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Mr. Paul Mansell
Doctoral Researcher at Nathu Puri Institute for Engineering & Enterprise, London South Bank University and Associate Staff at University College London

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Journal article
Published: 27 September 2020 in Sustainability
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Achievement of the United Nations’ 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) is of paramount importance for both business and society. Across the construction sector, despite evidence that suggests 88% of those surveyed want to measure the SDG impact at both the business and project levels, there continues to be major challenge in achieving this objective. This paper shares the results of a qualitative research study of 40 interviews with executives from the United Kingdom (UK) construction industry. It was supported by a text-based content analysis to strengthen the findings. The results indicate that SDG measurement practices are embraced in principle but are problematic in practice and that rarely does action match rhetoric. While the research was completed in the UK, the findings have broader applicability to other countries since most construction firms have extensive global business footprints. Researchers can use the findings to extend the current understanding of measuring outcomes and impact at project level, and, for practitioners, the study provides insights into the contextual preconditions necessary to achieve the intended outcomes of adopting a mechanism for the measurement of SDGs. The international relevance of this research is inherently linked to the global nature of the SDGs and therefore the results could be used outside of UK.

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Paul Mansell; Simon Philbin; Efrosyni Konstantinou. Delivering UN Sustainable Development Goals’ Impact on Infrastructure Projects: An Empirical Study of Senior Executives in the UK Construction Sector. Sustainability 2020, 12, 7998 .

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Paul Mansell, Simon Philbin, Efrosyni Konstantinou. Delivering UN Sustainable Development Goals’ Impact on Infrastructure Projects: An Empirical Study of Senior Executives in the UK Construction Sector. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (19):7998.

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Paul Mansell; Simon Philbin; Efrosyni Konstantinou. 2020. "Delivering UN Sustainable Development Goals’ Impact on Infrastructure Projects: An Empirical Study of Senior Executives in the UK Construction Sector." Sustainability 12, no. 19: 7998.

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Published: 11 August 2020 in Administrative Sciences
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The United Nations’ (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to deliver an improved future for people, planet and profit. However, they have not gained the required traction at the business and project levels. This article explores how engineers rate and use the SDGs at the organisational and project levels. It adopts the Realist Evaluation’s Context–Mechanism–Outcomes model to critically evaluate practitioners’ views on using SDGs to measure business and project success. The study addresses the thematic areas of sustainability and business models through the theoretical lens of Creating Shared Value and the Triple Bottom Line. A survey of 325 engineers indicated four primary shortfalls for measuring SDGs on infrastructure projects, namely (1) leadership, (2) tools and methods, (3) engineers’ business skills in measuring SDG impact and (4) how project success is too narrowly defined as outputs (such as time, cost and scope) and not outcomes (longer-term local impacts and stakeholder value). The research study is of value to researchers developing business models that address the SDGs and also practitioners in the construction industry who seek to link their investment decisions to the broader outcomes of people, planet and profit through the UN SDGs.

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Paul Mansell; Simon Philbin; Efrosyni Konstantinou. Redefining the Use of Sustainable Development Goals at the Organisation and Project Levels—A Survey of Engineers. Administrative Sciences 2020, 10, 55 .

AMA Style

Paul Mansell, Simon Philbin, Efrosyni Konstantinou. Redefining the Use of Sustainable Development Goals at the Organisation and Project Levels—A Survey of Engineers. Administrative Sciences. 2020; 10 (3):55.

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Paul Mansell; Simon Philbin; Efrosyni Konstantinou. 2020. "Redefining the Use of Sustainable Development Goals at the Organisation and Project Levels—A Survey of Engineers." Administrative Sciences 10, no. 3: 55.

Journal article
Published: 10 August 2020 in Sustainability
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Achievement of the United Nations’ 2030 Global Goals for Sustainability is of paramount importance. However, for engineers and project managers to take meaningful action, they need the practical tools, processes and leadership to turn grand rhetoric into viable engineering solutions. Linking infrastructure project sustainability performance to sustainable development goals (SDG) targets is problematic. This article builds on the previous development of an innovative infrastructure business model, called the “Infrastructure SDG Impact-Value Chain” (IVC) to link local-level project delivery with global-level SDG impacts. It uses a case study of a water utility company to demonstrate how the IVC business model can integrate the “triple bottom line” to ensure the balanced definition of success across economic, environmental and social thematic areas. The results led to a proposed methodology for business leaders to align stakeholders on a common definition of project success during the design phase. The study includes the selection of longer-term outcomes and strategic SDG impacts, which, it is suggested, are improved definitions of project success. Although the findings that are from a single case study cannot automatically be extended to the entire water industry, the study’s methodology has potential to be used to evaluate multiple projects across different sectors. The practical application is significant since it offers the flexibility to be used at both project and portfolio levels, thereby linking tactical delivery to organisational SDG impacts and leading to improved investment decisions with increased likelihood of success in achieving the SDG 2030 targets.

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Paul Mansell; Simon Philbin; Tim Broyd. Development of a New Business Model to Measure Organizational and Project-Level SDG Impact—Case Study of a Water Utility Company. Sustainability 2020, 12, 6413 .

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Paul Mansell, Simon Philbin, Tim Broyd. Development of a New Business Model to Measure Organizational and Project-Level SDG Impact—Case Study of a Water Utility Company. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (16):6413.

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Paul Mansell; Simon Philbin; Tim Broyd. 2020. "Development of a New Business Model to Measure Organizational and Project-Level SDG Impact—Case Study of a Water Utility Company." Sustainability 12, no. 16: 6413.

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Published: 01 June 2020 in Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering Sustainability
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While sustainability of civil infrastructure is critical to professionals, project owners, regulators, funding agencies and the public, little is done to link individual project sustainability to the United Nation’s 17 global sustainable development goals for 2030. This paper provides some answers but also exposes many questions that need resolution by the infrastructure sector. Using empirical evidence, the authors have identified a ‘golden thread’ between best-practice sustainability-reporting frameworks at project level with those at organisational level. In doing so, they find there is sufficient linkage to embed sustainable-development-goal impact targets into the design stage of an infrastructure project. This would provide a more robust investment appraisal at the project design phase, helping to define project success more widely across the triple bottom line of economic, social and environmental outcomes and associated impact.

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Paul Mansell; Simon P Philbin; Tim Broyd; Ian Nicholson. Assessing the impact of infrastructure projects on global sustainable development goals. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering Sustainability 2020, 173, 196 -212.

AMA Style

Paul Mansell, Simon P Philbin, Tim Broyd, Ian Nicholson. Assessing the impact of infrastructure projects on global sustainable development goals. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering Sustainability. 2020; 173 (4):196-212.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Paul Mansell; Simon P Philbin; Tim Broyd; Ian Nicholson. 2020. "Assessing the impact of infrastructure projects on global sustainable development goals." Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering Sustainability 173, no. 4: 196-212.