Sustainability Report 2011 - Balfour Beatty Rail
Sustainability Report 2011 - Balfour Beatty Rail
Sustainability Report 2011 - Balfour Beatty Rail
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we help to influence<br />
the market to adopt<br />
more sustainable<br />
outcomes<br />
“We believe this is a good example of<br />
how we have influenced the market<br />
while helping a key customer meet<br />
its sustainability goals.”<br />
Cecco Saturnino, Managing Director, <strong>Balfour</strong> <strong>Beatty</strong> <strong>Rail</strong> Italy<br />
<strong>Balfour</strong> <strong>Beatty</strong> <strong>Rail</strong> is developing new technologies for<br />
the Italian rail industry through a partnership with the<br />
Polytechnic of Milan and railway infrastructure manager<br />
“Rete Ferroviaria Italiana” (RFI).<br />
RFI are looking to integrate alternatives to overhead copper<br />
contact wire which can pose threats to the environment.<br />
Copper particles can accumulate in and near the railway<br />
resulting in potential ground contamination. Copper is also<br />
a relatively rare commodity.<br />
<strong>Balfour</strong> <strong>Beatty</strong> <strong>Rail</strong> is assessing two alternative design<br />
solutions to the traditional all-copper approach: one<br />
all-aluminium and one a copper-aluminium mix. Benefits<br />
of the solution for RFI will be lower costs in installation<br />
and maintenance and a more sustainable approach.<br />
For more information go online:<br />
balfourbeatty.com/sustainability<br />
34 <strong>Balfour</strong> <strong>Beatty</strong> <strong>Sustainability</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2011</strong>
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