Description: CEEQUAL is the Civil Engineering Environmental Quality Assessment and Awards Scheme. It publicly rewards high environmental quality on civil engineering projects through an Award based on an a assessment. It builds on current guidance and environmental good practice in construction and supports UK Government strategy by providing the civil engineering industry with an incentive and protocol for assessing, benchmarking and labelling the environmental quality of its projects as part of the industry's contribution to sustainable construction.

The CEEQUAL manual is the working document for operation of the scheme.

First, it explains the purpose of the CEEQUAL scheme, why it was developed, what it covers, how it relates to the process and outputs of environmental impact assessments, how it has been developed and who has been involved.

The rest of the Manual then sets out how a project is to be assessed under the Scheme, covering
- how projects are to be assessed using the Manual
- background to each main issue covered
- the 180 assessment questions (with explanation)
- the range of possible scores
- guidance on how projects are to be assessed against each question, and
- examples of evidence that might be acceptable.