Sustainability is a critical issue for the construction industry. In the short term, sustainability is often seen as a 'must do' item. In the longer term, all contractors will be seeing it as a source of competitive advantage. Public sector construction, infrastructure and other large projects such as the Thames Gateway and the Olympics in 2012 are all being driven down this route by pressure from Government. Uly Ma's No Waste is an extremely practical guide to managing sustainability in construction that draws on input from all the related stakeholders: the construction industry itself, the clients, designers and architects and the trades. The book explores how the industry can transform itself from business as before to business as it should be, from the micro level of good site practices to setting the right policies that drives a company onwards.
The text covers the management of sustainability and the accompanying CD ROM includes a wealth of material such as tool kits, templates and activities that can be shared throughout the organisation and used for team meetings, communication and training.
List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
About The Book
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I : Talking About Sustainability
Chapter 1 : Sustainability and All That
Chapter 2 : Money and Tensions
Chapter 3 : Going Forwards, Backwards, Sideways or Nowhere?
Chapter 4 : People, Construction and Sustainability : The Social Elements
Chapter 5 : Capabilities, Skills and 'Green Skills'
Chapter 6 : Sustainability : Confusion in the Workplace
Chapter 7 : Managing Sustainability : Your Personal Effectiveness
Part II : The Anti-Sustainability
Chapter 8 : Introducing Waste : The Anti-Sustainability
Chapter 9 : Dealing with Waste
Part III : Sustainability Policy
Chapter 10 : Policy and Agenda
Part IV : Doing Sustainability
Chapter 11 : Going Forward
Chapter 12 : Doing It!
Chapter 13 : The Lovelace List : A Balanced Social Sustainability Scorecard
Chapter 14 : Using the Lovelace List
Chapter 15 : Improving The Way We Work
Chapter 16 : Respect, Recognition and Rewards : The 3Rs That Sugar Coat the Implementation
Chapter 17 : Transforming The Organisation
Chapter 18 : Was Egan Right? : Thoughts on Sustainability in Construction
Appendix 1 : No Waste : A Case Study
Appendix 2 : CKiS - Common Knowledge in Sustainability
Appendix 3 : The Sustainability Buzzword Generator
Index
