Construction industry

Single-family houses

FTL Logistics transports construction industry products either directly to the site or to dealers, for single-family houses or large construction projects.

The construction product line in which our transport volumes amount to approximately 1.4 M tonnes annually includes, for instance, insulation materials, bricks, mortars and building boards for walls and roofs, prefabricated houses and elements, slabs and beams for foundation and wall structures.

The delivery process in a construction project is nearly always tailored with regard to the delivery time and the project's progress. Regular and daily connections from the delivery chain to the industry and builder guarantee trouble-free delivery to the site. The construction project's schedule and lot questions are a great challenge because the number of transport operations decreases, lots become smaller and sites are more multi-faceted meaning that even better services producing more added value is expected from the load handling equipment.

Various products used for the construction industry's manufacturing processes such as light gravels, crushed gravels and additional raw materials are also part of the products transported for the construction industry. Conventional gravel and soil materials are not among transported products.

Construction industry transports are handled with versatile vehicles including various cargo space solutions and goods handling equipment and different-sized cranes and lift devices.

Knowledge management has to be in real-time between the industry and the carrier because the daily fluctuations of volumes and delivery destinations are significant. Whether it is a weekly, daily or clock-timed delivery, with knowledge management the coordination of delivery commitments guarantees reasonable and efficient delivery processes which guarantee also to the recipient a competitive and timely delivery.

Precast concrete construction

FTL Logistics transports construction industry products either directly to the site or to dealers, for single-family houses or large construction projects.

Construction industry transports in which our transport volumes amount to approximately 1.4 M tonnes annually includes, for instance, insulation materials, bricks, mortars and building boards for walls and roofs, prefabricated houses and elements, slabs and beams for foundation and wall structures.

Concrete elements require very precise deliveries because the progress of a construction project is carefully planned. The arrival of a consignment with 15 minute precision even from hundreds of kilometres away requires that information goes hand in hand with the goods.

Whether the project at hand is business or housing construction, the slabs, beams and walls are delivered to the location at the site as determined by the technical drawings. Unloading is always conducted with a separate heavy crane.

The transport coordinator plans the consignments on an individual basis according to the industry sector, vehicles and destination site.

Knowledge management sends the required information with a real-time industry order and delivery system to the factory for production, to the planner for management purposes and to the builder from the time the site planning starts. A functioning delivery is always part of the delivery chain from the time the construction planning starts. In large panel deliveries the trouble-free transport of large units requires constant communication between the planner and production and the builder's site.

Constant training of drivers on the significance of safety and schedules enables them to work with increased confidence.