2018 Shortlisted entries | CIRIA Biodiversity

BIG Biodiversity Challenge 2018: Finalists

BIG Biodiversity Champion Award

Voting for the 2018 BIG Biodiversity Champion is now CLOSED

Voting for the 2018 BIG Biodiversity Champion is closed

Morgan Taylor Greengage Environmental Ltd
David Wright Morrison Construction
Caitlin Quinn Morrison Construction
John Little Grass Roof Company
Jamie Edmonds Kier Utilities
Dr James Littlemore
Michael Dixon Osborne

The nominees are:

Morgan Taylor, Greengage Environmental Ltd

David Wright, Morrison Construction

Caitlin Quinn, Morrison Construction

John Little, Grass Roof Company

Jamie Edmonds, Kier Utilities

Dr James Littlemore, Kier Highways

Michael Dixon, Osborne

Client Award finalists sponsored by Kier

Dover Harbour Board & VSBW Dover Western Docks revival - a marine civil engineering and infrastructrure project	Berkeley Group Making space for nature and beauty - creating net biodiversity gain	Network Rail Biodiversity No Net Loss: The Greater West Programme (TGWP) includes the eletrification of the railway from London - Cardiff providing faster, greener & more reliable service along with quieter, cleaner environment for lineside neigbours.
Artecology Ltd for Wightlink Isle... A set of 5 built intertidal habitat features installed at a major ferry terminal providing new integrated green-grey infrastructure and ecological gains for the marine environment.

Community Engagement Award finalists sponsored by Landsec

City of Trees, Galliford Try and.... Heroes Wood is a commemorative woodland in the grounds of Debdale Park, Manchester	Kier Construction The Wexham Woodland, Wexham Park Hospital is part of £49m A&E Dept for Frimley Health NHS Foundaton Trust.	Redrow Homes The Give a Hog a Home initiative is run by Redrow in South and E Mids divisions as part of a wider strategy to help hedgehogs as well as biodiversity on developments.
Morrison Construction/E.Ayreshire Co Whatriggs Primary School and Early Childhood Centre were merged into a new campus providing modern sustainable facilities for local schoolchildren.

Project of the Year - medium/large scale Award finalists sponsored by British Land

Kier Utilities and Bristol Water The Southern Strategic Support Main is a 31km water pipeline between Barrow and Cheddar reservoirs which will improve the water supply to 280,000 houses and support the growing local population.	Scottish & Southern Electricity Net. Thurso South Substation is part of a larger development to reinforce the eletricity transmission network allowing connection of renewable generation projects in the north of Scotland.	Kier Highways and Highways England The Highways Habitat Connectivity project in Devon and Cornwall (A30 & A38) resulted in several habitat creation schemes including the creation of species rich grassland, heathland and 7km of new hedgerow.

Project of the Year - small scale Award finalists

Redrow Homes The Redrow Bumblebee project was a unique partnership wth the Bumblebee Conservation Trust to design for bumblebees on Redrow developments.	Willmott Dixon Construction Ltd Smitham Primary School project had the aim of increasing capacity via extra classrooms. The western part of the school was redesigned to improve areas of outdoor learning space through addition of new habitats to provide additional opportunities.	Sir Robert McAlpine The Sill: National Discovery Centre is a world class visitor destination in a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
LaSalle Investement Management Bourne Business Park Riverside Garden comprises an area of 6500sq m of greenspace enhanced to provide high-quality habitat features for biodiversity gain and maximum opportunities for wildlife encounter for the expanding business community.	Berkeley Homes (North East London) Goodman’s Fields: Wildlife Sky Gdns in Aldgate East in London is made up of a network of biodiverse habitats which are not usually found on high-rise developments.

Innovation Award finalists sponsored by Berkeley Group

Artecology Ltd for Wightlink IOW... The Fishbourne Vertipool array are a set of 5 built intertidal habitat features installed at a major ferry terminal, providing new integrated green-grey infrastructure and ecological gains for the marine environment.	Berkeley Homes (North East Lonond) Goodman's Fields development in Aldgate East, London is the wildlife sky garden made up of a network of diverse habitats which are not usually found on high-rise developments.	Various London LAs, RSPB, Buglife... Green Roof Shelters are innovative in taking essential small scale infrastructure – cycle parking, bins for recycling & refuse, and incorporating wildlife habitat - forage and nesting - that in turn provides us with a connection to wildlife, plants, the seasons and nature.
Skanska 52 Lime Street is a new commercial office development comprising of 35 floors, roof plant, 3 basement levels and a new public square.

Monitoring, Maintenance and Management Award finalists sponsored by Sir Robert McAlpine

Highways England, Sir Robert McAlp.. A19 Roadside Improvements demonstrates various enhancements to biodiversity of the road network - part of a long term landscape planning and management strategy.	Atkins Ltd and Tarmac Ltd Crown Farm Quarry is a joint Atkins and Tarmac project where innovative great creasted newt mitigation and additional habitat enhancement was implemented - above and beyond licensing requirements.	Network Rail Great Crested Newt Breeding Pond at Horsforth Railway Station, Leeds

Pollinator Award finalists

Scottish & Southern Electricity Netw Thurso South Substation is part of a larger development to reinforce the electricity transmission network allowing connection of renewable generation projects in the north of Scotland.	Redrow Homes Redrow Bumblebee Project is Redrow's unique partnership with the Bumblebee Conservation Trust to design for bumblebees on their developments.

