Description of impact
Industry funded research led by Boyd has highlighted the need for secure long-term supply chain partnership in the fragmented construction industry to help overcome the workflow challenges experienced by digitising the supply chain. National contractor Willmott Dixon and its subcontractor NG Bailey have improved costing and procurement strategies, saving them hundreds of thousands of pounds since 2018. More widely across the international construction industry, the research encouraged and normalised the switch to digital integration through socio-technical transformation of the supply chain and properly representing costs such that Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are more secure and effectively managed. This work has been recognized by the construction industry, including in the Procuring for Value report from the UK Construction Leadership Council which has been adopted for value-based procurement by the Construction Innovation Hub and within UK government departments.Impact date | 2015 → 2020 |
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Category of impact | Public Policy or Services impacts |
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Outputs
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Can knowledge-event approach work in construction SMES?
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Using events to connect thinking and doing in knowledge management
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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UK construction supply chain attitudes to BIM: 50th Associated Schools of Cconstruction (ASC) Annual International Conference
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Ordering in disguise: digital integration in built-environment practices
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Studying ‘cost as information’ to account for construction improvements
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Housing - the digital revolution
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report