{"id":8018,"date":"2021-05-26T08:56:01","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T06:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.designcities.net\/?post_type=design-policy&#038;p=8018"},"modified":"2021-05-26T20:04:34","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T18:04:34","slug":"toolbox-to-better-inform-delimit-and-orient-on-a-construction-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/designcities.net\/?p=8018","title":{"rendered":"Toolbox to better inform, delimit and orient on a construction site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Theme:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Design and construction sites<\/p>\n<p><strong>UN sustainable development goal:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\\\"page\\\" title=\\\"Page 3\\\">\n<div class=\\\"layoutArea\\\">\n<div class=\\\"column\\\">\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\\\"EN-US\\\"><span lang=\\\"EN-US\\\">Goal 11.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span lang=\\\"EN-US\\\">Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>How the case links to the UN sustainable development goal:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Major public infrastructure projects can provide a positive impact on a city\u2019s sustainability, however creating negative social and economic outcomes during their construction. The toolbox to better inform, delimit and orient on a construction site aims to provide safe, inclusive and accessible public spaces in their vicinity as well as to support positive economic development during the infrastructure project implementation period.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Objectives:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The purpose of the toolkit is to improve the visual and functional quality of the living environment in the vicinity of worksites. Its various components aim to better inform about the nature of the project, to better circumscribe the construction area and to to better direct users.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Was Done:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\\\"page\\\" title=\\\"Page 4\\\">\n<div class=\\\"layoutArea\\\">\n<div class=\\\"column\\\">\n<p>Over the recent years, a steep increase in the number of municipal worksites has highlighted the environment quality and economic development issues raised by citizens and shop owners living in their vicinity. Answering this renewed interest in worksite impacts mitigation, multiple devices were designed to address recurrent needs on all public worksites under the city\u2019s responsibility. They aim :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>to better inform Montrealers about the nature of the work and the project;<\/li>\n<li>to better circumscribe the work area;<\/li>\n<li>to better orient users and make it easier for them to access various services.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The formats and materials were developed to be consistent with the visual identity of Montr\u00e9al, and optimized into a system that improves user experience through creation of clear and safe pathways, while facilitating the management and operation of worksites.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>How Things Were Done:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Following an <a href=\\\"https:\/\/designmontreal.com\/en\/gatherings\/unsitely-leveraging-design-to-improve-urban-construction-sites\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\">international call to best practices<\/a> (2014), a close collaboration between the city\u2019s Communications department, Infrastructure and Roads department and Bureau du design as well with input from designers in several disciplines was developed to document the issues and possibilities related to impact mitigation of construction sites. An iterative product development process was then initiated and included numerous prototypes implemented in different contexts. Two design competitions were held to further refine the design of the devices :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <span style=\\\"text-decoration: underline;\\\"><strong><a href=\\\"https:\/\/designmontreal.com\/en\/competitions\/sainte-cath-works-to-minimize-the-impact-of-the-public-works-on-sainte-catherine-street\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\">Sainte-Cath Works \u2013 To minimize the impact of the public works on Sainte-Catherine Street West design competition<\/a><\/strong><\/span> (2016);<\/li>\n<li>The <span style=\\\"text-decoration: underline;\\\"><strong><a href=\\\"https:\/\/designmontreal.com\/en\/competitions\/better-insight-onsite-creation-of-worksite-information-modules\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\">Better Insight, Onsite &#8211; Creation of Worksite Information Modules design competition<\/a><\/strong><\/span> (2017).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Training activities and a guidebook were then produced to promote the use of the toolbox by municipal employees. In 2021, after seven years of actions to promote the living environment quality in the vicinity of worksites, the City adopted <a href=\\\"https:\/\/montreal.ca\/articles\/charte-montrealaise-des-chantiers-ensemble-vers-des-chantiers-exemplaires-13771\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\">Montreal\u2019s worksite Charter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\\\"page\\\" title=\\\"Page 2\\\">\n<div class=\\\"layoutArea\\\">\n<div class=\\\"column\\\">\n<p><strong>Budget:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\\\"page\\\" title=\\\"Page 4\\\">\n<div class=\\\"layoutArea\\\">\n<div class=\\\"column\\\">\n<p>350 000 $CAD<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Good Practices:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The project succeeded to go beyond the initial involvement of designers in the improvement of the aesthetic quality of worksites by highlighting their role to create a safer and more inclusive environment as well as to promote economic development during major infrastructure projects construction.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.designcities.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Signalisation-rue-St-Paul-0872-scaled.jpg\\\"><img class=\\\"size-full wp-image-8019\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/www.designcities.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Signalisation-rue-St-Paul-0872-scaled.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"2560\\\" height=\\\"1707\\\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.designcities.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Guide_Chantiers-Boite-a-outils-62_Saint-Huert-scaled.jpg\\\"><img class=\\\"size-full wp-image-8020\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/www.designcities.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Guide_Chantiers-Boite-a-outils-62_Saint-Huert-scaled.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"2560\\\" height=\\\"2288\\\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.designcities.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/INFO_TRAVAUX-Viger_3913-scaled.jpg\\\"><img class=\\\"size-full wp-image-8021\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/www.designcities.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/INFO_TRAVAUX-Viger_3913-scaled.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"2560\\\" height=\\\"1707\\\" \/><\/a>\n<div class=\\\"page\\\" title=\\\"Page 2\\\">\n<div class=\\\"layoutArea\\\">\n<div class=\\\"column\\\">\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\\\"page\\\" title=\\\"Page 4\\\">\n<div class=\\\"layoutArea\\\">\n<div class=\\\"column\\\">\n<p><strong>CONTACT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Patrick Marmen<\/p>\n<p>MAIL: <a href=\\\"mailto:designmontreal@montreal.ca\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\">designmontreal@montreal.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WEBSITE: \u00a0French &#8211;&gt; <a href=\\\"https:\/\/designmontreal.com\/nouvelles\/ameliorer-lexperience-de-cohabitation-avec-les-chantiers-montrealais\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\">click here\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>English &#8211;&gt; <a href=\\\"https:\/\/designmontreal.com\/en\/news\/improving-coexistence-with-worksites-in-montreal\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\">click here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Theme: Design and construction sites UN sustainable development goal:\u00a0 Goal 11.\u00a0Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable &nbsp; How the case links\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":8021,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Toolbox to better inform, delimit and orient on a construction site -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/designcities.net\/?p=8018\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Toolbox to better inform, delimit and orient on a construction site -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Theme: Design and construction sites UN sustainable development goal:\u00a0 Goal 11.\u00a0Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable &nbsp; 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