People & Equipment List – Transport Mode & Distances

Here’s the list of people/equipment elements available from eTool with the default transport modes & distances. These lists are subject to change as the datasets get updated (data below as of 1 Feb 2021). Please refer to this forum post for more information on people & equipment. 

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Definitions

Default Transport Distance – In the example above, this means that the 25t compactor roller is transported to site by an articulated truck for 75km.

Transport Interval – This is the longest time before the equipment is transported back and forth to site (aka ‘Max Time Increment Between Transport’). In the example above, if the compactor roller was being used for 60 hours, then it would be transported to site initially, returned to depo and then back to site after 48 hours, and then returned to the depo at 60 hours. The interval covers returning the equipment to the depo for refuelling, and maintenance.

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Tradestaff/People

LCI Source Trades or Equipment Name Default Transport Mode Default Transport Distance (kms) Max Time Increment Between Transport (hrs)
eTool Default Professional Labour Trades Vehicle (No Cost) 5 10
eTool Default Remote Trade Staff (Small Electrical Equipment) Trades Vehicle (No Cost) 300 60
eTool Default Trade Staff (Large Elect Equipment) Trades Vehicle (No Cost) 40 16
eTool Default Trade Staff (No Equipment, labour transport only) Trades Vehicle (No Cost) 30 8
eTool Default Trade Staff (No Travel) Trades Vehicle (No Cost) 30 8
eTool Default Trade Staff (Small Electrical Equipment) Trades Vehicle (No Cost) 30 8
eTool Default Tradestaff, Boiler Maker Trades Vehicle (No Cost) 50 8
BRE IMPACT Remote Trade Staff (Small Electrical Equipment) Transport, lorry 7.5 – 16t ID8058 300 60
BRE IMPACT Trade Staff (Large Elect Equipment) Transport, lorry 7.5 – 16t ID8058 40 16
BRE IMPACT Trade Staff (No Equipment, labour transport only) Transport, lorry 7.5 – 16t ID8058 30 8
BRE IMPACT Trade Staff (Small Electrical Equipment) Transport, lorry 7.5 – 16t ID8058 30 8
BRE IMPACT Trade Staff (Small Equipment, No Travel) Transport, lorry 7.5 – 16t ID8058 30 8
BRE IMPACT Tradestaff, Boiler Maker Transport, lorry 7.5 – 16t ID8058 50 8

