8.2 Construction logistics

Aim

To reduce carbon emissions and avoid negative effects on local health, safety and travel arising from construction stage transport movements and diversions arising as a result of preparation and construction works.

Assessment scope

Only criteria listed in the table below can be scoped out of assessments. All other criteria are fixed.

Credit Summary

Assessment criteria

8.2.1 Planning construction traffic movements

(15 points Design Phase)

Construction traffic movements have been reviewed or considered by the project team prior to the construction stage commencing.

Guidance

The consequences of construction traffic upon all modes of transport, including on cycling and walking as well as vulnerable members of society, must be part of the consideration to score. Evidence could be baseline study data (a stand-alone report or produced as part of an EIA) but, where appropriate, could also be minutes of meetings where the issue has been actively considered.

Evidence

Found in a Transport Impact Assessment(TIA), Environmental Statement(ES), Construction Logistics Plan(CLP), or contract documentation.

8.2.2 Transport effects of construction activities

(up to 19 points in Design Phase)

The project team has incorporated measures that deliver improved performance on the following effects of construction activities on the local community.

Outcome	Credits
Ease of use of signs and other communications	4
Reduction of available parking spaces	4
Reduced congestion	5
Reducing severance	6

Guidance

This can be achieved, for example, by assessing the transport impacts of materials delivery and construction staff travel, considering options for site access and transport routes. Consideration of alternative means of transport for materials (other than by road) is considered in 8.2.7.

Evidence

Found in the form of drawings, plans or photographs that demonstrate the incorporation of measures that reduce the effects upon local communities.

8.2.3 Reducing risks for vulnerable road users

(up to 20 points Construction Phase)

The prject team have incorporated measures that improve safety for vulnerable road users.

Outcome	Credits
The construction site entrance has been managed to minimise the risks to vulnerable road users arising from vehicles approaching and leaving the site.	4 each
The site is accessible for delivery vehicles fitted with safety features (e.g. side under run protection).
Access routes to the site, including for heavy vehicles, have been managed to minimise risks to vulnerable road users.
All fleet operator(s) have undertaken regular driver training and awareness to promote safety within the site and off site.
The fleet operator(s) have captured and investigated any road incidents and near misses and reported them back to the principal contractor for analysis.

Guidance

In the UK, the Construction Logistics and Community Safety (CLOCS) Standard may be used by clients and principal contractors to help manage and reduce risks to vulnerable road users from construction vehicles.

In the UK, fleet operators may use the Fleet Operators Recognition Scheme (FORS) to demonstrate how they are managing their operations to reduce work related road risks. 

Evidence

Include site inspection reports, relevant sections of a Construction Management Plan(CMP), training records, or near miss reporting and analysis.

8.2.4 Responsible fleet operations

(22 points Construction Phase)

8.2.4.1 All fleet operators travelling to or from the construction site have used a compliant organisational, local, or national considerate fleet operations scheme and their performance against the scheme has been confirmed by independent assessment and certification or verification.

Evidence

Include contractual requirements and records or reports from monitoring during construction.

8.2.4.2 The fleet operators have achieved the relevant level of performance for the compliant scheme.

Guidance

Compliant considerate fleet operations schemes are FORS (minimum level of Silver).

8.2.5 Minimising disruption from construction traffic

(8 points in Design Phase; 25 points in Construction Phase)

Measures have been included in the project specification and construction management that minimise disruption caused by construction traffic, whether on the public network, from construction vehicles on site, or on both.

Outcome	Credits	Assessment Stage
Measures included in the project design	5	Design
Measures delivered during the construction stage	25	Construction

Guidance

This focuses upon the movement of construction materials and waste rather than the movement of the construction teams, which is considered in 8.2.9 and 8.2.10. In addition, it is important to recognise that noise and dust nuisance may be caused by internal haul roads as well as by the effects of construction traffic upon the transport network.

Measures by the Client or Contractor could include a contractual ability to impose sanction on the company causing an infringement or hard enforcement measures, such as local liaison and/or cameras. Further measures at construction stage could include direction signage, and route planning to avoid particular roads.

Evidence

Drawn from the commitments made in the ES, the evidence supporting the planning application, the specifications or terms and conditions that the tendering Contractors are operating under, or the transport sections of a Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) or similar document.

