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The application of BPR: a case study in construction
No full textThis paper reports on the successful application of BPR to the procurement of construction projects. The traditional construction procurement process is analysed and the failings and their causes identified. A case study of a Millennium project in the UK is described which was procured after re-engineering the procurement process. The resulting investigation of the project revealed significant savings in cost, reduction in delivery time and the highest quality of construction
Case study o the application of BPR in an SME contractor.
No full textThe UK government strongly encouraged the construction industry to improve its efficiency during the 1990s. P Trant Limited, a medium-sized civil engineering contractor located in the south of England took on board this challenge and carried out a Business Process Re-engineering programme. This paper describes the process modelling tools used, the re-engineered processes and the efficiency gains produced. It is shown that mature medium-sized contracting companies can benefit from undertaking such a change programme and that the benefits are not restricted to large companies or groups. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Comparison of cultures in construction and manufacturing industries.
Full text linkThis paper investigates and compares the culture found in a construction company with that found in two manufacturing companies because large differences in culture might reduce the potential for the construction sector to adopt management tools developed in the manufacturing sector. For the comparisons to be valid, the culture within the physical production process was observed. The results were obtained by use of questionnaires and intensive interviews with individual members of staff using a U.K. government sponsored questionnaire. A vertical section of each company was sampled such that equivalent organizational levels could be directly compared. The main findings are that the culture existing in construction has significant differences to that found within the manufacturing industries. It will not be possible to transfer management tools from one industrial sector to the other without substantial redesign. The culture within construction was found to be a "project culture" in comparison to manufacturing, which was found to be a "company culture.
Hurst spit stabilisation: a partnering case study
Full text linkThe stabilization of a 2 km shingle spit in southern England was initially planned as a traditional civil engineering contract. However, an unforseen delay at the start meant there was a real danger of not completing the work before winter storms, so a partnering approach was introduced - with successful results. This paper starts off by investigating the potential of partnering to achieve the UK's construction improvement targets. Using Hurst Spit as a case study it demonstrates that partnering can provide significant benefits for a one-off project without the need for formal agreements. It analyses in particular the culture changes which are required to achieve the full benefits of a partnering way of working
A process for assessing the impact of climate change on new developments
No full textThe impacts of climate change as described by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are accepted as providing the most probable future. A case-study describes the problems that maritime local authorities will need to address in the near future. These are classified as being part of the local authority's responsibilities either as the owner and manager of building assets or as the planning and building control authority. A process called climatic impact assessment is described, which all future built developments should be required to carry out as part of the planning process to approve the development
Climatic impact assessments
No full textThis paper proposes that all new construction or development projects should be subjected to a climatic impact assessment (CIA) as part of the design process. CIA is a procedure that assesses the impacts of all the effects of future climate change on a proposed project, that is the effect of the environment on the development. This is the opposite of an environmental impact assessment, which examines the effect of the development on the environment. The outcome of a CIA will be recommendations to ensure that the project will perform satisfactorily over its designed life span. This paper details the philosophy and mechanisms that constitute a CIA
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