Sustainable Construction Logistics in Urban Areas: A Framework for Assessing the Suitability of the Implementation of Construction Consolidation Centres

Victoria Muerza and Cindy Guerlain
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Victoria Muerza: Department of Quantitative Methods for Economics and Business, University of Zaragoza, 50005 Zaragoza, Spain
Cindy Guerlain: Department of IT for Innovative Services, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), 5 Av. des Hauts-Fourneaux, Esch-sur-Alzette, L-4362 Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 13, 1-19

Abstract: Transport in construction is responsible for up to 30% of freight movement in cities, with a subsequent impact in terms of pollutant emissions. Different solutions have been provided to alleviate the negative impact of freight transport related to construction activity, although no guidance has been provided for replicability in cities. One solution whose potential benefits are being studied with the support of policy makers is Construction Consolidation Centres (CCC). This paper proposes a method based on the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and provides an index based on 45 indicators to evaluate the suitability of the implementation of a CCC in terms of the pillars of sustainability in combination with a technical pillar. Three real construction projects were assessed in Luxembourg City, Paris, and Valencia. Two critical attributes were identified: the estimated operational costs of the construction company and the potential demand level in the area. The results of the analysis allow for: (i) the extraction of knowledge related to the sustainability of the construction project, and (ii) logistics to be integrated into the planning and design stages of the construction activity. Furthermore, a general structure is also proposed for integrating other construction solutions where CCC is not suitable.

Keywords: sustainable urban logistics; Construction Consolidation Centre; AHP; multicriteria evaluation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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