Fifty per cent less waste. Sixty per cent fewer manual entries. Here’s how.

Willmott Dixon is one of the UK’s leading construction and property solutions companies. Sustainability sits at the heart of the business, underpinned by its Now or Never strategy, which sets out a series of ambitious environmental targets for 2030, including the goal to generate zero avoidable waste. Delivering against that commitment requires not only strong site practices but high-quality, consistent data to measure progress, identify opportunities and drive continuous improvement.

Willmott Dixon’s previous approach relied heavily on manual data entry, creating inefficiencies across its project teams and limiting the reliability of waste reporting at scale. With sites operating across the UK and a wide range of waste streams to monitor, including excavation materials and demolition outputs, the business needed a solution that could deliver accurate, consistent data without placing an excessive administrative burden on its people.

SmartWaste is now deployed across all Willmott Dixon sites to record waste movements, excavation materials and demolition outputs. The platform’s API integration has been the most transformative element, enabling waste ticket data to be captured automatically without manual intervention.

In 2025, nearly 60% of all waste tickets were recorded automatically, freeing up build teams to focus on construction delivery while ensuring data is captured accurately at source. SmartWaste’s intuitive dashboards and issue-diagnosis tools allow teams to identify discrepancies quickly, resolve data issues and maintain a clear picture of performance across every project.

The improved accuracy of waste reporting has been instrumental in validating Willmott Dixon’s performance against its sustainability targets. With reliable, automated data, the business can confidently report a 50% reduction in construction waste compared with its baseline year, far surpassing its original target of a 30% reduction.

Beyond internal performance, the move to SmartWaste contributes to a broader shift across the construction industry. As more contractors adopt digital and automated waste systems, the quality and consistency of data across the supply chain improves for everyone.

With the upcoming rollout of digital waste tracking across the UK, Willmott Dixon and its waste partners are already well positioned, combining automated systems with accurate site-level reporting to strengthen compliance and drive new efficiencies across the sector.

SmartWaste is BRE’s sustainability management platform for the construction industry. It helps organisations track and report on waste, carbon, materials, biodiversity and social value across their project portfolios. Used by tier 1 contractors including Willmott Dixon, BAM, Skanska and Morgan Sindall, SmartWaste provides the data infrastructure that turns sustainability commitments into measurable outcomes.

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