Friday 23 Jan 2004
NETWORK RAIL ENVIRONMENT AWARDS
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Network Rail this week paid tribute to the efforts made across the rail industry by companies and individuals, to try and improve the environment in which we work, at the prestigious annual Network Rail Environment Awards.
The awards, held last Tuesday 20 January at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, were attended by 160 invited guests who saw Network Rail chief executive John Armitt present prizes.
“As major players in the construction industry, we realise at Network Rail that we have a responsibility to the environment we work in,” said Armitt. “These awards recognise the efforts made by both Network Rail and our suppliers to create a positive effect on the environment.”
This week’s event was the fifth time that the awards have taken place and was aimed at rewarding individuals and organisations that have gone beyond their legal and contractual requirements in the field of environment.
Network Rail’s Railway Estates contract manager, James Ashman, won the individual award for his work to ensure that waste contractors report waste statistics, something vitally important as Network Rail attempts to reduce its waste materials.
Birse Rail took the small-medium contractor category for its zero tolerance policy towards environmental issues, whilst Balfour Beatty Rail Projects won the large contractor award for their work to encourage subcontractors to develop environmental management systems.
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In the train operator category, First Group scooped the prize for their work to develop environmental training packages and their efforts to manage environmental issues at depots.
Other awards went to the West Anglia Route Modernisation project for its continuing good work as the contract nears completion, whilst Ecolube won the supplier award for their development of biodegradable hydraulic oil.
Network Rail’s Southern region won the Network Rail business unit award for a combination of achievements including initiatives to reduce graffiti and work to protect bats.
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Usually, there are almost five million journeys made in the UK and over 600 freight trains run on the network. People depend on Britain's railway for their daily commute, to visit friends and loved ones and to get them home safe every day. Our role is to deliver a safe and reliable railway, so we carefully manage and deliver thousands of projects every year that form part of the multi-billion pound Railway Upgrade Plan, to grow and expand the nation's railway network to respond to the tremendous growth and demand the railway has experienced - a doubling of passenger journeys over the past 20 years.
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