Lend Lease | Every Action Adds Up
Global Reach
Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA)
"The very nature of our business gives us the opportunity to positively affect a significant number of people. This is a huge inspiration for our company in the way we approach sustainability. We seek to benefit and inspire others through the development, design, construction and management of the places we create."
~Daniel Labbad, Chief Executive Officer EMEA, Lend Lease
Contents
- United Kingdom
- Project Management & Construction – United Kingdom & Europe
- Project Management & Construction – Continental Europe, Middle East & Africa
United Kingdom
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Lend Lease’s capabilities in the UK span the full property value chain in a number of sectors including residential, commercial, retail and social infrastructure.
The UK development pipeline is in excess of £8 billion and comprises a number of high profile regeneration schemes. These include Athletes Village, which will house 17,000 athletes and officials during the 2012 London Games and provide 2,800 new homes post 2012, and a 190 acre mixed use development at Greenwich Peninsula set to create more than 10,000 new homes.
Our residential pipeline also includes a number of medium sized projects such as Hungate at York and GreenQuarter in Manchester.
In addition, Lend Lease is responsible for a number of Public Private Partnership projects including the country’s largest Building Schools for the Future scheme in Birmingham worth £1.2 billion in addition to a number of other education, health and waste partnerships with the public sector.
Lend Lease also has a total of 3 million sq ft of retail assets under management at six locations across the UK. This includes Bluewater in Kent, Europe’s leading retail and leisure destination, which attracts more than 27 million visitors per year. Lend Lease has over £1billion of funds under management through two retail partnerships. Wherever we have a presence we are committed to creating and building innovative and sustainable solutions, forging partnerships and delivering maximum benefits to clients, investors and communities.
Snapshot - Greenwich Peninsula, London
In partnership with Quintain Estates & Development and the Homes and Communities Agency, Lend Lease has been working to embed sustainability throughout the £100 million Greenwich Peninsula regeneration project.
The ability to develop, design and construct sustainable buildings to the standard of those on the Greenwich Peninsula has acted as an exemplar to other new developments and demonstrated Lend Lease’s ability to successfully implement sustainability throughout the development process.
Greenwich Peninsula’s brand new commercial district, the first in London in over a generation, has been launched with the completion of two of the most energy efficient commercial buildings in the capital; 14 Pier Walk and 6 Mitre Passage.
Designed by Farrell’s, 14 Pier Walk and 6 Mitre Passage have achieved BREEAM Excellent ratings and have on-plot carbon footprints of 41% and 35%, respectively, below the level stipulated in current Building Regulations.
The management of waste was strongly considered throughout the construction process and any waste generated was diverted from landfill wherever possible. Subsequently, over 90% of the construction waste generated across the development was recycled. Furthermore, where possible materials used during the construction process were recycled and timber was FSC certified.
In order to maximise the efficiency of the buildings’ operations, an on-site 100m deep ground-source system resides underneath both buildings providing cooling, heating and domestic hot water, as well as delivering 10% of the buildings’ energy needs.
To reduce the consumption of potable water, rainwater is harvested for use in services which do not require potable water, such as flushing toilets.
Tenancy leases for both buildings incorporate green lease provisions, which ensure operational data sharing and safeguard the operational efficiency of the office buildings.
Benefits to the local community have included the creation of the Work and Learn Centre which places local people in employment in the construction of the office buildings. These employees then received comprehensive training including Health and Safety and where appropriate English language .
Project Management & Construction - United Kingdom & Europe
For Bovis Lend Lease UK, sustainable development is about ensuring we deliver a built environment that has lasting benefits to society, which is why we consider the social, environmental and economic impact of everything we do.
We have been operating in the UK for more than 100 years, and with office locations throughout the UK, we are able to bring a wealth of professional services, skills and experience to our clients, wherever they are based.
Our activities include the mainstream office and retail markets, leisure, pharmaceuticals, airports and Private Public Partnerships such as Britain's Private Finance Initiative, which is helping to deliver new hospitals and schools across the country.
We seek to be a sustainable leader. One of our largest flagship projects, MediaCityUK, is the first major construction project to embark on full Forest Stewardship Council certification, which will become a best-practice example for other international projects.
Snapshot
The construction industry accounts for 60 percent of all timber used in the UK each year, the majority of which is imported. Illegally and irresponsibly produced timber and wood products are still found in the UK and are used in major building sites and private homes.
