CEEQUAL Sustainability assessment and awards for civil engineering, infrastructure, landscaping and the public realm CEEQUAL Version 5 Assessor Update Course

© CEEQUAL Ltd Domestic Arrangements  Fire escape routes are up to you wherever you are!  Refreshments – we’ll take a break after about an hour  Toilets – ditto!  Mobile phones  Handouts

CEEQUAL Progression since launch

CEEQUAL Versions 2 & 3, 2003 and 2004: The Civil Engineering Environmental Quality Assessment and Awards scheme For UK and Ireland Projects

CEEQUAL Version 4, 2008: improving sustainability in civil engineering For UK and Ireland Projects

CEEQUAL Version 4.1, 2010: The assessment and awards scheme for improving sustainability in civil engineering, infrastructure, landscaping and the public realm For UK and Ireland Projects

CEEQUAL Version 4.1 in 2011: The assessment and awards scheme for improving sustainability in civil engineering, infrastructure, landscaping and the public realm CEEQUAL for International Projects launched

CEEQUAL Version 4.1 in 2011: The assessment and awards scheme for improving sustainability in civil engineering, infrastructure, landscaping and the public realm CEEQUAL for Term Contracts launched

CEEQUAL Version 5, 2012: Sustainability Assessment, Rating and Awards for civil engineering, infrastructure, landscaping and the public realm For Projects anywhere!

© CEEQUAL Ltd Scope of Workshop  Progressive development of the Scheme  Reasons for developing Version 5 of the CEEQUAL Methodology  How  What’s changed  What’s new  What’s the same

© CEEQUAL Ltd Objectives of the Workshop  To provide participants with the competence and confidence to undertake assessments to Version 5  To enable understanding of  the upgraded scheme  the nature and reasons for the changes  the re-weighting and scoring process  what’s changed, new and unchanged  To provide comment and input for further development

© CEEQUAL Ltd Introductions  Who you are  Organisation & role

Version 5 overview

© CEEQUAL Ltd Version 5 Upgrade Summary  Updated but also upgraded  Increased scope and improved coverage  Revised Question set  Streamlined Sections  Improved consistency between the Sections  Raised the bar in some areas  New weightings exercise  Revised Question scoring  Applications welcome now  Manual available to Assessors and Verifiers from now  Applicants can opt to use Version 4 until 31 October, & will stay with Version 4 until completion of assessment  Two types of Awards... depending on use of the Project Strategy Section

© CEEQUAL Ltd Upgrade Process  Section Experts developed revised question set and guidance  Scheme Managers and TAG developed Project Strategy Section  Undertook Weighting exercise  Section Experts developed question scoring  Draft Version 5 manual reviewed by:  Subject experts  Some international users  Marine/offshore experts  Finalised by CEEQUAL Scheme Managers for TAG review and sign off  Careful review of Manual for presentation & consistency

© CEEQUAL Ltd Version 5 Upgrade  Process of the CEEQUAL Assessment is unchanged  One Question Set  Double weighted scoring  Assessor in Project Team  Assessor drives assessment  External Verifier  Verifier supports during assessment  Scoping-out to match Question Set to your project  NSO still there, but now ‘Mandatory’  Verifier & Assessor agree Scoping-out as early as possible  Online Assessment Tool still used... but upgraded  Verification process as before

© CEEQUAL Ltd 17 CEEQUAL Structure  Upgrades made to the overarching methodology  Cascaded to each of the forms that the Scheme is available in  Ensures all works (mainstream civil engineering, infrastructure, landscaping and public realm) are assessed against the same criteria Overarching Methodology ProjectsInternationalUK & Ireland Term Contracts Multiple Small Works Maintenance

© CEEQUAL Ltd 18 CEEQUAL Structure to come?  Upgrades made to the overarching methodology  Cascaded to each of the forms that the Scheme is available in  Ensures all works (mainstream civil engineering, infrastructure, landscaping and public realm) are assessed against the same criteria Overarching Methodology ProjectsInternational UK & Ireland Other Regions? Term Contracts Multiple Small Works Maintenance Operations? Small Projects?

