Entries open for 09 Concrete3 Sustainability Award

Media release
July 16, 2009

Entries open for 2009 Concrete3 Sustainability Award

Entries for the second annual Concrete3 Sustainability Award are now open and those eligible for the award include anyone who can demonstrate sustainability in the in the production or use of concrete in the building and construction industry.

The Award is sponsored by the Cement and Concrete Association of New Zealand (CCANZ).

CCANZ chief executive Rob Gaimster says the award recognises and celebrates industry innovation as well as a real commitment towards achieving sustainability.

“We strongly encourage entries from architects, designers, engineers, contractors and their clients, as well as others involved with the design and construction of buildings and infrastructure,” Mr Gaimster says.

“It is vital we reward those companies and individuals who are pioneering concrete sustainability. They are leading our industry in its goal to achieve a sustainable built environment for New Zealand.”

The 2008 Concrete3 Sustainability Award was awarded to Mainzeal Property and Construction for Project Century, Lion Nathan’s new integrated manufacturing and warehousing facility in East Tamaki, which uses concrete filled with waste glass aggregate.

“Winning the award was a huge honour for Mainzeal. It is certainly in line with what we are trying to achieve with respect to our strategic business objectives, as well as being timely in the sense that sustainability is now a genuine business concern,” Mainzeal’s Sustainability Manager, Ross Copland says.

The judging panel for the 2009 award includes Professor Koji Sakai, Kagawa University, Japan; Pieter Burghout, chief executive of BRANZ; Charles Willmot, technical director of the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ); and Rob Gaimster, chief executive of CCANZ.

The judges will assess concrete-based products, projects, programmes or initiatives that have taken into account the environmental, economic and/or social aspects of sustainable development. They will specifically consider sustainability as it relates to lean production and reduced waste, management of natural resources, minimised energy usage, protection against pollution, respect for people, and set performance targets.

Entries for the award are due by Friday, August 28, and the winner will be announced at a presentation at the Concrete Industry Conference in October 2009.

Concrete3 is an industry-wide initiative designed to raise awareness of cement and concrete’s contribution to New Zealand’s sustainable development across economic, social and environmental areas.

For more information or to enter, go to www.sustainableconcrete.org.nz.

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