A new method for evaluating the sustainability of bridges

Arya, Chanakya; Amiri, Ali; Vassie, P R

doi:10.1680/stbu.14.00069

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“…Other authors apply MCDM techniques for the sustainable assessment of different materials for the design of bridges (El-Mikawi & Mosallam, 1996;Navarro et al, 2018aNavarro et al, , 2018bNavarro et al, , 2018cNavarro et al, , 2020Enfedaque et al, 2018). A main source of decision-making problems has been found to be the selection of the bridge type (Itoh et al, 2000;Ugwu et al, 2006;Wang et al, 2010;Balali et al, 2014;Kripka et al, 2019;Farkas, 2011;Gu et al, 2011;Arya et al, 2015) or construction techniques (El-Diraby & O'Connor, 2001;Pan, 2008;Salem et al, 2018;Jia et al, 2018;Mousavi et al, 2014;Chen, 2018Chen, , 2020. Ardeshir et al (2014) apply fuzzy AHP for the selection of an adequate bridge construction site considering sustainable criteria.…”

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Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment for Multi-Criteria Decision Making in Bridge Design: A Review

Navarro

Penadés-Plà

Martí

et al. 2020

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

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Sustainable design of infrastructures has become a major matter of study since the recent establishment of the Agenda 2030. This paper provides a systematic literature review on the use of multi-criteria decision making techniques used so far for the sustainable design of bridges. Special attention is put as well on how the reviewed studies assess the sustainable performance of bridge designs along their life cycle from the economic, the environmental and the social perspective. Although SAW and AHP are recurrently used in the sustainable assessment of bridges, the analysis of the most recent articles show that the application of TOPSIS and PROMETHEE techniques are gaining increasing relevance for such purpose. Most of the studies focus on the research of the construction and the maintenance stage of bridges. However, a need for further analysis is identified when it comes to the assessment of the impacts resulting from the End of Life cycle stage of bridges from a sustainable point of view. The use of intuitionistic and neutrosophic logic have been detected as emerging alternatives to the fuzzy approach of decision making problems.

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Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment for Multi-Criteria Decision Making in Bridge Design: A Review

Navarro

Penadés-Plà

Martí

et al. 2020

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

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“…Moreover, Zhang et al [29] conducted a quantitative study on the uncertainty of environmental impact during operation. The methods to assess the sustainability of bridges were proposed by Arya et al [30] and Yadollahi et al [31].…”

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Bibliometric and Social Network Analysis of Civil Engineering Sustainability Research from 2015 to 2019

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Wang

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Sustainability

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With the development of civil engineering sustainability, the scope of corresponding research covers a broader range. It is difficult for researchers to master the holistic situation of the study, leading to duplication and lag of their research. Therefore, this paper aims to present a state-of-the-art of the research of civil engineering sustainability by adopting two new methods (bibliometric and social network analysis) to review the literature of this field. It is concluded that the existing research takes engineering as the main subject to improve its sustainability through technologies. Current research mainly focuses on technological innovations and evaluations of environmental impacts in the fields of construction technology, energy consumption, material preparation, and design. The countries with the largest number of published articles are the United States and China. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University is the institution that has published more articles than others. Journal of Cleaner Production and Sustainability are the journals that have published the most articles. For the researchers, a professor of the University of Adelaide is the researcher who has published the most articles, and experts from South China University of Technology, Chongqing University, and University of Brighton are the main hubs among different researchers.

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“…Mitigating these impacts "is a major issue for construction managers, city officials and other regulatory bodies" [10]. Many studies have recognised the impacts of construction work on mobility [3,7,[11][12][13][14][15][16]. They have studied the negative effects of construction projects on a general category of (road) traffic, among other impacts that are not related to mobility.…”

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Minimizing the Social Impact of Construction Work on Mobility: A Decision-Making Method

2020

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Minimising the impacts of construction work on mobility, especially in urban areas, is a major issue for local authorities and construction planners that has not been sufficiently studied. This paper proposes a deterministic decision-making method for quantifying the impacts of construction work on mobility, including emergency vehicles, mass transit, individual transport, bicycles, and pedestrians. The method is based on multi-attribute utility theory, interviews with experts representing various stakeholders in construction, and a review of the literature and legislation. The practical use is illustrated with a real case study in which two shaft-construction processes (diaphragm wall excavated using a hydromill and vertical shaft sinking machine) are compared and ranked. The sensitivity analysis shows the robustness of the results. The resulting Mobility Impact Index can easily be integrated with other social, economic, and environmental criteria, thereby enabling the evaluation of alternatives from a multi-criteria perspective, e.g., in tender processes. The method could be useful to public authorities and design and construction companies and is being piloted in construction projects of the city of Barcelona. It has implications for corporate social responsibility, social/sustainable procurement, and social/sustainable impact assessment in construction.

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A new method for evaluating the sustainability of bridges

Cited by 12 publications

References 23 publications

Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment for Multi-Criteria Decision Making in Bridge Design: A Review

Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment for Multi-Criteria Decision Making in Bridge Design: A Review

Bibliometric and Social Network Analysis of Civil Engineering Sustainability Research from 2015 to 2019

Minimizing the Social Impact of Construction Work on Mobility: A Decision-Making Method

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