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First CEEQUAL Outstanding Achievements Awards unveiled (15 March 2011) The best sustainable features of UK civil engineering recognised by most senior industry experts. |
Contracts for maintenance and multiple small works can now be assessed by CEEQUAL (11 March 2011) CEEQUAL, the assessment and awards scheme for improving sustainability in civil engineering and the public realm, is launching a new version for Term Contracts. |
CEEQUAL International launched (21 Feb 2011) The much anticipated CEEQUAL International Scheme has now been launched and will be promoted strongly to the industry and via the media in the weeks to come. |
Multiple awards presented as CEEQUAL assessment scheme gathers pace and influence (20 Dec 2010) Five CEEQUAL Awards were presented at a lunch event at CIRIA’s offices in London, following the CEEQUAL Board meeting on 14th December |
CEEQUAL Awards for projects in London, Belfast and Plymouth (7 Dec 2010) A flurry of CEEQUAL Award presentations is taking place this December in different locations throughout the UK. |
CEEQUAL Seminar in Belfast, 8th December 2010 (6 Dec 2010) At this ICE Northern Ireland event, CEEQUAL Chief Executive Roger Venables gave an update on CEEQUAL’s progress so far. |
Growing international interest in CEEQUAL (25 Nov 2010) CEEQUAL Chief Executive Roger Venables attended a series of meetings and conferences in the USA, Australia and Buenos Aires. The trigger for the trip was the development of sustainability rating systems for civil engineering projects, and collaboration was high on the agenda at these meetings. |
Scottish Water Treatment Works receives CEEQUAL 'Excellent' Award (19 Nov 2010) The Glencorse Water Treatment Works project team will be presented with its CEEQUAL Interim Client & Outline Design Award at the ICE Edinburgh Area Branch Annual Dinner on Tuesday 23rd November 2010. |
Responsible Solutions moves offices (27 Sept 2010) The CEEQUAL Scheme Management Team at Responsible Solutions will be moving offices in Loughborough. |
Olympic Park enabling works receive CEEQUAL 'Excellent' award (14 Sept 2010) The Olympic Park Enabling Works project was presented with two CEEQUAL ‘Excellent’ Awards at an on-site event on Tuesday 7 September 2010. |
Updated CEEQUALHandbook and Manual released (14 Sept 2010) The updated versions of the CEEQUAL Scheme Description & Assessment Process Handbook and the CEEQUAL Assessment Manual for projects - version 4.1 - have been released. |
CEEQUAL announces development of international version (19 July 10) CEEQUAL, the UK’s assessment & award scheme for improving sustainability in civil engineering and public realm projects, has announced that it is to develop a version of the CEEQUAL assessment methodology that can be used on projects abroad. |
Using CEEQUAL on the Olympic Park (01 July 2010) Samantha Connolly, Environmental Impacts Manager for the Olympic Delivery Partner, describes the process of using CEEQUAL on a large-scale project. |
Free CEEQUAL seminar hosted by ICE Scotland (27 Jun 10) The fundamentals of using CEEQUAL to assess the environmental and sustainability performance of civil engineering and public realm projects will be explained by CEEQUAL Chief Executive Roger Venables at a free seminar at the ICE Scotland in Glasgow on 19 July. |
CEEQUAL Annual Seminar to be held in Glasgow (17 Jun 2010) CEEQUAL is hosting its Annual Seminar in Glasgow on 19 July 2010 from 4pm |
Exeter Science Park design achieves CEEQUAL ‘Excellent’ (09 Jun 10) The Exeter Science Park project infrastructure team has been presented with a CEEQUAL ‘Excellent’ Client & Outline Design Award at the ICE South West Annual Dinner on 4 June 2010. |
Gas pipeline project receives CEEQUAL ‘Excellent’ Award (1 Jun 10) The project team for the Harefield to Southall gas pipeline project was presented with a CEEQUAL 'Excellent' Award at National Grid’s Main Works Contractors SHE Forum in Ambergate on 1 June 2010. |
First wind farm project to receive a CEEQUAL award (11 May 2010) E.ON’s proposed Winwick wind farm is the first renewable energy project to receive a CEEQUAL Award. The project, a seven-turbine wind farm to be built in Northamptonshire, was assessed as a Client & Design Award and achieved a ‘Very Good’ Award under the scheme |
CEEQUAL Award for M4 widening scheme in South Wales (07 May 10) The project team of the Castleton to Coryton M4 Widening project is to collect a CEEQUAL Excellent Award at the ICE Wales Cymru Annual Dinner & Awards on Friday, 7th May, at the Marriott Hotel in Cardiff. |
