With narrow operating margins a small improvement in the fuel efficiency of the fleet can produce a bottom line saving that has the same profit impact as winning a project!  Construction fleets - especially the van fleet - have a hard life but good fuel management can ensure that the fuel is used efficiently and on company business.

Company car fleets are an important construction industry tool, important to staff retention and necessary to get to geographically dispersed sites.  The right car policy can ensure staff can have aspirational vehicles while still saving on fuel, carbon and even lease costs.  The HGVs and plant can, of course, be another major source of cost and carbon and it is very important to accurately manage fuel use in these fleets.

• Establish current fuel management policies.
• Determine fleet fuel efficiency profile.
• Identify poorly performing fleets and vehicles.
• Review company car policy against personnel objectives.
• Seek cost effective lower carbon alternatives.

One feature of fuel use in construction fleets is the use of on-board power.  Often the fuel for this usage comes from the road fuel tank and at a time when over £0.50 of the cost is road duty this can be an expensive way of fueling equipment.  Gfleet has developed methods of measuring this fuel use and identifying the real cost so that alternatives can be fully costed and assessed.