Construction transport efficiency from the perspective of Main Contractor and Transporter

Abstract

1. Kappa -a comprehensive summary of the thesis 2. Three papers -acting as a base for this study All three papers have been presented at separate conferences on different occasions.

Rerouting urban construction transport flows to avoid air pollution hotspots

“…Given the large transported volumes, large urban construction sites generally deploy heavy goods vehicles (>3.5t) for the delivery of materials rather than light commercial vehicles (<3.5t) Dablanc, 2007). While research attention has been given with regards to the impact of on-site logistics in recent years, the impact of off-site logistics has often been under researched, mostly because of the lack of (unstandardized) data and digitalization (Brusselaers et al, 2020;Damström, 2020;McKinnon, 2018;Naz, 2022;Thunberg & Fredriksson, 2018). While data availability and its quality is essential in calculating transport performance (Naz, 2022;Panahy et al, 2013), most construction logistics data points are still collected, recorded and conveyed manually (Ko et al, 2016).…”

“…While research attention has been given with regards to the impact of on-site logistics in recent years, the impact of off-site logistics has often been under researched, mostly because of the lack of (unstandardized) data and digitalization (Brusselaers et al, 2020;Damström, 2020;McKinnon, 2018;Naz, 2022;Thunberg & Fredriksson, 2018). While data availability and its quality is essential in calculating transport performance (Naz, 2022;Panahy et al, 2013), most construction logistics data points are still collected, recorded and conveyed manually (Ko et al, 2016). This highlights the need for accurate transport data to better understand how delivery patterns can be altered (Sezer & Fredriksson, 2021), thus improving sustainable regional planning (Finnveden & Åkerman, 2014;Rodrigue, 2020).…”