The fifth annual North West Regional Construction Awards, organised by the Centre for Construction Innovation, are held in May this year and we are pleased to announce that BuilderScrap have been shortlised for two awards this year.  After receiving the Carbon Reduction Award last year, we were over the moon to find out that this year we were shortlisted in the Sustainability and Business Innovation categories.

Roy Stewart, CEO & Operations Director of the Centre for Construction Innovation, said: “The calibre and range of entries gets better year on year, the previous four years have been a huge success; with past winners going on to achieve national accolades. I have no doubt that this year’s awards will, once again, prove that the North West stands at the forefront of the construction industry”.

 There is some tough competition, so please keep your fingers crossed and watch this space for more news!

Revolutionary building materials reuse web site BuilderScrap is to launch a premium membership programme designed especially for builders’ merchants.

BuilderScrap was founded by commercial contractors The Trustland Group as a response to the ever increasing problem of construction waste. It aims to connect surplus building material, otherwise destined for landfill or recycling, with projects in the local area requiring those materials.

Previously aimed at contractors and tradespeople, BuilderScrap has now launched a membership for suppliers into the trade. This membership not only allows suppliers to pass on slow moving or returned stock to their local community, thus saving on storage and/or disposal, but allows them to demonstrate their commitment to the environment and the industry.

In an increasingly competitive environment, companies need to show that they are going above and beyond what is required by legislation and policy. By using BuilderScrap to pass on materials to charities,

community groups and other parties in need, companies can prove their corporate social responsibility.

The new membership programme will provide merchants with a whole list of benefits including:

1. Demonstrating your support for reuse within the supply chain

2. Evidence based corporate social responsibility

3. Helping provide your customers with the reuse solution

4. Stimulating the market by moving surplus materials which otherwise would have be thrown away

5. Visibility in the BuilderScrap directory

6. A route to market for obsolete and slow moving stock lines

BuilderScrap, a not for profit organisation, is seeking new ways to both improve the service and also help support what has become an invaluable industry resource.

Recent awards, including the Green Apple ‘Gold Award’ and the NW Construction Industry Carbon Reduction award, have shown how the industry now regards materials reuse as an integral part of the battle to combat waste and also cut costs associated with sending materials to landfill.

Les Owens, Managing Director of BuilderScrap commented, ‘with the launch of this new programme, we are confident that builders merchants will see value in supporting the site and also being part of a growing community of organizations within the construction industry, all brought together with one common purpose; the reduction of our dependence on landfill sites’

For more information about BuilderScrap please contact:

Rebecca Owens, Marketing Manager

E: rco@builderscrap.com

T: 0844 225 3000

Last week BuilderScrap celebrated it’s first official birthday!  And what a year it has been.  This post looks at some of our highlights of last year.

I asked a few members of the BuilderScrap team to give me a paragraph each about their highlights from our first year.

Mike Close

 Mike Close, Project Manager, wrote ‘Having only joined 3 months ago, it has been an exciting time to join the team, there is so much going on and it is obvious how far BuilderScrap has come even over the last few months, yet alone the year as a whole. It has been a quick learning process and I now feel very much part of the team that is ready to take BuilderScrap to the next level. My high points without doubt have been spreading the message at the various road shows and trade shows; Eco build was a particular favourite. I look forward to continuing to help to develop and drive things forward over the coming year, there are some fantastic opportunities both in the UK and overseas, just not enough time in the day.’

Paul Jones

Paul Jones, our Digital Marketing Assistant, ‘I’ve been working for BuilderScrap for roughly 7 months, it has been quite an experience, and some of my highlights of the past few months have been the trips to Birmingham and London. I also enjoyed watching the user numbers consistently grow thanks to the work of our marketing team and the early mornings at Huws Gray.  Looking back on my time here I have enjoyed working with everyone especially the users who continue to support us.’

Dannii Owens

Dannii Owens, Marketing Assistant says ‘Having worked for BuilderScrap before graduating last year I was really excited to be offered a position as Marketing Assistant.  Ten months later and I have experienced a great year with the company, particularly enjoying the opportunity to meet and speak to new people through user surveys, trade shows and our road show!  I know from personal experience that people asking to do a short survey can be time consuming and rather annoying but all of our users so far have been talkative, helpful and friendly.  I was also one of the lucky team members who got to attend EcoBuild this year, another brilliant experience with a variety of people to speak to and lots of interesting companies displaying their businesses.  The road show at Huws Gray yards was also great fun, who wouldn’t enjoy free sausage and egg butties three times a week?’

As for me, the highlights have been growing our small team of me, the MD and a couple of consultants to include Dannii, Paul, Mike, and the six new staff who have joined us this week from the future jobs fund.  It’s also been great to receive recognition for what we are doing, through winning and being shortlisted for several prestigious awards, including the Green Apple Award, Construction News Quality Awards, Rushlight Awards and Wirral Investment Network Awards.  It has also been great to see our memberships rise dramatically, which they contimue to do!