Sustainability and Resilience through Project Management

Sustainable built environment has been the major focus in academic and industrial fields.The rise in climate-related-disasters, constant challenges in energy sector and substantial shift in consumer’s conscious toward conservation of natural resources are the major forces behind sustainable engineering. Further, many professional bodies have developed guidelines and specifications to implement sustainable practices and rate their impacts. The ISI Envision is an example of these efforts. Although, many professionals are familiar with common sustainable practices recognized by these documents, they are not comfortable with implementation of more innovative materials and techniques in civil engineering design. Moreover, appraising the feasibility of any sustainable practice requires knowledge of analytical procedures applied in a context-sensitive design. This paper reviews the link between project management and sustainable development of infrastructures from basic research to planning, design, implementation, and assessment.

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Sustainability , Resilience , Project Management , Built Environment