Landfills, Lawsuits and Liabilities. The Livegistics Systems solves the 3 L's for Construction Managers/Owners/Developers
Landfills
The EPA estimates that between 230 million and 530 million tons of construction debris are generated annually in the United States. Usually, a property owner hires a contractor to dispose of construction and demolition (C&D) debris at an approved landfill. Most people assume that it is the responsibility of the hired contractor to ensure that the material is disposed of properly. This is simply not true. No matter who is performing the work, it is essentially the “Owner’s” responsibility to ensure that this material is disposed of properly. Landfills require an “Owner’s Representative” to guarantee that the material being delivered to the landfill comes from their site. On an average project, an “Owner’s Representative” can sign over 500 documents to approve of hauling C&D debris to a landfill. This process can easily become redundant and tiresome.
Lawsuits
Every year owners are sued for millions of dollars, because the material leaving their site was not disposed of properly. For this reason, many owners have invested capital in having people managing the waste streams of a project. This was done as a result of the large payouts being made by owners who were found to be negligent. Financially, it made more sense to hire people to manage this process then to risk trusting a contractor to do it correctly on their own. When the work of a contractor is what supremely decides an “owner’s” fate bad things sometime happen (https://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20180318/news/655571/ford-investor-battle-over-wixom-site). As important as this process is, the time is now to leverage technology at the landfill so that we can reduce lawsuits.
Liabilities
Even with the investment in environmental oversight, a large liability remains. What happens when the truck leaves the site? How do I know each truck made it to the landfill that day? How am I keeping track of each load of material based on each area it was removed from. With so much liability involved in this process, it is time that owner’s use technology to limit their liability. It’s time for Livegistics. The Livegistics LTS Manifest application is accessible at every Waste Management landfill in the United States. For the owner that wants to avoid lawsuits and limit liabilities; send your C&D debris to a Waste Management Landfill via Livegistics.
How the LTS Manifest App works with Waste Management
We have created a guide that walks an owner through signing manifests digitally using LTS Manifest.
Livegistics Goes 100% Digital At Waste Management
Three years ago Livegistics set out on a mission to revolutionize the civil and demo industry by creating a cloud based construction operating system for the day to day logistics of the construction industry. Two years ago we announced the release of our LTS Civil module specifically designed for self performing civil and demo contractors. With customers like Blaze Contracting, Barton Malow Civil, Bridging North America and Gayanga Co. leading the charge, the industry is finding out that the time for improved technology in construction logistics is now.
TKMS using LTS Manifest
Earlier this year we released our LTS Trucking platform while at the same time introducing TKMS as our flagship customer. TKMS has come on board starting a revolution of 100% paperless heavy hauling trucking companies. Now, we are excited to announce the introduction of our LTS Manifest application. With the help and support of industry giant Waste Management we are excited to kick off the use of our paperless manifest pilot programs in both Michigan and Illinois. At Waste Management’s Woodland Meadows Landfill in Wayne, Michigan in conjunction with TKMS; Livegistics will be launching a 100% paperless digital manifest process. No longer will owners be required to sign manifests with a pen. The days of trucks showing up with paper manifests at the scale are long gone. Introducing a completely paperless process with real-time tracking through our cloud based registry. This is where technology meets production and creates “industry changing” results.
M.T. Transit goes digital at Laraway Landfill
At the same time, Waste Management’s Laraway Landfill in Joliet, Illinois, will be kicking off a similar Pilot Program. In conjunction with local heavy hauling trucking company M.T. Transit; truckers will now enter into Laraway Landfill carrying no hard copy paperwork. MT Transit, a subsidiary of Marina Cartage, Inc. is one of the largest heavy hauling companies in Illinois. They specialize in waste transfer and construct site imports and exports.
With environmental requirements increasing and project schedules being compressed, streamlining the process of entering landfills is a must. If you would like more information on how Livegistics can improve your efficiency while lowering your bottom line, please visit our website at www.livegsitics.com for more information.