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Project has been ended in 2007.
The optimal design and control of national logistics networks is becoming more complex.
This is also the case for the transport of bulk materials in the construction industry.
Data from recent research shows that in the Netherlands 25% of the domestic transport
movements over the road are related to activities in the construction sector. This
Transumo project aims to optimize the transportation networks of building materials.
Therefore, the project starts with analyzing the possibilities for multimodal transport
in one sub-sector of the construction industry: the sub-sector of road construction.
Road construction projects are executed all over the Netherlands on changing locations.
The major input for these projects in terms of bulk materials is asphalt. Asphalt
is produced at asphalt installations all over the country. From these installations,
asphalt is transported by road to the location of the construction projects. The
long waiting times when delivering fresh and taking milled asphalt are a major problem
at construction sites. Furthermore, there are possibilities to increase the average
payload of the transport fleet, to improve the planning of transport and to use
other transport modes instead of road transport (the dominant mode for transporting
asphalt)
This Transumo project aims at designing and implementing technological innovations
in road construction by:
- more efficient logistics networks decreasing the risks of delays and decreasing
the logistics costs of transport of asphalt;
- optimal use of the existing production capacity of asphalt by implementing multimodal
transport;
- improved coordination between asphalt installations, asphalt depots and construction
sites;
- improved cooperation between the parties involved in the supply chain of asphalt;
- preparing the introduction of technological innovation (road trains, asphalt boats);
- minimizing the inconvenience of road users and society in general related to road
construction.
In this project different models, methods and techniques will be developed and tested
in order to optimize the transport networks in road construction. The major question
is: What is the optimal design and control of national transport network in road
construction in order to deal with the strict time schedules in which road construction
activities can take place. The focus is on two aspects:
- logistics: multimodal transport, throughput times, cross-docking, frequency of delivery,
and network structures;
- technological: design and realization of alternative transport modes (besides road),
such as road trains, the asphalt boat and the asphalt train, and new (un-)loading
concepts;
Implementing multimodal transport and related systems in the transport networks
of asphalt means an important transition. This transition has the following advantages:
- logistics: optimizing transport of asphalt and relieving roads by using other modes
of transport;
- environment: less CO2 emission as a result of a more efficient organization of transport
and the use of multimodal transport;
- business: saving personnel costs, lower investment costs (more efficient use of
existing production capacity through higher market reach) and lower transport costs.
Participants
Participants TNO, Twente University, HAN, Technical University Delft, Heijmans,
Bruil, De Bruijn Transport, Transport and Logistics Netherlands, AJK Nederland,
Den Hollander Klundert. Also governmental bodies will be involved in the project
through participation in the steering group. International: Technical University
of Denmark – Department of Civil Engineering, Copenhagen. Knowledge transfer takes
places via Sintef (Norway) and the Nordic Research School. In addition, several
other parties are interested to participate in the project, including the government
and companies in the building sector.
Projectmanager
TNO: Ir. C. Verweij
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