{"id":90394,"date":"2019-09-30T09:10:27","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T07:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.ferrovial.com\/?post_type=new&p=90394"},"modified":"2022-12-21T08:56:34","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T07:56:34","slug":"broadspectrum-designs-a-green-roof-on-melbourne-highway","status":"publish","type":"new","link":"https:\/\/newsroom.ferrovial.com\/en\/news\/broadspectrum-designs-a-green-roof-on-melbourne-highway\/","title":{"rendered":"Broadspectrum and Eastlink Design a Green Roof on a Melbourne’s Highway to Improve Sustainability in the Area"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Broadspectrum is in charge of operation and maintenance on the 40 kilometers<\/a> of this infrastructure in the state of Victoria, which has daily traffic of 250,000 vehicles. The purpose of this roof is to help improve sustainability in the area and support more diverse flora<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Getting students, residents, and the private sector involved<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The idea first started with students from the Swinburne University of Technology<\/strong>, in collaboration with EastLink<\/strong>\u00a0and residents in Melbourne’s Donvale district.\u00a0 To carry out this project, landscaping students from Swinburne presented their proposals according to a number of criteria: soil improvement, plant strength, and ease of maintenance. In all, the new space has more than 17 floors, different species of plants and takes inspiration from indigenous landscapes.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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\n We are very pleased to have been able to improve the surroundings for residents of the Donvale district, in addition to helping our client by offering a solution that is both environmental and social in nature that the local community will enjoy for years to come. We received a wide variety of proposals from Melbourne students and the solution that was chosen was the one that best met the project criteria <\/blockquote>\n\n