Implementación de metodologías para la evaluación de la sostenibilidad en los procesos constructivos viales

Abstract

In recent years the world population has had a fundamental growth in cities and this has been a determining factor for the planning and construction of spaces and services for the benefit of new generations. This problem has been greatly affecting these three sectors: environmental, economic and social, which are actors in sustainable development.

The objective of this work is to present an evaluation of sustainability in a local road project and to be able to offer alternatives for improvement in planning, execution and life cycle. A comparative investigation was carried out; where a review of methodologies worldwide was initiated in the most used road projects, to propose a new system within the Colombian context and thus achieve adjustment within the road program.

During the investigation, milestones were seen that were not taken into account, that is why some categories such as environmental, quality, use of water, energy and materials to give greater sustainable development to their planning, construction and operation stages. In such a way that they could be implemented in road projects within the Colombian context, in order to increase the degree of sustainability of the construction processes and the life cycle of the road.

The methodology developed was applied to a case study, which we evidenced great shortcomings this because of the 50 criteria proposed in the evaluation; We only managed to apply to 10 criteria, which gives us an unfavorable rating. We were unable to approve any of the 4 proposed categories, for this reason, some alternatives were proposed for the approval of the criteria, and to achieve improvements in terms of sustainability in road projects.