This document discusses governance models for sustainable urban construction logistics. It notes that 27% of greenhouse gas emissions are related to construction, which represents a significant portion of city logistics. Effective construction logistics can reduce urban freight movements by 50-80% through approaches like urban consolidation centers and combining inbound and outbound flows. However, barriers to collaboration between public and private stakeholders include conflicting goals, lack of resources, and insufficient awareness and understanding of construction logistics solutions. The document recommends experiments, clear policy objectives, stakeholder frameworks, improved coordination, data transparency, and further research to help overcome these barriers.

1. GOVERNANCE MODELS FOR SUSTAINABLE
URBAN CONSTRUCTION LOGISTICS
BARRIERS FOR COLLABORATION
Walther Ploos van Amstel,
Susanne Balm
Michael Berden
Marie Morel
Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
@CityLogisticsNL
CIVIC project smart construction logistics
June 2019 Dubrovnik Croatia
City Logistics Conference 2019

2. 27% OF GHG EMISSIONS IS RELATED TO
CONSTRUCTION: A NICHE MARKET FOR
CITY LOGISTICS RESEARCH?

3. RELEVANCE FOR CITY LOGISTICS
• 30 to 40% of city logistics is related to
construction
• Construction logistics starts at project
design, contracting and local
governance
• What role does governance play?

4. RELEVANCE FOR CITY LOGISTICS
• UCC’s, consolidation upstream,
transport over water and combining
incoming with outgoing flows
• Less urban freight movements: 50-80%
• Innovation in construction processes
and planning
• Stakeholder involvement
• Data integration BIM:
• paperless processes
• tactical and operational planning
• link to local traffic control/ITS

5. COORDINATION OF CONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS
Coordination
framework
Notification of larger
construction projects
(24 months).
Stadsregie notifies
public authorities.
Alignment projects /
adjusting planning.
Environmental
framework (BLVC)
by municipality
Tender including
BLVC framework
Tender proposals
including BLVC plan
Construction phase
Execution plan
BLVC for WIOR
permit
Monitoring

6. BARRIERS FOR COLLABORATION
• The framework was explored interviews
• Private and public actors
• Specific for the City of Amsterdam
• Barriers and drivers
• Dynamics and actions

7. BARRIERS FOR COLLABORATION
Formal barriers
Political agenda
Lack of direction
Functional silos
Domain demarcation
Inadequate instruments and policies
Poor information systems
Informal barriers
Lack of sense of urgency
Conflicting goals and values
Lack of trust
Lack of communication
Not sharing information
No knowledge

8. FINDINGS
Willingness
The willingness and intrinsic motivation for
innovation in construction logistics is constrained by
the fact that there are conflicting goals and values.
Ability
The ability to create a change in the approach of
construction logistics lacks of financial or human
resources. Implementation is hindered due to a
lack of cement for construction logistics in
decision-making and lack of demand on a
customer level.
Understanding
To change construction logistics, the
decision maker needs to understand what
the change requires and what it entails.
There is a certain degree of uncertainty
about the potential of construction logistics.
Awareness
There is a lack of awareness of the need and existence of
good construction logistics. A level of awareness is
needed to start developing a better understanding of
innovation in construction logistics.

9. FACILITATORS
➢ Organize experiments in living labs. Nowadays, a lot
of data can be collected from systems for
interventions/experiments.
➢ Formulate clear objectives for reducing negative
externalities of construction projects and translate them
into city policies: think of low-emission zones and
maximum number of transport movements.
➢ Formulate a framework for construction logistics at area
level with private actors. The essence of this solution
is to achieve widely supported standards for
construction logistics.
➢ Organize a problem owner at the municipality for
questions about construction logistics. Knowledge about
permits, procedures, contacts, and lessons learned can
be important here.
➢ Focus on generic criteria for construction logistics
based on a dialogue with private parties (contractor and
supplier etc.) and parties in the vicinity (residents and
companies etc.).
➢ Evaluation of construction logistics solutions. Nowadays
lots of experiments with construction logistics are being
developed.
➢ Transparency in costs / benefits in construction logistics.
Make clear IT agreements about data collection and
communication.
➢ Improve the coordination system by integrating
architectural / construction knowledge in an early
stage.
• Leadership
• Right incentives
• Interdepedence between public and private partners
• Understanding the problems and the solutions

10. FURTHER RESEARCH
• Increase digital monitoring and enforcement of construction transports
• Develop control towers
• Develop new business models for construction logistics solutions
• Stimulate collaboration between public and private actors
• Include logistics factors in construction agreements and plans
• Stimulate knowledge of logistics planning and control for public and private
construction actors
• Link construction plans with local traffic models
• Increase data collection of construction transport
• Improve execution of logistics concepts such as hubs, runners and waterway
transport
• Increase stakeholder involvement in construction logistics planning; further
developing MAMCA and gamification

11. Download our handbook at:
www.civic-project.eu/en/reports-and-material
Contact details
Walther Ploos van Amstel
Amsterdam University of Applied Science
w.ploos.van.amstel@hva.nl
@CityLogisticsNL