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Innovation
The construction industry
Construction Innovation: A Revolution: UK Prospective
Prof. Nash DawoodCentre for Construction Innovation
Research
University of Teesside
London
Lecture Content•What is innovation?•A brief introduction to the UK industry.•Construction industry traditional business processes.•Problems with the traditional processes.•Process re-engineering and application of IT.•UK Government Initiatives •Finally: The Teesside contribution.
Innovation
•Bring in novelties.•Finding faster and cheaper ways of doing the
same thing.•Doing something differently or use entirely
different materials.
The UK Construction Industry
• Around £60 Billion/year turnover.• Employ 1.4 Million People.• Highly influenced by the general economy (Boom and
Bust), weather, etc and therefore quite risky business.
• Very difficult work condition• Significant impact on the environment
The UK Construction Industry
• Public Perception is often:• One of Lazy, shovel-learning, • Cheating Cowboys who bodge, rather than build.• In reality, the vast of construction activities is
carried out by professional to the highest standard.
Traditional Construction processes
TenderClient
Architect and professional advisors Contractor seek bid
Prep. of design and tender document
Appraise of Tender
Construct works Place orderInterim payment
Final payment
What are the Problems•Adversarial and Fragmented processes.•Very little time spent on design development.•Minimum communications and interactions
between the construction team.•High out-turn compared to initial cost.•Poor site construction planning.
UK Proposed Annual Targets
10%20% 10% 20%ReduceReduce IncreaseIncrease
Predictability
Productivity
Profit & TurnoverCapital
Construction time
Defects
Accident
Source: M4I
The Construction Revolution
• Modernisation.• Client Satisfaction.• Team work.• Innovative processes, products and tools.• Whole life cycle approach.
The Innovation
•Processes re-engineering and bench-marking (using Lean Thinking Philosophy)
• Information Technology as enabling tools for processes improvements.
•Products developments. •Safer and well planned construction sites•More environmentally friendly sites
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Design and Product Development
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Teaming with the supply chain
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Comparisons of traditional and proposed processes
Range of options
TimeRange of options
Time
Conventional Processing
Parallel processing
Client-Arch-Stru.-Env.-Others
Advantages new processes: satisfying clients needs
• What are their needs?–Projects delivered, –More reliably,–To higher quality,–Fully meeting their functional requirements,–Engagement - through enhanced, understanding,– Influence - through meaningful interaction.
Advantages of new processes: Time Compresion
•Replace Sequential Processing by Interactive Concurrent Processing.
•Enable application of principles of concurrent engineering.
•Improve planning of construction site procedures.
Reduce time from “order” to “delivery”Reduce time from “order” to “delivery”
UK Government Research Initiatives
• Getting industry and academia to work together (50% contribution from Industry)
• Construction as Manufacturing Process (CMP Initiative)• Partners in Innovation (PII)• Meeting Client needs through Standardisation (MCNS)• Responsive mode (100% Government)
• The Virtual Construction Site: A Strategic Construction Planning (VIRCON).
• Re-engineering Work-face information• Development of Intelligent VR systems for
facilitating Outline design• International Network on VR Applied to Construction
Process and Products (NET-VR)• Standardisation of brickwork construction
The Teesside Contribution
Research Projects can be found on the university web site:
•Http\\www.tees.ac.uk\research\•Click: environment or civil engineering
Conclusions• In order to be a world class player, the UK
construction industry needs to change. The revolution is happening.
• Process innovation is the key to any technological development.
• Development and use of standard products and processes.
Conclusions• IT revolution is here to stay and the construction
industry should capitalize on its benefits• Teesside is playing a major role in advancing the
construction revolution and contributing to the wealth creation in the UK.
This concludes the presentation
Thanks YOU