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TfL Sustainability Approach and Resource management

Helen Woolston, TfL Sustainability Coordinator

BASE London June 2013

HeadingTransport Strategy and Sustainability Goals

Support economic development and population growth

Enhance the quality of life for all Londoners

Improve the safety and security of all Londoners

Improve transport opportunities for all Londoners

Reduce transport’s contribution to climate change, and improve its resilience

Goals incorporate sustainable development principles

‘’every day we will deliver safe, reliable, clean sustainable and accessible transport’’

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Guiding Question

Will the project, plan or operation have

a positive or negative

impact on the indicator?

What is the magnitude

of the impact?

What is the

likelihood of the

impact?

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Evidence and additional notes to support the assessment

What action can be taken to improve the

impact?

How will the impacts be

monitored and managed?

Will freight be transported by rail or any other sustainable

modes?

Negative Moderate High  

Construction material is unable

to be delivered and taken off site by train which will

cause disruption during the

construction phase.

Transporting by rail is being explored.

Number of freight movements will be recorded and by

which mode.

Steps 1-3: Impact, magnitude & likelihood

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Guiding Question

Will the project, plan or operation have

a positive or negative

impact on the indicator?

What is the magnitude

of the impact?

What is the

likelihood of the

impact?

Ranking

Evidence and additional notes to support the assessment

What action can be taken to improve the

impact?

How will the impacts be

monitored and managed?

Will freight be transported by rail or any other sustainable

modes?

Negative Moderate High  

Construction material is unable

to be delivered and taken off site by train which will

cause disruption during the

construction phase.

Transporting by rail is being explored.

Number of freight movements will be recorded and by

which mode.

Steps 3-4: Record Outcome of Discussions

Delivering outcomes:

• Through Benefits Realisation Plans• Through Critical Design Features• Through Procurements

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Tackling congestion and improving traffic flowImproving productivity and competitiveness

Tackling CO2 emissions

Adapting to a changing climate

Improving resource efficiency

Improving security and resilienceImproving transport safety

Improving built structures and streetscapes

Enhancing physical wellbeing

Improving access to the transport system

Supporting regeneration and spatial development

Enhancing diversity

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Economic Progress Climate Change Safety and Security Quality of Life Transport for All

Sustainability Assessment

HeadingResource Use and Waste Management

• Consolidation centres• Materials Storage• Consider moving materials and waste by sustainable transport• Sustainable design eg recycled content, local materials, minimised design• Water saving measures

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HeadingConsolidation Centres

• A distribution facility through which material deliveries can be channelled to construction sites.

• Materials can be carefully handled and stored where there are no opportunities to do so on sites.

• By using a central location, contractors would be able to bring and store materials for re-use at a later stage and pick up other material/plant during the same journey, improving the overall resource efficiency of a construction project.

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Contractors should consider suitable locations where to store materials and/or equipment

Locate away from sensitive receptors (eg residents) to avoid disruption while accessing the stores during sensitive hours

A dedicated storage area would eliminate or reduce the need to bring materials by road each shift

HeadingSustainable Transport of Materials and Waste

• Distribution Service Plans• Transport by rail, barge, river

– Eg Crossrail excavated material to Wallasea Island, new RSPB reserve

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HeadingWater Saving Measures

• Identified by contractor for a new project:

– Use of Siltbuster to process concrete washout to a suitable standard for re-using wastewater for cleaning purposes or dust suppression on site

– Agreement with concrete suppliers to washout at their facilities – Rain water harvesting to allow for re-use of water for dust suppression

and/or cleaning of welfare units, by allowing space for catchment area when designing welfare facilities

– Use of concrete cloths as an alternative to traditional concreting in-situ for stabilising of ground. Alternative material brings a low environmental impact in terms of less water required, no wastage, no nuisance generated by having to break it down when no longer needed.

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