Many bridges and quay walls in historic city centres, such as in Amsterdam, show signs of overdue maintenance and have reached the end of their technical or functional life. Renovation or renewal is required in the short term. This is a large and complex task, not only because of its size, but also because of intertwinement with the environment, trade-offs between socio-economic values, the desire to maintain original bridges and quay walls useful, and impacts on utilization and preservation of cultural heritage.
An effective, safe and sustainable approach requires both technical and process innovations that contribute to the efficient renewal of bridges and quay walls. Accelerating renovations is an urgent objective, while keeping the city safe, liveable and accessible at the same time. This is a complicated task, as it requires balancing many economic, social and environmental objectives, involves large numbers of stakeholders, and entails many complex interactions.
The Loqiquay proposal aims at the joint development of scientific and applied knowledge development and application with the knowledge institutions, municipality and companies involved. The aim is accelerating innovation, increasing control, and improving sustainability through circular logistics solutions, such as closed-loop material cycles for reuse of secondary materials and reduction of transport movements and emissions. The research methodology is primarily based on Digital Twin simulations for joint closed-loop logistics planning, materials flow analysis and multi-actor adaptive control of simultaneous projects.
Logistical prioritization, mitigation and decision-making dynamically assess interests of involved stakeholders. By closely integrating academic innovations and real-world pilot projects, the proposal aids in shaping a value framework to support multi-actor- and multi-criteria decision-making involving multiple stakeholders.
The Logiquay proposal is placed under the themes Renewal and Urban Logistics and will provide concrete knowledge for the existing program for Bridges and Quay Walls (Programma Bruggen en Kademuren) of the City of Amsterdam.
