Productivity in the UK construction sector has historically lagged behind other industry sectors. The government is aiming to improve this through increasing the level of pre-manufactured value in built assets. Since 2001, the University of Sheffield's Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre has been developing technological innovations for the aerospace and automotive sectors. This paper shows how lessons learnt from, and technologies developed for, these sectors can be transferred into the construction supply chain through horizontal innovation. Technologies such as robotics and automation, augmented and virtual reality, discrete event simulation, large volume metrology, and improved tools and processes all have a role to play. Significant...
The building industry is often berated for its short comings in meeting up with the demand for the p...
The construction industry is a very conservative sector often characterized by a low level of innova...
It is not so far away when the theory of disruptive innovation and the emergence of new breakthrough...
Productivity in the UK construction sector has historically lagged behind other industry sectors. Th...
The increased development of technology in recent years has provided businesses incredibly efficient...
‘Modern methods of construction’ is a term largely synonymous with the prefabrication of product com...
In recent years a step change has been seen in the rate of adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies by ...
Construction industry in the UK contributes 6.1% of GDP with output worth more than £108 Billion per...
The paper describes research being carried out in relation to prefabricated high density affordable ...
The utilisation of automation technology and processes control found in the automotive and aerospace...
Ten years on the offsite construction (OSC) industry continues to be held high as a panacea to the i...
VR is an emerging technology that will greatly benefit the construction industry and its supply chai...
The level of automation technology and processes control, within the construction sector, faces uniq...
Most buildings are still constructed one brick or timber at a time, over lengthy periods on-site, m...
The UK Construction Sector has been estimated to contribute 8% of the UK’s GDP [1]. The worldwide re...
The building industry is often berated for its short comings in meeting up with the demand for the p...
The construction industry is a very conservative sector often characterized by a low level of innova...
It is not so far away when the theory of disruptive innovation and the emergence of new breakthrough...
Productivity in the UK construction sector has historically lagged behind other industry sectors. Th...
The increased development of technology in recent years has provided businesses incredibly efficient...
‘Modern methods of construction’ is a term largely synonymous with the prefabrication of product com...
In recent years a step change has been seen in the rate of adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies by ...
Construction industry in the UK contributes 6.1% of GDP with output worth more than £108 Billion per...
The paper describes research being carried out in relation to prefabricated high density affordable ...
The utilisation of automation technology and processes control found in the automotive and aerospace...
Ten years on the offsite construction (OSC) industry continues to be held high as a panacea to the i...
VR is an emerging technology that will greatly benefit the construction industry and its supply chai...
The level of automation technology and processes control, within the construction sector, faces uniq...
Most buildings are still constructed one brick or timber at a time, over lengthy periods on-site, m...
The UK Construction Sector has been estimated to contribute 8% of the UK’s GDP [1]. The worldwide re...
The building industry is often berated for its short comings in meeting up with the demand for the p...
The construction industry is a very conservative sector often characterized by a low level of innova...
It is not so far away when the theory of disruptive innovation and the emergence of new breakthrough...