Sustainability Leadership Award

Winner

David Strong

David Strong has had a phenomenal 2007, emerging as one of the most influential figures in the drive to make the industry sustainable. The year started with the formation of the UK Green Building Council which he was instrumental in getting off the ground – the group has hit the ground running since its launch in March, attracting scores of leading firms across the spectrum of the industry, from clients through to engineers, architects, contractors and manufacturers.

Not content with driving change in the industry Strong has also played a key role in the politics of sustainability. He wrote a key chapter in the Blueprint for a Green Economy publication which was produced by the Conservative Party’s Quality of Life Group headed by John Gummer and Zac Goldsmith in September.

And as if that was not enough for one man Strong also moved jobs, quitting his role at the BRE as managing director of its Environment division, to take up a post at Renewable Energy Systems, a division of contractor Sir Robert McAlpine.

Sponsor

Waterman Group is an international, multi-disciplinary, engineering and environmental consultancy delivering a one-stop service to clients in all sectors. The combined expertise of the technical advisors and consultants assist our many clients in delivering sustainable developments based on sound principles looking to innovate and improve in planning, design and construction.

Sustainability is embedded in all the services that Waterman Group provides to its clients. It is the combined skills of our team and the ability to work together which enables us to address, in a comprehensive manner, sustainability aspects of each project whether dealing with the strategic consideration of site selection at a pre-planning stage or the technical detailing to achieve and exceed the requirements set out in legislation and regulation. Our approach to monitoring a changing commercial and environmentally conscious market ensures that we can help meet our client’s development objectives and corporate responsibility.

Waterman group is delighted to sponsor the Sustainability Leadership Award which demonstrates how the effect of one individual or group of people can make such a significant difference for our future.