10/05/2023
CRL Ltd chief executive Dr Sean Sweeney says the independent assessment from the Australia-based ISC is a ringing endorsement of the values and “hard mahi” of the CRL and Link Alliance team brought to New Zealand’s largest transport infrastructure project.
“We have, from the get-go, worked our hardest to make the CRL an exemplar project, to set a new higher benchmark for construction, workplace safety, environmental sustainability and to form partnerships in our community to provide opportunities for people who face barriers to entering the workforce,” Dr Sweeney says.
“This award is recognition of achieving that ambition and, on behalf of the CRL and Link Alliance teams, I want to thank everyone involved and acknowledge the hard mahi it’s taken to reach our goal,” he says.
The ISC independent assessors highlighted three innovations that were critical to award the highest possible rating: the incorporation of Māori cultural values into the IS framework, using the BIM model (a digital measuring tool) to track the carbon footprint during design and the use of battery-powered MSVs with regenerative braking (which converts the kinetic energy lost during deceleration into stored energy in the vehicle’s battery).
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The assessors also focussed on the delivery of positive social outcomes, particularly the efforts to provide meaningful training and employment to Māori, Pasifika, and youth.
CRL Ltd and Link Alliance implement a 16-week paid internship for rangatahi (youth), including training and wrap-around support, career development, mentoring and pastoral care programme creating confident, capable people with improved career pathways and creating supply chain opportunities for Māori and Pasifika businesses, social enterprises and socially innovative businesses.
Sweeney says it has been a privilege to partner with Mana Whenua on many initiatives and to witness the positive and enduring outcomes from this good work.
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