A large share of the freight traffic in cities is related to construction. Construction is required to create attractive, sustainable and economically viable cities. When activities at and around construction sites are not managed effectively, they can negatively impact the surrounding areas. Evaluation of recent urban construction projects introducing logistics concepts by construction companies shows that implementing alternative concepts can significantly reduce total logistic costs, urban congestion and improve productivity and safety. The ‘ground rules’ for smarter and cleaner construction logistics in urban areas are already set during the tendering process. The objective of this paper is to explore how tendering for construction project can support sustainable urban construction logistics. In this paper, we explore the potential for tendering construction projects, by both public and private clients, for sustainable urban construction logistics and present a potential framework for specifying ‘logistics quality’ as a quality criterion for EMAT (Economically Most Advantageous Tender). This results in question for further research in tendering for sustainable urban construction logistics. This exploration is a first step in a larger study regarding smart governance and smarter and cleaner urban construction logistics.
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