Ingenieur Vol.79 July-Sept 2019 ingenieur 2019 july-sept | Page 25

(6) Waste Facilities; (7) Energy Generation & Distribution; and (8) Telecommunication. Roads, Tunnels, & Bridges Rail Transport Systems Telecommunications Energy Generation & Distribution Types of Infrastructure Project Waste Facilities Water Utility Services Airports Waterways, Canals, & Ports Figure 2: Types of Infrastructure Projects Figure 2: Types of Infrastructure Projects (1) Roads, Tunnels, and Bridges; industry players, consultants, and designers. (2) Rail Transport Systems; This rating tool is essential and critical to enable (3) Water Utility Services; a holistic consideration of sustainable elements (4) Airports; to be incorporated early in any infrastructure Essentially, INFRASTAR focuses on assessing the sustainability of an infrastructure (5) Waterways, Canals, and Ports; development Sustainable and to provide a comprehensive (6) Waste Facilities; assessment of the level of sustainability that is project during the in design and construction stage. Due to the various types of infrastructure (7) Energy Generation & Distribution; and and the being implemented the project. It is an objective- (8) Telecommunication. and evidence-based rating tool that evaluates complexities of operational functionalities, at the moment, there is no generic assessment model social and environmental aspects including for assessing the operation and maintenance land-use planning and management, resource stages of a project. Having said that, there are two management, energy and water management, SUSTAINABLE INFRASTAR ASSESSMENT effects on biodiversity and other ecosystems. MODEL SUSTAINABLE INFRASTAR ASSESSMENT MODEL TYPES OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS The tool is designed to develop a generic sustainability assessment framework that can be applied to various types of infrastructure projects, which are primarily categorised into eight categories: Essentially, Sustainable INFRASTAR focuses on assessing the sustainability of an infrastructure project during the design and construction stage. Due to the various types of infrastructure and the complexities of operational functionalities, at the moment there is no generic assessment model for assessing the operation and maintenance stages of a project. Having said that, there are 23