United States-European Commission Urban Freight Twinning Initiative: Compendium of Project Summaries
Overview of Second Annual Urban Freight Roundtable at 2017 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting

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Research

Europe

Sustainable Urban Consolidation CentrES for conStruction (SUCCESS)

SUCCESS is one of the few research projects addressing freight transportation for the construction sector, with a specific focus on:

• Construction Supply Chain: Collecting real data from four pilot construction sites and analyzing them to measure the potential advantages of the adoption of collaborative tools, decision-support systems, and new practices.
• Consolidation Centers: Measuring the potential impact of construction consolidation centers (CCCs) and finding a viable business model for their replication in other contexts.

SUCCESS pilot site in Verona, Italy.
Source: SUCCESS.

Project Type

Research and Innovative Action

Period of Performance

May 2016 - April 2018

Project Site(s)

Luxembourg City; Paris, France; Valencia, Spain; Verona, Italy

Website

http://www.success-urbanlogistics.eu/

Contact

Francesco Ferrero
Lead Partnership Officer - Mobility, Logistics, and Smart Cities
Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST)
+352 275 888 2227
Francesco.Ferrero@list.lu

Challenges Addressed

• Congestion
• Air Pollution
• Noise
• Accidents

Expected Outcomes

With reference to CCCs, the short-term impacts generated by SUCCESS focuses on the mainstreaming of the CCC business, operational solutions, and related regulatory frameworks into the investment decisions of companies and the policy plans of cities.

The main long-term impacts of SUCCESS will be:

• The reduction of construction traffic and the related reduction of congestion, pollution, noise, etc.
• Just-in-time deliveries and smoother material flows by better synchronizing supply chain activities.
• The reduction of construction waste by integrating reverse logistics processes into the construction supply chain.
• Improvement of the working environment at construction sites by reducing the presence of waste.
• The diffusion of CCC schemes by identifying new business models that deliver added-value services to their users.
• Improved productivity of construction sites.
• A reduction of the conflicts between construction sites and other actors in the urban environment.

Stakeholder Involvement

All of the main stakeholders in the construction sector's supply chain are involved: construction and transportation companies; other subcontractors; public administrations; and research organizations.