#61 Building Productivity – Product, Process, People
The common adage “If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it” can be applied to building
products, processes and projects. Current data capture in construction practice is typically scarce,
inaccurate, lagging and non-standardised. Through the lenses of product, process and people,
Project #61 investigates how the capture, analysis and use of data can contribute to waste
reduction, quality assurance, safety, and improvement of efficiency and effectiveness in the building
industry. The project aims to understand:
(1) What is impact of people (human factors/aspects) on the process and product efficiency?
(2) What kind of data is needed?
(3) When is it to be collected and by whom?
(4) Which methodologies, tools and technologies would be best suited?
Project leads: Dr Duncan Maxwell, Dr Rachel Couper
Project team: Dr Victor Bunster, Dr Lee-Anne Khor, Dr Laura Harper, Dr Camilo Cruz Gambardella, Dr Sahar Soltani, Dr Yihai Fang, Prof. Amrik Sohal, Mohaimeen Islam, Fernando Pavez Souper, Miyami Pathiranage
Date commenced and duration
September 2023, 3 yearsLead researcher
Partners
Industrialisation
- Building Materials & Systems
- Building Design and DFMA
- Product & Process Efficiency
- Construction Management
- Contracts and Procurement
- Supply Chain Management, Logistics
- Platforms and Process
- Digital Project Management
Building Materials & Systems
Theme coordinator
Dr Rackel San Nicolas
Projects
#84 Feasibility study of recycling excavated clay materials in full-scale concrete applications
#86 Sustainable 3D printed concrete for bespoke infrastructure
#95 The Homes NSW MMC Program
#85 From Digital Design to Human Robot Collaborative Masonry Construction
#68 Development of a solution for high-rise mass timber residences through a Post & Plate system – Phase 1 feasibility study
Building Design and DFMA
Projects
#71 Automated decision making for interdisciplinary coordination during early-stage building design
#95 The Homes NSW MMC Program
Light House Project #7: Platform Delivery of Affordable Housing
#61 Building Productivity – Product, Process, People
Light House Project #13: Mixed Reality Carpentry Demonstration
Construction Management
Theme coordinator
Dr Mehrdad Arashpour
Projects
#68 Development of a solution for high-rise mass timber residences through a Post & Plate system – Phase 1 feasibility study
Light House Project #7: Platform Delivery of Affordable Housing
#21 Regulatory Reform for Industrialised Building
#61 Building Productivity – Product, Process, People
Light House Project #13: Mixed Reality Carpentry Demonstration
Platforms and Process
Theme coordinator
Dr Duncan Maxwell
Projects
#95 The Homes NSW MMC Program
#93 US Research Tour 2024: San Francisco and Greater Bay area
#53 Process Engineering, and Design and Estimating Automation of Fleetwood’s Product Platform
#61 Building Productivity – Product, Process, People
Light House Project #6: Malvern East Apartment Development
Digital Project Management
Projects
#93 US Research Tour 2024: San Francisco and Greater Bay area
Light House Project #28: The application of computer vision to measure productivity and enhance safety on construction sites
Light House Project #7: Platform Delivery of Affordable Housing
#61 Building Productivity – Product, Process, People
#17 The implication of Industry 4.0 for the construction industry: towards smart prefab
Keywords
- Building systems
- Construction Management
- Platforms
- Process efficiency
- Procurement
- Productivity