Revaluing Construction: Australia, Canada, Singapore and US

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1 Revaluing Construction: Australia, Canada, Singapore and US Professor Peter Barrett Research Institute for the Built and Human Environment University of Salford, UK Page 1

2 Overview Policy position of construction Revaluing Construction initiative Conclusions Page 2

3 Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) Research priorities Meeting client/users requirements Becoming sustainable Transformation the construction sector

4 ECTP SRA the human dimension Meeting clients requirements Inc. healthy, safe, accessible, stimulating working environments Becoming sustainable Inc. a living cultural heritage for an attractive Europe Transformation of the Construction Sector Inc. a new client-driven, knowledge-based construction process Page 4

5 Actions Complex system Page 5 Driving forces Restraining forces

6 Construction typified Confrontational Uninformed team members Inappropriate contracts Risk averse Lack of trust Cut throat Poor competition communications Organisational Lack of vision amnesia Page 6

7 Revaluing Construction Holistic idea of construction Evolving knowledge and attitudes Promotion of full value delivered to society Looking OUT Perceptions Shared vision amongst stakeholders Looking IN Performance Dynamic decisions and information Awareness of systemic contribution Balance of markets and social capital Page 7

8 Revaluing Construction Holistic idea of construction Page 8

9 Construction industry sector system Life cycle of the built environment New construction Management of the service provided by the structures to the users Demolition Continuous asset, property and facilities management and transaction activities Sale / Purchase Real estate Management Operation Maintenance Facilities management Page 9

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11 Revaluing Construction Holistic idea of construction Shared vision amongst stakeholders Page 11

12 A Canadian clients view a problem industry? Senior Managers Satisfied With Construction Investments in Last 3 Yrs? NO 5% Don't Know 1% But, you don t have to be sick to get better! YES 94% Thanks to Dr Andre Manseau, of NRC for access to this data Page 12

13 Revaluing Construction Defined Value, jointly created, is maximised Resulting rewards are distributed equitably Page 13

14 Revaluing Construction Holistic idea of construction Shared vision amongst stakeholders Balance of markets and social capital Page 14

15 Aborigines - alliancing Page 15

16 Revaluing Construction Holistic idea of construction Shared vision amongst stakeholders Dynamic decisions and information Balance of markets and social capital Page 16

17 Reactive maintenance: current process (MopMit) Order Material Invoice SUPPLIER Visit Unit CONTRACTOR OPERATIVE Direct Job Details to Operative CONTRACTOR AREA BRANCH (NATIONAL CONTRACTOR) Direct Job Details to Area Branch Report Work Status Report Work Status CONTRACTOR HELPDESK Pay CONTRACTOR CLIENT Payment Made Inform Work Completed Evaluate/ Check Work Submit Quote or Invoice CONTRACTOR MANAGING AGENT Evaluate Operative Authorise Quote or Invoice Start CLIENT UNIT Problem Reported CLIENT or FM AGENT HELPDESK Direct Job Details to Contractor CLIENT or FM AGENT MANAGING AGENT Approved Payment Problem Reported Evaluate/ Check Work Finish Payment Made Page 17

18 Revaluing Construction Holistic idea of construction Evolving knowledge and attitudes Shared vision amongst stakeholders Looking IN Performance Dynamic decisions and information Balance of markets and social capital Page 18

19 Revaluing Construction Holistic idea of construction Evolving knowledge and attitudes Shared vision amongst stakeholders Looking IN Performance Dynamic decisions and information Awareness of systemic contribution Balance of markets and social capital Page 19

20 The Brain: Our three-part creative engine The interpreter: Makes sense of the world (Left brain) The actor: Perceives, senses, & acts on the world (Occipital lobe, parietal lobe, & pre-frontal cortex linked with the amygdala) The comparator: Tests actions vs. physical reality (Frontal lobe/a-10 nucleus) Page 20

21 Thanks to Hamish McRae, The Independent Page 21

22 Thanks to Hamish McRae, The Independent Page 22

23 Thanks to Hamish McRae, The Independent Page 23

24 Output Employment Low income countries, 23% High income countries, 26% High income countries, 77% Low income countries, 74% (ILO 2004) Page 24

25 Revaluing Construction Holistic idea of construction Evolving knowledge and attitudes Promotion of full value delivered to society Looking OUT Perceptions Shared vision amongst stakeholders Looking IN Performance Dynamic decisions and information Awareness of systemic contribution Balance of markets and social capital Page 25

26 Society impacts Vision A Construction industry that is highly valued by society Owing to an appreciation of the: Society impacts Excitement attached to the achievements of, and opportunities within, construction Multiple contributions (short and long term; direct and indirect) that result from construction Scale, reach and importance of construction industry w ithin the economy Sense of direction and ambition shared w ithin the construction industry Professional and ethical approach in client and other relationships Flexible, thoughtful and sophisticated approach to on-going problemsolving Knowledgeable and skillful workers continuously and progressively educated Driven by: Revaluing Construction priorities Promotion of full value delivered to society Looking OUT Aw areness of systemic contribution Holistic idea of construction Shared vision amongst stakeholders Balance of markets and social capital Dynamic decisions and information Increased The concepts conceptual and practical and practical tools to understanding address of how (and interface why) to move barriers to past "least the flow of cost" with explicit and confidence tacit information Looking IN Evolving know ledge and attitudes Professional Supported by research that provides: Excitement Flexible Research Case studies Framew orks Pow erf ul A basis for Concepts, Importance actions (egs) of exemplary and arguments Ethical active evidence, and (4Cs) projects measurement and advocacy engagement enthusiasm Opportunities Sophisticated and initiatives, techniques to to drive a w ith, and to infuse the illustrating Sense account for reassessment of direction contribution to, education / benefits to all multiple hard of economic / the strategic training Contribution stakeholders and soft conceptual debate and provision to Thoughtful Skillful involved contributions definitions implementation students and Ambition strategies practitioners Knowledgeable Page 26

27 Growing global repository CIB website Document archive Discussion forum Page 27

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30 Revaluing nirvana? Clients / users Communities / society Designers / PMs Creating value for all Contractors / builders / specialists Manufacturers / Suppliers Page 30