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Brosamer Green Initiatives
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Recycling: RLB recycles all paper products, batteries, plastics, printer/copier toners, used electronics, and metals. |
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Conservation: Reuse packaging, envelopes, print double-sided, turn off lights, AC, heater, and other appliances when not in use. |
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Paperless: RLB invested in Explorer Contract Manager – an accounting and project management system that will eventually eliminate 90% of the printing and copying. |
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Flexible Schedule: allows flexible work hours which reduce commuting time, reducing congestion, and lower emission. |
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Office Location: RLB recently relocated our main office next to the Walnut Creek BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) Station to encourage employees to utilize public transportation to and from work. RLB also provides free BART tickets to some office employees to encourage use of mass-transit. |
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Post-Consumer Products: Whenever possible, RLB purchases post-consumer recycled paper, and other recycled products. |
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Encourage Green-Initiative: In our latest Company Safety Meeting in April 2009, we discussed several green-initiatives and encourage participation in protecting the environment. |
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Ride-Sharing: RLB provides shuttles and arranges carpooling to all company events. |
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Charity Work: RLB supports charity work every year. In 2009, RLB will support a Green Charity. We utilize certified environmental-friendly cleaning services using non-toxic and green detergent and cleaning solutions. |
Green Initiatives in the Field Operations:
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Employee Camp Locations: RLB sets up campgrounds at most of our field projects so jobsite employees can live close to work in trailers or RVs. |
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Hybrids and down-sizing engines: all field managers drive hybrid Ford Escapes. We are also purchasing 4-cylinder vehicles for the engineering staff, replacing 6- and 8-cylinder engines. The 4-cylinder vehicles achieve 24 MPG versus an average of 16 MPG for the larger engines. 20% of the total truck fleet is downsized to 4-cylinder engines. |
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RLB enrolled in the South Coast Air Quality Management District SOON Program on October 6, 2008 to achieve early compliance with the State off-Road Diesel Regulations. RLB replaced manager vehicles with Ford Escape Hybrids. |
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RLB implemented the No-Idling Policy prior to it becoming law. |
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RLB’s involvement in the All American Canal Project helps save 132,000 acre feet of water seepage loss per year. This not only conserves water as a resource, but also enhances the eco system of the Colorado River. RLB was also involved in another similar project at the Coachella Canal. |
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Recycling of material at the Napa, Pittsburg, Dublin, San Jose Airport, LAX and Truckee projects. Existing material from these projects was re-used by crushing as a lean base (both broken concrete and milled asphalt). These actions saved on using new paving material plus the diesel engines required for the trucking of the material. Approximately 200,000 tons of material were recycled and used on the same project in the last 5 years. |
Given that heavy machinery are a major source of pollution in heavy civil construction, R&L Brosamer has made drastic efforts to significantly improve our equipment carbon footprint and become a leader in reducing emission by replacing older equipment with newer, greener technologies.
Green Initiatives in the Field Operations, Specifically for the LAX Project:
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RLB encourages carpooling to work. |
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Foremen trucks have limitation on fuel usage to reduce waste. |
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In addition to the above, we also have outlined several plans (such as optimize delivery schedules to minimize double-handling, etc.) in our Project Sustainability and SWPPP submittals. |
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RLB implemented the No-Idling Policy prior to it becoming law. |
Agencies that have worked with R&L Brosamer to Improve our Environmental Effort: We have worked closely with the following agencies and companies in the last few years to progress our Company, transform our equipment department, and improve our environmental knowledge:
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South Coast Air Quality Management District Carl Moyer |
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Advance Environmental Controls, Inc. |
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Over the last few years, R&L Brosamer has committed millions of dollars to invest in green technology and environmental friendly equipment. On the LAX Crossfield Taxiway Project, R&L Brosamer has and will spend well over $1,000,000 just to purchase BACT and alternative energy equipment, install filters on lower tier equipment, and utilize plans and methods that will further reduce emission on this Project.
