The sustainability bug is spreading to the rest of the Contract Journal office. This from the pen of CJ correspondent Daniel Franklin...
On Wednesday 23 May several big names from the construction industry met at the City Inn, Westminster to discuss the need to reduce waste and increase recycling. The sky lounge overlooking London was the setting, the topic, the target for the construction industry to halve the amount of waste going to landfill by 2012. But would the meeting produce something more tangible than just blue-sky thinking?
Contract Journal chaired the meeting, with representatives from Envirowise, WRAP and construction companies including Bovis, Jewsons and Hippo Waste. With the rain pattering away at the huge glass windows, the meeting began at a furious pace, with everyone wanting their opinions and thoughts heard. The note taking process felt like a serious workout at the gym!
Above the clamour, David Vaughan, the representative from Envirowise, made his voice heard - funnily enough he cited communication as a huge issue, and everyone was quiet long enough to agree. Mervyn Jones from WRAP felt that communication with contractors was a particular concern; at least some were present to agree. Clearly BT are right, it is good to talk.
As the meeting drew to a close, many things had become apparent. Besides the cramp in my wrist from all the note-taking many ideas had been presented for ways to halve the waste sent to landfill by the 2012 deadline. But, to borrow from Elvis, time maybe for a little less conversation and a little more action?
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