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PD-26 Construction Equipment Emission Reduction

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Project Development Scorecard

  • Paving
  • Rural Basic
  • Urban Basic
  • Rural Extended
  • Urban Extended
  • Custom Core

Goal

Reduce air emissions from non-road construction equipment.

Sustainability Linkage

Triple Bottom Line

Reducing emissions from construction equipment supports environmental and social principles by lessening impacts to air quality and reducing fossil fuel consumption.

Background & Scoring Requirements

Scoring Requirements

Requirement PD-26.1

1-2 points. Implement Methods to Reduce Emissions

Implement one or more of the methods to reduce emissions in Table PD-26.1.A. Points for methods are cumulative if roadways have more than one feature; however, this criterion shall not exceed a total of two points.

TABLE PD-26.1.A POINTS AND METHODS TO REDUCE CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT EMISSIONS

Resources

None Referenced.

Case Studies & Criterion Examples

TxDOT - Embedding INVEST in Contracting for the Corpus Christi Harbor Bridge: The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) used INVEST during the procurement process for the Harbor Bridge Project in Corpus Christi. TxDOT’s request for proposals (RFP) required that bidders describe how their proposal would meet a “Platinum” rating on the INVEST PD module and a “Silver” rating on the INVEST OM module. The sustainability score, along with price and other factors, was part of the total score for selecting among the four bidders. This provided a strong incentive for bidders to achieve high sustainability at low cost. The winning bidder committed to a range of sustainability practices that will bring tangible benefits to the community.

Arizona DOT - Using INVEST to Integrate Sustainability: The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) decided to use all three modules of INVEST – System Planning, Project Development, and Operations and Maintenance – to help the agency meet its sustainability goals across the transportation life cycle.  ADOT used INVEST to integrate and advance existing sustainability efforts and to push forward new efforts.  INVEST’s comprehensive sustainability framework and criteria helped ADOT institutionalize sustainability across the agency and with local partners through inclusion in manuals, trainings, and awards.  This case study focuses on ADOT’s use of the Project Development module.

Scoring Sources

The project is considered to have met this criterion if the requirements above can be reasonably substantiated through the existence of one or more of the following documentation sources (or equal where not available):

  1. A signed letter from the prime contractor stating the total non-road construction fleet operating hours and the percentage of those operating hours that meet at least one of the three criteria.
  2. Provide a list of all non-road construction equipment used on the project that contains the following information for each piece of equipment:
  • Make and model of each piece of equipment.
  • Operating hours associated with the project.
  1. Contract Documents requiring the Contractor to have a no-idling policy.