FIDIC Project Sustainability Management

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Project Sustainability Management
Project Sustainability Management Peter
Boswell General Manager FIDIC World Trade Centre
2, Geneva Airport

• FIDIC
• 72 national Member Associations
• Representing 1 million professionals
• Goals
• represent the consulting industry globally
• capacity building
• develop business practice
• quality service
• ethics and integrity
• sustainable development

Sustainable development Principles Project
Sustainability Management (PSM) Principles Relatio
n of PSM to local initiatives Project delivery
scope PSM starting point PSM-driven project
design PSM-driven project design
indicators PSM-driven indicator
process PSM-driven quality management PSM summary
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Sustainable Development
What is needed? A complete revision of the
worlds infrastructure by replacing and upgrading
the legacy of technologies, processes, procedures
and procurement systems with increasingly more
sustainable approaches, most of which have yet to
be invented. How will it be done? Incrementally,
project by project at a rate determined by
project owners. How will decisions be
made? Deciding on the types of projects and
their implementation based on local regulation,
standards, requirements, knowledge and
stakeholder agenda. Summary .. .. focus on
infrastructure projects .. focus widely
recognised (investment to meet Millennium
Development Goals)
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Principles
Sustainable development since Agenda 21 (1992)
Concern for future generations
Concern for the quality and integrity of the
environment
Future
Environment
Project
Resources
Participation
Participation of stakeholders in decisions
Concern for the equity of resource consumption
Sustainability is a location dependent, whole
society concept
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Project Sustainability Management
Project Sustainability Management is what is done
to drive a project towards sustainable development
Concern for future generations
Concern for the quality and integrity of the
environment
Future
Environment
Project
Resources
Participation
Participation of stakeholders in decisions
Concern for the equity of resource consumption
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PSM Principles
PSM drives projects towards global goals for
sustainable development by forcing alignment,
improvement, education and innovation.
Alignment Align globally, adjust locally Use a
core set of indicators traceable to Agenda 21 to
align project goals with global goals, while
factoring in local conditions.
Innovation Create an environment for
innovation Anticipate the future, enable
information by opening organizational borders and
reward information sharing.
Future
Environment
Project
Education Educate, and be educated Trust and
engage stakeholders and build their capacity to
identify issues, include local values and
communicate their experience.
Improvement Raise the bar Continuously improve
ways to mitigate resource consumption by seeking
new knowledge and information on performance.
Resources
Participation
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Relation of PSM to local initiatives
PSM drives projects towards global goals for
sustainable development by forcing Alignment
Improvement - Education - Innovation
Future
Environment
Alignment
Innovation
LOCAL
Improvement
Education
Resources
Participation
Frances HQE is an example of a local
project-level initiative.
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Project delivery scope
Life cycle Phases
Constructability Sustainability
Stakeholders
Dimensions a) policies, objectives b)
management systems c) processes
Phase Life cycle
HQE a) Environmental quality b) Management
system c) -

• PSM covers
• all stakeholders
• all phases
• - all dimensions

• HQE covers
• most stakeholders
• most phases
• - two dimensions (objectives managements systems)

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PSM starting point
PSM applies to all dimensions of project delivery
at all phases of a project

• Dimensions of project delivery
• Policies
• - Infrastructure
• - Design
• - Procurement
• - Construction
• - Operation
• Objectives
• - Standards
• - Indicators
• Management systems
• - Quality
• - Environment
• Project
• Project delivery process
• Design
• Design-Build, Design-Bid-Build, etc
• Financial
• Contracting

Life cycle Phases
Dimensions a) policies, objectives b)
management systems c) processes
Stakeholders
PSM starting point PSM-driven project design -
framework of goals and indicators that map back
to Agenda 21 - a process for setting and amending
project goals
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PSM-driven project design

• A process for setting and amending project
  indicators
• Requires
• environment for innovation
• education of all stakeholders
• continuous improvement

An indicator framework of goals and indicators
that map back to Agenda 21
UNCSD-based goals and indicators
Alignment
Innovation
PSM
PSM-driven, quality management based process
Improvement
Education
FIDC PSM Guidelines 2004
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PSM-driven project design indicators
Project goals for sustainable development
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PSM-driven project design indicators
Framework for sustainable development project
indicators Based on UNCSD modified for projects.
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PSM-driven indicator process
PSM process for setting and amending project
indicators
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PSM-driven quality management
OBJECTIVES
Example the Quality Management
dimension Improvement QM Requires continual
improvement PSM Requires PERFORMANCE DRIVEN
continual improvement by seeking new
information. Education QM Requires education of
personnel PSM Requires education of personnel
AND stakeholders Innovation QM Requires that
resources are available for obtaining
information PSM Requires that an environment for
information is created.
Innovation
Alignment
Education
Improvement
PROCESS
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PSM summary
OBJECTIVES
Project Sustainability Management
Innovation
Alignment

• PSM, like HQE, is an objectives plus process
  approach.
• By associating HQE with PSM, HQE is drawn towards
  general applicability.
• This is achieved by requiring that
• - goals are aligned to global objectives.
• processes incorporate the innovation, education
• and improvement requirements of PSM.
• PSM facilitates the integration of local systems
  in a global context by drawing the local systems
  towards common objectives, principles and
  language.

Education
Improvement
PROCESS
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PSM drives QM processes
QM SYSTEM
OBJECTIVES
Objectives
Policies
Innovation
Alignment
PLAN
PROCESS
CONSULTATION
Improvement
Education
DO
ACT
Stakeholders
PROCESS
ACCOUNTING
CHECK
Performance Results
Reports
PSM