O’Brien Contractors lands bronze medal for sustainability

WARWICKSHIRE civil engineering and groundworks firm, specialist, O’Brien Contractors, has been recognised for its commitment to sustainability with a new award.

The firm took home the Bronze award at the International Green Apple Awards for the Built Environment and Architectural Heritage 2016.

This is the second time in three years that O’Brien Contractors has received this recognition.
 
Lining up against some much larger companies, including Kier Construction, Carillion/Morgan Sindall JV and Skanska, the title was awarded for “clearly demonstrating a drive towards sustainable development.”
 
The judges also singled out O’Brien’s management for demonstrating foresight by “choosing to invest and diversify the business during the recession while starting to feel the pinch, resulting in strong financial results during the past six years”.
 
This enabled the specialist to invest in key areas of the business, including training and apprentices, providing young people with a career path in construction and upskilling current employees by providing them with 3.78 training days on average; and £4.4m in plant and equipment, to push environmental and efficiency savings across projects.
 
Peter O’Brien, managing director at O’Brien Contractors, said: “This award highlights the benefits we bring to the region and our customers by implementing best practices benchmarked against environmental, quality and health and safety performance.”