Ground Level Alliance Information

Driving Sustainability in Civil Construction - empowering and equipping civil construction professionals in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands to make sustainability a daily practice. We provide guidance, knowledge and skills. Who’s the Ground Level Alliance for? - Civil construction professionals including planners, designers, engineers, project managers / project directors & end clients, focused on the front end of projects. - Procurement specialists, sustainability specialists and academics are key contributors to our work. What’s distinctive? - Focused on taking action - Not re-inventing the wheel - Grass roots (by industry practitioners for our industry) - Local to the Pacific region - Voluntary and not driven by commercial interests - Focused on the front end of projects where you can have more impact Why does the Ground Level Alliance exist? - Many in civil construction find it difficult to connect their work to addressing global environmental and sustainability issues at scale. Our group aims to bridge this gap by providing guidance, knowledge and skills. What should our work cause you to do? - Look through a different lens with new understanding - Do things differently - Try new approaches - Challenge the status quo Why is this work important? - With 70% of greenhouse gas emissions coming from infrastructure development and operations, civil construction has a critical role in making the world more sustainable. - Ground Level Alliance are facilitating the implementation of key changes in civil construction needed to make a better, more sustainable world for the children of tomorrow.