W2L Breakfast Briefings

1
EAUC Conference 31st March 2009 Reducing
Construction Waste An Opportunity?
John Holland - WRAP
2
Outline

• About WRAP and the construction programme
• Why take action on waste ?
• Reducing waste to landfill - making a commitment
• Case studies Imperial, Manchester, Birmingham
  City,
• Tools and resources for the University Sector

3
What is WRAP?

• Waste Resources Action Programme
• Not-for-profit organisation
• Funded by Defra, the Scottish Government, the
  Welsh Assembly and the Northern Ireland Assembly
• Delivery body for UK waste strategies
• (based in Banbury but operates nationwide)
• WRAP helps individuals, businesses and local
  authorities to reduce waste and recycle more,
  making better use of resources and helping to
  tackle climate change.

4
WRAPS focus

• Working with

Construction
Manufacture reprocessing
Local government
Individuals
Agriculture horticulture
Recycling waste industries
Retailers, brands, supply chain
Regeneration landscaping
Small medium enterprises
Third sector
5
Why construction?
Construction is the biggest user of materials in
the economy, consuming gt400 million tonnes of
materials each year. It also generates some 122
million tonnes of construction, demolition and
excavation waste each year which is over one
third of all waste, only half of which is
currently recycled or reclaimed back into
construction. Whilst a significant amount of
this 122 million tonnes is recycled and re-used
(most via re-processing of demolition materials
for aggregates) there is still 25 million tonnes
going to landfill. It is this figure which WRAP
is trying to influence by reducing this by 50
(12.5 million tonnes) by 2012.
_at_ 2.77 times (both carriageways)
25 Million Tonnes


9,019,000
6
Key Opportunities
Sustainability goals
Energy
Materials
Water
Materials In
Materials Out
7
True cost of a skip ?
8
True cost of construction waste

• e.g. For 8 cu yd skip
• Skip hire 85
• Labour to fill skip 163
• Cost of materials put in skip 1095
• TOTAL TRUE COST 1343
• (Source AMEC)

9
Why a Commitment?
10
(343 version)
WRAP ½ W2L Video
11
The Construction CommitmentsHalving Waste to
Landfill

• We commit to playing our part in halving the
  amount of construction, demolition and excavation
  waste going to landfill by 2012. We will work to
  adopt and implement standards for good practice
  in reducing waste, recycling more, and increasing
  the use of recycled and recovered materials.

Clients
Contractors
Designers Consultants
Manufacturers Suppliers
Waste management Contractors
12
Why should you sign up?

• Finance
• Achieve real cost
• reductions

• Reputation
• Achieve clear market
• recognition

• Environment
• Demonstrate clear
• environmental credentials

• Measurement
• Obtain robust,
• reliable information

13
Whos signed up already?
14
More than just compliance
15
What are we committing to?
16
Universities

• We will
• set a target for reducing waste to landfill
• embed the target within corporate policy and
  processes
• set corresponding requirements in project
  procurement and engage with our supply chain
• measure performance at a project level relative
  to a corporate baseline and
• report annually on overall corporate
  performance.

17
½ Waste to Landfill University Signatories

• Imperial College, London (the first UK
  Signatory)
• University Of Manchester
• Birmingham City University (City Campus
  Project)
• University of Leeds
• Environmental Association for Universities
  Colleges

18
WRAP Other UK Universities

• Brunel University Paul Thomas, MD Operations
  Resources and his team are keen to engage with
  WRAP during 2009 to establish support to their
  Future Estates Strategy
• Oxford University Kate Aydin, the Environmental
  Manager for the University has utilised the WRAP
  SWMP as a basis for her main framework
  contractors to report on waste
• University of Nottingham WRAP is working with
  Tim Brooksbank, the Development Director and
  Gavin Scott, Environmental Manager to place
  Nottingham in a position where the Commitment can
  be signed and baseline assessment, training and a
  project-specific NetWaste tool exercise completed
• Leeds Metropolitan University Mark Warner,
  Sustainability Manager is seeking to work with
  WRAP to reduce waste and identify cost savings
• Royal Holloway College Paul Chappell, Head of
  Projects is using the WRAP procurement wording to
  drive down costs and ensure that his contactors
  identify waste and where better recycling can be
  achieved at an early date
• Oxford Brookes University Harriet Waters,
  Environmental Co-Ordinator and her colleagues in
  Estates are seeking to work with WRAP from
  April/May 2009 to introduce and utilise some of
  the consulatncy support and tools/resources
  available

19
WRAP Other UK Universities
Anglia Ruskin University Mark Norman,
Environmental Manager Kingston University
Andrew McEwan, Director for Property
Management Newcastle University Daniel
OConnor, Waste Manager University Of Salford
David Sims, Quantity Surveyor University Of
Wales Ann Hann, Senior Lecturer University of
West of England Simon Brennan, Compliance
Manager University of Westminster Vall
Rasaratnam, Energy Environment Manager Dundee
University Colin McNally, Capital Projects
Development Manager University of the West Of
Scotland Claire Roxburgh, Energy
Environmental Manager St. Andrews University
Roddy Yarr, Environment Energy
Manager Strathclyde University Fraser Bell,
Head of Project Management
20
Case Studies Universities
21
Case study University Of Manchester

