This research investigates the extent of an impact that the modern materials can have on the sustainability on construction projects of small and medium scale. To collect data relating to the role modern materials can play in affecting a construction project’s sustainability a survey was created. This survey help assessing the construction industries current knowledge and view of the use of modern materials within said projects. This quantitative research used snowball sampling to distribute a survey containing statements relating to various aspects of modern material integration and the industries attitude towards material sustainability. The survey reached to a total of 124 construction professionals in total. The Relative Importance Index (RII) was performed on the resultant data, which was accessed through the support of the Excel sheet and SPSS software. The use of RII identified that the most significant area relating to the use of modern materials was the difference in integrating and overall effects that the modern sustainable construction materials have on projects of a small and medium scale. Whereas the least significant area was the actual types of sustainable material and their use within the construction industry already. Within these areas of research, the key points of significance were process of effecting a projects entire lifecycle and that when trying to achieve this the key is to understand and consider the entire lifecycle, not just certain influence stages. Comparatively the data also identified that the point of modern material effecting the entire projects sustainability least significant due to their independent nature. This research can be further developed to understand the power that the use of modern materials can have on a project’s lifecycle in relation to sustainability and environmental impact and how that impact can be assessed to give a more accurate representation of its overall integrational impact.