EMS In Practice Sustainable Highway Maintenance

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EMS In PracticeSustainable Highway Maintenance

• Luke Bridges Environmental Manager
• Alison Rothnie Environmental Co-ordinator

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Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Services What we
do and where we do it

• Highway Maintenance Incorporating
• Winter maintenance - gritting
• Soft estate verge/biodiversity maintenance
• Street lighting
• Bridge maintenance
• Surfacing/patching/pavement works/full
  reconstruction
• Gully emptying
• Emergency response

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Why we opted for ISO 14001 EMS

• External Pressures Client Government
  Parent Company Legislation
• Commercial Reduce Costs Reduce Risk
• Sustainability Managing Environmental Impacts

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Standardised EMS enables organisations to be
proactive rather than reactive
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Plan Via Careful Risk Management
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Pollution Prevention

• An effective EMS will help prevent pollution

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Integrated Waste Management in Hampshire BBIS

• In-house waste transfer station
• Foamix recycling facility
• PSA target achieved
• 78 recycling achieved 2006
• Environmental specialist training
• Matter Tracker waste accounting software
• 100 waste supply chain cooperation
• HIMASS CO2 monitoring

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What benefits have we got from our EMS

• Strategic legal compliance Landfill Directive
• Significantly reduced operational costs
• Better measurement more opportunities
• Client assurance
• Improved relationship with regulatory bodies

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• Tips For Your EMS

• Do your research. Use professional advisors if
  necessary as this will save you time and money
• Integrate as much of your EMS as possible with
  safety/quality systems
• Have a long term strategy based on risk
  management
• Dont do too much at once
• Ensure senior management are continuously aware
  of progress as this will ensure continuous
  support