GPP Training toolkit 7 7 Road Design Construction

GPP Training toolkit 7. 7. Road Design, Construction and Maintenance

GPP Training Toolkit Module 1: Introduction Module 4: Needs Assessment Module 2: Strategic Aspects of GPP Module 5: Circular Procurement Module 3: Legal Aspects of GPP Module 6: Market Engagement Module 7: Operational (Roads) Module 7. 7 – Road Design, Construction and Maintenance 2

Environmental impacts Key choices about road design with environmental impacts Construction: • Material choice • Materials production • Materials transportation • Earthworks and groundworks Use: • Rolling resistance • Congestion • Drainage • Noise Module 7. 7 – Road Design, Construction and Maintenance 3

Scope What is included in the EU GPP Criteria • Road construction: the preparation and building of roads • Road maintenance: all actions undertaken to maintain and restore the serviceability and level of service of roads • Road reconstruction: work performed to upgrade the network or replace the entire road section Module 7. 7 – Road Design, Construction and Maintenance 4

Scope What is included in the EU GPP Criteria (cont. ) Criteria related to: • Ability of the tenderer • Pavement-vehicle interaction • Resource efficient construction • Water and habitat conservation • Noise • Congestion • Maintenance and rehabilitation strategies Module 7. 7 – Road Design, Construction and Maintenance 5

Procurement Models Procurement model and contract types Procurement Models: • Separation of design and build • Combination of design and build (DB) • Design, build and operate (DBO) or design, build, finance, operate (DBFO) Road contract types • Delivery consortia • Development/ delivery partners • Alliancing • Framework agreements • PPP/PFI • Early contractor involvement More information in: Procurement Practice Guidance Document for Roads Module 7. 7 – Road Design, Construction and Maintenance 6

Procurement stages Points where environmental criteria can be added • • • Preliminary scoping and feasibility Detailed design and performance requirements Construction and major extensions Use of the road Maintenance and operation End-of-life i. e. road decommissioning More information in: Procurement Practice Guidance Document for Roads Module 7. 7 – Road Design, Construction and Maintenance 7

Overview EU GPP road design, construction & maintenance approach Material use • Design, specification and site management to maximise the onsite re-use of excavated materials and soils, and use of construction materials with a high recycled or re-used content • Design and construction to achieve low rolling resistance and associated fuel consumption (plus monitoring during the use phase) • Design and specification to reduce embodied impacts and resource use associated with construction materials. • Increasing material durability and reducing maintenance needs Module 7. 7 – Road Design, Construction and Maintenance 8

Overview EU GPP road design, construction & maintenance approach Management • Maintenance and rehabilitation strategies including a monitoring plan and a maintenance plan • A Traffic Congestion Mitigation Plan evaluated by LCC. • Introducing water pollution control components and storm water retention capacity in the drainage system • Specification of approaches to lower noise emissions during construction, use and maintenance phases Module 7. 7 – Road Design, Construction and Maintenance 9

EU GPP Criteria Road design, construction and maintenance (2016) Examples: • Selection criteria (SC) – main contractor shall have relevant competencies and experience • Technical specifications (TS) – maximum temperature for laying bituminous mixtures shall not exceed 140 degrees Celsius • Award criteria (AC) – points awarded in proportion to the reduction of CO 2 emissions per tonne of aggregates • Contract performance clauses (CPC) – contractor will implement a system to monitor and report on actions involving excavated materials and soil during work on-site. For full criteria see: • EU GPP Criteria for Road design, construction and maintenance Module 7. 7 – Road Design, Construction and Maintenance 10

Verification Checking compliance with GPP criteria for roads What to ask for? • Third party auditing • LCA/ LCC analysis • Monitoring data • Management plan • Design plan • Modelling and test data • Technical reports When? • Compliance with GPP criteria needs to assessed both at the time of selection of best offer and during the contract execution phase. For full verification instructions see: • EU GPP Criteria for Road Design, Construction and Maintenance Module 7. 7 – Road Design, Construction and Maintenance 11

Verification Examples from the criteria C 3: Incorporation of recycled content When materials are delivered to the work site, recycled content claims with clear traceability shall be verified for each batch of product Verification: The main construction contractor or the DBO contractor shall verify claims by providing: • An independent third party certification of the traceability and mass balance for the product and/or recyclate • Or equivalent documentation provided by producer(s) Module 7. 7 – Road Design, Construction and Maintenance 12

Verification Examples from the criteria C 4: Monitoring of the low temperature asphalt The laying temperature of the low temp. asphalt shall be verified for each batch of product at the worksite. Verification: The main construction contractor or the DBO contractor shall verify claims by providing: • An independent laboratory certification of the maximum laying temperature of the asphalt • Or equivalent documentation provided by asphalt producer(s) Module 7. 7 – Road Design, Construction and Maintenance 13

Case Studies GPP Helpdesk Sustainable reconstruction of a motorway (Rijkswaterstaat, the Netherlands) Recycled asphalt used for road resurfacing (City of Hamburg, Germany) For further support on GPP, contact the EU’s free Helpdesk Toolkit developed for the European Commission by ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability Module Author: ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability Owner, Editor: European Commission, DG Environment, 2019 Photos: courtesy of Pixabay. com under Creative Commons CCO Disclaimer: This toolkit is an indicative document of the Commission services and cannot be considered binding to this institution in any way. Neither the European Commission nor any person acting on behalf of the Commission is responsible for the use that might be made of the information in this document. Module 7. 7 – Road Design, Construction and Maintenance