Resource Efficiency
Lean construction techniques helped resources to be used efficiently throughout the project. We reduced material use wherever possible, for example skirting was only fitted where visible and standard module sizes were used to reduce off-cuts e.g. plasterboard. Silos were used to mix mortar which gave better control and quality of mixes and also reduced water use on site.
The team also used concrete bricks to top off interior block walls, thereby avoiding cutting masonry blocks on site, reducing waste from offcuts, but also preventing the health and safety risks of dust from cutting.
We procured our own timber and blockwork on the project. This allowed greater control over the materials to ensure they were of the correct specification, that optimal amounts were ordered, and that ‘just in time’ delivery could be implemented which reduced the amount and the time that materials had to be stored on-site, reducing material damage and wastage.
We set up a ‘timber reuse’ area on site for offcuts, so any excess timber could be reused on site.
Actions such as these helped the project to achieve a construction waste production figure of just over 6 tonnes per 100m², well below the industry norm. The project was able to achieve a 99% waste diversion from landfill.