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Infrastructure and Transport: responding to sustainability needs and challenges
Assessment tools and beyond
Ben Smith
November 2012
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AECOM
- Multi-disciplinary engineering and environmental consultancy - Sustainability champion roles on:
- North West Rail Link- South Morang Rail Extension- Regional Rail Link (City to Maribyrnong River)- Western Highway Anthonys Cutting Realignment- Brisbane Busway etc.
- Recently produced Sustainability Investment Guidelines for Victoria’s Public Capital Projects (MPV and DTF)
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So, are they a good thing, or a bad thing?
Mostly good, but…
The good points- Mainstreaming- Comparisons and baselines - metrics and measures- Work well for mainstream projects- Added value of certification
And, the not so good…- Diversity of civil infrastructure, bespoke vs comparability?- Alignment with policy?- Scale – process investment versus TBL return - ‘credit chasing’ – the process defines the possible outcomes- part of an integrated discussion with project costs and viability?
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Sustainability Investment Guidance
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Sustainability in the context of the investment lifecycle
Not many of the tools deal properly with Whole of Life
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An iterative process
...and not many take a truly iterative approach to
target setting.
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In summary
- tools can help improve outcomes for major civil infrastructure projects…- …but they are not enough by themselves. - Change management, people and conversations- cross disciplinary collaboration drives new solutions, better outcomes- Too much project focus can be dangerous. - What’s the big picture? Achieving 6 star? Too easy to build Greenstar 6 star
buildings and ignore the grid, or to improve resilience in the grid without noticing that demand is falling from the buildings.
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