Balfour Beatty has featured in Project Scotland discussing how it collaborated with Whitecroft Lighting – one of the company’s supply chain partners - to pioneer a groundbreaking packaging solution used to deliver material to the new Dunfermline Learning Campus site at Fife College in Scotland.
In the interview, Jim Brannan, Head of Supply Chain Development at Balfour Beatty described how the campus’ ambitious energy targets prompted Balfour Beatty to engage with its supply chain partners early on to identify and develop sustainable solutions, leading to the discovery of Geopak, a reusable and collapsible modular packaging system.
This innovative solution, which was then developed, eliminates the need for single-use plastic and cardboard, preventing up to two tonnes of packaging waste over the duration of the project.
Jim said: ““It took us nearly two years of ideas sharing, collaborating, coming up with prototypes, getting the other stakeholders involved, and getting the software. We said we’d help design it and bring it to market, but this is a solution for the construction industry, not just for Whitecroft and Balfour Beatty at Fife College.”
To read more about the sustainable packaging solution and its impact on the Fife College project, click here.
Image: The first delivery of material at Fife College using Geopak
