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Private Production Sites

Modelling project-specific sourcing and disposal scenarios in ORIS.

ORIS includes a public database of suppliers and waste facilities. Private Production Sites extend this with project-specific locations that are only visible within your workspace. This article explains where to find them, how to set them up, and how to use them to model sourcing and disposal scenarios.


Where to Find Private Production Sites?

What You Can Represent?

How to Set One Up?

How to Leverage Private Production Sites?

 

Where to Find Private Production Sites?

Private Production Sites are created and managed inside a Workspace, alongside your Material Assessments and Project Portfolios.  To access them, go to the Home page and use the workspace selector in the left sidebar to choose the workspace you want to work in, then select Private Production Sites  from the list below to view existing private sites or to create new ones.

Keep everything in the same workspace

A Private Production Site is only visible within the workspace it belongs to. If your Material Assessments are in a different workspace, the site will not appear in site selection results. Always create Private Production Sites in the same workspace as the assessments that will use them.


What You Can Represent?

A Private Production Site can represent any project-specific location that is not in the ORIS public database. Common use cases on infrastructure projects include:

  • Recycled aggregate stockpile. Material reclaimed from demolition or excavation and stored on or near the site for reuse.
  • Mobile crushing or screening plant. An on-site plant processing excavated rock or demolition material into usable aggregate, avoiding import from a quarry.
  • Borrow pit. A local source of fill or granular material within or adjacent to the project boundary.
  • Off-site disposal facility. A landfill, recycling centre, or inert waste facility receiving surplus excavated material.
  • On-site concrete or asphalt plant. A temporary production facility set up specifically for the project.

How to Set One Up?

When creating a Private Production Site, define the following:

  • Site name and location. Give it a clear name and set its geographic position so ORIS can calculate transport distances from the site to your project.
  • Site type. Select the type that matches the material it supplies or receives. This is critical: a Private Production Site only appears in site selection results when its site type matches the filter set for the corresponding material in the Material Assessment.
  • Capacity. Some site types might require specifying the site capacity. Set the site capacity higher than your total anticipated material volumes to avoid artificial constraints during the assessment.

Note

If you want to evaluate Private Production Sites on a Material Assessment, make sure to select supplier-based transportation in the Bill of Quantities step. This enables the Site Selection step, where you can assess the sourcing environment, including Private Production Sites.

Tip: match the site type filter in your Material Assessment

When you reach the site selection step in a Material Assessment, set the site type filter to match the type of your Private Production Site. If the filter does not match, the site will not appear in the results even if it is in the same workspace.

Tip: try increasing the search radius

If your site still does not appear after matching the site type filter, try increasing the search radius. Widening the radius ensures your Private Production Site is included in the selection. Also, other sites located closer to your project may be ranking higher in results, pushing yours out of view.

How to Leverage Private Production Sites?

The real value of Private Production Sites is in scenario analysis. By modelling different sourcing and disposal options as separate scenarios, you can evaluate the carbon and cost trade-offs directly in ORIS.

Typical scenarios to compare:

  • On-site reuse vs. off-site disposal. Model surplus excavated material being reused in a stockpile on site versus being hauled to an off-site disposal facility. The carbon saving from eliminating long-distance haulage is often significant.
  • Recycled aggregate vs. virgin quarry material. Compare sourcing aggregate from an on-site crushing plant or nearby stockpile against importing from a quarry. You can also model mixed scenarios, for example 50% recycled and 50% virgin, by splitting the quantity across two material rows.
  • Multiple disposal or sourcing options. Create several Private Production Sites representing different facilities at different distances, then compare the logistics and carbon outcomes for each.

Circular economy scenarios

Private Production Sites are the right tool for modelling circular economy principles on site: reusing excavated material, processing demolition waste into aggregate, and minimising import and export of materials. Each of these scenarios can be modelled and quantified in ORIS to support design decisions and reporting.