Advisory Services
Transport for NSW has established the Sustainable Infrastructure Program, which aims to streamline and drive decarbonisation and circularity in infrastructure projects, focusing on digital solutions and early-stage project changes. It supports achieving net-zero targets through practical tools, standards, and industry collaboration.
Launched as a four-year initiative, SIP focuses on embedding sustainability from the earliest stages of project planning, ensuring that carbon reduction and circular economy principles are integral to infrastructure development.
As part of its Sustainable Infrastructure Program, TfNSW wanted to develop a sustainable procurement guide that could be easily used by procurement practitioners and that was aligned with TfNSW’s Carbon Management System, PAS2080:2023 Carbon Management in Infrastructure standard and the new NSW Protection of the Environment Policy.
ConnellGriffin developed a revised Sustainable Infrastructure Procurement Standard (the Standard) and prepared supporting procurement and contract templates for TfNSW. The Standard addresses Carbon Management, Climate Resilience, Water Management, Circular Economy, Waste Management and Liveable Places and provides guidance on how to incorporate sustainability requirements in procurement processes across the project lifecycle, from the early business and optioneering stage, through design and delivery. We also provided a series of recommendations, highlighting options to further enhance the effectiveness of the Standard.
ConnellGriffin were able to bring a practical point of view, based on our extensive commercial and transaction management experience to ensure the Standard not only aligns with industry best practice, but is also easy to understand and implement.
We were also able to streamline the contract and procurement templates to create a ‘kit-of-parts’ that will allow procurement teams to incorporate sustainability requirements across a variety of contract and delivery models.
The procurement and contract templates we prepared have been adopted as part of the National Sustainable Procurement in Infrastructure Guideline.
Richard Martin
Executive Director
Richard is a Chartered Civil Engineer and brings 25 years’ experience to the infrastructure sector - he is one of Australia’s most experienced transaction and commercial advisors, who’s expertise spans a variety of sectors including transport, energy, water and social infrastructure. He has a reputation as a having a “do what it takes” attitude, as well as possessing a high level of commercial and practical acumen.
Richard has significant project development and delivery leadership experience through his involvement on large project and programs of work in Europe and Australia. Richard has delivered a variety of services including strategic and commercial advice to both private and government clients on projects from the inception and planning phase, through to construction and operation. In the last decade, Richard has provided advisory services on some of Australia’s most high-profile infrastructure projects.
Prior to arriving in Australia, Richard was the lead Project Manager on the delivery of a $3 billion infrastructure investment program of works in the UK, where he was responsible for the development, procurement, construction and commissioning of several large brownfield complex infrastructure projects. His achievements on this program of works resulted in him finishing runner-up in the United Kingdom’s Association for Project Management’s ‘Young Project Manager of the Year’ award.
Outside work, Richard is a keen cook and enjoys eating out with family and friends. At the weekend, he spends time with his family, playing football and ubering his kids to their various sporting and social activities.
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