2017 BIG Biodiversity Challenge entries | CIRIA Biodiversity

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The Artecology Eelevator Island Roads Highways PFI (Client) with Artecology, Environment Agency and Arc Consulting	Belfast Health & Social Care Trust Digital image of a garden included in the Replacement Acute Mental Health Inpatient Facility - Belfast	Arup, The Crown Estate & others Wild West End - Arup, The Crown Estate, Grosvenor Britain & Ireland, The Portman Estate, Shaftesbury, Howard de Walden
Great Crested Newt Pilot Woking Borough Council, Natural England, ADAS

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Large Scale Permanent Award

Balfour Beatty and Norfolk CC Bird feeder made by pupils - Norwich Northern Distributor Road Infrastructure Project	J Murphy & Sons Uffington Footbridge - bug hotel made from left over construction materials	RG Group Primary school pupils learning to bee keepers at new school hive - Redhill Quadrant Redevelopment
Skanska, Network Rail & others Northern Hub Alliance - planters (May 2017) at Orshall Chord Development	Sir Robert McApline Ltd Community garden nearing completion - City of Glasgow college	Sir Robert McApline Ltd Bug hotel - The Grande project Aberdeen
Sir Robert McApline Ltd Volunteers plant up newly constructed planters - new London Embassy project	BAM Construction Ltd Wheelbarrow planter in welfare area - St Mary Magdalene School, London	Berkeley Homes/London Wildlife Trust Pond dipping at Kidbrooke Village, London
Environment Agency & others Werrington Brook imporovement scheme	National Grid Community volunteers restoring hedgerows and improving woodland habitate at Elstree Electricity Substation	Interserve Construction Ltd Planting saplings at Lochend Woods - Dunbar Energy Recovery Facility, East Lothain
Keepmoat Regeneration Engie Before and after photo of a section of garden - Pembrooke House Community Garden, London	Kier construction Eastern Local school children planting at University of Northampton Garden project	Costain Planters at London Bridge Station Redevelopment Project
Carillion/Morgan Sindall Talk on Great Crested Newt, A6MARR project, Stockport	Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay & SEACAM S2 Childrens workshop for Bioblocks: building with nature	Mace Group/London Wildlife Trust Removing invasive species along riverside crane - Crane Meadows Restoration Programme, Hounslow
Kier on behalf of Network Rail Green team trying to unlock the geocache cryptic code - Cuckoo and Maerdy, Newport Gwent

Atkins, City of London & BAM Nuttall Aerial View of the Model Boating Pond with new island and new dam blending into the landscape - Hampstead Heath Pond Project	Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd Local school visit to learn about biodiversity and construct hibernacula - Pinewood Studios Development Framework (PSDF) Iver Heath, Bucks	Balfour Beatty/Norfolk CC Engaging with a local school team - Norwich Northern Distributor Rd, Norfolk
Merseylink (MCCJV) and others Mersey Gateway Project, Halton District

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St James - The Berkeley Group New pond with varying depths and bank planting created - Fitzroy Gate, London	Skanska & Network Rail Wildflower planting by access ramp - Bermondsey Dive Under Project - Thameslink Programme, London	David Wilson Homes/Brooks Ecological Archimedes screw being manoeuvred into place - Garnett Wharfe, Otley, W Yorks.
J Murphy & Sons Re-grading railway cutting at Harbury Warwickshire	Environment Agency & others Design features to improve the watercourse - Werrington Brook Improvement Scheme, Peterborough	Kier Construction Eastern Hibernation bat box to be installed as part of the mitigation strategy - Univ of Essex Biodiversity Enhancement project, Colchester
Galliford Try & others Bat House at Park View Student Village - Newcastle University	Kier Construction Scotland Planter formed from excess timber & soil from Glasgow School of Art project, Glagow	Kier Utilities/Team Van Oord Fallen tree/ otter holt in-situ, Cannington Somerset
Kier Utilities & Team Van Oord New hedgerow at Cannington Fllod Alleviation Scheme, Somerset	Greengage Environmental Ltd & others The development commencing on site - Quebec Way	AMCO/Network Rail Lamington Viaduct Embankment - Scotland
Barking Riverside Ltd/Mayor ofLondon Children learning about wildlife - Barking Riverside, Water Vole Habitat Creation and Re-Introduction	Environment Agency & others The construction process and methods used - River Glen improvements, Peterborough	Costain/Skanska JV Mile End shaft green roof installation - C360 Crossrail Intermediate Shafts and Headhouses, London
AMEY, Staffordshire CC & others Aerial photo prior to scheme completion - Stafford Wesern Access Road - Stafford	Network Rail/QTS/COWI UK Completed works showing new embankment profile - Garriongill Embankment Stabilisation and Mine working Remediation - Wishaw, Scotland	Kier on behalf of Network Rail Mature oak tree preserved - Cuckoo and Maerdy, Newport, Gwent
Environment Agency "Berried" female crayfish assessed ahead of release at Ark Site - Rising Brook Rugeley Flood Risk Management Scheme

