SUSTAINABILITY MEASURE
SUSTAINABILITY MEASURES
FAM Construction (Private) Limited is committed to promoting and understands the range of impacts construction and associated sites activates has on communities. It is the policy of FAM Construction (Private) Limited and all Sub-Contractors / Suppliers appointed to undertake work and supply products / materials, to protect the ENVIRONMENT through sound practices that reduce waste generation, minimize risk to environment and preserve energy. We aim to follow and to promote good sustainability practice; to reduce the ENVIRONMENT an impact of all our construction activates; and to help our client and partners to do the same.
More specifically and in order to promote sustainability, FAM Construction (Private) Limited is aiming to undertake the following actions over the Construction Phase of every project:
Sustainable Consumption and Production
- Specify and procure sustainable materials.
- Appoint and assess supply chain partners based on sustainability performance.
- Identify opportunities for reuse and recycling of resources prior to work commence.
- Reduce waste to landfill and support Zero Waste initiatives through SWMPs
- Investigate how much waste we generate, using segregation to enable higher rates of recycling
- Ensure that all electrical & mechanical systems supplied & fitted, in combination with insulation supplied to all elements of the building fabric, will achieve the best possible Energy Performance Rating – targeting to an EPC Score of ‘A’.
- Arrange automatic shutdown of PC’s and on-site electrical equipment at an agreed time each evening.
- Use environmentally friendly products in canteen & toilet areas.
Climate Change and Energy
- Regularly service and maintain machinery to optimize low emission rates.
- Ensure continued roll out of electronic records document management system and online services initiatives to reduce need for paper.
Creating Sustainable Communities
- Provide a safe & healthy working environment with appropriate education & training
- Liaise and engage local communities and stakeholders in a responsible.
- Achieve above the average industry standard for Considerate Constructors Scheme.
- Purchase fair-trade and ethically certified products to support global communities.
FAM Construction (Private) Limited understand that there is a constant requirement for improvement on sustainable practices and therefore strives to improve on those items listed below:
- Work with our staff, customers and sub-contractors to make all of our building’s operations as environmentally friendly as we can
- Reduce waste created and where possible to reuse and recycle before responsible disposal of surplus materials; to use recycled and recyclable materials wherever possible
- Analyze how people travel to and from our sites: encouraging shared vehicles, public transport and cycling to work where possible
- Review what we buy - sourcing goods with low environmental impact and working with local suppliers wherever possible
- Manage and reduce water consumption
- Frequently review current Environmental Policy and Action Plan.
This statement will be communicated to all persons working for and on behalf of FAM Construction (Private) Limited and any other relevant stakeholders. Compliance of ALL the above is required through site-introduction. Project Manager for FAM Construction (Private) Limited, in collaboration with the Project Coordinator and site staff, are trying to ensure that ALL sub-contractors and suppliers are following the same (or similar) sustainability principles and / or (as a minimum), comply with the above set by FAM when on site. A day to day monitoring system of compliance has been set and Construction Manager / Supervisors are responsible for ensuring that it works.
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