Halving Waste to Landfill

We commit to playing our part in halving the amount of construction, demolition and excavation waste going to landfill by 2012. We will work to adopt and implement standards for good practice in reducing waste, recycling more, and increasing the use of recycled and recovered materials We've just made our commitment, and will let you know how we get on,. By the end of 2009 we will have a full year's data, and we are working with Stuart Wells at Transwaste to help us deliver against our commitment

Winning work in the public sector

Thanks to Ven Management for inviting us to speak alongside Provesta at todays event at Bridlington Spa. We gave a presentation on our experience of winning public sector contracts, and Tony Carroll of Provesta ran through some of the activities we have undertaken together to drive continuous improvement within our business and align ourselves with customers' changing needs. Lee Parkinson gave an overview of the Yorbuild framework, and East Riding Council and VEN Management outlined the opportunities available through involvement in the framework and the Target initiative, which is aimed at promoting construction opportunities for SME's in the region. Lee Parkinson took the opportunity to sound a warning to successful Yorbuild contractors. There will be ongoing checks to hold contractors to account for the promises made in their submissions - so now's the chance for everyone to actually drive down the glossy marketing blurb through their business and demonstrate real progress on the ground.

Find H&P on Flickr & Scribd

I've posted a load of our project photographs onto Flickr, the photo sharing social media site. To view our photo collections go to www.flickr.com/photos/hobsonandporter/collections. You can also find all our customer testimonials on Scribd

Be2camp@WorkingBuildings2009

Martin Brown of Fairsnape will be showcasing some of the recent work that H&P have been carrying out using Web2.0 applications at the Be2camp event in London. The Be2camp unconference event in London is running over two days at London's Olympia exhibition halls on 7-8 October 2009. This unconference is being held in parallel with the UBM's three WorkingBuildings shows:

• Energy Solutions Expo
• M&E: The Building Services Event
• Total Workplace Management: the FM & Estates Event

Over the last few months H&P has been working with Fairsnape and Provesta to develop and roll out a number of Web2.0 and social media applications. These are all aimed at enabling effective communication and collaboration between H&P, its staff, customers and supply chain.