Identifying the awareness level of the use of sustainable project management in the South African construction industry

The relationship between project management and sustainable development is rapidly gain-ing interest from both practitioners and academics. This is so because projects have long term impacts on social, economic and environmental sustainability to South Africa, because of this construction companies are increasingly under pressure to incorporate the objectives of sustainable development into company policies and decision-making processes. The aim of this study is to identify the level of awareness of sustainable project management by professionals in the South African construction industry. A quantitative methodology approach was adopted for this study, a questionnaire was employed to gather data for this study. A total of fifty-two (52) respondents returned their questionnaires. Descriptive statistical tools were used to analyse the findings, tools such as mean item score (MIS) was used to rank the level of awareness of sustainable project management and the reliability of the was also checked. Findings from this study revealed that the implementation of sustainable project management can lead to saving energy, reduction of greenhouse emission amongst many. This study concluded by stating that it will be imperative for policies to be put in place by the government to help encourage organisations to implement sustainable project management.