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Equipment

LCISource Trades or Equipment Name Default Transport Mode Default Transport Distance (kms) Max Time Increment Between Transport (hrs)
eTool Default Asphalt Paver Articulated Truck 30 40
eTool Default Biodiesel Combustion in Construction Equipment (no transport) Rigid truck 0 1000
eTool Default Compactor Roller – Vibratory, 25t Articulated Truck 75 48
eTool Default Compactor Roller, Pad Foot, 25t Articulated Truck 75 48
eTool Default Compactor Roller, Rubber Tyre, 25t Rigid truck 75 30
eTool Default Compactor Roller, Vibratory Steel, 25t Rigid truck 75 30
eTool Default Concrete Pump Rigid truck 50 8
eTool Default Crane Rigid truck 50 15
eTool Default Diesel Combustion in Construction Equipment (no transport) Rigid truck 0 1000
eTool Default Drilling Wood Offsite  Trades Vehicle (No Cost) 0 1000
eTool Default Drilling Wood Onsite  Trades Vehicle (No Cost) 30 1000
eTool Default Electrical Hand Tools (eg power drill) Trades Vehicle (No Cost) 50 0.5
eTool Default Elevated work platform Rigid truck 40 10
eTool Default Excavator, 15t Rigid truck 75 30
eTool Default Excavator, 25t Rigid truck 75 30
eTool Default Front End Loader, Articulated, 25t Articulated Truck 75 48
eTool Default Grader Articulated Truck 75 48
eTool Default Grader, 15t Rigid truck 75 30
eTool Default Highway 4 x 6 Dump Truck Rigid truck 25 30
eTool Default Injection Moulding Offsite Trades Vehicle (No Cost) 0 1000
eTool Default Large Bulldozer (100t) Articulated Truck 30 40
eTool Default Large Electrical Equipment (eg mixer) Trades Vehicle (No Cost) 50 4
eTool Default Laser Machining Metal Offsite Trades Vehicle (No Cost) 0 1000
eTool Default Lawn Mower Large Tractor Type (24hp, 20kW Diesel) Trades Vehicle (No Cost) 50 3
eTool Default Lawn Mower Medium Ride-on (12hp / 9kW Petrol) Trades Vehicle (No Cost) 50 3
eTool Default Lawn Mower Small (5.4hp / 4kW Petrol) Trades Vehicle (No Cost) 10 8
eTool Default Loader / Backhoe Articulated Truck 75 48
eTool Default Medium Bulldozer (40t) Articulated Truck 30 30
eTool Default Metal Working (Average) Offsite  Trades Vehicle (No Cost) 0 1000
eTool Default Metal Working (Average) Onsite  Trades Vehicle (No Cost) 30 1000
eTool Default Natural Gas Combustion in Construction Equipment (no transport) Rigid truck 0 1000
eTool Default Offsite Manufacturing / Prefabrication Process Sea 0 10000
eTool Default Petrol Combusion in Construction Equipment (no transport) Rigid truck 0 1000
eTool Default Pile Driver, 50t Articulated Truck 75 400
eTool Default Planing Wood Offsite Trades Vehicle (No Cost) 0 1000
eTool Default Planing Wood Onsite Trades Vehicle (No Cost) 30 1000
eTool Default Powder Coat Offsite (flat steel) Trades Vehicle (No Cost) 0 1000
eTool Default Powder Coat Offsite (pipe and hardware) Trades Vehicle (No Cost) 0 1000
eTool Default Powder Coat Steel Offsite Trades Vehicle (No Cost) 0 1000
eTool Default Rail Maintenance Machine – Ballast Cleaning Rail 20 48
eTool Default Rail Maintenance Machine – Ballast Tamping Machine Rail 20 48
eTool Default Rail Maintenance Machine – Diagnostic and Inspection Rail 20 48
eTool Default Rail Maintenance Machine – Track Grinding (Large) Rail 20 48
eTool Default Rail Maintenance Machine – Track Grinding (Small) Rail 20 48
eTool Default Sawing Wood Offsite (Rough sawing) Trades Vehicle (No Cost) 0 1000
eTool Default Sawing Wood Onsite (Rough sawing) Trades Vehicle (No Cost) 30 1000
eTool Default Skid Steer Loader Rigid truck 50 10
eTool Default Small Bulldozer (10t) Articulated Truck 30 20
eTool Default Trailer Mounted Compressor – 100 cfm Trades Vehicle (No Cost) 30 6
eTool Default Trench Digger / Miniloader Trades Vehicle (No Cost) 50 6
eTool Default Vegetable Oil Combustion in Construction Equipment (no transport) Rigid truck 0 1000
eTool Default Welding Offsite Aluminium Arc Trades Vehicle (No Cost) 0 1000
eTool Default Welding Offsite Steel Arc Trades Vehicle (No Cost) 0 1000
eTool Default Welding Offsite Steel Gas Trades Vehicle (No Cost) 0 1000
eTool Default Welding Onsite Aluminium Arc Trades Vehicle (No Cost) 30 1000
eTool Default Welding Onsite Steel Arc Trades Vehicle (No Cost) 30 1000
eTool Default Welding Onsite Steel Gas Trades Vehicle (No Cost) 30 1000
BRE IMPACT Carpet cleaning (commercial) per year Transport, lorry 7.5 – 16t ID8058 30 8
BRE IMPACT Carpet cleaning (domestic) per year Transport, lorry 7.5 – 16t ID8058 30 8
BRE IMPACT Compactor Roller – Vibratory, 25t Transport, lorry 16t -32t ID8059 75 48
BRE IMPACT Compactor Roller, Pad Foot, 25t Transport, lorry 16t -32t ID8059 75 48
BRE IMPACT Compactor Roller, Rubber Tyre, 25t Transport, lorry 16t -32t ID8059 75 30
BRE IMPACT Compactor Roller, Vibratory Steel, 25t Transport, lorry 16t -32t ID8059 75 30
BRE IMPACT Concrete Pump Transport, lorry 16t -32t ID8059 50 8
BRE IMPACT Construction Installation Process, General Transport, lorry 7.5 – 16t ID8058 30 8
BRE IMPACT Crane Transport, lorry 16t -32t ID8059 50 15
BRE IMPACT Electrical Hand Tools (eg power drill) Transport, lorry 7.5 – 16t ID8058 50 0.5
BRE IMPACT Elevated work platform Transport, lorry 7.5 – 16t ID8058 40 10
BRE IMPACT Excavator, 15t Transport, lorry 16t -32t ID8059 75 30
BRE IMPACT Excavator, 25t Transport, lorry 16t -32t ID8059 75 30
BRE IMPACT Front End Loader, Articulated, 25t Transport, lorry 16t -32t ID8059 75 48
BRE IMPACT Grader Transport, lorry 16t -32t ID8059 75 48
BRE IMPACT Grader, 15t Transport, lorry 16t -32t ID8059 75 30
BRE IMPACT Hard floor cleaning (commercial) per year Transport, lorry 7.5 – 16t ID8058 30 8
BRE IMPACT Hard floor cleaning (domestic) per year Transport, lorry 7.5 – 16t ID8058 30 8
BRE IMPACT Highway 4 x 6 Dump Truck Transport, lorry 16t -32t ID8059 25 30
BRE IMPACT Large Electrical Equipment (eg mixer) Transport, lorry 7.5 – 16t ID8058 50 4
BRE IMPACT Loader / Backhoe Transport, lorry 16t -32t ID8059 75 48
BRE IMPACT Offsite Manufacturing / Prefabrication Process Transport, lorry 16t -32t ID8059 0 10000
BRE IMPACT Pile Driver, 50t Transport, lorry 16t -32t ID8059 75 400
BRE IMPACT Resilient (general, domestic) cleaning per year (BRENM6276) Transport, lorry 7.5 – 16t ID8058 30 8
BRE IMPACT Resilient floor finishes, cleaning per year Transport, lorry 7.5 – 16t ID8058 30 8
BRE IMPACT Skid Steer Loader Transport, lorry 7.5 – 16t ID8058 50 10
BRE IMPACT Trailer Mounted Compressor – 100 cfm Transport, lorry 7.5 – 16t ID8058 30 6
BRE IMPACT Trench Digger / Dingo Transport, lorry 7.5 – 16t ID8058 50 6

