Considerate Constructors

We registered an additional 20 of our sites with the Considerate Constructors Scheme during 2010, reflecting a continued commitment to manage all aspects of our work which impact on the local community.

Considerate Constructors Scheme assessments look at eight categories, each with a maximum score of 5 for exampes of exceptional practice which truly go above and beyond.

In 2010, our reservoir site at Coldwell for client United Utilities received the company's highest ever score of 37 out of 40, which included two scores of 5 out of 5 for examples of exceptional practice.  This led to the site being awarded a Silver National Site Award by the Considerate Constructors Scheme in April 2011.

We also scooped a Bronze National Site Award for our work on the Thirlmere Compensation Flow project in Cumbria.

In 2011, we are working hard to maintain our overall trend of improving scores and make sure that we address any concerns relating to our impact on the environment.

The below table shows our average scores for the past four years:

 

Category

Average 2007
scores ( / 5)

Average 2008
scores ( / 5)

Average 2009
scores ( / 5)

Average 2010
scores ( / 5)

Considerate

3.7

4.0

4.1

4.0

Environment

3.8

4.0

3.9

3.9

Cleanliness

3.5

3.7

3.8

4.1

Neighbour

4.0

3.8

4.0

4.1

Respectful

3.2

4.0

4.0

4.1

Safe

3.5

4.2

4.2

4.3

Responsible

3.5

4.0

4.2

4.2

Accountable

3.3

3.5

3.9

4.0

Total ( / 40)

28.5

31.2

32.1

32.5