© CEEQUAL Ltd Improved Coverage  New Project Strategy Section  Applicability to marine and offshore projects  Input from marine & offshore specialists  Mostly textual and Scope-out rule changes.  Human environment, health & welfare  More-focused questions users neighbours construction workforce  Upgrade process addressed issues that may be only relevant outside the UK  aim of strengthening of the International Scheme  e.g. addressing different climatic conditions...  but did not find any!

© CEEQUAL Ltd Streamlining/consolidating questions  Improving the consistency of approach  Framing of questions  Multi-part questions  Scoring scales  Overlapping/very similar questions  Streamline questions that asked similar things  Streamlined from 12 to 8 sections, so now 9 in total  Overall objective to reduce the number of questions  headline Qs reduced from 208 to 178  54 new questions; 52 consolidated or removed  So total number of questions including part questions essentially the same, despite scope stretch

© CEEQUAL Ltd The 9 Sections of CEEQUAL Version 5 1.Project Strategy 2.Project Management 3.People and Communities 4.Land Use and Landscape 5.Historic Environment 6.Ecology and Biodiversity 7.Water Environment 8.Physical Resources 9.Transport

© CEEQUAL Ltd The 9 Sections of CEEQUAL  Basic Principles  Environmental management  Contractual/Procurement process  Environmental/Social Performance  Communicating best practice 1.Project Strategy 2.Project Management 3.People and Communities 4.Land Use and Landscape 5.Historic Environment 6.Ecology and Biodiversity 7.Water Environment 8.Physical Resources 9.Transport

© CEEQUAL Ltd Project Management  New questions/topics in Version 5:  Delivery of resource efficiency  Targets for performance during construction to include sub-contractors  Communicating best practice on environmental management  Communicating best practice on innovation

© CEEQUAL Ltd The 9 Sections of CEEQUAL  Brief and design  Consultation with stakeholders  Implementation & monitoring  Continuing Engagement with local groups  Effectiveness of community engagement  Human environment, aesthetics & employment 1.Project Strategy 2.Project Management 3.People and Communities 4.Land Use and Landscape 5.Historic Environment 6.Ecology and Biodiversity 7.Water Environment 8.Physical Resources – Use and management 9.Transport

© CEEQUAL Ltd People and Communities  Significant re-arrangement and consolidation  New questions/topics in Version 5:  Implementation of mitigating measures  Communications related to community demographics

© CEEQUAL Ltd The 9 Sections of CEEQUAL  Land use principles (incl bed of rivers, lakes, estuaries and sea-bed)  Land and sea-estuary- lake bed contamination  Flood risk  Landscape principles  Legal requirements  Implementation and management  Completion & aftercare 1.Project Strategy 2.Project Management 3.People and Communities 4.Land Use and Landscape 5.Historic Environment 6.Ecology and Biodiversity 7.Water Environment 8.Physical Resources – Use and management 9.Transport

© CEEQUAL Ltd Land use and Landscape  New questions/topics in Version 5:  Demonstrable process for considering Project location alternatives  Demonstrable process for justification of chosen site  Balancing land use efficiency & other priorities  Selection of land for temporary use during construction  Long-term flood resilience & adaptation  Appropriateness of species selected

© CEEQUAL Ltd The 9 Sections of CEEQUAL  Baseline studies  Legal requirements, planning and consultation  Conservation and enhancement  Use of appropriate materials and specialists  Information dissemination/public access 1.Project Strategy 2.Project Management 3.People and Communities 4.Land Use and Landscape 5.Historic Environment 6.Ecology and Biodiversity 7.Water Environment 8.Physical Resources – Use and management 9.Transport

© CEEQUAL Ltd The Historic Environment  Addresses issues of historic assets under water

© CEEQUAL Ltd The 9 Sections of CEEQUAL  Basic principles  Legal requirements  Conservation and enhancement  Habitat creation  Monitoring and maintenance 1.Project Strategy 2.Project Management 3.People and Communities 4.Land Use and Landscape 5.Historic Environment 6.Ecology and Biodiversity 7.Water Environment 8.Physical Resources – Use and management 9.Transport

© CEEQUAL Ltd Ecology and Biodiversity  New topic covered in Version 5:  Surveys for protected species specified by the client?

