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Reuse and recycle construction materials
How clients can encourage the use, recycling and reuse of materials to reduce overall waste from construction.
Contractor's guide to cutting waste from construction projects
How construction contractors can work to effectively reduce waste in their construction projects and save money.
Recovering and using recycled aggregates
What recycled or secondary aggregates are, the associated quality protocols and best practice, and how to buy them.
Designer's guide to cutting waste from construction projects
How designers can eliminate waste from construction projects at the design stage to cut costs and conserve resources.
Five key principles to designing out waste from civil engineering projects
How designers can apply the designing out waste principles to improve the efficiency of civil engineering projects.
Applying the designing out waste principles to building projects
How architects and building designers can apply the designing out waste principles to building projects.
Benefits of reducing waste from construction projects
Key benefits to contractors when reducing project waste, such as lower disposal costs and carbon emissions.
Principles of designing out construction waste
How to apply principles for using resources efficiently in the design stage of construction projects.
Benefits of designing out construction waste
How working to reduce or eliminate construction waste at the design stage can benefit your construction projects.
Reducing and reusing demolition waste
How to use demolition waste, reduce overall demolition waste levels and understanding the ICE Demolition Protocol.
Allowing time off work
When staff have a statutory right to time off, when it must be paid, and how to deal with discretionary requests.
Time off work for training and certain job-related duties and activities
Time off for training for those to be made redundant, union and safety representatives, and pension scheme trustees.
Who has the right to time off work and when is it paid?
Time off for trade union work, TUPE consultation, pension scheme, and public duties is a paid, statutory requirement.
Time off work for information and consultation purposes
Time off to be a representative in redundancy and transfer situations, and to attend information and consultation meetings.
Time off work for personal commitments and emergencies
An employee's right to unpaid time off to look after dependants in an emergency, discretionary and extended leave.
Time off for public and judicial service and duties
Time off rights for employees taking part in activities relating to public bodies and the legal system.
Statutory time off work for parental reasons
Time off for maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental leave or parental leave, and time off for pregnant employees.
Growth and maturity stage of a product life cycle
Strategies for growing and maturing a product, and increasing profit margins and profitability.
Which technology businesses can use design?
How engineering and technology development businesses can benefit from using design principles
Integrate design with other business processes
How to involve designers in all stages of development of a new product or service, and why you should integrate design from the start