Pilot Application of the Infrastructure Sustainability Rating Tool to Council Road Management

Abstract: Sustainable development requires infrastructure to be durable, minimise reliance on non-renewable resources, provide maximum benefits to society and the environment and contribute to prosperity in the long term. ISCA developed its infrastructure sustainability (IS) rating tool to assess the sustainability of both new projects and the operation of existing assets. The tool drives improved sustainability performance of infrastructure across all infrastructure sectors and all stages of the infrastructure lifecycle. The tool was piloted extensively on new projects and is now being taken up enthusiastically by industry to rate sustainability performance. During piloting, the rating tool had only undergone limited trials on infrastructure operations so ISCA and IPWEA undertook a pilot trial on the road management activities of two local councils. This paper describes the outcomes of the trial, actions that can be taken to make road management more sustainable and the next steps to progress use of the tool. Citation: Walters, R. & Lees, S. (2014). Pilot Application of the Infrastructure Sustainability Rating Tool to Council Road Management. In: Campbell P. and Perez P. (Eds), Proceedings of the International Symposium of Next Generation Infrastructure, 1-4 October 2013, SMART Infrastructure Facility, University of Wollongong, Australia.