© CEEQUAL Ltd The 9 Sections of CEEQUAL  Basic principles  Legal requirements  Protection of freshwater and marine environments  Enhancement of the water environment 1.Project Strategy 2.Project Management 3.People and Communities 4.Land Use and Landscape 5.Historic Environment 6.Ecology and Biodiversity 7.Water Environment 8.Physical Resources – Use and management 9.Transport

© CEEQUAL Ltd Water Environment  New questions/topics in Version 5:  Splitting out planning and implementation for Control of impacts on the water environment during construction  Preventing pollution (as well as physical damage) of existing water features during construction  Managing run-off at source

© CEEQUAL Ltd The 9 Sections of CEEQUAL  Basic principles  Embodied impacts  Design for Resource Efficiency  Energy and carbon in use  Energy and carbon during construction  Water use  Responsible sourcing, re-use and recycling  Minimising use/impact of hazardous materials  Site waste management planning & legal requirements  Wastes management 1.Project Strategy 2.Project Management 3.People and Communities 4.Land Use and Landscape 5.Historic Environment 6.Ecology and Biodiversity 7.Water Environment 8.Physical Resources Use and management 8.Transport

© CEEQUAL Ltd Physical Resources – Use & Management  New questions/topics covered in Version 5:  Policies & targets for resource efficiency  Implementing policies for resource efficiency  Life-Cycle Analysis  Percentage of using renewable / low-carbon / zero- carbon energy during construction implemented  Embodied water  Design and implementation of reducing water consumption during operation of completed works  Requirements & targets for minimising water use during construction  Permitting for waste treated or used on site  Reducing surplus materials ordered

© CEEQUAL Ltd The 9 Sections of CEEQUAL  Basic principles  Operational transport  Construction transport  Minimising workforce travel 1.Project Strategy 2.Project Management 3.People and Communities 4.Land Use and Landscape 5.Historic Environment 6.Ecology and Biodiversity 7.Water Environment 8.Physical Resources – Use and management 9.Transport

© CEEQUAL Ltd Transport  New questions/topics covered in Version 5:  Project’s relationship to transport infrastructure  Assess differently for projects that are part of the transport networks ‘destinations’ with significant loads on the transport networks, such as stadia other projects that are neither  Access for pedestrians and cyclists  Need for additional transport infrastructure  Resilience of the network  Performance for non-motorised users

© CEEQUAL Ltd Clearer Question Layout

© CEEQUAL Ltd Clearer Question Layout

© CEEQUAL Ltd Project Strategy Section  What is it?  Why?  Coverage?  How will it work?  Implications?

© CEEQUAL Ltd What is Project Strategy?  A new optional section to the Version 5 methodology  Developed to widen the scope of the Assessment  Moves on from assessing whether project teams are performing well from a sustainability perspective to  Whether the project team has considered and assessed the contribution (or future contribution) of the project to communities having a more-sustainable way of life

© CEEQUAL Ltd Why add Project Strategy?  CEEQUAL so far has been performance assessment  CEEQUAL so far has excluded assessment of client’s decision to go ahead, and our planning system’s approval  Still no appetite to do that … but  Increasing interest in identifying what is a ‘good project’ from a sustainability perspective, alongside performance assessment

© CEEQUAL Ltd Why add Project Strategy?  Aiming for Sustainability Assessment, Rating and Awards for Civil Engineering, Infrastructure, Landscaping & the Public Realm  Inclusion of Project Strategy enables CEEQUAL’s transition from  environmental assessment and awards to  sustainability assessment, rating and awards.

