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Tarmac, British Gypsum and Halcrow were among the winners of the AMEC Supplier of the Year Awards 2006.
Tarmac received an award for Collaborative Working; the Excellence in Sustainability category was awarded to British Gypsum for Plasterboard Recycling and winner of Achievement through Innovation was Halcrow for the M60 Bridges project. Halcrow was also presented with the Overall Winner 2006 Award.
Presentation of Supplier of the Year Awards 2006 complemented the successful completion of the supply chain partnership undertaken by AMEC with Envirowise, CIRIA and Bureau Veritas
During the award ceremony Andy Haworth, Supply Chain Director at AMEC’s design & project services business, outlined the benefits to AMEC and their supply chain of EPIC – a CIRIA-developed training tool to deliver the environmental and business benefits of improved resource efficiency and waste minimisation – and urged other contractors to establish their own supply chain partnerships.
Mike Payne from Envirowise, introduced the new initiatives and projects they will be carrying out as part of their support to the construction industry in the forthcoming year, and encouraged any contractors willing to undertake a supply chain partnership to contact Envirowise.
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Press contacts
EPIC and CIRIA:
James Milne – press@ciria.org
AMEC:
Jane Webster – jane.webster@amec.com
Tania Horton – tania.horton@amec.com
Envirowise:
Joseph Burgoyne – Joseph.Burgoyne@envirowise.gov.uk
This construction supply chain partnership was run in collaboration with Envirowise, CIRIA, AMEC’s building and facilities services and design and project services businesses and Bureau Veritas. The aim of the AMEC EPIC was to use the EPIC model as a tool to deliver training on the environmental and business benefits of improved resource efficiency and waste minimisation to AMEC’s buildings & facilities services and design & project services businesses and their supply chain.
AMEC plc is an international project management and services company that designs, delivers and supports infrastructure assets for customers across the public and private sectors. AMEC employs more than 20,000 people working from a network of offices throughout the UK, US and Canada, as well as regional offices and projects worldwide. AMEC's shares are traded on the London Stock Exchange where the company is listed in the Support Services sector (LSE: AMEC.L). www.amec.com
CIRIA is a member-owned organisation that works with the construction industry, government and academia to provide performance improvement products and services in the construction and related industries.
It was founded in 1960 and currently engages with around 700 subscribing organisations. Activities include collaborative projects, networking, publishing, workshops, seminars and conferences. About 40 projects are run at any one time, about 100 events are staged every year, and 25 books published per annum.
