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Hazib Hafiz Muhammad1, Shabbir Imran2, Khalid Hafiz Humza1
1State Key Laboratory of Ocean Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory for Digital Maintenance of Buildings and Infrastructure, School of Ocean and Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
Abstract:
Rapid infrastructure expansion in emerging economies is increasing construction-related carbon emissions. Using a probabilistic assessment of 52 planned bridges on Pakistan's M-13 Motorway, the average carbon emission intensity (CEI) is 1,430 kg CO2eq per square meter, 1.15 to 1.50 times higher per m2 of deck area than international benchmarks. The raw material (extraction and production) phase dominates the footprint (94.4%), with reinforcement (48.9%) and concrete (39.4%) as the principal material contributors; both display high variability (coefficients of variation 67% to 130%), signaling substantial uncertainty. Evidence points to systemic inefficiencies, including conservative overdesign, reliance on foreign codes, and the absence of standardized local emission data. Targeted measures, structural optimization using digital tools, wider adoption of recycling and low-carbon mixes, and development of context-specific emission factor databases offer a scalable pathway to lower-carbon bridge infrastructure in Pakistan and comparable settings.
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