James Maclean, CEO of wet civil and environmental engineering firm Land & Water, is on a mission to drive down wastage in his construction and civil engineering industry from its current 30-38% levels.

James has spent time looking at waste in the industry and says he is appalled at what he sees. His series of videos attempt to open a dialogue on the means to attack waste to drive down the industry's carbon footprint and race to net zero.

James explains: "We all have the ability - at every level and within every role - to respond to waste and it's time the industry took action in order to drive down our impacts and act with responsibility. Responsibility can be broken down into two words, response and ability and there are immediate changes we can all make."

Starting close to home by looking at its own company, Land & Water has identified eight key areas that can be tackled quickly by the sector in order to minimise time, energy and resources being wasted.

These eight areas are:
• Planning and co-ordination
• How materials and resources are used on site
• How the industry works with weather (and against it) to improve efficiency
• Energy, idle time and fuel
• Damage and abuse of equipment and working conditions
• Quality – by terms of getting it right the first time and avoiding re-work
• Our time - understanding our personal responsibilities to make sure we use our time as efficiently and effectively as possible.

Watch the intruduction video below: