Costain Group

Damien CanningKatie McCausland

Costain Overview

UK based Engineering solutions provider

Involved in design and delivery of large pieces of infrastructure across seven key sectors:

Water HighwaysRailNuclear ProcessPowerHydrocarbons & Chemicals

Key customers becoming more aware of sectoral impact on biodiversity and ecosystem services

Key Drivers

• Negative public perception of companies operating within the built environment sector

• Increased awareness amongst key customers

• Potential EU/UK legislation relating to biodiversity and ecosystem services

• Opportunity to build a competitive advantage and drive improvements

• Lack of framework & tools to quantify and manage impacts in this area

• Gain insight into broader range of environmental impacts to drive reduction efforts through insetting/offsetting where applicable

GIS EngD Project at Costain

Project Specifications

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People Process Technology

• Examine future opportunities for improving the sustainability of large infrastructure construction projects in relation to carbon emissions and impacts on biodiversity, ecosystem services, soils and water quality and the wider environment.

• To use GIS to visualise areas of high ecosystem sensitivity to aid in biodiversity offsetting, and to identify local areas that would benefit from restoration.

• Obtaining satellite imagery• Updating phase I classification• Building the GIS model• Validation

• Interviews of Costain workers from planners to engineers

Future Work

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Thank you for listening!

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Any Questions?

Contact:

Damien Canning – Carbon Manager

Email: damien.canning@costain.com

Katie McCausland – Research Engineer

Email: katie.mccausland@costain.com

k.mccausland@pgr.reading.ac.uk