• 2008-09 What are Manchester Doing Now ?
• Already have a well developed system of
• segregating municipal wastes within the
• university (e.g. Jodrell Bank Campus)
• Use an in-house Waste reporting Form for
• Project Managers to fill out at the end of each
  
• project to obtain data on waste streams
• Have recently completed several new multi
• million pound new build projects which have
• achieved a good rating for sustainability
• Now want to use their Site Waste Management
• Plan (SWMP) information, historic recycling
• rates and work with WRAP to establish a
• baseline which they can then measure each
• new project against and improve year on year

Manchester have already installed a successful
recycling scheme for municipal waste at sites
such as Jodrell Bank
Manchester works to the 3Rs principle Waste
Re-duction Re-use of materials Re-cycle
22

Case study University Of Manchester

• 2009 2010 Projected
• Training for Project managers in the Design
• Services Unit so that they can undertake
• reporting and implement best practices
• Incorporate the WRAP wording for best
• practice into the Universitys procurement and
  
• contract documentation particularly for a
• forthcoming large projects
• Specifically use the proposed new Learning
• Communications Building as an example of
• what can be achieved and how a project can
• work towards being sustainably excellent
• Assess how waste data and best practice
• objectives can be embedded into smaller
• (lt300k) projects

Manchester 2015 Agenda which aims to make the
University one of the top 25 in the world by 2015
23

Case study University Building

• Strathclyde University SIPBS
• Opportunities to increase recycled content, top 5
  Quick Wins
• rubber floor finish
• in-situ concrete frame
• reinforced in-situ concrete slab
• rain screen cladding
• plasterboard partitions

• Use of recycled content (as a of total value of
  materials)
• actual with 8 saving on materials cost 20
• potential at no extra project cost 30

• Use of recycled content (as a of total value
  of materials)
• Standard practice 15.95
• achievable with top 5 quick wins 17.11
• potential at no extra project cost 17.37

• Use of recycled content (as a of total value
  of materials)
• actual practice 16.5
• readily achievable with 6 saving on materials
  cost 20
• potential at no extra project cost 30

24

Case study University Building

• Aberdeen University Library
• Requirements to increase recycled content set in
  Contract Documentation
• At least 10 of the total value of materials
  used in the construction project must be derived
  from recycled and re-used content in the products
  and materials selected.

Currently working with the University to develop
a Case Study
25
Case study Imperial College, London

• First UK University To Sign WRAP ½ W2L
  Commitment
• Imperial have been looking at their waste
  streams for some time and were the first Uk
  university to sign-up to WRAPs ½ Waste to
  Landfill Commitment
• They have previously employed a specialist
  consultant to prepare a bespoke Site Waste
  Management Plan (SWMP) and Waste Audit Tool which
  can be used by their in-house design and project
  team and also by framework consultants
• Work currently being undertaken with WRAP (using
  MACE as the delivery consultant) to assist with
  full training and implementation of SWMP tool
  establishment of a baseline for recycling and
  application of the WRAP NetWaste Tool to identify
  potential cost savings

Imperial video
Dennis Murphy Steve Howe of Imperial explain
the Universitys Commitment to Halving Waste to
Landfill
26
Example cost savings New Build Halls Of
Residence
27
(No Transcript)
28
(No Transcript)
29
Resources available
Procurement Guidance
Technical Manuals
Tools
Training materials
One to one advice
30
Procurement Guidance
31
Technical Manuals - Demolition

• Pre demolition audit assess the quantity and
  type of available materials)
• Demolition Recovery Index (DRI) KPI that
  assesses the proportion of materials that are
  reused
• Retained Materials Index (RM) The proportion of
  materials retained on site

32
Technical Manuals - Logistics Planning

• KPIs
• Waste reduction through
• material specifications
• delivery of materials
• storage of materials
• handling of materials
• use of materials
• disposal of materials
• Materials Logistics Plan Template

33
Technical Manuals - Recycled content

• Benefits
• Diversion of waste materials away from landfill
• Reduction in extraction / utilisation of raw
  materials

34
SWMP Template
35
The Net Waste Tool
36
My Projects fill out details
37
Create an education project
38
Put in the project details
39
(No Transcript)
40
Project runs from March 2009 to June 2010
41
(No Transcript)
42
(No Transcript)
43
Input of substructure concrete strip requirements
44
Possible to save 5,277 just on concrete strip
improvements
45
Net Waste Tool in context
Product Guide
W2L Reporting Portal
(Under construction)
Achieving resource efficiency portal
SWMP Template
Aggregate resources at www.aggregain.org.uk
46
Net Waste Tool
Design stage
Pre Construction
Construction
Post Construction

• Identify high
• wastes
• Identify
• recycled
• content
• Quick wins

• Waste
• forecasts (tonnes, volume, value and cost of
  waste disposal)
• - Skip strategy

SWMP
- Project reporting and review
- Management Actions
47
Net Waste Tool Outputs
Note all numbers all for illustration only
48
(No Transcript)
49
Summary of key actions
Start measuring
Determine your baseline
Set targets
Look for your Quick Wins
Report your progress
50
Your next steps

• Register your interest
• Attend half day events
• Talk to WRAP
• Start the process
• Sign the Commitment

51
John Holland John.holland_at_wrap.org.uk
Questions??