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Benchmarking and awards

Business in the Environment Index

For the sixth year running we participated in the BITE survey. This year’s result places us fourth out of nine other companies participating in our sector. In 2006 we achieved an overall score of 80% placing us in the silver band.

We scored 100% in the corporate strategy and assurance sections and 92% in the environmental management section.

We continue to make progress in the employee environmental programme section. This year we scored 100% across all parts of the section.

Outside the UK

We currently have insufficient information to compare our environmental performance in our non-UK businesses with industry norms.

Awards

We continue to receive awards and accolades to recognise good environmental performance:

UK

A Considerate Contractors environmental award was issued to Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering on the Montrose Bridge Project. Their Crook by-pass project was awarded a CEEQUAL award.

Balfour Beatty Construction Northern's West Park Hospital, Darlington won the Constructing Sustainable Communities award at 2006 Sustainable Community Awards.

Balfour Beatty Construction Scottish & Southern won one Gold, two Silver and one Bronze considerate contractor's environmental awards.

Balfour Beatty Utilities won a Silver Apple Award for the creation of a footpath board made entirely from recycled waste utility ducting.

Mansell Construction was awarded two Green Apple Awards and One Gold Apple Award for sustainable construction projects at Moon Court, Long Eaton Library and Kensington Academy, Liverpool.

A Silver ENVIBE Award, sponsored by Croydon Council for demonstrating best practice in Energy Reduction and Waste Management at the Mansell Construction Head Office.

Balfour Kilpatrick and Balfour Beatty Rail Technologies were runners up in the Environmental Initiative of the Year category, Building Services Awards 2006 and the PWI 'Innovation of the Year' award respectively.

Non-UK

Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Inc's LSI SH 130 site received recognition as a "Clean Texas" partner. This was the first time a construction company received recognition of this nature.

Gammon Construction in Hong Kong received nine environmental performance awards in 2006:

• The 2005 Hong Kong Awards for Industry - Environmental Performance Award
• The Hong Kong Eco-Business Awards - Green Construction Contractor Awards presented the grand award to the Nam Wan Tunnel project, the Gold Award to Castle Peak Road project and the Certificate of Merit to the Landmark East project
• The Environmental Protection Department (EPD) - Wastewise Scheme Gold Wastewise logo was awarded to North Tsing Yi Reclamation project and to Penny's Bay Reclamation project
• The Hong Kong Construction Association - 2005 Environmental Merit Award was Awarded to Gammon Construction Limited Received on 12 May 2006
• The ETWB Considerate Contractors Site Awards Scheme - Outstanding Waste Management Performance Silver Award went to the Nam Wan Tunnel project and the Bronze Award to Castle Peak Road project

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