What is CEEQUAL?
CEEQUAL is the assessment and awards scheme for improving sustainability in civil engineering and public realm projects. It is being promoted by ICE and a group of committed industry organisations such as CIRIA, CECA and ACE. Its objective is to encourage the attainment of environmental excellence in civil engineering, and thus to deliver improved environmental and social performance in project specification, design and construction.
CEEQUAL celebrates the achievement of high environmental and social performance in civil engineering and public realm projects. Awards are made to projects in which the clients, designers and contractors go beyond the legal and environmental minima to achieve distinctive standards of performance.
CEEQUAL:
- promotes improved sustainability in project specification, design and construction
- demonstrates the commitment of the civil engineering industry to environmental quality
- assesses performance across 12 areas of environmental and social concern
- provides a checklist of appropriate action for project teams.
CEEQUAL uses a rigorous points-scoring-based assessment, which is applicable to any civil engineering or public realm project and includes environmental and social aspects such as the use of water, energy and land, impacts on ecology, landscape, neighbours, archaeology, as well as waste minimisation and management, and community relations and amenity.
Benefits of CEEQUAL
Applicants for Awards report a range of benefits from having their project assessed under CEEQUAL.
- Reputation-building and good PR - including delivery of the applicant's environmental, sustainability and/or corporate social responsibility policies.
- Enhanced team spirit - developing a positive "we must score well here" attitude and rewarding teams that have gone the extra mile.
- Demonstrating commitment to the environmental agenda - to clients, within the team and the organisations involved, and to the industry as a whole.
- Improvements to projects and best practice - including whole-life costing, waste minimisation, resource efficiency (materials, water, energy), and reducing complaints and environmental incidents.
A CEEQUAL Award for your civil engineering project will identify you as an organisation that:
- measures and compares standards of performance
- respects people and the society in which it operates
- seeks to undertake its work in an ethical and sustainable manner
- acts in a socially and environmentally responsible way
- protects and enhances the environment
- is concerned about the major impacts of construction on the environment and the earth's resources.
CEEQUAL Awards
A CEEQUAL Award provides:
- public recognition
- an independent measure of project performance on a wide range of environmental and social issues
- encouragement and a target for project teams to deliver high performance.
Awards are presented to all project partners at suitable industry events.
Projects that have successfully completed their CEEQUAL assessment and have received an Award are listed on the 'Recent Awards' page.
To apply for an award
If you would like to register a project for a CEEQUAL award, please read the 'How CEEQUAL works' page, and then use the link at the bottom of that page to register your interest.
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