03 Apr 2009
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) have received an 'excellent' CEEQUAL sustainability award for achieving the highest score ever for a rail project.
CEEQUAL rigorously assesses performance across 12 areas of environmental and social concern where clients, designers and constructors go beyond the legal and environmental minima to achieve distinctive environmental standards in their work.
Railway sidings at the heart of the Olympic Park needed to be dismantled in order for the Aquatics Centre to be built. The ODA constructed a replacement 12 track railway sidings to the north east of the Park at Orient Way, equivalent to the size of three full size football pitches.
Orient Way was completed using sustainable methods with 99 per cent of the demolition and site clearance waste from the Orient Way project being recycled, including:
- 4,000 tonne of crushed concrete, of which 1,000 tonnes was reused on site, 3,000 tonnes was reused off site;
- 620 tonnes of tarmac;
- 180 tonnes of steel;
- 20,000 tonnes of previous site ballast was screened and reused;
- All 3,250 yards of track was lifted and reused.
As part of the project, the ODA also built a new accommodation block for train drivers which is powered by a wind turbine. Many of the recyclable elements of the track were reused to built the block.
ODA Chairman John Armitt said: 'The ODA continues to put sustainability at the forefront of our design and build, and Orient Way is an excellent example of how we have gone the extra mile. The fact that over 90 per cent of materials were reused for the project as well as the inclusion of a wind turbine at the site providing electricity for the offices demonstrates that we are interested in being sustainable in both the long and short term.'
Notes to Editors:
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Watch a video blog of Transport Programme Director Richard Johnston on a train from Liverpool St to Orient Way around the Olympic Park. 2. The sustainability award presented to the ODA was CEEQUAL, which is the assessment and awards scheme for improving sustainability in civil engineering and public realm projects. Its objective is to encourage the attainment of environmental excellence in civil engineering, and thus to deliver improved environmental and social performance in project specification, design and construction.
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