RECYCLING & WASTE MANAGEMENT FIRST CLASS FITNESS The new £31.5m David Ross Sports Village at the University of Nottingham has diverted


97% of construction waste from landfill with the help of East Midlands recycling company, Wastecycle, here, we find out how.


Part of a wider £40m development, a new sports complex has been constructed in the name of Nottingham alumnus and Carphone Warehouse founder - David Ross, who donated a significant sum to help build it. The complex features an amazing array of facilities, ranging from the largest university sports hall in the UK to a state-of-the-art strength and conditioning suite and a 60-metre indoor running track, providing students with a world-class facility.


As you can imagine with a project of this scale, lead contractor, Kier, faced several challenges, not least ensuring the waste produced during the build was collected and recycled or reused in the most effective manner. Thanks to a partnership with Wastecycle, practically all of the waste was recovered and diverted from landfill.


750 tonnes of waste was collected during the 18-month build.


In total, Wastecycle synchronised more than 200 container exchanges with the demanding construction schedule and the university academic timetable to ensure student life wasn’t severely affected.


As well the bins and skips, Wastecycle also supplied a mini baler. Training Kier’s team to use it, reduced the number of containers needed on-site and meant fewer transport movements were needed, thereby decreasing the project’s impact on the environment.


Paul Clements, Wastecycle Commercial Director, said: “The David Ross Sports Village is perhaps the perfect example of how we work in partnership with our customers. We developed a waste collection plan that dovetailed perfectly with Kier’s and the University of Nottingham’s needs. So, as well as providing additional machinery and training Kier’s team on how to use it, we also delivered night-time services to minimise the vehicle disruption on campus and even collected canteen waste separately to construction waste.”


Property, residential, construction and services group, Kier is committed to the considerate construction scheme and works hard to reduce its impact on the environment by using the least resource possible, influencing asset design and creating processes to deliver projects more efficiently.


Paul Williamson, Site Manager at Kier, who worked closely with Wastecycle during the build, said: “Through clearly defined procedures, training and communications we make sure that our environmental objectives are embedded within our company culture and business plans.”


Wastecycle synchronised more than 200 container exchanges.


The East Midlands’ recycling company collected over 750 tonnes of waste during the 18-month build, following a carefully devised collection schedule which dovetailed with Kier’s programme of works. As well as supplying 1,100-litre bins for trade waste and mixed recycling from site offices, Wastecycle provided eight-yard skips for wood, medial and construction waste, and 20 and 40 Roll On Roll Offs for building waste.


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Paul continued: “We have a clear structure for quarterly reports to our Executive Board so that progress against targets can be monitored. Working with Wastecycle on this project certainly helped us contribute to those targets and meant the storage of waste on site, and its collection ran like clockwork. It was a fantastic partnership, and we’re delighted that the amount of waste that we collected and diverted – over 97% – was as impressive as the facility we built for the University of Nottingham.”


The David Ross Sports Village is now open for students’ use, offering an accessible sports provision for all, including four large sports halls, 20 badminton courts a 25-metre swimming pool, a climbing wall, a spin studio and more.


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