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There are several barriers to the prioritization of designing infrastructure sustainably that have been observed in the infrastructure industry: ambiguity in what defines sustainability, perceived project costs project teams are reluctant to incur, and sustainable decisions that require innovative approaches in a traditional industry. By reframing rating systems to address these misunderstandings, project teams are encouraged to take an integrated approach to sustainability that develop higher quality and more economical project. Sustainability rating systems, such as the Envision Framework, have been developed to support project teams cut through the noise and successfully deliver sustainable projects.
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Roth, J. (2024). Redefining Sustainability for Project Lifecycle Success. In: Gupta, R., et al. Proceedings of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering Annual Conference 2022. CSCE 2022. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 367. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35471-7_34
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