Projects £300,000 - £5 million

Below are the policies that apply for projects with a contract value of £300,000 - £5 million.

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Process & Compliance

Corporate Sustainability Policy

* Include in tender documentation
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Sustainability Brief

* Include in tender documentation
We look to our project teams to be ambitious in achieving the greatest positive social and environmental outcomes through their work on our developments. This Brief provides a process and guidance for setting and delivering on project specific sustainability goals.
Targets need to be agreed with the Sustainability Manager at Stage 1 Preparation and Brief.

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Click HERE to open the sustainability tracker.

Development Engagement Framework

All British Land developments must undertake a consistent, appropriate and robust approach to community engagement in the design and planning phases.

Please click HERE to open the Development Design and Planning Phase Community Engagement Framework which must be followed for your project.

Sustainability Employer’s Requirements

These overarching Employer’s Requirements are to be used on all projects working to the Sustainability Brief. They are in draft format allowing the project teams and sustainability consultants to adapt and incorporate project specific deliverables. There are notes within providing advice on how they are to be completed. Please consultant Sandra Sezgin and Emily Samoluk for further advice and for feedback on prior to issuing as part of tender instructions and contract documentation.

Sandra.sezgin@britishland.com and Emily.samoluk@britishland.com

Click HERE to open the Sustainability Employer’s Requirements document.

Biodiversity and Nature

All landscape architects should review our Framework and Design Guide and integrate into design in line with our Sustainability Brief.
Click HERE to open Biodiversity Design Guide.Click HERE for the London Biodiversity Framework.Click HERE for the Retail Biodiversity Framework.

Materials Schedule

This schedule should be provided to the architect and design team for review and to inform the design. It should be updated in the project specific Sustainability Brief and provided to the Principal Contractor to ensure that the schedule is adhered to throughout the construction phase.
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Social Impact During Construction: Delivery & Reporting Process – Campus Developments

This document sets out the process, roles and responsibilities to deliver social impact initiatives on development projects at British Land campuses. Initiatives should deliver on KPIs in British Land’s Sustainability Brief and align with campus social impact programmes.

Please click HERE to open the document. It must be followed for all Development projects on British Land’s campuses.

Circular Economy

Full Circle, Full Potential is our approach to the Circular Economy. It is a guide for how projects should implement circularity principles from Stage 0-1 onwards to maximise the potential for material reuse and ensuring materials maintain their highest value for longer.
Link to the Guide (Full Circle, Full Potential)
Links to protocols: Circular Economy Statement TemplateDemolition Material TrackerDeconstruction Tender TemplateMaterials Passport Protocol

Office Design Guide

Office Developments - This Guide outlines British Land’s requirements for new offices. It has been assembled for the professional consultants and contractors who design and build our offices. In line with our management procedures it should be adapted for each building. This document is not intended to be publicly available or issued directly to potential occupiers. (see Sustainability Brief)
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Office Fit-out Guide

The guide provides information in respect of fit-out design and materials; it does not override the Lease. Information is given to assist "The Occupier" in preparing their fit-out proposals for British Land's approval and provide advice on fit-out procedures including site management arrangements during the fit-out. The guidance intends to support delivery of a fit-out that meets the Occupiers needs and supports the efficient management of "The Building" for the benefit of all occupiers. These guides are project specific and should be approved by the British Land Project Director.
For a copy of a previous example, please email sandra.sezgin@britishland.com

Shop Fit-out Guide

These guides are project specific and should be approved by the British Land Project Director. Local Centres use standard templates and Regional Centres have bespoke guides. For more information or to request copies of guides, please contact the relevant Centre Manager.

Energy Metering and Energy Management System Strategy

This document is for the guidance of energy management systems design within mixed use commercial office buildings for British Land and is relevant to new build, significant refurbishment or extension projects.
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ICT Strategy Design & Construction Guidelines

This guide provides the ICT Strategy for the building and should be read in conjunction with the Smart Buildings Design Guide. This should be used within the early stages of the design to inform connectivity requirements and system specifications.There is a separate guide for small works with Meraki.
Contact Johan.Joubert@britishland.com for further details.
For large sites click HERE to open the guide.
For small sites click HERE to open the guide.

Network Services Design Guidelines

This document is to provide guidance on British Land’s expectations of the network services infrastructure to be delivered at Practical Completion of an office development, whether it is a new build or a refurbishment. It extends the delivery and sign off and should be issued along with the ICT Strategy Design guide
Contact Johan.Joubert@britishland.com for further details.
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In Building Cellular Guide (IBCG)

British Land recognises the need for good in building cellular coverage that supports both the tenants and landlords' demise. It is proposed that this workflow forms part of the Smart Building enablement carried out by the Smart Building Consultant.
Contact Johan.Joubert@britishland.com for further details.
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Credit 360 Online Reporting

Sustainability data is provided by the site teams on our developments monthly, quarterly and annually through automated data requests from cr360. This data is reviewed at least quarterly by British Land or a specialist consultant and is reported in internal and external reports.
These user guides explain how to update data in cr360 and how to navigate around the site:

How to update Wellbeing data.
How to update Futureproofing data. Link to Waste reporting requirements
How to update Skills and Community / Procurement data.

Please contact Reagan.Kynaston@britishland.com to register members for data entry and arrange a training session where appropriate.

Soft Landings/Aftercare Plan

Aftercare is the term used for a set of strategies that seek to ensure the building occupants get full value from the premises, and the asset performs well for its owner/occupiers.A project specific Soft Landings/Aftercare plan should be developed at Stage 1 and reviewed and signed off with the BL Sustainability Lead before moving on to Stage 2.
Click HERE for a template which is to be tailored by the Project Manager as appropriate to the projectClick HERE to download the Broadgate Handover Protocol example.

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