the Morgan 40% of void space (fresh air), this to other offices in the near future. Sindall Group to that of the diverse Lovell has purchased a baler Morgan Sindall Professional Services membership of the UK-GBC in order to machine to help compact waste is also examining making use of this Improving energy efficiency, reducing consolidating deliveries from suppliers, promote the green building agenda.” important sustainability tool across Lovell has recently decarbonised on some of its projects. By waste and generally working in a more co-ordinating waste and recycling temporary site offices and cabins to its Woodgate office to target segregating and compacting sustainable way are always a challenge collections and seeing how we can either reduce the carbon footprint across the a 20% reduction in carbon waste, Lovell has reduced disposal in multi occupancy buildings, like Kent piggy back on other tenants’ initiatives business. To find out more about the emissions by 2012. As part of expenses simply by getting more House, home to Morgan Sindall Group. or help them to develop new ones. A use of the Workplace Footprint Tracker waste into each skip. In fact, the The newly formed Group Sustainability sustainable office could save up to 20% this they have installed LED in the office, visit: reduction in costs is so dramatic Team will be talking with other tenants to on energy bills and so we all have our replacement lighting in reception that the baler is expected to pay see how some small changes can make part to play.” explained team member morganlovell.co.uk/sustainability/ areas and toilets to reduce for itself in just 2 months. a big difference. “We’re exploring ways of Amy Weller. walking-the-talk/ energy consumption by 50%. 16 DELIVERING TODAY FOR TOMORROW autumn 2011
Construction & Infrastructure
Affordable Housing
Fit Out
Urban Regeneration DELIVERING TODAY FOR TOMORROW
Investments In order to drive sustainability forward within the Morgan Sindall Group, we must give our Total Commitment to making it happen. Our Ynysowen Community Primary School – Roadmap for Sustainability An exemplar of sustainable design maps out targets, milestones A Focus On: and actions for each division and the Group as a whole TODAY is published by: to aim for. From this, six Key Commitments have Morgan Sindall Group plc Morgan Sindall Group plc is a been identified that will Kent House leading UK construction and Morgan Sindall steer us in the right direction. 14-17 Market Place regeneration group with a turnover So, whether it is helping London W1W 8AJ of £2 billion, employing over to reduce the energy and Tel: 020 7307 9200 7,000 people and operating in the waste from our offices and www.morgansindall.com public and commercial sectors. Group’s Roadmap sites, staying safe at work or email: [email protected] It operates through five divisions getting involved with local of construction and infrastructure, communities, each and affordable housing, fit out, urban every one of us has a part regeneration and investments. for Sustainability to play in helping us achieve our Total Commitment.