SWMP Case Study New Library Construction Project Adrian Davis Environmental Manager

2. SWMP Case Study New Library Construction Project Adrian Davis Environmental Manager Estates Department

3. Contents • Background to project • Sustainability credentials • The Contractor’s Approach • Awareness training • Checklists • Reporting • The ‘gaps’ • Conclusion

4. The Brief Estates Department

5. Project ‘Headline’ Infomation Total cost £43M • Library 17,600 m2 • Mathematics Building 2,200 m2 • Total Gross Internal Area 19,800m2 Programme • Submission of Planning Application Late July 04 • Development of Detailed Design September 04 – March 05 • Project start August 05 • Project completion February 09 Estates Department

6. Estates Department

7. Site Plan Pre Project Estates Department

8. Project completion Estates Department

9. NEW LIBRARY Estates Department

10. Project Environmental Credentials • Project registered with Considerate Constructors Scheme • Main Contractor, O’Hare & McGovern (OHMG), ISO14001 Certified • Sustainable Construction Considerations included in design brief • BREEAM Assessment completed (Design) • Very Good Estates Department

11. Why a SWMP in this project? • Within tender specification, requirement placed on the contractor to develop an effective system for waste management. Specifically asked to • Provide a monthly waste report • Provide copies of all licences for disposal sites/ MRFs/ Transfer Stations • Provide copies of carriers licences for all waste contractors • Consider recycling of waste materials Contractor proposed a Site Waste Management Plan in its tender submission Estates Department

12. SWMP process within OHMG • Relatively new initiative within the company • Fully supported and driven ‘from the top’ • Emphasis on training of all levels of direct staff and sub contractors • Contracts Managers are tasked with drafting and maintaining SWMP for their projects (Site Champions) • Project Engineers are set waste reduction targets (i.e. encouraged to only ‘order what they need’). • Achievement of targets forms element of appraisal Estates Department

13. SWMP process within OHMG (cont’d) • SWMPs undergo progress reviews by Q&E Manager • Reviews attended by Contract Manager, Site Engineer(s), Site Foreman • Opportunities to improve/ lessons learnt forms one of the main discussion points • SWMPs also reviewed through ISO14001Internal Audit process e.g. where site inspections identify over ordering of materials, Site Engineer questioned Estates Department

14. The Contractor’s Approach- Awareness Training • Delivered by Main Contractor’s Environmental and Quality Manager • SWMP training for Contracts Managers and Site Agents • General environmental awareness and waste management training for Managerial & Supervisory staff • Environmental awareness training for OHMG Site Operatives • Environmental awareness and waste management induction training for all subcontractors Estates Department

15. Pre contract checklists Three main checklists produced for use in developing SWMPs for projects • Checklist 1- to make the Contract Manager think about the types of waste generated throughout the stages of the contract • Checklist 2- to allow the Contact Manager to come up with estimated volumes • Checklist 3- to record arrangements to manage the waste Estates Department

16. Checklist1-Types of waste Estates Department

17. Checklist2- for estimating waste generation Estates Department

18. Checksheet3- for recording management options Estates Department

19. Monthly waste plan A monthly waste plan is produced throughout the project and sent through for review Each plan contains the following sections • Description of the development • Staff with specific SWMP responsibilities • Waste movements for the month • Segregated waste • Mixed waste • Description of skip positioning • Waste contractor and disposal/ recycling site details • Monthly waste summary Estates Department

20. 1. Description of Development Four Storey Library and Computer Centre approx 18,000m2 Mathematics Building approx 2,100 m2 Estates Department

21. 2. Staff responsibilities Estates Department

22. 3. Waste movements- Mixed C & D Waste Estates Department

23. 3. Waste movements- Scrap Metal Estates Department

24. 3. Waste movements- Wood Estates Department

25. 3. Waste movements- Mixed waste Estates Department

26. 3. Waste movements- Asbestos waste Estates Department

27. 4. Description of skip positioning Skip Area Estates Department

28. 5. Contractor details- C&D waste Estates Department

29. 5. Contractor details- Mixed waste to Landfill Estates Department

30. 5. Contractor details- Mixed waste to MRF Estates Department

31. 5. Contractor details- Scrap Metal Estates Department

32. 5. Contractor details- Asbestos waste Estates Department

33. 6. Monthly Summary of waste generation Estates Department

34. Waste generated Jan 06- July 07 Estates Department

35. Skips Estates Department

36. Material Storage Estates Department

37. The ‘gaps’ • Large scale project, time pressures • Availability of adequate resource to manage • Space restrictions • Quality of waste data received for inclusion in reports (GIGO) • Tonnage vs cubic yard • Accuracy of reported weights/ volumes • Split of recycled/ landfilled for waste lifted by Ace Bates Estates Department

38. Conclusions • A good start • Contractor must be commended for undertaking this time consuming but worthwhile exercise • Contractor will be competent when the regulations are introduced within NI, reducing potential for legal exposure • It has demonstrated the huge volumes/ tonnage of waste generated during construction projects at the University and the associated environmental impact, which has resulted in Senior Management within the Department becoming more aware of the issue Estates Department

39. Questions Estates Department