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Environment
Balfour Beatty Ireland respects the natural, built, social and economic environments on all projects in which it operates.
When designing, planning, constructing or maintaining built infrastructure, our aim is to promote and contribute positively to sustainable development through maximising, insofar as our involvement allows, the benefits that the built infrastructure brings to society.
When designing, planning, constructing or maintaining built infrastructure, our aim is to promote and contribute positively to sustainable development through maximising, insofar as our involvement allows, the benefits that the built infrastructure brings to society.
Our Environmental Policy, which provides the framework and principles to which we work, is distributed to all employees.
Our approach to achieving this aim is delivered through implementing a certified environmental management system, establishing standards, addressing challenges and reporting performance.
Our approach to achieving this aim is delivered through implementing a certified environmental management system, establishing standards, addressing challenges and reporting performance.
Environmental Management System
Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering was one of the first construction companies in the UK to be awarded ISO 14001:1996 for its environmental management system. Balfour Beatty Ireland has successfully implemented ISO 14001 and its procedures are integral in our project management planning.
Our environmental management system encompasses, activities carried out by the entire business - from pre-qualification to contract completion and is integrated where applicable to quality or safety processes. Access to this system is made available through our unique process based management system called ProCEL and is based around a simple - plan do check act philosophy.
Site Environmental Standards
Environmental management is implemented at a project level through the development of a project specific Environmental Management Plan (EMP). Typical controls implemented on projects include:
Challenges and Achievements
Civil engineering projects can have a profound impact on the natural environment. We are playing an increasingly influential role in helping to both minimise environmental damage and improve the environmental quality of projects through extending performance boundaries and using innovative techniques to effect more sustainable solutions.
Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering was one of the first construction companies in the UK to be awarded ISO 14001:1996 for its environmental management system. Balfour Beatty Ireland has successfully implemented ISO 14001 and its procedures are integral in our project management planning.
Our environmental management system encompasses, activities carried out by the entire business - from pre-qualification to contract completion and is integrated where applicable to quality or safety processes. Access to this system is made available through our unique process based management system called ProCEL and is based around a simple - plan do check act philosophy.
Site Environmental Standards
Environmental management is implemented at a project level through the development of a project specific Environmental Management Plan (EMP). Typical controls implemented on projects include:
- Programming of works to avoid sensitive breeding or nesting periods
- Installation of protective fencing
- Applications for licences, consents and permissions
- Consultations with statutory and local organisations
Challenges and Achievements
Civil engineering projects can have a profound impact on the natural environment. We are playing an increasingly influential role in helping to both minimise environmental damage and improve the environmental quality of projects through extending performance boundaries and using innovative techniques to effect more sustainable solutions.