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Small Scale Permanent Award

Skanska, Arup & DCWW Swansea Bay WwTW Wind Turbine - phase 1 of biodiversity measures in place.	Morgan Sindall & others Reeds flourishing two months after installation - Crossrail, Pudding Mill Lane, London	Kier Construction London Bees are one of the many pollinators that are present amongst the meadow - Woodford County High School, London
Kier Construction London View of green roof and planters on Level 9 - Parnell House, London	Kier Utilities/Team Van Oord Aerial view of Rugeley Flood Alleviation Scheme, Rugeley	Kier for Network Rail Seven Rowan trees planted along the roadway in centre of Port Talbot - River Afan, Port Talbot
Kier for Canal & River Trust Offside location where clay bank created - Park Farm - Water Vole Habitat Creation, Northampton	Kier Construction Northern Bug Hotel - St Margaret's & Palmerston School, Liverpool	J Murphy and Sons Ltd LOWASP - Bountagu Community Allotment, Enfield
Kier Construction Northern Mount Pleasant Primiary school local bird box - Lockwood, Huddersfield Town Centre	J Murphy & Sons Ltd and others Halo thinning carried out - Gospel Oak to Barking Electrification Project, LB of Islington, Parkland Walk Nature Reserve	Redrow Homes Hedgehog hotel installed on Redrow site to promote the habitat of hedgehogs - Help for Hedgehogs, Glenwood Farm Nr Devon
Network Rail & others Ongoing construction of the nesting bank - Whitburn Point Sand Martin Nesting Bank, Tyne and Wear	J Murphy & Sons Embankments and improved grasslands starting to show wildflower cover - Jones Bridge, Mickle Trafford	Multiplex Children at Craigour Park Primary in their garden with bird box on tree with Multiplex staff - Scouts Bird Boxes for School, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh
Kier Construction Stag beetle habitat made by school children - Sir Francis Drake Primary School, Lewisham, London	Kier Group - Local Highways Division Site improved to enhance biodiversity with increased natural light, weeds removal and small habitat enhancements incorporated. The Rougham Refuge for Nature, Suffolk	Kier Construction Eastern Plan for new wetland habitat zone to be created as part of Ongar Academy Ecological Enhancement plan - Ongar, Essex
Kier Construction Northern Green roof on site cabin - Bolton Interchange, Bolton	Keepmoat Regeneration/Engie Before and after photo of section of garden - Pembroke House Community Garden, London	Indonesian Species Conservation Prog Planting sugar palm as agroforestry better than palm oil n Sibolangit District - Sumatra, Indonesia
Interserve Construction Ltd & others "Lizard Kerb" at Derbyshire Waste Treatment Centre, Derby	Graham Construction Green roof on Chester Bus Interchange - Chester	Trees for Cities and others The hospital's transformed green spaces - Maudsley Hospital Community Gardens, London
BAM Construction Ltd Landscaped roof terrace - 30 Broadwick Street, London	Sir Robert McApline Ltd Biodiversity planting accessible to the general public - Riverwalk, London	Kier Utilities Insect hotel - Western Power Distribution - Bird boxes & Insect hotels - North Devon
Kier Utilities/Team Van Oord Log pile habitat created - Selley Park Flood Alleviation Scheme, Birmingham	Costain and others Making hibernacula's and tree planting with school children - Tovil Footbridge Community Garden	Kier Construction Northern "Toadstool" seating and planter created by painting waste cable drums - Brentwood Special Educational Needs School, Manchester
J Murphy & Sons Ltd Ariel view of Sharnbrook viaduct and compound, Bedfordshire

Maintenance & Management Award

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Brooks Ecological Estates & others Magnesian Limestone Grassland with good sward establishment - Leeds	Kier Highways and StOC Laying a new hedge - Highways England Area 1 Blackhall Farm Management, Devon	Environment Agency & others Werrington Brook improvements location map and before after pictures. Peterborough
Environment Agency & others The construction process and methods used including silt capture in the main river - River Glen Improvements, Peterborough

Pollinator Award sponsored by

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Vinci Facilities Insect mansion bilingual sign - Welsh Government, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion.	Kier Construction Northern Green roof - Bolton Interchange	Kier Construction Northern Biodiversity garden area - Fairburn View Primary School - Castleford
Willmott Dixon St Mary's Fields Primary School and their Bug Hotel - Leicester	Kier Group- Local Highways Division Checking progress of the beehive in the wild garden - Aspen Way, Torquay	J Murphy & Sons Early bloom of the wildflower meadow seed spread during the project - Jones Bridge, Mickle Trafford
Kier Construction Northern Bird box in situ - Dewsbury Learning Quarter W Yorks.

Temporary Award

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Taylor Woodrow Planters with strawberries and lavender flower - Crossrail West Stations Project, Ealing Broadway, London	David Wilson Homes & others Hedgehog highway - Spinney Fields, Warwickshire	Carillion/Morgan Sindall Insect hotel - A6 to Manchester Airport Relief Road (A6MARR), Stockport
S&T (UK) Insect hotel that is going to be a permanent feature of the site, post construction - West Park, Virginia Water, England	Redrow Homes Sunflower being grown on site - Sunflower Challenge, Nationwide	Crossrail, BFK and others Creation of a bug hotel, 1st Crystal Palace scout and Crossrail site manager - Farringdon Station Crossrail, London
S & T (UK) Cut logs helping to attract voles to the area - Beaverbrook hotel and spa, Leatherhead, Surrey	Multiplex Construction & others The site wormery - One Nine Elms, Vauxhall, London	Kier Construction Eastern Planted border constructed along hoarding at the ARM main building site - Cambridge
GRAHAM - BAM Healthcare Partnership Front of Ulster Hospital inpatient ward block - Belfast	BAM Construction Ltd Replanting pallet planters - Southbank Centre, London	Esh Construction Ltd & Sunderland CC Newt ladder, Wildlife report in site cabin, planters made by using recycled pipes in site compound. Enterprise Zone Infrastructure Phase 2, Sunderland
BAM Construction Ltd Planters made with local school children - R1 Building, King's Cross, London	BAM Construction Ltd Insect hotels, planters, hard hat hanging baskets in the site compound - Coal Drops Yard, King's Cross, London	Arup and Grosvenor The living wall on the scaffolding - Mayfair, London
Osborne Bee and bug hotels - Number One Portsmouth	Sir Robert McAlpine Ecological survey being undertaken - West Quay Watermark, Southampton

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