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Rick Walters, Technical Director, Infrastructure Sustainability Council of Australia delivered the presentation at the 2014 Major Road Projects Conference. The Major Road Projects Conference brings together government officials with those responsible for the planning, financing and construction of Australia’s critical road infrastructure to discuss future plans. It offers a practical assessment of the strategy necessary to ensure Australia’s current and future major roads projects are successful. For more information about the event, please visit: http://www.informa.com.au/roadprojectsconference
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Advancing sustainability in infrastructure
planning, procurement, delivery and operation.
Sustainability Trends in Infrastructure Project Procurement
• Infrastructure Sustainability Council of Australia (formerly Australian Green Infrastructure Council)
• Member based, not-for-profit, industry council
Enhancing the liveability and productivity of our major cities and our regional communities through advancing sustainability in infrastructure planning,
procurement, delivery and operation.
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ISCA Overview
ISCA Members
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ISCA Members (cont’d)
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Global Trend
BUILDINGS
• GBCA – Green Star
– Started 2003
– Over 600 rated + 500 registered
• NABERS
• LEED (USA)
• BREEAM (UK)
INFRASTRUCTURE
• CEEQUAL (UK)
– Started 2003
– Over 150 rated
• ISI - Envision (USA)
– Started 2012
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• Common national language for sustainability in infrastructure
• Consistent application and evaluation of sustainability in tendering processes
• Scoping whole-of-life sustainability risks for projects and assets, enabling smarter solutions that reduce risks and costs
• Fosters resource efficiency and waste reduction, reducing costs
• Fosters innovation and continuous improvement • Builds an organisation’s credentials and reputation in
its approach to sustainability in infrastructure
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IS Benefits
IS Rating Scheme Drivers
Traction
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Status Number Value ($m)
Certified 2 350
Registered 15 20,000
Potential 30 30,000
Advancing sustainability in infrastructure
planning, procurement, delivery and operation.
Ratings Certified
www.isca.org.au
Great Eastern Highway Upgrade
A 4.2km section of the Great Eastern Highway between Kooyong Road and Tonkin Highway widened from four to six lanes with a number of ancillary improvements including central medians, upgraded intersections, on road cycling facilities, bus priority lanes and continuous paths for pedestrians.
Proponent: Main Roads WA (MRWA)
Contractor: City East Alliance (MRWA, Leighton Cont., GHD, NRW)
Infrastructure Type: Road
Rating Type: As Built
Location: Perth, WA
Capital Value: $350 million
Start Date: July 2011
Practical Completion: March 2013
Great Eastern Highway Upgrade – Highlights
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Category/ Credit
Score Achievements
Management Systems
6.3/10.5
• Commitment to mitigating negative environmental, social and economic impacts
• Accredited management systems • Thorough risk and opportunity assessment • Knowledge sharing clearly demonstrated • Strong decision making approach incorporating
sustainability aspects
Water 2.9/7.0
• Opportunities to reduce water use identified and implemented
• Instead of using high-value potable water, the project installed groundwater bores and constructed a weir which, on completion, was handed to the local council to irrigate parks.
Great Eastern Highway Upgrade – Highlights
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Category/ Credit
Score Achievements
Materials 6.2/7.0
• Significant reduction in materials lifecycle impacts through extensive use of recycled materials, reducing the use of non-renewable resources of limestone, sand and bitumen
• The highway now has the largest use of recycled material on any WA State road with 43 per cent of imported material being recycled
Previous Land Use
3.3/3.3 • >75% of land used for the project was previously
disturbed
Heritage 2.3/5.0 • Thorough approach to heritage assessment and
management • Monitoring overseen by appropriately qualified persons
Great Eastern Highway Upgrade – Highlights
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Category/ Credit
Score Achievements
Innovation 1.7/5.0
• Warm mix asphalt was used on the project, applying innovative foaming technology to mix the bitumen into the asphalt mix
• This was a first for Western Australia, reducing energy use and GHG emissions
Whitsunday STP Upgrades
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Proponent: Whitsunday Regional Council
Contractor: Tenix
Infrastructure Type: Sewerage
Rating Type: Design
Location: Whitsundays, QLD
Capital Value: $45m
Start Date: May 2012
Practical Completion: May 2014
The upgrade of two treatment plants at Proserpine and Cannonvale are to serve growing communities and meet the most stringent effluent discharge requirements to protect the Great Barrier Reef. They will also provide benefits to the local community by reducing sewage overflows, and improving noise and odour.
Advancing sustainability in infrastructure
planning, procurement, delivery and operation.
Registrations
www.isca.org.au
Enlarged Cotter Dam
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Proponent: ACTEW
Contractor: Bulk Water Alliance (JHG, Abigroup, GHD, ACTEW)
Infrastructure Type: Water Storage & Supply
Rating Type: As Built
Location: ACT
Capital Value: $299m
Start Date: 2008
Practical Completion: 2013
An Enlarged Cotter Dam is being built downstream of the existing dam to increase the Cotter Reservoir’s capacity from 4GL to 78GL. The Enlarged Cotter Dam forms part of ACTEW’s continued response to ensuring a secure water supply for the ACT and to address drought, climate change and variability.
Proponent: GoldLinQ
Contractor: McConnell Dowell
Infrastructure Type: Light Rail
Rating Type: As Built
Location: QLD
Capital Value: $437m
Start Date: Jan 2012
Practical Completion: 2014
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Development of a light rail system that passes through key health, educational and residential precincts. Stage One works will carry passengers along the 13-kilometre light rail corridor, connecting them from the Gold Coast University Hospital and Griffith University (Health and Knowledge precinct) to the fast growing commercial, retail and recreational centres of Southport, Surfers Paradise and Broadbeach.
Gold Coast Light Rail (Stage 1)
Rous Head Industrial Park
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Proponent: Fremantle Ports
Contractor: Brierty Ltd
Infrastructure Type: Roads (Port Infrastructure)
Rating Type: As Built
Location: WA
Capital Value: $15m
Start Date: January 2012
Practical Completion: June 2013
Development of 27 hectares of reclaimed land at Fremantle Port, comprising the partitioning of the land into five lots of various sizes, construction of the access roads and installation of the various services to the boundaries of the lots to allow tenants to develop businesses servicing the port. One of the lots will provide a truck facility which will include truck parking bays and amenities for drivers.
GatewayWA
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Proponent: Main Roads WA (MRWA)
Design and Construction:
Gateway WA Alliance (MRWA, Leighton Cont., Georgiou, AECOM, BG&E, GHD)
Infrastructure Type: Roads and Bridges
Rating Type: Design and As Built
Location: Perth, WA
Capital Value: $1bn
Start Date: November 2012
Practical Completion: 2017
This, the largest infrastructure project ever undertaken by Main Roads WA, is a billion-dollar project involving a major upgrade to the road network surrounding Perth Airport and the freight and industrial hubs of Kewdale and Forrestfield.
Googong Water Treatment Plant
Chemical Facility Upgrade
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Proponent: ACTEW Water
Contractor: AAT Alliance (ACTEW Water, Tenix)
Infrastructure Type: Water Supply
Rating Type: Design
Location: Googong,NSW
Capital Value: $6m
Start Date: September 2013
Practical Completion: April 2015
A new secure chemical unloading, bulk storage, handling and dosing facility shall be constructed to replace the existing systems which will be fully decommissioned and removed. The new facility will reduce workplace safety risks and hazards, comply with dosing requirements for public water, improve treatment processes and capacity, provide sufficient system redundancy and increase operational efficiency.
Wynyard Walk
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Proponent: Transport for NSW
Contractor: Thiess
Infrastructure Type: Cycleways and footpaths
Rating Types: Design and As Built
Location: Sydney, NSW
Capital Value: $286m
Start Date: September 2012
Design Completion: April 2014
Practical Completion: June 2015
Wynyard Walk is a new pedestrian tunnel within the Wynyard precinct of Sydney’s CBD. It will provide a world class, fully accessible pedestrian link between below-ground Wynyard station, the above-ground footpath networks, and the developing western corridor of the CBD and Barangaroo via a pedestrian bridge.
Elizabeth Quay
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Proponent: Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority
Contractor: Leighton Broad
Infrastructure Type: Wharfs, roads and utilities
Rating Types: As Built
Location: Perth, WA
Capital Value: $440m
Start Date: 2012
Design Completion: Q1 2014
Practical Completion: Q4 2015
Elizabeth Quay will cover nearly 10 hectares of prime riverfront land in the heart of the city. The project will create a magnificent precinct featuring a 2.7 hectare inlet surrounded by a split level promenade, shops, cafes, restaurants and other exciting entertainment venues.
Decision Making “The IS rating tool changed the way in which we have gone about procuring materials for the project. We are confident that the changes that we have made will lead the wider supply industry to more sustainable outcomes.”
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What Current Users Say
Direct Benefits and Outcomes “Designs that used less concrete, less steel and resulted in less embodied carbon emissions and reuse of existing onsite wastes and designs that addressed climate change risks.”
“Helped us to challenge the status quo in regard to design. We have identified opportunities to minimise material usage along with associated stakeholder and energy impacts.”
“The sustainability initiatives collectively add significant value at nil-marginal additional cost.”
“There was no additional cost to the project as a result of pursuing the rating.”
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What Current Users Say
Tendering
“The IS tool supported the establishment of rigorous tender requirements relating to climate risk, resource use, innovation, community initiatives and supply chain management. Accordingly our organisation will look to specify IS tool performance requirements within respective contract documents to assist with performance monitoring.”
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What Current Users Say
IS Overview
• First and only national sustainability rating tool for infrastructure
• Measures sustainability performance across the quadruple bottom line (environmental, social, economic and governance)
• Voluntary
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IS Rating Scheme
• (IS) rating tool comprises • Rating Tool Scorecard • Materials Calculator • Technical Manual
• Assessment process involves • Registration • Assessment support • Independent Verification • Certification and rating award
• Education and training programmes • IS Accredited Professional
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Infrastructure Types
Transport • Airports
• Cycleways & Footpaths
• Ports & Harbours
• Roads
• Railways
Communication • Communication Networks
Water • Sewerage & Drainage
• Storage & Supply
Energy • Electricity Transmission &
Distribution
• Gas Pipelines
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Scheme Coverage
Rating Types
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Planning
& Design Construction Operation
Design Rating Operation
Rating
As Built Rating
Project
Development
and Business
Case
Themes & Categories
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Themes Categories Themes Categories
Management & Governance
Management Systems Ecology Ecology
Procurement & Purchasing
People & Place
Community Health, Wellbeing & Safety
Climate Change Adaptation Heritage
Stakeholder Participation
Urban & Landscape Design Using Resources
Energy & Carbon
Water
Materials Innovation Innovation
Emissions, Pollution & Waste
Discharges to Air, Land & Water Workforce*
Land Economics*
Waste
Rating Levels
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Score Rating Level
< 25 Not eligible to apply for a certified rating
25 - 49 Commended
50 - 74 Excellent
75 - 100 Leading
Rating Process
Project/
Asset
registers Kick-off
Workshop Self-
assessment
Submit
assessment
Appeals panel
Independent
verification
Board certifies
rating
ISCA issues
and promotes
rating ISCA
Project/asset Identify
improvements
Legend
ISCA support
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(Additional) design,
construction and
operating costs and
benefits of initiatives
Rating fees to ISCA
IS documentation costs
Rating Costs and Benefits
IS specific costs
Costs and
benefits of
infrastructure
sustainability
Benefits outweigh
costs
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• Policy and strategy
• MRWA – all projects >$80m
• TfNSW TPD – all projects >$80m
• Transurban – all projects >$100m
• Thiess, John Holland, MacDow, Tenix and others
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IS in Road Organisations
• A range of approaches
• From ‘how would you achieve a rating’
• To ‘achieve an Excellent rating with a minimum score of 65’ (and other detailed requirements)
• Propose to produce an industry guideline with industry input including Roads Australia
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IS in Project Procurement
• IS Foundation Training rolled out across Australia
• 2 day course
• 340 IS Accredited Professionals
• 2014 courses: Perth 26-27 February 2014
– Sydney 29-30 April 2014
– Brisbane 17-18 June 2014
– Adelaide 26-27 August 2014
– Melbourne 21-22 October 2014
Training
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Advancing sustainability in infrastructure
planning, procurement, delivery and operation.
ISCA
www.isca.org.au
Thank you