An infrastructure-led recovery from the economic impact of COVID-19 should deliver productivity and liveability-boosting projects that drive sustainability across the built environment and its supply chain, says GBCA in a new policy statement: Building to Bounce Back.
Highlighting the value of infrastructure investment for Australia’s economic recovery, the statement calls on the Australian Government and state governments to maximise the potential of future rebuilding efforts, once the pandemic health impact has stabilised.
The statement outlines six recommendations as a foundation for the GBCA, working in partnership with government, to support Australia’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic:
- Seek to maximise productivity, liveability and sustainability outcomes through project selection and business case development.
- Recognise whole-of-life benefits upfront and prioritise projects that deliver significant liveability and sustainability dividends.
- Use procurement to build competitive advantage in the supply chain, encourage skills and business investment, and drive demand for more efficient products and technologies.
- Bring forward the best lessons learnt from existing projects and scale up best practice approaches to asset design, construction and operation.
- Maintain regular dialogue with industry to ensure transparency, industry coordination and support business confidence.
- Collect and analyse data to demonstrate progress against project objectives and communicate outcomes to provide accountability.
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