Temporary Award finalists

Kier Construction London Wedge House in Southwark, London has an active breathing wall installed on the external hoarding purifying 1million litres of polluted air per day by using bioremediation and well as enhancing local biodiversity.	Osborne for DJ Two Hollingdean Road is a 198 unit student and affordable housing development with a number of ecological enhancements.	Skanska 52 Lime Street comprises 35 floors, roof plant, 3 basement levels and a new public square.

Voting for the 2018 BIG Biodiversity Champion is closed

Morgan Taylor

Greengage Environmental Ltd

David Wright

Morrison Construction

Caitlin Quinn

Morrison Construction

John Little

Grass Roof Company

Jamie Edmonds

Kier Utilities

Dr James Littlemore

Michael Dixon

Osborne

Dover Harbour Board & VSBW

Dover Western Docks revival - a marine civil engineering and infrastructrure project

Berkeley Group

Making space for nature and beauty - creating net biodiversity gain

Network Rail

Biodiversity No Net Loss: The Greater West Programme (TGWP) includes the eletrification of the railway from London - Cardiff providing faster, greener & more reliable service along with quieter, cleaner environment for lineside neigbours.

Artecology Ltd for Wightlink Isle...

A set of 5 built intertidal habitat features installed at a major ferry terminal providing new integrated green-grey infrastructure and ecological gains for the marine environment.

City of Trees, Galliford Try and....

Heroes Wood is a commemorative woodland in the grounds of Debdale Park, Manchester

Kier Construction

The Wexham Woodland, Wexham Park Hospital is part of £49m A&E Dept for Frimley Health NHS Foundaton Trust.

Redrow Homes

The Give a Hog a Home initiative is run by Redrow in South and E Mids divisions as part of a wider strategy to help hedgehogs as well as biodiversity on developments.

Morrison Construction/E.Ayreshire Co

Whatriggs Primary School and Early Childhood Centre were merged into a new campus providing modern sustainable facilities for local schoolchildren.

Kier Utilities and Bristol Water

The Southern Strategic Support Main is a 31km water pipeline between Barrow and Cheddar reservoirs which will improve the water supply to 280,000 houses and support the growing local population.

Scottish & Southern Electricity Net.

Thurso South Substation is part of a larger development to reinforce the eletricity transmission network allowing connection of renewable generation projects in the north of Scotland.

Kier Highways and Highways England

The Highways Habitat Connectivity project in Devon and Cornwall (A30 & A38) resulted in several habitat creation schemes including the creation of species rich grassland, heathland and 7km of new hedgerow.

Redrow Homes

The Redrow Bumblebee project was a unique partnership wth the Bumblebee Conservation Trust to design for bumblebees on Redrow developments.

Willmott Dixon Construction Ltd

Smitham Primary School project had the aim of increasing capacity via extra classrooms. The western part of the school was redesigned to improve areas of outdoor learning space through addition of new habitats to provide additional opportunities.

Sir Robert McAlpine

The Sill: National Discovery Centre is a world class visitor destination in a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

LaSalle Investement Management

Bourne Business Park Riverside Garden comprises an area of 6500sq m of greenspace enhanced to provide high-quality habitat features for biodiversity gain and maximum opportunities for wildlife encounter for the expanding business community.

Berkeley Homes (North East London)

Goodman’s Fields: Wildlife Sky Gdns in Aldgate East in London is made up of a network of biodiverse habitats which are not usually found on high-rise developments.

Artecology Ltd for Wightlink IOW...

The Fishbourne Vertipool array are a set of 5 built intertidal habitat features installed at a major ferry terminal, providing new integrated green-grey infrastructure and ecological gains for the marine environment.

Berkeley Homes (North East Lonond)

Goodman's Fields development in Aldgate East, London is the wildlife sky garden made up of a network of diverse habitats which are not usually found on high-rise developments.

Various London LAs, RSPB, Buglife...

Green Roof Shelters are innovative in taking essential small scale infrastructure – cycle parking, bins for recycling & refuse, and incorporating wildlife habitat - forage and nesting - that in turn provides us with a connection to wildlife, plants, the seasons and nature.

Skanska

52 Lime Street is a new commercial office development comprising of 35 floors, roof plant, 3 basement levels and a new public square.

Highways England, Sir Robert McAlp..

A19 Roadside Improvements demonstrates various enhancements to biodiversity of the road network - part of a long term landscape planning and management strategy.

Atkins Ltd and Tarmac Ltd

Crown Farm Quarry is a joint Atkins and Tarmac project where innovative great creasted newt mitigation and additional habitat enhancement was implemented - above and beyond licensing requirements.

Network Rail

Great Crested Newt Breeding Pond at Horsforth Railway Station, Leeds

Scottish & Southern Electricity Netw

Thurso South Substation is part of a larger development to reinforce the electricity transmission network allowing connection of renewable generation projects in the north of Scotland.

Redrow Homes

Redrow Bumblebee Project is Redrow's unique partnership with the Bumblebee Conservation Trust to design for bumblebees on their developments.

Kier Construction London

Wedge House in Southwark, London has an active breathing wall installed on the external hoarding purifying 1million litres of polluted air per day by using bioremediation and well as enhancing local biodiversity.

Osborne for DJ Two

Hollingdean Road is a 198 unit student and affordable housing development with a number of ecological enhancements.

Skanska

52 Lime Street comprises 35 floors, roof plant, 3 basement levels and a new public square.