8.2.6 Success in minimising construction traffic impacts

(up to 18 points in Construction Phase)

There is evidence available at the end of the construction stage to demonstrate that measures to minimise the impacts of construction traffic have been monitored and been successful.

Guidance

This is focused on successful implementation of the measures outlined in 8.2.5.

Metric

Monitoring and measurement of success in minimising construction traffic impacts could be done through recording and auditing of construction transportation movements, to and from site. Possible calculations and reporting methods include:

Evidence

It is accepted that proving success in these situations is difficult because there is no control porject running alongside the one with the measures in place, and because of the challenge of proving that an issue has been minimised. However, a combination of demonstrating the measures were aimed at minimising the impacts and that they have been achieved (for example using video clips and photographs) is what is being sought here. In addition, a signed statement by the Project Director to confirm the absence of complaints may also be appropriate.

Evidence of monitoring and measuring transportation movements may be from security or gate records, material order/receipts or waste transfer notes etc in order to record number/frequency of vehicle movements and the average distance of round trip to site. Evidence could alternatively include the calculation and reporting of the metric-based guidance.

8.2.7 Movement of construction materials

(6 points in Design or Construction Phases)

The project has considered possible use of other, more sustainable transport routes (other than road), such as rail and/or water, for the movement of construction materials and/or waste.

Guidance

The project team needs to demonstrate that appropriate alternatives have been considered, even if they are apparently extreme. For example, the use of helicopters to transport materials and or equipment to a remote, sensitive site to avoid building of a temporary haul road may be acceptable but needs to be fully justified. 

In considering this criterion, the movement of materials not just to and from the construction site should be considered, but also the effect that the supply chain may have on the movement of major elements of the project components.

Evidence

Needs to be shown in the Client's requirements or in design and/or site records to demonstrate consideration of alternative transport methods.

8.2.8 Movement of construction materials - implementation

(9 points in the Construction Phase)

The outcome of the assessment in 8.2.7 has implemented some or all of the measures.

Guidance

Even if movements by the Client organisation or design team are modest compared to those at the construction stage, these travel plans are felt to be helpful in not only reducing adverse impacts but in setting a tone for the project team.

Distance and carbon emissions are both significant, so distance and form of travel are relevant, and, hence, executive travel by air would be considered a potentially significant movement.

Appropriate measures may include, for example, access to public transport links, provision of a minibus, provision of temporary accommodation, encouraging car-pooling or prescribing specific routes for journeys (including access arrangements, compounds, parking and public transports).

Metric

Workforce travel may be managed and controlled by implementing systems to monitor and record travel movements during the construction of works.

A workforce transport survey or travel diaries may be used to record:

• The different transportation modes used.
• Frequency of and distance of movements to and from site.

Minimising and monitoring of workforce transport movements may be reported through calculation of:

Evidence

Needs to be shown in the Client's requirements or in design and/or site records to demonstrate consideration of alternative transport methods.

8.2.9 Workforce travel planning

(5 Points in either Strategy, Design, or Construction Phase)

There is a trave plan in place for each of the organisations responsible for delivering the project that is aimed a t an appropriate balance of effectiveness for the travellers, and at minimising adverse environmental and social impacts associated with the travel involved.

• Client organisations
• Design teams
• Lead construction Contractor

Evidence

Required to demonstrate that the need for travel plans has been considered rather than evidence of the number of movements by particular transport modes. For implementation, evidence could be reports on numbers of workforce travelling to work by car as opposed to public transport, car counts compared to total number of workforce employed on site or similar. Evidence could alternatively include the calculation and reporting of the metric-based guidance.

8.2.10 Workforce travel planning - implementation

(5 Points in either Strategy, Design, or Construction Phase)

For each travel plan identified in 8.2.9, the plans have ben successfully implemented for each of the project team organisations.

• Client organisations
• Design teams
• Lead construction Contractor

Evidence

Required to demonstrate that the need for travel plans has been considered rather than evidence of the number of movements by particular transport modes. For implementation, evidence could be reports on numbers of workforce travelling to work by car as opposed to public transport, car counts compared to total number of workforce employed on site or similar. Evidence could alternatively include the calculation and reporting of the metric-based guidance.

 

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