Jones Bros (Ruthin) Civil Engineering has achieved the highest ever mark in the UK in an important environmental quality assessment.

The ‘excellent’ 94.6 per cent score was secured in the prestigious Civil Engineering Environmental Quality Assessment and Award Scheme, CEEQUAL.

It was awarded for Jones Bros’ work on an £8.5m contract to provide infrastructure for a £13m business park development at Parc Cybi, Anglesey.

The award scheme, backed by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), aims to improve sustainability of civil engineering and public realm projects.

The civil engineering company was assessed on many aspects of its environmental and social performance on the project, including use of materials, waste minimisation, reduction of carbon emissions, community relations, land use and ecology.

CEEQUAL chief executive, Roger Venables, said: “Our threshold for excellent CEEQUAL awards is 75 per cent, so any score above 90 per cent is exceptional. Only seven out of 51 awards made so far have scored above 90 per cent. No other firm has achieved the level Jones Bros attained since the scheme’s launch.”

Jones Bros contract manager Hefin Lloyd-Davies “This achievement is a tremendous boost to the team who worked on site. It will also be invaluable when we tender for new business.”

Jones Bros processed 120,000 tonnes of materials excavated during the construction, to reuse in the roads it built for the project. This saved 12,000 lorry movements on the B4545 and other local roads.

The plans for the scheme also went through the value engineering process, enabling Jones Bros’ civil engineering experts to suggest ways to reduce building costs while maintaining the integrity of the overall plan, quality of materials and work.

This shaved £650,000 off the contract, to construct the infrastructure at the 120-acre Parc Cybi enterprise, residential and retail site.

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