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Two Green Apple Awards for VolkerFitzpatrick’s rail division

VolkerFitzpatrick’s rail division are celebrating this year, having achieved two Bronze Awards at the Green Apple Environmental Awards.

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The two winning projects were Network Rail’s Romford Accessible Walkway and Cambridge North station, the latter of which also won a Green Apple Award last year.

A number of environmental achievements were made during both projects, including:

Romford Accessible Walkway

  • Avoiding 450 tonnes of aggregate being imported for temporary works, which would then have been disposed of
  • Avoiding 50 lorry movements
  • A total carbon saving of 7.7 tonnes CO2e
  • Minimal use of diesel plant on-site, through the use of track screw piles, installed using electric power
  • Social benefits of reduced emissions and noise, usually associated with heavy construction plant

Cambridge North station

  • Installation of one acoustic wall on the platforms adjacent to neighbouring properties and one willow acoustic fence
  • Solar panel cycle shelter with 1,000 spaces for various types of cycles and powered by solar PV panels
  • A bio-retention system and rain gardens, installed for drainage purposes
  • A landscaping design which includes a number of ecological benefits to encourage invertebrates and mitigate the habitat loss of the station works

Steve Bridgen, head of HSEQS for VolkerFitzpatrick, said: “It is wonderful to have been recognised with not one but two Green Apple Awards this year. We have put 80 per cent of our operational staff through in-house environmental training to date and this award is a recognition of their competence in this area. Congratulations to the project teams on this achievement.”

The awards were presented on 6 November, at a ceremony held in the Houses of Parliament.