That is the big question to be answered when the entrepreneurs are invited to a workshop in Oslo on Wednesday 14 February.

“If we are to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement, we need to rethink everything. As an industry, we need to collaborate more than before, dare to share experiences, best practices and challenges with each other,” says Helen Roth, general manager of the VIA industry cluster for transport infrastructure and project manager for “Sustainable value chain and material use in road construction”.

Construction of new roads accounts for large greenhouse gas emissions, around 80% of which are indirect emissions from materials such as concrete, asphalt and steel. Building roads based on the reuse of local masses and materials, rather than using virgin land, will reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

“Entrepreneurs have a key role to play in leading this transition by implementing sustainable principles and practices in road projects,” says Roth.

The workshop will address the following:

— How do we achieve optimal operation in the line?

What are we succeeding in today?

— What barriers hinder the development of new, sustainable solutions and methods?

The event is under the auspices of the Association of Machinery Contractors (MEF), the Green Construction Sector and the partners in the Green Platform project “Sustainable value chain and material use in road construction”. The target audience is construction managers, project managers and others in entrepreneurial companies working on practical implementation of sustainability.

The initiators of the workshop are the partners of the project Sustainable value chain and material use in road construction.

The project has a framework of NOK 125 million and will test at least 10 different pilots with new, sustainable materials and solutions for use in road bodies, tunnels and road structures. The goal is to cut indirect emissions in construction projects by at least 50%, as well as to remove the barriers that stop the transition to a greener and more sustainable road construction.

Here you will find more information about the event