hh.sePublications
Change search
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf
The construction sector tries to take the lead – A sector lead approach to construction process improvement
Lund University, Lund, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7585-0718
Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
2005 (English)In: Proceedings of the 2005 International Conference on Construction and Real Estate Management : Challenge of innovation in construction and real estate / [ed] Wang Yaowu & Shen Qiping, Beijing: China Architecture & Building Press , 2005, p. 274-277Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Resource type
Text
Abstract [en]

In many reports the improvements of the actors in the construction sector have been requested. One explicit factor that has been called for is an increase in cooperation and communication between the different actors. The Swedish construction sector in general has not been swift in accepting new process improvements as they have been put forward by academics or government. There are many possible explanations, among them are that the solutions have been too much of 'desk products', not suitable for direct application into the construction sector and its firms. In the southern region of Sweden a sector initiated and lead initiative with an aim of developing the construction and the real estate management process, increase the profitability across the supply-chain, increase the human value among the actors of the construction process, and increase the image of construction, has been carried out. The forum resulted in increase of knowledge of the construction industry and effect of different actors on it for those who participated. On a more general level a program with the aim of increasing the efficiency and improving the image of the construction industry was developed. This paper discusses the approach as such; advantages and disadvantages as well as lessons learned. It also reports on the outcome of the initiative.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Beijing: China Architecture & Building Press , 2005. p. 274-277
Keywords [en]
process improvement, construction process, sector lead initiative
National Category
Construction Management
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-30659ISBN: 9787112078714 ISBN: 7112078717 OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hh-30659DiVA, id: diva2:916288
Conference
2005 International Conference on Construction & Real Estate Management (ICCREM 2005): The Challenge of Innovation in Construction and Real Estate, Penang, Malaysia, December 12-13, 2005
Available from: 2016-04-01 Created: 2016-04-01 Last updated: 2020-03-20Bibliographically approved

Open Access in DiVA

No full text in DiVA

Authority records

Widén, Kristian

Search in DiVA

By author/editor
Widén, Kristian
Construction Management

Search outside of DiVA

GoogleGoogle Scholar

isbn
urn-nbn

Altmetric score

isbn
urn-nbn
Total: 77 hits
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf