Lets help Ground Level Alliance: Seeking your Case Studies of Good Sustainability Practice Applied in Civil Construction

Sep 15, 2023 | Insitutek

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Ground Level Alliance needs our help – bridging the gap between civil construction and sustainability. Are you interested in the contribution our profession and you directly can have delivering more sustainable outcomes in the civil construction industry? Insitutek supports the objectives of Ground Level Alliancea young organisation empowering and equipping civil construction professionals in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands to make sustainability a daily practice, like safety. Ground Level Alliance guides the way.

What’s distinctive?

  1. Focused on taking action
  2. Not re-inventing the wheel
  3. Grass roots (by industry practitioners for our industry)
  4. Local to the Pacific region
  5. Voluntary and not driven by commercial interests
  6. Focused on the front end of projects where we can have more impact

Why does the Ground Level Alliance exist? Many in civil construction find it difficult to connect their work to addressing global environmental and sustainability issues. The Ground Level Alliance aims to bridge this gap by providing direction and guidance. The Ground Level Alliance mantra is all about taking action so, let’s start making a difference! Ground Level Alliance would appreciate your help gathering case studies. These case studies will play a vital role in illustrating a path forward for our profession. They’re looking for examples that highlights the implementation of good sustainability practice in civil construction projects from around the globe. Typically, these will:

  • Look through a different lens with new understanding
  • Showcase doing things differently
  • Try new approaches
  • Challenge the status quo

Note: a project e.g. focused on cost and risk reduction could be re-crafted to  demonstrate good sustainability practice. Action: If you have come across or have the makings of a good case study, please let Ground Level Alliance know. It may be a brief description that we can make into an easily digestible powerful case study. If in doubt, send it through!

Share a Case Study Ground Level Alliance have a standard template for case studies so they are easy to search, consume and get the main points across concisely.

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Start doing what is necessary, then do what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible – Francis of Assisi

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Looking forward to enabling you to use your professional skills to make an impact.

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