The Forest Stewardship Council runs a global forest certification system with two key components: Forest Management and Chain of Custody certification. More than 109 million hectares of forests worldwide are managed under this scheme.
Bovis Lend Lease trialled Forest Stewardship Council project certification on a major London project. It became the first commercial project in the UK to achieve the Forest Stewardship Council Project Chain of Custody Certification standard. To achieve this, 50 percent of the total volume of timber in a project or 50 percent of the total cost of the timber in a project must be Forest Stewardship Council certified. The balance of the timber in the project needs to meet the requirements of the Forest Stewardship Council Controlled Wood Standard (FSC-STD-40-005).
The Bovis Lend Lease UK project team developed systems to ensure that the permanent timber in the project was Forest Stewardship Council certified. The project achieved certification in August 2007.
Having been appointed Management Contractor at MediaCityUK, we have now set a target to achieve full Forest Stewardship Council project certification. The project team aims to use 100 percent Forest Stewardship Council timber throughout the project. If achieved, it will be a world first for any construction contractor.
MediaCityUK is a mixed-use development that will include a variety of building types and uses, including commercial, retail, performing studios, hotels and production offices. The first phase of development comprises three core buildings including more than 46,000 square metres (495,000 square feet) of office, retail and residential accommodation. The development will span an 80-hectare site, creating 650,000 square metres (seven million square feet) of business, residential and retail floor space.
Our main challenge in meeting the 100 percent Forest Stewardship Council target was to make the subcontractors aware of the importance of the strict control procedures on-site and their responsibility to adhere to the process. We involved them from the very beginning, ensuring they understood that only timber carrying the Forest Stewardship Council trademark would be accepted on-site and an auditing process was carried out through the project.
The work on Forest Stewardship Council certification could not have been accomplished without the leadership of our Project Director, John Hyne, and his team. They challenged accepted practices on-site, introducing innovative new processes.
MediaCityUK is the first major construction project to embark on the full Forest Stewardship Council certification and will become a best-practice example for other international projects. Our aim is to replicate this best practice on all new projects.
Project Management & Construction - Continental Europe, Middle East & Africa
Across Continental Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Lend Lease’s Project Management & Construction business, Bovis delivers a wide range of sustainable solutions, from design, procurement and project management to construction and facilities management across a full range of industry sectors.
We are focussed on delivering innovative solutions and managing our environmental and related risk to create high-quality, sustainable property assets for our clients. We are also committed to operating Incident & Injury Free wherever we have a presence.
Our commitment to sustainable development means we strive to design and construct energy-efficient buildings, with a particular focus on making greater use of new renewable energy sources. Bovis Lend Lease (CEMEA) recently became an official partner of the Sustainable Energy Europe Campaign, a European Energy Commission initiative to raise public awareness and promote sustainable energy production.
Snapshot
Europe is a leading advocate in the fight to halt the depletion of natural resources and prevent climate change. Bovis Lend Lease (CEMEA) recently became an official partner of the Sustainable Energy Europe Campaign, which is an initiative to persuade both consumers and key decision makers of the benefits of sustainable energy production and use.
Campaign partners include public and private stakeholders—local, regional and national authorities, industry, energy agencies, associations and non-government organisations. All partners must be implementing, or planning to implement, a project or a programme intended to have a significant impact upon the related energy environment in the European Union and that has a strong replication potential.
Bovis Lend Lease (CEMEA) is committed to sustainability and is closely linked with the region's key focus areas for sustainability. Becoming a partner is an expression of our commitment to the Sustainable Energy Europe Campaign's objectives.
Our aim is to ensure that all Bovis Lend Lease (CEMEA) projects comply with our wider sustainability aims. We have taken steps to ensure that our offices meet the LEED Commercial and Interiors standards, and we are developing a Green Office Guide to reduce our electricity, water and waste consumption. Stringent monitoring of the indoor air quality of all our regional offices will allow us to measure our progress.
Because sustainable development is so important to our business, we have introduced a Sustainability Leadership Team to drive our Sustainability Aspirations throughout our business. We have set clear requirements for environmental and social performance at all our operations with sustainability co-ordinators assigned to each project team to ensure that they adhere to, and run, their projects in line with these controls.
Employees from a variety of disciplines are undertaking LEED accreditation as part of our drive to ensure that sustainability is incorporated and integrated into every facet of our work.
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