eTheses Repository  Sustainable assessment for geotechnical
projects  Holt, Daniella Godinho Abreu (2011) Ph.D. thesis,
University of Birmingham.  PDF (4Mb)Accepted Version
Geotechnical engineering has a crucial role to play in enhancing
sustainability due to its pivotal role in the construction
process where potentially impacts are highest. Currently, there
is a lack of methodologies for assessing geotechnical projects
that truly encompass the three core pillars of sustainability. A
robust system is required which offers an holistic approach that
is both flexible and easily understood, whilst not being biased
towards rewards or is prohibitively costly. In addition, ‘tool
fatigue’, whereby a system is generated but never used, must be
avoided. After a detailed evaluation of the systems available,
the SPeAR® framework was selected. Following detailed discussion
with a variety of practitioners, the methodology was
significantly adapted to make it applicable to geotechnical
problems and ensure that geotechnica