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PRESS RELEASE
10 March 2010
Colliery remediation project receives CEEQUAL Award
The Fryston and Wheldale Collieries Remediation project will receive its CEEQUAL Excellent Award at the ICE Yorkshire and Humber Gala Dinner and Annual Awards Ceremony on 12th March 2010 in Sheffield’s historic Cutlers’ Hall.
The prestigious environmental award will be presented by Paul Jowitt, President of the ICE, at the end of the Gala Dinner, which will also see the presentation of the Annual ICE Yorkshire and Humber Awards.
The Fryston and Wheldale Collieries Remediation project was assessed as a Whole Project Award under CEEQUAL and achieved a 83% score for its innovative approach, in particular in
terms of energy efficiency, waste minimisation and recycling, and community relations.
The Award recognises the entire project team, consisting of Yorkshire Forward, Wakefield
Metropolitan District Council, EC Harris, Scott Wilson and Birse Civils.
For more information about this project please see http://www.ceequal.com/xawards_057.htm.
CEEQUAL is the assessment and awards scheme for improving sustainability in civil engineering
and public realm projects. It celebrates the achievement of high environmental and social
performance and demonstrates the commitment of the civil engineering industry to environmental
quality. CEEQUAL is being promoted by the ICE, CIRIA and a group of committed industry
organisations such as CECA and ACE.
For further information about CEEQUAL, please visit www.ceequal.com.
For details about the Gala Dinner see: http://www.iceyorkshireandhumber.org.uk/news_events/events_view.asp?eventid=11674
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About CEEQUAL
CEEQUAL is a scheme operated by and for the UK construction industry to promote
improved sustainability in project specification, design and construction and
to demonstrate the commitment of the civil engineering industry to environmental
quality and social performance.
The scheme rigorously assesses performance across 12 areas of environmental
and social concern, rewarding projects on which clients, designers and constructors
go beyond the legal and environmental minima to achieve distinctive environmental
standards in their work.
Applicants for a CEEQUAL Award report a range of benefits from using CEEQUAL
as a driver for improvement and having their project assessed. These include:
- Reputation-building and good PR – including delivery of the applicant’s
environmental, sustainability and/or corporate social responsibility policies.
- Improvements to projects and best practice – ranging from whole-life
costing, waste minimisation, resource efficiency (materials, water, energy),
to reducing complaints and environmental incidents.
- Demonstrating commitment to the environmental agenda – to clients,
within the team and the organisations involved, and to the industry as a whole.
- Enhanced team spirit – developing a positive “we must score
well here” attitude and rewarding teams that have gone the extra mile.
Since the Scheme’s launch in 2003, more than sixty CEEQUAL Awards have
been made. Projects that have achieved an Award are listed on the CEEQUAL website.
Currently about 150 further projects are being assessed and the total value
of projects that have been or are being assessed now exceeds £13 billion.
For more information about CEEQUAL please visit www.ceequal.com.
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