Moving From Production to Services: A Built Environment Cluster Framework

Carassus, Jean; Andersson, Niklas; Kaklauskas, Artūras; Lopes, Jorge; Manseau, André; Ruddock, Les; Valence, Gerard de

doi:10.3846/1648715x.2006.9637551

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“…Construction was formally perceived as a project team industry that principally dealt with construction firms. However, the new approach is based on the fact that the construction industry is no longer focused on providing a single product but a variety of services to the built environment around the project [2,27]. The extension of the aspect has increased the complexity and uncertainty of project management, which has underlined the importance of systematic collecting, managing, and reconciling the different requirements of stakeholders.…”

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A Framework for Stakeholder Identification and Classification in Construction Projects

Aapaoja¹,

Haapasalo²

2014

OJBM

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Current construction is implemented in highly demanding and complex built environments where projects are executed by coalitions of multiple stakeholders that have divergent interests, objectives, and socio-cultural backgrounds. These projects face challenges in not only identifying and managing stakeholders but also satisfying their requirements. This paper introduces a framework that is developed to assist project managers in facilitating stakeholder management and requirement engineering, especially in the project initiation phase. The framework optimizes the value creation of the project through stakeholder identification, classification, and requirement engineering. The framework is also applied in two construction projects.

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A Framework for Stakeholder Identification and Classification in Construction Projects

Aapaoja¹,

Haapasalo²

2014

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“…Strategies and measurement suggestions for evaluating the construction industry within sustainable development have been discussed in various studies (Spence and Mulligan, 1995;Uher and Lawson, 1998;Ruddock, 2002;Carassus et al, 2006;Nelms et al, 2007;Ruddock, 2007;Atkinson, 2008;Sev, 2009;Zhang andLondon, 2011 andGibberd, 2015). Even though sound and well accepted sets of performance indicators are listed among the must-haves of an innovative construction industry, there is no general agreement regarding the alternative approaches to the measurement of construction activity.…”

Section: Sustainable Development and Constructionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Since the construction industry is no longer focused on providing a single product, e.g. a building or a physical infrastructure, but a variety of services and improvement to the human environment more generally, performance-based building and sustainable built environment, as the trending new concepts, have created additional roles for the industry along with the need for new indicators to measure its performance and economic impact (Carassus et al, 2006). Besides, buildings and construction play a key role in the green economy together with energy, transport, manufacturing, tourism, waste management -critical industries for the ecosystem, and the resource-based sectors of agriculture, forests, fisheries and water [8].…”

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Measuring construction for social, economic and environmental assessment

Ilhan

Yobas

2019

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The aim of this paper is to examine the issues that should be considered for a better gauge of 7 the construction industry and built environment and to propose a set of indicators for measuring the 8 social, economic and environmental value of construction. 9 Design/methodology/approach: The indicators proposed in this study use Pearce's schema, which presents a framework to evaluate the socioeconomic value of construction and its contribution to sustainable development. After analysing the problems faced by the industry, solutions are raised and finally indicators for each pillar of Pearce's schema are established through a literature review. Since the proposed indicators can be used for cross country analysis, these comparisons are also presented as graphs including only those countries for which valid national data could be sourced from OECD databases. Findings: The issues, suggestions and indicators related to each concern about the main domains of the schema are addressed through the related literature and supported by available statistical data. Originality/value: Although previous studies have drawn attention to measures for better evaluation of the construction industry and the built environment, this study, distinctively, presents an integrated approach in order to gauge the true value and impacts of construction in a more comprehensive way. The work's contribution to the body of knowledge is in revealing the hidden input and impact of construction on sustainable development by determining the barriers to this and their solutions, in addition to the proposal of relevant indicators.

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“…Using what they called a “meso-economic” approach (i.e. between micro- and macroeconomics), Carassus et al (2006) compared the size of the “construction sector system” in seven countries, again using a very wide definition to include property management, repair and maintenance and the institutional actors involved. Ruddock and Ruddock (2009) also estimated the size of the construction sector for 20 European countries.…”

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“…In Squicciarini and Asikainen (2011), the definitions are built around “narrow” and “wide” approaches, and like Ruddock and Ruddock (2009), used the Pearce report approach with a “construction sector”. Carassus (1998) had a “construction system”, and de Valence (2001/2010) and Carassus et al (2006) an industry “cluster”. It would be helpful to agree on a common usage.…”

Section: The Built Environment Sectormentioning

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Reframing construction within the built environment sector

Valence

2018

ECAM

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Purpose Official statistics on the output of the construction industry capture on-site activities of contractors and sub-contractors; however, the role of the industry linking suppliers of materials, machinery, products, services and other inputs is also widely recognised. These two views have been called broad and narrow, with the narrow industry defined as on-site work and the broad industry as the supply chain of materials, products and assemblies, and professional services. An argument is made for using the term “built environment sector” (BES) for the broad industry definition of construction. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach Construction industry statistics capture the on-site activities of contractors and sub-contractors. This paper reviews research that adds to construction output the contributions of suppliers of materials, machinery and equipment, products and components, professional services and other inputs required to deliver the buildings and structures that make up the built environment. Findings The same term, “construction”, has been used in a number of ways in different definitional studies of the narrow and broad industry. The term that best encompasses the large number and range of participants in the creation and maintenance of the built environment, from suppliers to end users, is the BES. Research limitations/implications Construction economics makes an important contribution to researching the macroeconomic role of the BES. There is also a special role for construction economics in researching both the boundaries of the BES and the data available on the industries that contribute to the BES. Practical implications Measuring the BES would improve the understanding of its macroeconomic role and significance. Social implications Measuring the BES would contribute to city policies and urban planning. Originality/value The paper proposes a new approach to defining and measuring the industries that contribute to the production, maintenance and management of the built environment. It introduces a new name for the combination of those industries.

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Moving From Production to Services: A Built Environment Cluster Framework

Cited by 13 publications

References 13 publications

A Framework for Stakeholder Identification and Classification in Construction Projects

A Framework for Stakeholder Identification and Classification in Construction Projects

Measuring construction for social, economic and environmental assessment

Reframing construction within the built environment sector

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