Building Sustainably: A Pilot Study on the Project Manager’s Contribution in Delivering Sustainable Construction Projects – A Maltese and International Perspective

Tasked with the overall management of a building’s development phases, the project manager is becoming increasingly crucial for achieving project sustainability goals.  This survey reveals that project managers were well aware of sustainability issues and their role in bringing a sustainability agenda into construction projects.  Pre-construction (43%) and construction (28%) were the stages where a project manager can give the highest input.  The refusal of clients to commit increased capital (34%), the requirement for specialized training (33%), and the lack of incentives aimed at increasing the sustainability of projects (22%) were cited by respondents as obstacles to sustainable construction.