Environmental analysis of different construction techniques and maintenance activities for a typical local road

Celauro, Clara; Corriere, Ferdinando; Guerrieri, Marco; Casto, Barbara Lo; Rizzo, Angela

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.10.119

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“…Furthermore, the results from those assessments provide reliable information to identify potential actions that could contribute to reduce the environmental impact related to a construction product. Finally, it is worth mentioning that that the results obtained from this LCA could be used as reliable input data in more comprehensive environmental analyses that include road construction and maintenance or rehabilitation activities (e.g., [62]). …”

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confidence: 99%

Comparative “from Cradle to Gate” Life Cycle Assessments of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) Materials

Moretti

Mandrone²,

D’Andrea

et al. 2017

Sustainability

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Abstract:The objective of this work is to compare the environmental impact of two different hot mix asphalt (HMA) materials used for road construction in Italy. The analyses used a "from cradle to gate" Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) boundary system and the methodology included considerations about raw materials and fuel supply, as well as transport and manufacturing processes. Primary data provided by the producers and secondary data available in the literature were used as part of the analyses. The results suggest that the proposed method offers rigorous criteria for a comprehensive assessment of the environmental impact of HMA materials, which could be used, among others, as an evaluation parameter in public bids.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Comparative “from Cradle to Gate” Life Cycle Assessments of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) Materials

Moretti

Mandrone²,

D’Andrea

et al. 2017

Sustainability

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“…In this context, other research shows a method to calculate a sustainability index that helps the decision-making process by quantifying the environmental impact of all the different alternatives that are commonly chosen in the installation of underground service infrastructure [22]. As a matter of fact, infrastructure works produce a high environmental and social impact mainly due to the pollutant emissions from heavy equipment [23,24]. Moreover, weight indicators of materials and resources are commonly used by transportation infrastructure rating systems to quantify sustainability [25].…”

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confidence: 99%

Evaluating Environmental Impact in Foundations and Structures through Disaggregated Models: Towards the Decarbonisation of the Construction Sector

Mercader-Moyano

Roldán-Porras

2020

Sustainability

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Having a tool in Spanish regulations to evaluate the sustainability of the construction process in a simple and efficient way (Annex 13 of the Structural Concrete Instruction EHE-08) means an advance with respect to regulations in other countries. However, the complexity of homogenising the conditions that affect the execution of each structure, which are of a very heterogeneous and variable nature, in order to be able to evaluate their contribution to sustainability within the same reference framework, is the greatest obstacle and can have a great influence on the representativeness of the obtained results. However, there are variables that, given their specificity and nature, are not contemplated in this methodology (dust, noise and vibration emission, transportation). This paper proposes a complementary disaggregated model to evaluate the sustainability of variables that are not considered, namely the transportation of materials to the worksite, the commute of workers, the construction process, the emissions of dust, noise and vibrations, as well as the necessary load tests. The results of the application of this model to the real case of the foundations of two singular buildings, show the importance that these previously unexamined variables can have when choosing the most sustainable technical solution in terms of CO2 emissions.

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“…Four criteria are proposed to assess the life cycle impacts of road construction: Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA), Carbon footprint (CF), recycled and re-used content, and Low emissions from transport of heavy materials. The listed criteria have decreasing levels of ambition and technical complexity: in literature the most frequently adopted frameworks are LCIA and CF [10][11][12][13]. LCIA is a holistic assessment tool which considers different environmental impacts (e.g., acidification, eutrophication, abiotic depletion), while CF only evaluates the total amount of greenhouse gas emissions of road processes: CF is the result of a partial LCIA implementation.…”

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“…Since the early 2000s, some research has used the life cycle assessment methodology to assess the environmental performances of a road and its different stages. With different analysis periods and functional units, they examined the environmental impacts of road materials [16][17][18][19][20] and compared construction techniques and maintenance activities [10,[21][22][23][24][25] with different methods and software. Marzouk et al [21] used the software Copert 4 [26] to assess the overall environmental impacts and primary energy associated with earthwork and pavement processes.…”

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Life Cycle Analysis of Road Construction and Use

2019

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Both the construction and use of roads have a range of environmental impacts; therefore, it is important to assess the sources of their burdens to adopt correct mitigation policies. Life cycle analysis (LCA) is a useful method to obtain demonstrable, accurate and non-misleading information for decision-making experts. The study presents a "cradle to gate with options" LCA of a provincial road during 60 year-service life. Input data derive from the bill of quantity of the project and their impacts have been evaluated according to the European standard EN 15804. The study considers the impacts of the construction and maintenance stages, lighting, and use of the vehicles on the built road. The results obtained from a SimaPro model highlight that the almost half of impacts took place during the construction stage rather than the use stage. Therefore, the adoption of environmentally friendly road planning procedures, the use of low-impact procedures in the production of materials, and the use of secondary raw materials could have the largest potential for reducing environmental impacts.

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Environmental analysis of different construction techniques and maintenance activities for a typical local road

Cited by 47 publications

References 28 publications

Comparative “from Cradle to Gate” Life Cycle Assessments of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) Materials

Comparative “from Cradle to Gate” Life Cycle Assessments of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) Materials

Evaluating Environmental Impact in Foundations and Structures through Disaggregated Models: Towards the Decarbonisation of the Construction Sector

Life Cycle Analysis of Road Construction and Use

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