Multi-criteria decision analysis methods to support sustainable infrastructure construction
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Kristine Ek
(Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden)
Alexandre Mathern (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden) Rasmus Rempling 
(Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden)
Lars Rosén (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden) Christina Claeson-Jonsson (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden) Petra Brinkhoff (NCC AB, Sweden) Malin Norin (NCC AB, Sweden) |
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Symposium: Towards a Resilient Built Environment Risk and Asset Management, Guimarães, Portugal, 27-29 March 2019 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Symposium Guimarães 2019 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 1084-1091 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 8 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/guimaraes.2019.1084 | ||||
| Abstract: |
The construction of infrastructure projects represents a large sustainability impact, both positive and negative. Increased positive and reduced negative impacts can be achieved through better design and planning of the construction. To make more sustainable choices, well-defined predictive sustainability assessment methods are required. Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) is a well- suited method for predictive sustainability assessment. This paper evaluates two MCDA methods for sustainability assessment of infrastructure construction and exemplifies their application with two case studies. The aim of this paper is to discuss if the methods are suitable for identifying the most sustainable alternative during the procurement process of an infrastructure project. It is recommended that MCDA methods are further developed to comply with the recently published EN standard on sustainability assessment of civil engineering works. |
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| Keywords: |
design life-cycle assessment (LCA) sustainability assessment infrastructure case study planning multi-criteria decision analysis key performance criteria
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