The green deal for civil engineering:a key driver for circular transition

Partners of the green deal for civil engineering

Creating impact in infrastructure

Gijs Termeer

Policy framework

• Policy Goals in the Netherlands – 49% CO2-reduction in 2030, The Netherlands climate

neutral in 2050– Reduce use of primary materials by 50% in 2030, The

Netherlands circular in 2050

• Infrastructure in the Netherlands– Around 13 billion spend annually– Almost all by public authorities (local and national,

semi-public authorities) great potential for green public procurement

Infrastructure

CO2-eq in infrastructure sector

Proportion asphalt, concrete and steel in infrastructuresector (kton)

Asphalt

Concrete

Steel

Use of machines on the constructionsite

Transport on land and water

Transport on land Transport on water

Circularity = Business as usual

Niels van Amstel, sr. Projectmanager Megaborn

The Approach SCE

Vision: It is essential to optimize the use of our‘resources’ (o.a. money, energie, materials) andto organize our processes in that way, that we and our next generations get the best thinkable solution in the environmentalprojects.

Sustainable Civil Engineering

12 theme’s

Several

stakeholders

(intern and extern)Knowledge

and innovation

PPP with focus

The Approach SCE

Principles

– Think in PPP (12 themes), ambitions and stakeholders

– Focus in Project, identify opportunities

– Activate stakeholders

– 6 standard steps and joint instruments for clearcommunication

The sooner, the better

Sustainable Civil

Engineering

Think and act integral

Traditional

projectprocess

By arranging ‘room’ for opportunities

Every project, large and small

With focus and promising effect

EffectCO2-reduction, environment, circularity

ReachableFinancial, technical, social

Promising measures

Six steps in every projectfase

1. Analysis the needs and real ambitions

2. Investigate the opportunities

3. Capture and express max. sustainability ambitions

4. Translation into measures and design

5. Weigh measures and effect

6. Communicate the effect

1 – 3: oriëntation, what’s important

4 – 6: specify, who and what is needed

Four instruments for support

Context appraiser Ambitionweb

What’s thecontext of a

project? Who is needed

What are theambitions

and chancesin the

project? Whocan help?

How sustainable

is thesolution?

How do we realize

maximaleffect?

Why and what’s the best scope?

Profit Planet

People

What is your min-max ambition

Max ambition

Minimal specificationOffered by contractor

First profit: clever design

Wat is DuboCalc?Measuring environmental costs

In design and contracting

With people who are willing

CO2 Performance Ladder

• Helps organizations to structurally reduce their carbon emissions

• Certified organizations receive an award advantage during tenders

• The system is used as both a CO2management system as well as sustainable procurement instrument.

• 5 levels

Better preperation, better projects

1. Prepare well and preset the opportunities

2. Communicate the ambitions

3. Create ‘space’ for utilisation of opportunities

4. Communicate well and control the risc’s

5. High award (> 70-30) sustainability - price

6. Support innovation

Effect: 20% reduction costs, 30% reduction CO2, ….

Easily, so don’t wait, start tomorrow

Practice what you preach

Meinke Schouten

Dutch Water Authorities

Climate adaptation and climate mitigation

- 100% energy neutral in 2025

- 100% circular in 2050

- Climate adaptation

Energy from sewage water

Green deal for sustainable civil engineering

• Helps to apply sustainibility goals on allactivities

• Structures sustainability goals

• Fills in the blank spots

Circularity in practice

Madeleine Schenk

Introduction

How does the market receive the sustainability question?

How does the market (contractors) deal with circularity?

✓ Incentive through contracts

✓ Reward on EMVI

✓ Efficient working is based on re-use

✓ Circular thinking is to understand how to make

Work with work

Sustainibility & circularity in the sector

✓ Optimization design (technology / space / materials / transport)

✓ Involvement and cooperation client-contractor(solution, quality, safety, legislation)

✓ Use of equipment (hybride, bulk transport, ship vs truck)

✓ Planning the work (efficiency, first time right, logistics)

✓ Implementation of the scope (legislation, permits and regulations)

Project targets for CO2 reduction

Heesselt floodplains

More and more often the river Waal has to deal with high water levels, increasing the risk of flooding. The restructuring of the Heesselt floodplains should improve water safety levels in the area and allow the Waal to get rid of its water more easily in 2019.

Project characteristics•Moving of 2.1 million cubic metres of soil.•Working with many different soil types and qualities in several locations at once.•Smart preparations: permit applications were submitted for each individual measure.

Heesselt floodplains

✓ Use of large road plates (steel highway)

✓ Reuse of material (1.2 million m3 of soil)

✓ Use of hybrid machines (cranes)

✓ Use of bulk transport (big ships/ trucks)

✓ Use of loading bridge and split barges

✓ Efficient logistics (first time right principal)

✓ Optimization design (less clay application)

Measures Heesselt Floodplains

Result: 10% CO2 Reduction

Use of large road plates (steel highway)

Result: 40% Reduction of Transport (by ship) /

less Pressure and use of original soil and minerals

Reuse of material (1.2 million m3 of soil)

Result: 30% Reduction of fuel per crane

Use of hybrid machines (cranes)

Use of bulk transport

Result: Reduction of transport

Use of loading bridge and split barges

Result: Less use of cranes and ships (fuel)

Result: Less failure costs (CO2 Emissions)

Efficient logistics (first time right principle)

Optimization design (less clay application)

Result: 50% Reduction of necessary claybecause of using higher quality

How can you stimulate a contractor to work to

sustainable results?

✓ Per measure on CO2 or MKI

✓ LCA improve thinking (fewer materials)

✓ Reward if realized more than expected

✓ Insight in upcoming projects (innovation)

Measure and stimulate

Are we there yet? NO!

Nobody changes just like that!!

This is what we need to do:

✓ Change our revenue model

✓ Be original, start innovation

✓ Combine lifecycles of materials

✓ Work together, get rid of distrust & createopenness

How can we change the future?

Their future is in our hands