A new behavioural approach for improving the sustainability of built-environment design

Global engineering consultancy Jacobs’ has developed a new behavioural management process to ensure its built-environment designs are more sustainable. The process changes designer behaviour from focusing purely on technical and legal compliance to a culture of ensuring the health and safety people who will construct or interact with the designs at the same time as benefitting the environment, climate and sustainability. This paper introduces the process and its associated practical support tools. It then explains how it was successfully applied on part of the High Speed Two railway project in the UK.