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Technical Notes

Please note that as of December 2020, the following minor methodology improvements have been made.

The latest eTool release included the following updates to our construction equipment library:

  • Re-allocation of construction equipment from our “People” category to the “Equipment” category where the item was a hybrid of “People” and “Equipment”.
  • Removal of the trade staff component of construction transport to align with EN15804 and EN15978
  • Improved assumptions of transport weights
  • Improved equipment cost assumptions
  • Improved assumption regarding the “maximum operating time between trips to the depot”

The items affected were (note that many of eTool’s detailed library templates in the “Default” LCI sources contain these items):

  • Large Electrical Equipment (eg mixer)
  • Electrical Hand Tools (eg power drill)
  • Trade Staff (Large Elect Equipment)
  • Trade Staff (Small Electrical Equipment)
  • Remote Trade Staff (Small Electrical Equipment)
  • Trade Staff (Transport Only)
  • Trade staff, Boiler Maker

NOTE: The changes above have not been applied retrospectively to historical/existing designs to ensure consistency in your results. Only library templates and benchmarks have been updated. Any new templates that you add to an existing design will have the updated data.

Implications:

These changes will only affect newly created designs, or changes to existing designs (where these templates from the library are added to designs). There will be a reduction in impacts associated with A4 (equipment transport). In some cases this will be a significant reduction.

The following are some rare cases where the transition could lead to inaccurate conclusions drawn from eTool. Note that in the below cases, ‘equipment transport’ must first be a significant item which is atypical.

  • A “Business As Usual” or “Proposed” design has already been modelled prior to the update and the user then makes changes to the design by swapping templates to see the affect of those swaps. The template comparison will not be fair if the equipment transport in those templates were significant.
  • Comparing a new design (created from scratch) against a historical design created prior to the update.

If you would like to migrate your historical designs to the new methodology, please raise a Support Ticket and we can schedule this for you.

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