Month: August 2023
Legacies that last: Creating social value through Australia’s infrastructure and built environment
The purpose of infrastructure is to enable people and communities to thrive. Infrastructure assets are enabled by people for people. Recognising this clear purpose, our sector has an opportunity to provide a foundation for cooperation, and the ability to bridge differences across diverse perspectives and backgrounds with shared respect.
The positive outcomes enabled by infrastructure assets have progressed beyond time, cost and quality – but not ubiquitously. Where the focus has shifted, the impact of short-term productivity gains is coupled with the broader community benefit over an assets longevity. Globally, the demand for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) returns is both investor-led and policy-driven. The beneficiaries of these returns however, remain deeply local which requires common frameworks rather than universal force, to guide the choices and actions we make so infrastructure delivers benefits for the people it serves.
At the Infrastructure Sustainability Council, our purpose is to ensure all infrastructure delivers social, cultural, environmental and economic benefit for a positive future for people, the planet and the economy. Like social value, we are anchored by people and place – we measure what matters.
Social value considers the unique challenges and opportunities of a particular place and the unique needs of the individuals that live within that place. It is these stakeholders that have the unique insight into local and community needs. The Infrastructure Sustainability Rating Scheme recognises that stakeholders are integral to delivering social outcomes. A principles-based approach recognises every infrastructure project is different.
Each project has different challenges and opportunities, as well as different stakeholders with different interests. Therefore, there is no one-size-fits-all approach to engaging stakeholders to deliver social value — each interaction needs to be tailored.
It’s been our pleasure to partner with the specialists at WSP to deliver this social value thought-leadership insights paper. This is another important milestone as we accelerate social outcomes from infrastructure, across Australia and New Zealand.
The recommendations in this paper make clear that as individuals we each have a role, and together as a sector, we have the responsibility to lead with respect and learn through sharing. Together we can pick up the pace, build momentum and advance social outcomes across all infrastructure asset types. Infrastructure is at its core a network of networks that connects us all.
To read the paper, click below.
2023 Annual Award Finalists
It is with great excitement that today we announce our finalists for our upcoming Gala Awards sponsored by Ventia. We extend our congratulations to all those who have been nominated as a finalist in their respective categories and we look forward to celebrating with industry on our awards night on the 7th of September at The TimberYard in Port Melbourne. The finalists in 2023 are….
Excellence in Governance:
- WestConnex M4-M5 Link Tunnels Project – ACCIONA Samsung Bouygues Joint Venture
- Implementing SEPA’s 2022 Sustainability Strategy for Sustainable Construction – South Eastern Program Alliance
- Preston Level Crossing Removal Project – North Western Program Alliance
- Tonkin Gap Project and Associated Works – Tonkin Gap Alliance
- EastLink WA – EastLink WA Integrated Project Team (BG&E, GHD & Main Roads Western Australia)
Excellence in Economics:
- Bunbury Outer Ring Road – South West Gateway Alliance
- Townsville Ring Road (Stage 5) – Positive Economic Outcomes Through Collaborative Regional Embankment Design – The Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR), Georgiou Group and AECOM
- The Rozelle Interchange Project & Western Harbour Tunnel Southern Tunnel Works – John Holland CPB Contractors JV
Excellence in Environmental:
- Cairns Southern Access Corridor Stage 3: Edmonton to Gordonvale Project – HSA Group (John Holland, Seymour Whyte, AECOM)
- Cranbourne Line Upgrade – Eumemmerring Creek Bridge – Western Program Alliance
- EnergyConnect – SecureEnergy
- Innovative use of recycled crushed glass as sand replacement in structural concrete – Tunnels & Stations, Metro Tunnel Project – Cross Yarra Partnership Design and Construction Joint Venture (CYP D&C) – consortium consisting of John Holland Pty Ltd, Lend Lease Melbourne Metro Pty Ltd and Bouygues Construction Australia Pty Ltd
- Metro Trains Melbourne Biosite Management Program – Metro Trains Melbourne
Excellence in Social:
- Bruce Highway Upgrade – Bribie Island Road to Steve Irwin Way (Exit 163) Project – ACCIONA
- Bunbury Outer Ring Road (BORR) – South West Gateway Alliance
- Cairns Southern Access Corridor Stage 3: Edmonton to Gordonvale Project – HSA Group (John Holland, Seymour Whyte, AECOM)
- Promoting Indigenous Engagement and Reconciliation at Western Sydney International Airport – CPB ACCIONA Joint Venture
- The Rozelle Interchange Project and Western Harbour Tunnel Southern Tunnel Works – John Holland CPB Contractors JV
Private Sector:
- ACCIONA
- Australian Spatial Analytics and Ventia Partnership
- ENVIROMESH – The Palm Island Aboriginal Shire Project
- McConnell Dowell Constructors
- Ventia
Public Sector:
- North East Link Program
- Transport for NSW
- Office of Major Transport Infrastructure Delivery (OMTID)
Emerging Leader:
- Alyssa Slaney
- Ellen Worthington
- Jessamine Welsh
- Lucas Bateup
- Morgan Foster
Enduring Impact:
- Amy Elkington
- Berenize Peita
- Chris Bourne
- Christopher Royal
- Rebekah Pokura-Ward
Outstanding Achievement:
- Cheltenham & Mentone Level Crossing Removal Project – Southern Program Alliance – ACCIONA, ACCIONA Rail, Level Crossing Removal Authority, Metro Trains Melbourne & WSP
- Cross River Rail Tunnel & Stations: Constructing Sustainable Legacies for Queensland – CBGU JV
- Edithvale, Chelsea & Bonbeach Level Crossing Removal Project – Southern Program Alliance – ACCIONA, ACCIONA Rail, Level Crossing Removal Authority, Metro Trains Melbourne & WSP
- Parramatta Light Rail Stage 1 – Infrastructure Contract – Parramatta Connect, a CPB Contractors and Downer EDI Works 50:50 joint venture
- West Gate Tunnel Project – CPBJH JV, Major Transport Infrastructure Authority and Transurban
IS Essentials Information Session – 26 July 2023
Watch our latest recording of the IS Information Session our IS rating tool – IS Rating Scheme, how it works and how it can be applied to measure sustainability and quadruple bottom line performance of Infrastructure Projects and Assets. During the session, We explore how the IS Ratings Work, the benefits, the pilot phase and how to join. The session will focus on the IS Essentials tool development process (based on IS v2.1 D&AB).
Speakers for our webinar include:
- Monique Isenheim, Head of Market Development – Infrastructure Sustainability Council
- Asim Nizam, Regional Lead, NSW – Infrastructure Sustainability Council
- Tyrel Momberg, Principal Technical Advisor – Infrastructure Sustainability Council
For ISAP’s interested in watching the Base Case Webinar, click here to access the recording
To access the Webinar Presentation, click here