Sustainable Construction
Because Blatchford will be a leader in environmentally-friendly community design and will serve as a model for sustainable communities around the world, the City is committed to reducing the impact on the environment during all phases of the Blatchford construction process.
Recycling an Airport
The commitment to reducing Blatchford’s environmental footprint has already begun.
The recycling and reuse initiatives during the first stage of construction include:
- Buildings. The former airport hangars are being deconstructed instead of demolished. Through the deconstruction process, a building is slowly dismantled to allow the building materials to be sorted for recycling, reuse or waste management. This differs from standard demolition, where the building is taken down as fast as possible with the materials likely ending up in a landfill. A minimum of 85% of the waste created from the buildings in Blatchford will be diverted from the landfill.
- Runways. All runways will be removed and recycled on-site. The materials (concrete, asphalt and gravel) will be used to construct the roads in the community. Any excess materials will be sold for reuse elsewhere.
- Stormwater Ponds. Rather than hauling the earth that is dug up to create the stormwater ponds off-site, the soil will be used to grade the south end of the site and to build a large hill in the community. For the first stormwater pond, this means reducing the environmental impact associated with trucking 250,000-300,000 m3 of soil out of the community.
For More Information
Blatchford Project Office
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