With 70% of greenhouse gas emissions coming from infrastructure development and operations, civil construction has a critical role in making the world more sustainable.
Ground Level Alliance are facilitating the implementation of key changes in civil construction needed to make a better, more sustainable world for the children of tomorrow.
Empowering and equipping civil construction professionals in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands to make sustainability a daily practice, like safety. We guide the way.
Civil construction professionals including designers, engineers, project managers / project directors), focused on the front end of projects.
End clients, contractors, procurement specialists, sustainability specialists and academics are key contributors to our work.
Many in civil construction find it difficult to make the connection between their work and addressing global environmental and sustainability issues.
Our group aims to bridge this gap by providing guidance, knowledge and skills.
Ground Level Alliance are a passionate diverse group of civil construction leaders using our professional work to create a better world for the children of tomorrow.
We recognise this work is very challenging and ambitious.
Ground Level Alliance is a grass roots movement (by industry practitioners for our industry) and is specific to the Pacific region. Our work is voluntary and we are not driven by commercial interests.
Our crew are civil construction professionals (including designers, engineers, project managers / project directors, end clients, procurement specialists, sustainability specialists and academics).
We are looking for passionate experienced people from the civil construction space who are already using sustainability principles in their professional work and are looking to leverage their experience. We are focused on the front end of projects where you can have more impact.
Ground Level Alliance are gathering examples from civil construction projects from around the globe that showcase the implementation of good sustainability practice.
The case studies will be shared publicly on the Ground Level Alliance website, a very well categorised one stop shop for reference material for sustainability in civil construction in the Pacific region. They may also be used in our educational programs.
Typically, these will:
However, a project e.g. focused on cost and risk reduction could be re-crafted to demonstrate good sustainability practice.
If you have come across or have the makings of a good case study, please let us know. It maybe a brief description that we can make into an easily digestible powerful case study.
We are bringing together a list of resources in one place so our profession know who is doing what at the cutting edge. This covers the following:
If you have come across an organisation, policy, practice or resource that has really helped you or your organisation apply sustainability practices in your daily work, please let us know.
To start with, Ground Level Alliance are developing the outline of a practical course on Sustainability in Civil Construction.
The idea is to help civil construction professionals understand and then implement sustainability practices into their daily work. The course is focused on the earlier stages of projects where you can have more impact.
The emphasis is on learning by doing, combining the academic with the practical in your workplace. Learning will be a blend of live online learning and small group work. The objective of the small group work is to embed the learnings based on projects in students organisations or relevant similar case studies so that learnings can be immediately applied. Small groups will be curated to blend knowledge and skill level and diversity.
Not only will what each discipline can do become clear but also, importantly, how to create the environment for effective change. The obstacles as well as how to overcome them will be worked through.
The course provides guidance, knowledge and skills and a strong cross industry network to lean on. Ground Level Alliance will form an active alumni network.
The learnings draw on best practice uncovered through our case studies and resources global investigations and course alumni practical experiences with the course material developed and delivered by industry practitioners who are the best subject matter and content delivery experts we can find.
We recognise the challenges of taking research findings which have demonstrated promise, for example in the laboratory environment, and getting it applied on real life projects in the field. Ground Level Alliance is fostering collaboration between research organisations and organisations seeking innovations that further sustainability outcomes, once implemented. We are also developing smoother implementation pathways.
Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
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