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Resource Efficiency in ConstructionEddy Taylor – Head of Sustainability, Laing O’Rourke

BASE London, 11 July 2013

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Resource Efficiency – Contractor Context• Our Clients

• Our Costs

• Longer term perspective

• Reducing waste in traditional construction

• Fresh Opportunities

• Utilising modern technology to reduce maintenance

• Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA)

• Better products (less material, better materials, lower maintenance/running costs, longer lifetimes)

• More efficient processes

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Reducing Waste in traditional Construction – Procurement role

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Resource Efficiency Examples

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Cooks Lane Footbridge

• Off-site manufactured components• Structurally-stitched on-site

• Less waste• Less maintenance• More durable• ....

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Slope retention systems in road widening

Traditional approach:• Retention system• Safety fencing

Modular Concrete Gabion• Less Material• Less Excavation• Shorter gantry spans• Less maintenance/longer life• (More area for landscaping)• ....

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A traditional solution:

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Improving Resource Efficiency: Summary• Strengthening internal and external drivers• Supply Chain Engagement• Utilising Modern Technology• DfMA enables Better Material Choices, Improving Processes, Better Product

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