Lyngdal, Norway — Implenia is a Swiss leading construction and real estate service provider that is now popularly renowned for promoting ecological awareness and biodiversity-enhancing measures in large projects. Recently, the company engaged with the building of motorways in Lyngdal, Norway where it was able to put measures that will see local wildlife and plant life within the construction vicinity well-protected during the construction activities. This shows a commitment to responsible natural habitat management by lowering the negative impact that the construction sector usually has on it while promoting biodiversity in encouraging bee colonies to thrive even where motorways are under construction.
Construction and Biodiversity: Striking a Balance through Wide-Reaching Improvement Measures Construction is usually identified as one of the ambient scourges that destroy natural habitats. Big interventions have a large impact on the affected local ecosystems, which in turn threatens life in the wildlife and upsets the environmental balance. On the other hand, Implenia is trying to offset this tendency by putting in place measures that do not throw off biodiversity at its construction sites.
Implenia has taken several key practices with the aim of reducing the ecological footprint generated by its operations. These include but are not limited to relocating bee colonies, planting native wildflowers, construction of animal corridors, and invasive species removal around the construction site. Indeed, this has proven that there is room for industrial activities to coexist with taking care of the environment.
Lyngdal Motorway Project: A Case Study in Sustainability
One of Implenia’s most impressive projects in terms of biodiversity is the 10 km motorway in Lyngdal, Norway. Bees are thriving in and around the motorway, which includes numerous tunnels and bridges and is, literally, abuzz with heavy machinery.
Thanks to Implenia’s state-of-the-art, sensitive environmental protection, local bees are still able to extract pollen from flowers growing in the area, be they bellflowers, daisies, or clover. The construction company is taking conscious measures while preserving and improving the local habitat not to deprive the bees of their foraging resources due to the infrastructure development ongoing.
Besides that, wildlife corridors allow animals to portal smoothly throughout the landscape by planting native wildflowers along the road side to clothe the landscape and encourage a variety of flora and fauna, which also provides a place for animals to hide. Removing invasive species helps further in preserving the natural biodiversity of the region.
The Role of Biodiversity in Environmental Responsibility
Biodiversity is linked to healthy ecosystems, which make way for clean water, production of food, clean air, and even reduction of disaster risks. The great variety of species in both natural and urban settings will enable the ecosystems to be resilient. Implenia is aware of this; therefore, the company addresses biodiversity in its projects.
In effect, thorough environmental impact analyses are conducted before any project construction starts in a project area. In this manner, Implenia is also able to detect possible risks of local flora, fauna, or wildlife early on and take certain steps to counteract them. This evaluation of environmental conditions before a project is undertaken is, therefore, possible for measures tailored to the specific needs that will ensure the safeguarding of biodiversity, be it by relocating sensitive species or the planting of local vegetation to house pollinators like bees.
Sustainable Urban Development: Green Village, Geneva
Implenia’s policy of encouraging biodiversity goes beyond the construction of an undeveloped countryside. In French-speaking Switzerland, Implenia is in charge of developing one sustainable urban quarter known as the Green Village, which is situated in the heart of the Geneva district and is part of the Quartier des Nations. The comprehensive real estate project demonstrates how sustainable building can benefit biodiversity in an urban environment.
The Green Village conforms to the highest environmental standards, enough to meet an SEED Next Generation Living living definition, with an allocation of about 30% of green open areas. These incorporate wetlands, woodlands, fallow land, and meadows, all aimed at supporting plant and animal life within the city.
The project comprises areas for living, office, and hotel spaces, in between which habitats for plants and animals are created. The blossom and fruit trees support pollinators, including bees, and the parkland supports a variety of plant and animal species. Even the lighting systems have the aim of minimal disturbance to the local ecosystem with the natural day-night rhythm.
Biodiversity for a Sustainable Building
The initiatives of Implenia are testimony to the fact that construction companies can undergo a change in environmental protection policies. In its implementation of biodiversity, this company made it clear that huge infrastructure development cannot automatically be done to the detriment of natural habitats. It is only that the implementation of the biodiversity strategy can go coincidentally hand in hand with the protection and improvement of the local ecosystem.
In Lyngdal, Norway, and Geneva, Switzerland, Implenia is proving—sustainable environmentally friendly construction is no dream; it’s a fact for the future. If this requires, in practice, a strong focus on biodiversity in environmental soundness and climate resilience, construction companies now pave the way into a more responsible and sustainable future for the sector.
Conclusion
The pressure grows on the building sector to lessen its environmental footprint; companies like Implenia set the pace. By relocating bees, creating wildlife corridors, and planting native wildflowers, Implenia demonstrates that construction can also contribute to a plus for the environment through biodiversity preservation. The company works in Lyngdal, Norway, and Geneva’s Green Village show how biodiversity is not only essential for natural ecosystems but has a place in city development projects. This goes on to ensure environmental protection and simultaneously raises the bar as a standard for construction practice, which shall be adhered to in all future projects.
Source: Implenia