Environment

Barnfield Construction has always embraced the principals of sustainability and has utilised many of its facets both at the design stage and on site.

Sustainability and Training
Barnfield Construction are committed to providing a high level of sustainability to all existing and future developments. This can be best demonstrated by viewing 2 of the construction industry key indicators, BREEAM and SBEM.

BREEAM – Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method
Our experience in dealing with BREEAM started when we constructed a number of Call Centres, ultimately operated by the DVLA in Swansea. Both phases completed received a “very good BREEAM rating”.

SBEM – Simplified Building Energy Model
Working closely with the designers and local council we have carried out detailed and extensive investigation into the SBEM rating of the new ACE Centre, in Nelson Lancashire. The Part L2a (2006) have indicated that the CO2 emissions for this project are far better than the Target emission rate, the EPC rating of 41 again is better than benchmarks set out Energy Performance Certification documentation issued by HM Government and the Carbon Trust.

SUDS – Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems
Barnfield Construction has always embraced the principals of sustainability and has utilised many of its facets both at design stage and on site. The large number of projects we have used SUDS on can demonstrate this. We have implemented many differing principals of SUDS including Grey Water Harvesting, Swales, Porous Paving and Geo-Cellular Systems working closely with the Environment Agencies.

We have completed the following contracts involving SUDS:
• Point Five, Walker Park, Blackburn
• Thameside Business Park, Windmill Road, Denton, Gtr Manchester
• Shuttleworth Mead Business Park, Padiham
• Quantum Microponents, Skelmersdale
• Millennium City Park, Bluebell Way, Preston
• Hattersley Centre, Burscough Road, Ormskirk
• Horizon Business Park, Kencott Place, Erith, Kent
• Empire Business Park, Liverpool Road, Rosegrove, Burnley.

Barnfield Construction always looks to resource labour and its sub-contractors from the local area and is committed to the investment in training and development of its stakeholders.  We are currently working towards the Investor in People Standard.