News
Building teams must work together
to ensure sustainability, says study
n
Building projects need an integrated teams to deliver more with common CDP seminars and
integrated project delivery sustainable projects. courses.
team that is able to “design in” Funding of public sector projects SEA president Lord O’Neill, who
sustainable solutions and “design should depend upon evidence that chaired the report’s working group,
out” waste, says a new report. the procurer has put integrated said the study grew out of a sense
A lack of purposeful vision on teams in place for delivering of frustration at the construction
sustainability means that too many sustainability, it says. industry’s “patchy” response to the
projects fail to be sustainable Generally, for all building need for sustainable building.
enough, it suggests. schemes, its adds, consultants “The project teams themselves
The traditional procurement should set stringent sustainability have the responsibility for
practices used by the construction targets and work with the supply integration,” he said. “Designers
industry act as a barrier to the chain to ensure they are achieved. and consultants have to be brought
delivery of sustainable buildings, the Other recommendations include: into the process and recognise they
new report claims. • The appointment by government have responsibility too.”
The large number of interfaces of a high-profile champion of Peter Cunningham, chairman of
between the parties involved in the Specialist Engineering Alliance integrated building teams; the Construction Clients Group and
the construction process, together (SEA), promotes a vision for the • Integrated teams managing working group, said the report was
with their lack of integration, acts achievement of sustainability across cost collaboratively to ensure also about delivering better value
as a block to sustainable building the built environment that can also all members are incentivised by for the client via the procurement
development, it says. add value to the client. efficiency gains; process.
In addition, says the study, Its recommendations – produced • Teams collecting operating and But the client also needed to
“high transaction costs and risk of by a group of representatives from maintenance cost data for evidence “engage” with specialist contractors
duplication and re-work” also act as contracting, consultancy and to clients of cost and performance early on in the process as a way of
hindrances to sustainability. manufacturing groups including outcomes; and changing behaviour and bringing
The report, Sustainable Buildings CIBSE – call on the government • Consultants developing better links about an increased volume of
Need Integrated Teams,published by to take a lead by commissioning with manufacturers and distributors, sustainable building.
www.cibsejournal.com April 2009 CIBSE Journal 9
CIBSEapr09 pp09 news.indd 9 2/4/09 14:53:29
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68