Integrated Planning as a ‘Smart’ Solution for Improved Sustainability of Construction Logistics: A Transport Perspective
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The trans-disciplinary nature and extent of the construction supply chain make it prone to inefficiencies at its component domain/segment boundaries. Project-centric delivery accentuates these. Logistics, a significant element of the construction supply chain, forms part of complex systems with multiple stakeholders and a wide range of concurrent on-/off-site in-action activities, processes, and systems. Transport is the largest logistics component, with most other processes (except warehousing) being business processes and not ‘real’ ones. The low-value/high-volume nature of construction materials leads to substantial transport requirement, even for small projects, with costs up to half the logistics costs or a fifth of construction costs. Transport is naturally fragmented, with a component intrinsic to every business, and asset ownership and deployment typically external to it. Incremental inefficiencies, driven by siloed planning between involved stakeholders, aggregate into visibility at the macro level. Adverse sustainability impacts are the obvious consequence. Transport optimisation results from re-configuring activities, re-combining resources, and re-positioning actors, which demand integrated strategic and/or operational planning. This paper undertakes data-driven analysis of an integrated business model as a ‘smart’ solution for improved transport efficiency in a specific New Zealand construction supply chain segment. Quantification and validation of sustainability benefits is undertaken using domestic/international parameters.Description
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Sustainability and health: the nexus of carbon-neutral architecture and well-being: 56th International Conference of the Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA) 29th November–2nd December 2023, Launceston, Australia. M. Dewsberry & D. Tanton (eds). Proceedings 2023. pp 406-420 https://www.utas.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/1696451/_Compressed_24-02-13-FULL-PROCEEDINGS.pdf
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