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Eco-Region NW

• Construction benchmarking Sustainable
  Construction Strategy Workshop
• CCI NW, Manchester, 6 September 2005
• Ian Cooper
• Eclipse Research Consultants

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NWDA Training Programme

• Measuring Sustainable Construction

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Scope

• Monitoring performance
• Critical success factors
• Key Performance Indicators
• Sustainable Construction Indicators
• Radar Chart Matrix
• Current progress in UK

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All Construction KPIs
Pan-industry data on

• Profitability
• Productivity
• Safety
• Predictability
• Cost and time
• Construction cost
• Construction time
• Client satisfaction
• Product and service
• Defects

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Typical KPI Chart
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How do KPIs work?
Performance against each KPI is compared against
graphs showing industry norms. A benchmark score
of 50 indicates that your performance is equal
to that of 50 of the industry
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http//www.constructingexcellence.org.uk/kpizone
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Headline KPIs
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Environment KPIs

• Impact on the Environment Product
  Construction Process
• Energy Use (Designed) Product
• Energy Use Construction Process
• Mains Water Use (Designed) Product
• Mains Water Use Construction Process

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Respect for People KPIsKPIs for People
Management issues

• Employee satisfaction
• Staff turnover
• Sickness Absence
• Safety
• Working hours
• Qualifications and skills
• Equality and Diversity
• Training
• Pay
• Investors in People

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Why measure KPIs?

• Remember the KPIs themselves are only the
  starting point. KPIs are a tool for continuous
  improvement

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The checklist is for appropriate for
consideration by all construction projects,
whether large or small. Constructing
Excellence encourages the construction industry
to consider all aspects of sustainability
(economic, social and environmental) and to guard
against undermining one section for the benefit
of another.
Sustainability in Constructing Excellence
Checklist
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Sustainability in Constructing Excellence
Checklist
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Constructing Excellence definition of
sustainable construction targets (2003)
Towards Sustainable Construction a strategy for
the East of England Constructing Excellence, CIC,
GO-East Sustainable Development Roundtable
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Constructing Excellence view of Sustainable
Construction
Not initially rapid step change or paradigm shift
Significant improvement to be achieved over time
Annual incremental improvement on business as
usual
Commitment to continuous improvement
Balanced improvement across a wide range of
indicators/areas
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What landing point should the construction
industry be aiming at?

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Possible types of change

• Business as usual minimum change

• Building Planning Regulations

• Business as usual incremental change

• Constructing excellence S B Code (?)

• Step change more efficient ways of working

• Step Change programme, Factor 4, 10 and 20

• Paradign shift new ways of living

• BioRegional WWFs One Living Planet

Sustainability Forum Framework Group - Vision
Workshops
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What type of change should the construction
industry be pursuing?
large
One Planet Living
Factor 20
Factor 10
High-level climate change scenario
voluntary
involuntary
Factor 4
Low-level climate change scenario
Constructing Excellence
Business as Usual
small
Sustainability Forum Framework Group - Vision
Workshops
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Eco-Region NW Questions