Hanna Hayward •
28 Jul 2016
This year's theme for World Environment Day was ‘Go Wild for Life’, which focussed on wildlife crime and endangered species. While we don’t have any rhinos, sea turtles, tigers or elephants on our sites, we do have the opportunity to support the species living in our own local environments.
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Philippa Murray •
18 Jul 2016
Before doing my work experience placement at BAM I would have said that construction is mainly for men and that there are limited jobs within the industry - the main ones being architects, project managers and brick layers. However, after doing my placement I now know there are men and women doing a range of jobs.
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Beth Kidd •
16 May 2016
What is Dementia? Before working for BAM I would probably have answered “It’s what happens to old people and it’s when they forget important things.” But having had the pleasure of managing BAM’s charity partnership with Alzheimer’s Society and Alzheimer Scotland over the last 12 months, I now know that dementia is more than that.
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Phil Eves •
04 May 2016
The Malvern Spring Festival lasts four days every year, but for me and several schools across the three counties of Hereford, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire, it all begins several months earlier.
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Kris Karslake
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22 Feb 2016
Since attending ‘Making the Transition to ISO14001:2015’ training course, I like many other environmental managers, have realised that we need to shake things up if our businesses are to keep hold of their Environmental Management System certificates. Making the transition to 2015 standards means thinking about sustainability from the outset, not just fitting it into current processes.
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Jesse Putzel
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17 Dec 2015
Following the recent global climate talks in Paris over the last few weeks, we now have an agreement between 196 nations to act on climate change. This is unprecedented and it’s great news. In the building sector, taking strong action on climate change poses a great opportunity...
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Julia Messenger
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04 Nov 2015
Rember remeber the five BREEAM tips for November. We will guide you through the major differences between BREEAM's Refurbishment and Fit Out scheme compared to their New Construction scheme.
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Sustainability team •
29 Oct 2015
Are you haunted by the challenges of sustainability? Well our team of ghouls are on hand to help and defeat your sustainability demons. Come and meet them if you dare…….
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Jess Duffell •
20 Oct 2015
Working in the sustainability sector, I often get invited to ‘sustainability stakeholder days’ and events for the ‘environmental professional’. I went along to the Hanson Stakeholder Day, as it is always interesting to hear first-hand about developments within our supply chain.
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Alison Guscott •
25 Sep 2015
This week is world green building week. They have a clever little calculator which works out your environmental impacts, and how many planets we would need if everyone lived like you.
Turns out I’m not as good as I hoped! So where am I going wrong? Or what I should really be asking is how can I do better?
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