Sustainable design and construction at a glance Our projects must take into account an increasing number of complex and interrelated factors, extreme weather conditions and resource scarcity. By enabling infrastructure performance, safety and resilience to be reconciled, sustainable design and construction is a key driver. Mobilising and sharing our expertise to speed up its implementation in each of our projects is a key component of SYSTRA’s Climate Trajectory. Transversality and collaboration Sustainable design and construction is something which sets us apart from the rest. This approach requires decompartmentalising specialities, transforming collaborative work and adapting our organisational structure. Our teams have thus developed a framework that is adapted to all our infrastructure projects. It offers an integrated approach to sustainable construction, and extends to all of a project’s phases and components – civil engineering, systems, architects, environmentalists, management, etc. A Sustainable Design and Construction Framework This Framework offers a per-theme integrated approach: use resources effectively, mitigate and adapt to climate change, protect the natural environment and improve quality of life. In particular, it enables project teams to better reconcile project profitability and sustainability during the infrastructure design and construction phases, and offer improved performance objectives that exceed regulatory requirements. Specific per-theme indicators make it possible to monitor and enhance the sustainable design and construction approach in projects. Canada: sustainable design and construction serving decarbonisation SYSTRA took part in the Quebec Transport Association (AQTr) symposium on decarbonising the railway sector as a way of helping to get to net zero globally by 2050. The opportunity to share our expertise with other mobility stakeholders around a key theme: “Sustainable design and construction in infrastructure projects: a challenge for the evolution of engineering as a profession.” Sustainable design and construction “Sustainability has become central to the development of infrastructure projects. The Sustainable Design and Construction Framework is a fundamental tool for guiding technicians towards a common vision and a concrete approach to the challenges posed by sustainable development and climate change. It also meets the regulatory requests of the Italian market, which makes it a necessary tool to meet the expectations of our various clients.” Davide Clauser Head of Infrastructure, Italy “Awarded by the professional associations Bétocib and CIMbéton, the Trophée Béton Pro 2022 award recognises the way in which concrete has been used in four stations on Paris metro Line 14, as well as how infrastructure has been simplified and structures have been optimised. One of the strengths of its sustainable design and construction is the way in which hollow slabs or studs have been used to support pedestrian traffic infrastructure. This award recognises our efforts and demonstrates our ability to deploy sustainable design and construction solutions in our projects.” Sofia Fotiadou Group Sustainable Design and Construction Manager Vincent Duguay Director of Urban Projects, France “The Sustainable Design and Construction Framework streamlines all efforts across the Group to improve project performance on environmental sustainability and human well-being. It provides a common methodology, as well as tracking criteria and indicators, so as to address major challenges linked to resource use, climate change, the natural environment, and quality of life for users and local residents of the infrastructure we create.” — 7 SYSTRA — 2022 Sustainability Report