© CEEQUAL Ltd CEEQUAL and the sustainability agenda Sustainable Development Economic Success Social Success High Environmental Quality CEEQUAL assesses the environmental and many social issues Client’s economic analysis Planning approval deals with social acceptability H&S

© CEEQUAL Ltd CEEQUAL and the sustainability agenda Sustainable Development Economic Success Social Success High Environmental Quality CEEQUAL assesses all environmental and almost all social issues, plus many economic matters Client’s economic analysis Planning approval deals with social acceptability H&S

46 © CEEQUAL Ltd 2012 Performance and Pathway / Sustainable Living Contribution Doing the right things! Sustainable Project Contribution Framework “Performance Contribution” “Pathway Contribution” towards Sustainable Living Doing things right! FIDIC Project Sustainability Management II – not yet published

© CEEQUAL Ltd New Project Strategy Section – What it covers  Project Strategy  Economics assessment  Social impacts assessment  Environmental impact assessment  Pathway contribution  Resource strategy and life cycle assessments  Improving quality of life, health & well-being, and reducing hazard

© CEEQUAL Ltd New Project Strategy Section – What it covers

© CEEQUAL Ltd New Project Strategy Section – What it covers

© CEEQUAL Ltd New Project Strategy Section – What it covers

© CEEQUAL Ltd New Project Strategy Section – What it covers

© CEEQUAL Ltd New Project Strategy Section – What it covers

© CEEQUAL Ltd New Project Strategy Section – What it covers

© CEEQUAL Ltd New Project Strategy Section – What it covers

© CEEQUAL Ltd Applicability of Project Strategy Section  Section will be optional – Why?  Focus of its use (we think!) will be on WPAs and WPA+I  But the Section includes Construction Strategy, so the Section is applicable to all partial awards too

© CEEQUAL Ltd CEEQUAL Awards  2 Award Types will be available:  Sustainability Strategy & Performance Award The project has been assessed under all 9 Sections of CEEQUAL including Project Strategy Will need a neutral or positive answer on pathway contribution  Sustainability Performance Award The project has not included the Project Strategy section into the Assessment

Upgrades to

© CEEQUAL Ltd Upgrades to  New read-only access level  Two Versions in parallel  Automatic re-scoring for International Projects  Export of pdf print-out of the Assessment  Single upload of evidence that is used or referred to on more than on Q  Assessor & Verifier Forum  More materials on the document library

© CEEQUAL Ltd Version 5 Summary  Updated but also upgraded  Increased scope and improved coverage  Revised Question set  Streamlined Sections  Improved consistency between the Sections  Raised the bar in some areas  New weightings exercise  Revised Question scoring  Applications welcome now  Manual available to Assessors and Verifiers from now  Applicants can opt to use Version 4 until 31 October, and will stay with Version 4 on their assessment until completion

© CEEQUAL Ltd Other recent changes  Old ‘Scheme Description and Assessment Process Handbook’ has been split:  Scheme Description for public website  Assessment Process Handbook only for Assessors and Verifiers is on ceequalonline.com  For Version 4 as well as Version 5  Version 5 Manuals not on public website  Term Contracts Version  Extension Courses available  Website upgraded  Printed Publicity Material updated and re-designed  Outstanding Achievement Awards: next on 11 March 2013  Site banners – active encouragement to use them more

© CEEQUAL Ltd Websites, including Case Studies  = prime public source of information  What CEEQUAL is  How it works  More on  International  Term Contracts  Download  Scheme Descriptions  UK Manuals  Feescales  Application forms  etc  Case studies  = CEEQUAL ‘intranet’ – incl document library

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Thank you for coming Thank you for participating Good luck in your assessments! Roger Venables | Ian Nicholson | Philip Charles | Sarah Macpherson |