Industrialized construction in the Swedish infrastructure sector: core elements and barriers

Larsson, Johan; Eriksson, Per-Erik; Olofsson, Thomas; Simonsson, Peter

doi:10.1080/01446193.2013.833666

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“…Thus, they have mainly considered innovative approaches aimed at the successful realization-in terms of budget, schedule, quality, and (hence) short-term efficiency-of individual business projects. The rationale for this is that business projects in PBIs are strictly regulated by institutions, such as norms and regulations, since investments are often vast and expensive [6,15,37]. Any failure may have fatal consequences.…”

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“…Further, contractual settings govern many aspects of business projects and, thus, often constrain systemic innovations. Hence, attempts to develop explorative innovations must be made in isolated development projects, often by an organization, such as a supplier or consultant, and then transferred to business projects for implementation [15]. Therefore, the specific market environment strongly influences these explorative innovation attempts, because no actor owns the entire supply chain in PBIs.…”

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Sustainable Development in Project-Based Industries–Supporting the Realization of Explorative Innovation

Larsson

2018

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Both exploitative and explorative innovations are needed for sustainable development in any industry, but balancing the two types is a delicate matter, and exploitation tends to be strongly prioritized in many industries. This is typically evident in project-based industries (PBIs), which are characterized by a fragmented supply chain and the delivery of one-off solutions in business projects. Realizing explorative innovations in this context is complex due to the need to transfer new knowledge between the organization developing the innovations and actors in inter-organizational business projects. The aim of this paper is to highlight areas in the management of explorative innovations developed outside business projects, to increase the understanding of where the specific market setting of PBIs might necessitate an adapted approach for successful realization. A case study of three innovation projects in organizations operating in PBIs have been conducted. The findings confirm that the major challenges lie in the transition between development project and business project. We highlight three aspects linked to this transition that require a flexible management approach: the assignation and acceptance of suitable responsibilities and roles, flexible support for the innovation process, and system acceptance. The findings may provide guidance for actors in PBIs strategically seeking to promote sustainable development, and provide foundations for further research to develop support for explorative innovation.

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Sustainable Development in Project-Based Industries–Supporting the Realization of Explorative Innovation

Larsson

2018

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“…In 2012 multifamily residences represented about 75% of the total number of residences produced in Sweden (Sveriges Byggindustrier, 2013). The reason for focusing on the production of multifamily residences is related to aspects such as, an increasing demand for both rental apartments and condominiums (Boverket, 2012), increasing production costs and decreased productivity (Larsson et al, 2013), and the fact that the relative amount of money a family spends on their accommodation increases (Lind and Song, 2012). Smaller constructions such as single-family residences, larger constructions (e.g.…”

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“…Lind and Song (2012) takes the debate further and state that there are too many errors in the way productivity is measured to be able to say whether the productivity development in the construction industry is as slow as many studies indicate. However, other studies have shown that large amounts of time, material and other resources are wasted in traditional on-site construction projects (Larsson et al, 2013). This type of waste has a negative effect on productivity.…”

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Towards a Framework for Production Strategy in Construction

Jonsson¹

2014

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The problem with low productivity increase in the construction industry is highlighted in many studies and in Sweden the need to improve productivity and client satisfaction in the construction industry has promoted a number of government investigations. One suggested way of improving productivity and client satisfaction is to move value adding activities off-site, to a more industrial environment. Compared to traditional on-site production, off-site production has been said to have many advantages such as: higher productivity, lower production cost, higher quality and shorter lead times. The trade-off when increasing the degree of off-site production is the reduced product and process flexibility. The trade-off between productivity and flexibility indicates that different production systems perform well in different areas of competition.The purpose of this research is to develop a production strategy framework for the construction industry, and more specifically for the production of multifamily residences. This framework can help construction firms to design the production system and find the right balance between productivity and flexibility. For the manufacturing industry, production strategy frameworks have been developed and shown useful when designing new or redesigning existing production systems. A corresponding framework adapted to the construction industry would be useful for construction firms when designing production systems to meet the targeted market in the most efficient way.Production strategy theory is traditionally built around two broad groups, decision categories and competitive priorities. Decision categories are areas in which a company must make decisions that are of long term importance for the production function. In this thesis focus is on the decision category traditionally named product/process technology and more specifically on the so called process choice i.e. choosing a production system that meets the demands from the targeted market in the most efficient way. To do this a classification matrix is developed that classify production systems along two dimensions, the degree of off-site assembly in one dimension and the degree of product standardisation in the other. This way of visualising the process and product characteristic has been used before, in traditional production strategy frameworks, to facilitate the process choice.For the classification matrix to be useful, the positions in the suggested classification matrix must be linked to the ability of different production systems to deliver manufacturing outputs. Therefor a performance measurement system is developed. In the process of developing classification matrix and the performance measurement system three research questions are addressed:What dimensions can be useful, from a production strategy perspective, when classifying different production systems for the production of multifamily residences? RQ2.What manufacturing outputs/competitive priorities have to be taken into consideration when evaluating different...

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Towards Automated Analysis of Ambiguity in Modular Construction Contract Documents (A Qualitative & Quantitative Study)

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Han

2018

Advances in Informatics and Computing in Civil and Construction Engineering

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Industrialized construction in the Swedish infrastructure sector: core elements and barriers

Cited by 70 publications

References 23 publications

Sustainable Development in Project-Based Industries–Supporting the Realization of Explorative Innovation

Sustainable Development in Project-Based Industries–Supporting the Realization of Explorative Innovation

Towards a Framework for Production Strategy in Construction

Towards Automated Analysis of Ambiguity in Modular Construction Contract Documents (A Qualitative & Quantitative Study)

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