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News Release from: CIRIA | Subject: CEEQUAL seminar
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 02 June 2006
Free CEEQUAL seminar at the ICE
'Recognising exemplary environmental performance on civil engineering projects' - a free seminar introducing the benefits and value of using the CEEQUAL Scheme.
'Recognising exemplary environmental performance on civil engineering projects' - a free seminar introducing the benefits and value of using the CEEQUAL Scheme - will be held at the Institution of Civil Engineers, One Great George Street, London SW1, on 23rd June 2006 at 10.15 am Places are limited and booking early is recommended
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 1 Apr 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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To book, please contact CEEQUAL on 020 7549 3302 or download a booking form.
What is CEEQUAL?.
CEEQUAL is an awards scheme assessing the environmental quality of civil engineering projects - a civil engineering equivalent to BREEAM for buildings.
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It is being promoted by ICE, BRE, CIRIA and a group of committed industry organisations.
Its objective is to encourage the attainment of environmental excellence in civil engineering projects, and thus to deliver improved environmental performance in project specification, design and construction.
CEEQUAL uses a credit-based assessment framework, which is applicable to any civil engineering project and includes environmental aspects such as the use of water, energy and land as well as ecology, landscape, nuisance to neighbours, archaeology, waste minimisation and management, and community amenity.
A CEEQUAL award publicly recognises the achievement of high environmental performance.
Awards are made to projects in which the clients, designers and contractors go beyond the legal and environmental minima to achieve distinctive environmental standards of performance.
Benefits of CEEQUAL.
CEEQUAL: promotes improved environmental performance in project specification, design and construction demonstrates the commitment of the civil engineering industry to environmental quality celebrates the achievement of high environmental standards in civil engineering projects.
A CEEQUAL Award for your civil engineering project will identify you as an organisation that: measures and compares standards of performance, respects people and the society in which it operates, seeks to undertake its work in an ethical and sustainable manner, acts in a socially and environmentally responsible way, protects and enhances the environment, and is concerned about the major impacts of construction on the environment and the earth's resources.
To apply for an award If you would like to register a project for a CEEQUAL award, please read the 'How CEEQUAL works' page, and then use the link at the bottom of that page to register your interest.
Recent Awards The first set of CEEQUAL Awards were presented to eight civil engineering projects in the UK at a launch ceremony at the Institution of Civil Engineers on 9th September 2003.
Since then, many more applications for CEEQUAL Awards have been received and are being assessed, many of them for large-scale projects.
All projects that have successfully completed their CEEQUAL assessment and have received an Award are listed on the 'Recent Awards' page on the CIRIA website. Request a free brochure from CIRIA ...
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