G J Taylor Consultancy aims to encourage and contribute to the quality of the neighbourhoods in which it works, to promote sustainable developments by ensuring an understanding by all team members of the client’s aims. It’s about “meeting present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”.
We at G J Taylor Consultancy will, through Project Execution Plans (PEP) try to promote industry
best practices to:
- Ensure the wise use of all resources within a framework in which environmental, social and economic factors are integrated
- Adopt green guides such “The Green Guide to Housing Specification” in designing and delivering developments
- Consider lean construction techniques (such as CLIP) with a focus on waste minimisation in construction
- Consider options for recycling construction waste
- Develop capacity within the business we work to promote better understanding of sustainability
- Support and engage in information exchanges to promote sustainable developments
- Set best practice standards to meet and or surpass requirements of environmental legislation and commit to a process of continual environmental improvement
- Build on existing and new partnerships to create local information and leaning networks with project stakeholders (sustainably network partnership members)
- Invest time and effort in staff, value stakeholders involvement and promote social inclusion and equity
- Develop environmental and sustainability checklists for use in projects we are involved in, encouraging high ratings under the Code for Sustainable Homes
- Develop better procurement procedures with all elements of the supply chain to ensure social, ethical and environmental criteria are integrated into programmes aimed at achieving best value for our clients
- Promote practical measures to reduce the impact of travel to and from office, sites, clients and stakeholders
- Monitor and conduct reviews of policies, management performance standards and operations against internal sustainability targets and best practice standards
- Reduce consumption of office materials and paper by holding stationery amnesty and encouraging use of both sides of paper, use of office recycling scheme for paper, think before you print, better use of e-mail, and web based site information
- Promote energy efficient building systems and designs considering whole life costs
A full sustainability policy document is currently in draft and will be developed for publication in the near future.
Garry J Taylor
Principal
G J Taylor Consultancy