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Dublin Airport Authority’s use of an environmentally friendly plastic construction hoarding for T2 has helped the British company that supplied the product win a major green business award.
Yorkshire company Eco-Hoardings used the T2 contract as a case study to enter the 2008 Green Leaders in Business Awards and earlier this week, the firm was named runner-up in the small business category at the awards in London.
Eco-Hoardings, which was previously known as Ecogenik, was runner-up in the category for companies with annual sales of less than £1m at the Green Leaders in Business Awards, which are sponsored by Barclays Bank.
“We are thrilled that our work on the T2 project at Dublin Airport has been recognised by this prestigious award,” said Eco-Hoardings Managing Director John Whaites.
The hoarding used at the T2 site is made from recycled plastic and will itself be recycled after use. The T2 hoarding is made from recycled industrial PVC and is more environmentally friendly than timber, which is typically used for hoardings at large construction sites.
Timber hoardings have little value and often end up in landfill after a project has been completed. But the DAA has three options for its plastic hoarding. It can be re-used on another construction project at the airport, sold on to another company in the Irish construction sector or sold back to Eco-Hoardings, which will re-use it or recycle it into new plastic hoardings.
The DAA is using about 1.5km of plastic hoarding at the T2 site and the modular design of the system will allow the hoarding to be easily moved during the various phases of the new terminal's construction.
September 12, 2008
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