Crane Environmental moves offices (7 May 2010) The CEEQUAL Scheme Management Team at Crane Environmental move offices. |
Colliery remediation project receives CEEQUAL Award (10 Mar 10) The Fryston and Wheldale Collieries Remediation project will receive its CEEQUAL Excellent Award at the ICE Yorkshire and Humber Gala Dinner and Annual Awards Ceremony on 12th March 2010 in Sheffield’s historic Cutlers’ Hall. |
CEEQUAL hosts seminar at Ecobuild 2010 (4 March 10) As part of Ecobuild fringe, CEEQUAL hosted a seminar, introducing the benefits and value of a CEEQUAL assessment. . |
Four CEEQUAL Awards for projects in Northern Ireland (10 Dec 2009) Four CEEQUAL Awards were presented in Derry and Belfast on 9 December. |
Three CEEQUAL Awards presented at CIVILS 2009 ‘Civilisation Congress’ (9 Dec 2009) Three civil engineering projects, the Eaves Green Link Road, Sandy Lane Relief Road and the London Kings Cross Redevelopment (Package 4) project, were presented with CEEQUAL Awards at CIVILS 2009, Earl’s Court 2, in recognition of their commitment to environmental quality and sustainability in specification, design and construction. |
Four CEEQUAL Awards for projects in Northern Ireland (8 Dec 09) Four CEEQUAL Awards are being presented in Derry and Belfast on Wednesday, 9th December. At 12 noon, the Northern Ireland Minister for Social Development will present a CEEQUAL Interim Client & Outline Design Award to the project team of the Derry City Centre Public Realm project, which achieved an ‘Excellent’ Award with a score of 84%. |
Crossrail to be assessed under CEEQUAL (12 Nov 09) The UK’s largest and most prominent civil engineering project has signed up to carry out a series of assessments under the CEEQUAL environmental assessment and awards scheme. |
New rules on using older versions of the CEEQUAL Manual (26 Oct 2009) At the CEEQUAL Technical Advisory Group (TAG) meeting in September, the decision was made to change the rules governing the period during which projects can still be verified to an older version of the CEEQUAL Manual, once a new version has been released. |
Crossrail to be assessed under CEEQUAL (17 Oct 2009) The UK’s largest and most prominent civil engineering project has signed up to carry out a series of CEEQUAL assessments. The £15.9 billion Crossrail project is scheduled to take eight years to complete and required its own Act of Parliament, which was passed in July 2008, to go ahead. |
Visit CEEQUAL at CIVILS 2009 (15 Oct 2009) CIVILS, the UK civil engineering industry’s flagship exhibition, takes place on 25 & 26 November at Earls Court 2 in London. CEEQUAL will be at stand E52, right next to the “Civilisation Congress” forum. A programme of presentations will complement our presence at the show. |
View the CEEQUAL Annual Seminar online (25 Aug 2009) This year's free CEEQUAL Seminar at the ICE on 24 July included a presentation by CEEQUAL’s Chief Executive Roger Venables, as well as talks by users of CEEQUAL, including the ODA and Costain. A recording of the event is available to view online. |
Completed reservoir projects rated "Excellent" for sustainability (21 Jul 2009) Two Bristol Water schemes, both designed by Black & Veach and built by Costain, will be presented with CEEQUAL ‘Excellent’ Awards at the Annual CEEQUAL Seminar at the Institution of Civil Engineers on Friday 24th July. |
Free CEEQUAL seminar at CIVILS 2009 (15 Oct 2009) CEEQUAL seminar to be held at CIVILS 2009. |
CEEQUAL Awards presented in Belfast and Torquay (02 Oct 2009) Two CEEQUAL Awards are presented on 2 October for Belfast Streets Ahead and White Rock Business Park |
Cornwall Park & Ride scheme receives award for environmental excellence (29 July 2009) Park for Truro receives CEEQUAL 'Excellent' Award. |
Completed reservoir projects rated “Excellent” for sustainability (21 Jul 2009) Two Bristol Water Schemes to receive CEEQUAL 'Excellent' Awards. |
CEEQUAL seminar at ICE 24 July 2009 (10 Mar 2009) CEEQUAL announces free annual seminar to take place at ICE on 24 July 2009. |
CEEQUAL is launching new Scheme Manual at CIVILS 2008 (10 Nov 2008) CEEQUAL will be launching Version 4 of its Scheme Manual for Projects at CIVILS 2008. |
Value of projects assessed under CEEQUAL reaches £6 billion (06 Oct 2008) The construction value of CEEQUAL projects has risen from £3bn in Septemnber 2007 to almost £6bn in September 2008. |
UK's 'green' civil engineering schemes approach £2 billion (Nov 2006) Over £2bn worth of UK civil engineering projects have achieved or are seeking a CEEQUAL Award. |
CEEQUAL sails past £1bn milestone (Aug 2006) CEEQUAL projects that have been assessed or are being assessed has passed the £1bn mark. |