What Is Sustainable Urban Development?

As population grows the urbanisation of society is inevitable. Urbanisation leads to an increased impact on the environment; the 'ecological footprint' of cities is spreading.

The impact of growth on all areas of society must be acknowledged. Sustainable growth requires an evolution in the way urban areas carry out their activities such as resource use and the movement of people and goods. The physical infrastructure in addition to social and economic processes must evolve to acknowledge the challenges of growth.

Australia is one of the most urbanised countries in the world, with 85% of its population living in urban areas. The rate of urban growth has resulted in severe environmental and social consequences which threaten the high quality of life currently found in Australian towns and cities.

For the Urban Development Industry Sector and Local Authorities, sustainability has gone from being a future issue to very much about the ‘here and now’, and a very real concern for every Australian.

Add to this a rapidly changing developer environment, with increasingly short land supply, rigorous compliance issues and spiralling development costs impacting radically on both productivity and profitability. Where are we headed into the future?

SUDTEC knows what is required and has the experience to deliver it.

SUDTEC Property Development Services

As community bodies and Government agencies accelerate their drive towards achieving Sustainable Urban Developments (SUD), the demand for developers to demonstrate the sustainability of their projects as a prerequisite to approval intensifies.

SUDTEC know the business of Environment, Property Development and Water and Waste Water infrastructure design, approval, construction and commissioning.

SUDTEC has practical realife completed and on the ground Sustainable urban development projects which demonstrate our capability to advise the development team on the best way to take a green development project from site acquisition through to approval, site construction and sale to the market.

SUDTEC provides a no frills consultancy ,advisory and advocacy package to service the Urban development Industry and local authority sector.

SUDTEC provides a ‘ greenprint’ (as in blueprint) for new urban development by applying the 9 “World’s Best Practice” criteria for urban sustainability devised by SUDTEC while working on United Nations recognised projects:

	1.	Biodiversity protection, enhancement & landscaping
	2.	Power generation & energy management
	3.	Civil works construction practices
	4.	Sustainable transport / vehicular management
	5.	Integrated water management strategy
	6.	Waste Management
	7.	Architectural design and construction materials
	8.	Connectivity and technology
	9.	Beneficial community outcomes

SUDTEC provides a complete consultancy service which delivers the 9 key criteria for sustainable urban development.

How SUDTEC adds value

While SUDTEC is underpinned by an environmental agenda, our core focus is delivering commercially viable, projects with improved development outcomes and objectives – delivering partners market realistic pathways to:

	A.	Develop existing land or projects more effectively and affordably – thereby increasing project yield and returns.
	B.	Develop unusual or environmentally sensitive sites, or address specific environmental challenges in a strategic, commercially effective manner – which may traditionally be ‘out-of-bounds’, or represent challenges to traditional development methodologies.
	C.	Provide water and waste water infrastructure in locations where Local Authority Services are inadequate, nonexistent or where the Developer seeks to deliver a Sustainable Urban Development style project.
	D.	Achieve certainty – our systems can ensure certainty of infrastructure servicing approval, reclaiming valuable time traditionally wasted through the approvals process.
	E.	Dramatically reduce risk. Our upfront planning processes facilitates cost-effective ‘upfront’ assessment of project ‘eco–utilities’ feasibility, delivering answers faster, and allowing for measurable, tangible benchmarks as to a project’s viability.
	F.	Brand and market SUD projects. SUD projects present as superior product to the educated and eco aware market. Our team understands the environmental principles, the market forces at play and can deliver comprehensive marketing strategies and tools to maximize the likelihood of project success.

In addition to consulting projects and partner alliances with some of Australia’s most respected development firms, SUDTEC is also actively involved in independent development of selected projects, providing live case studies of SUD in action.

SUDTEC is currently involved in development projects throughout Queensland and New South Wales.