2017 Shortlisted entries | CIRIA Biodiversity

BIG Biodiversity Challenge 2017: Finalists

BIG Biodiversity Champion Award sponsored by Sir Robert McAlpine

Christopher Rochford, Costain
Kathy Grogan, H&IoW Wildlife Trust
Kris Crookes, ESH Construction
Lizzie Rendell, Skanska
Rory Daines, Morgan Sindall
Victoria Pollard, MerseylinkJV
Will Eddy, Osborne

The nominees for our 2017 BIG Biodiversity Champion Award are listed below. For details about each of our nominees, please click on each name listed below.

Christopher Rochford, Costain

Kathy Grogan, Isle of Wight

Kris Crookes, ESH Construction

Lizzie Rendell, Skanska

Rory Daines, Morgan Sindall

Victoria Pollard, Merseylink, JV

Will Eddy, Osborne

Voting for the 2017 BIG Biodiversity Champion is now closed.

Voting for the 2017 BIG Biodiversity Champion is now closed

Client Award finalists sponsored by Kier

Arup, The Crown Estate & others Wild West End - Arup, The Crown Estate, Grosvenor Britain & Ireland, The Portman Estate, Shaftesbury, Howard de Walden	Island Roads Highways PFI & others Artecology at work! The Eelevator with Heart & Dart Tiles.

Community Engagement Award finalists sponsored by Land Securities

Berkeley Homes/London Wildlife Trust Pond dipping at Kidbrooke Village, London	Mace Group/London Wildlife Trust Removing invasive species along riverside crane - Crane Meadows Restoration Programme, Hounslow	National Grid Community volunteers restoring hedgerows and improving woodland habitate at Elstree Electricity Substation
RG Group Primary school pupils learning to bee keepers at new school hive - Redhill Quadrant Redevelopment

Large Scale Permanent Award finalists

Merseyside (MCCJV) and others Mersey Gateway Project, Halton District	Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd Local school visit to learn about biodiversity and construct hibernacula - Pinewood Studios Development Framework (PSDF) Iver Heath, Bucks	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

Medium Scale Permanent Award finalists sponsored by British Land

Costain/Skanska JV Mile End shaft green roof installation - C360 Crossrail Intermediate Shafts and Headhouses, London	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
Kier Utilities & Team Van Oord New hedgerow at Cannington Fllod Alleviation Scheme, Somerset

Small Scale Permanent Award finalists

Costain and others Making hibernacula's and tree planting with school children - Tovil Footbridge Community Garden	Kier for Canal & River Trust Offside location where clay bank created - Park Farm - Water Vole Habitat Creation, Northampton	Redrow Homes Hedgehog hotel installed on Redrow site to promote the habitat of hedgehogs - Help for Hedgehogs, Glenwood Farm Nr Devon

Maintenance and Management Award finalists sponsored by Esri

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

Pollinator Award finalists sponsored by The Berkeley Group

J Murphy & Sons Early bloom of the wildflower meadow seed spread during the project - Jones Bridge, Mickle Trafford	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

Temporary Award finalists

Crossrail, BFK & others Creation of a bug hotel, 1st Crystal Palace scout and Crossrail site manager - Farringdon Station Crossrail, London	David Wilson Homes & others Hedgehog highway - Spinney Fields, Warwickshire	Arup & 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

Christopher Rochford, Costain

Kathy Grogan, H&IoW Wildlife Trust

Kris Crookes, ESH Construction

Lizzie Rendell, Skanska

Rory Daines, Morgan Sindall

Victoria Pollard, MerseylinkJV

Will Eddy, Osborne

Voting for the 2017 BIG Biodiversity Champion is now closed

Arup, The Crown Estate & others

Wild West End - Arup, The Crown Estate, Grosvenor Britain & Ireland, The Portman Estate, Shaftesbury, Howard de Walden

Island Roads Highways PFI & others

Artecology at work! The Eelevator with Heart & Dart Tiles.

Berkeley Homes/London Wildlife Trust

Pond dipping at Kidbrooke Village, London

Mace Group/London Wildlife Trust

Removing invasive species along riverside crane - Crane Meadows Restoration Programme, Hounslow

National Grid

Community volunteers restoring hedgerows and improving woodland habitate at Elstree Electricity Substation

RG Group

Primary school pupils learning to bee keepers at new school hive - Redhill Quadrant Redevelopment

Merseyside (MCCJV) and others

Mersey Gateway Project, Halton District

Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd

Local school visit to learn about biodiversity and construct hibernacula - Pinewood Studios Development Framework (PSDF) Iver Heath, Bucks

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

Costain/Skanska JV

Mile End shaft green roof installation - C360 Crossrail Intermediate Shafts and Headhouses, London

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

Kier Utilities & Team Van Oord

New hedgerow at Cannington Fllod Alleviation Scheme, Somerset

Costain and others

Making hibernacula's and tree planting with school children - Tovil Footbridge Community Garden

Kier for Canal & River Trust

Offside location where clay bank created - Park Farm - Water Vole Habitat Creation, Northampton

Redrow Homes

Hedgehog hotel installed on Redrow site to promote the habitat of hedgehogs - Help for Hedgehogs, Glenwood Farm Nr Devon

Environment Agency & others

Werrington Brook improvements location map and before after pictures. Peterborough

Kier Highways and StOC

Laying a new hedge - Highways England Area 1 Blackhall Farm Management, Devon

Environment Agency & others

The construction process and methods used including silt capture in the main river - River Glen Improvements, Peterborough

J Murphy & Sons

Early bloom of the wildflower meadow seed spread during the project - Jones Bridge, Mickle Trafford

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

Crossrail, BFK & others

Creation of a bug hotel, 1st Crystal Palace scout and Crossrail site manager - Farringdon Station Crossrail, London

David Wilson Homes & others

Hedgehog highway - Spinney Fields, Warwickshire

Arup & 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