CIVIC

graf och bild på stad med lastbilar och logistikcenter. Lekfull stil, ger ett hoppfullt intryck.

CIVIC was a project with the goal to improve mobility, liveability and road safety in the city with construction logistics. At this site, you can take part in the results and insights generated in the project.

CIVIC - Construction in Vicinities: Innovative Co-creation was a project which ran from 2016 - 2018 and then got a continuation project named MIMIC. Explore the findings in the MIMIC project here

Discover more sustainable, and safer, construction works with less inconvenience and cleaner air

The CIVIC handbook has been developed for local governments, clients, developers, contractors, or any other actor that can influence logistics planning and the set-up of construction projects. It can help local governments collaborate with private partners to discover more sustainable, and safer, construction works with less inconvenience and cleaner air. In addition, it can help clients, developers and contractors to ensure smooth and efficient construction operations. Hence, sustainable construction logistics could be a future deal-breaker.

The CIVIC Handbook for Smart Construction Logistics: now available

This handbook has been developed for local governments, clients, developers, contractors, or any other actor that can influence logistics planning and the setup of construction projects.

ABOUT CIVIC

By combining innovation and implementation with applied research, CIVIC supported the movement from “research to market” through experiences from the four European cities that hosted demonstration sites for the project: Brussels, Vienna, Amsterdam and Stockholm.

TEST SITES

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM

The transformation of Woluwe Boulevard was the focus of the demonstration in Brussels. This was the first demonstration in the CIVIC project and is aimed mainly at developing the participatory framework, on which the subsequent pilots would be built.

Futuristic green city landscape. wien 2030

VIENNA, AUSTRIA

In the Austrian context for aspern Seestadt, a holistic and system-optimal approach was investigated for efficient planning, based on real-time data collected through smart applications and stakeholder consultation. The challenges of coordinating workers at different construction sites and the timely delivery of the material were addressed with the objective of optimizing resource efficiency and reducing traffic. The optimization and impact assessment of alternative sustainability measures benefit participatory decision-making by providing accurate insight into the consequences for and of construction-related transport.

City taken from an aeroplane perspective

AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS

The UvA City Centre Campus is known for its narrow streets, which lead to difficulties in construction logistics. On the other hand, the area offers ample possibilities because it is surrounded by channels. Innovative solutions are therefore available. Besides these challenges, there is a need to approach stakeholder management in a different way: local residents and business associations are very active in the area. The demonstration in Amsterdam was the second demonstration in the CIVIC project and builds on experiences from a previous demonstration with respect to participatory decision-making.

Stockholm, picture taken from an aeroplane view

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN

Construction projects in a major urban area, with a dense population and limited space for additional transport operations, call for new solutions in terms of transport as well as for managing the consolidation of construction material deliveries. The Royal Seaport area was the focus of the demonstration, with inland waterways and a construction consolidation centre operated by Servistik forming the basis for evaluation in Stockholm. The demonstration in Stockholm was the fourth demonstration and built on experiences from the three previous three demonstration projects.

CIVIC WAS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN

CIVIC was a JPI Urban Europe project. The project started in April 2016 and ran until September 2018, with partners from Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria and Sweden. JPI Urban Europe is a joint programming initiative. The aim is to create attractive, sustainable and economically viable urban areas, in which European citizens, communities and their surroundings can thrive.

Funded by

The European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program.
The Brussels Capital Region - Innoviris and the European Union.
The Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems.
The Austrian Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT) in the framework of the research programme "Stadt der Zukunft" and the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy (BMWFW).
This work was part of the research programme JPI Urban Europe with project number 438.15.403 (CIVIC), which was partly financed by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).