Sustainable products key to refurbishment project

ResourceCo’s recycled cement has been a key component in the refurbishment of the Civil Contractor’s Federation (CCF) head office and training facility redevelopment. The CCF SA’s Centre of Excellence is being showcased as a ‘model’ for best practice environmental and sustainable construction initiatives.

The centre of excellence, at Thebarton, is the only dedicated training facility in South Australia offering an experiential, simulated, hands-on safety training environment with a particular focus on safety.

Stakeholders in the project agreed to partnering with KESAB in its Clean Site program, an educational partnership that works with the building and construction industry, training and educational organisations, the Construction Industry Training Board’s registered training organisations, together with state and local government and industry stakeholders.

“The project aim was to ensure positive, long-term environmental improvements and compliance, enabling enhanced environmental sustainability and workplace practices,” Marie Paterson, CCF SA Acting CEO said.

“We met our key goal for the demolition phase of the project to recycle and re-use as much of the original building materials as possible in the new work.”

KESAB Executive Director John Phillips said the commitment of the partners in the refurbishment was to be commended.

“The project has left a sustainable legacy for the many thousands of students that will be trained within the facility with reduced environmental impact achieved as a result of the project design and a host of environmental benefits,” he said.

“Environmental benefits derived as a result of the project’s involvement with the Clean Site program included a reduction of waste to landfill, local waterways protected from pollution together with litter prevented, particularly focusing on cigarette butts,” he added.

ResourceCo’s Concrete was used in the refurbishment, enabling it to comply with the ResourceCo environmental rating system developed by the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA).

ResourceCo is the first company in SA dedicated to maximising the use of recycled aggregates and sands in the supply and manufacture of concrete.