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- Hugosson, Mårten, et al.
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Customer perceived value and emerging business models in the wood building components industry – learnings from Swedish public building projects
- 2017
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Ingår i: Nordic Opportunities.
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This paper addresses the question of efficient business models in the Swedish wood-building industry, seen from the public customers’ point of view. The building industry is currently ongoing rapid development and wood is prescribed as building material in a growing number of public building projects. The industry is generally under pressure to innovate and decrease costs and the changes combined have on the one hand have created dialogs between regards how new wooden constructions on sustainable building principles can be created. From the public procurers’ point of view, crucial questions concerns what value that can be created for long term sustainable economy of the buildings and what environmental performance that can be obtained.For assessing the perceived value of effects of three different business models a comparative case study were conducted. The cases were analysed deploying business model theory and construction management theory on perceived values. As regards the business models there was a particular focus on the degree of prefabrication, services and potential partnering options in creating offerings and undertaking production and erection of wooden bearing constructions. The cases were chosen due to that they differed with respect to the types of contracting applied, mirroring three business models and degrees of “in-house” involvement.
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- Nord, Tomas, 1966-, et al.
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Beslutsstöd för upphandling av gröna byggprojekt
- 2019
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Projektet ”Beslutsstöd för upphandling av gröna byggprojekt” ingår som ett delprojekt i det strategiska forskningsprogrammet Bioinnovations ”Framtidens biobaserade byggande och boende (FBBB). Delprojektet tar sin utgångspunkt i de marknadsmässiga svårigheter som trä i byggande haft i att uppfattas som ett likvärdigt alternativ till övriga stommaterial. Ett antal kommuner i landet har därför utarbetat träbyggnadsstrategier för att synliggöra trä som lämpligt stommaterial och ett material som har höga miljömässiga prestanda.Syftet med projektet har varit att belysa hur kommunala strategiska handlingsmönster kan påverka utvecklingen till att trä i byggande kommer in som ett likvärdigt byggnadsmaterial. Målet med denna rapport är att utifrån av ett antal strategier, och byggprojekt visa hur framtida upphandlingar kan se ut.Tio stycken träbyggnadsprojekt i tre kommuner med träbyggnadsstrategi har valts ut och beskrivits, via insamlad sekundärdata och intervjuer med berörda personer. Urvalet av byggprojekt grundades på att få en bredd av byggnadstyper och upphandlingsformer snarare än skillnader i kommuners handlingar och överväganden i de enskilda projekten.Sammanställningen av de tio byggprojektens genomförande visar att förekomsten av kommunala träbyggnadsstrategier har haft en positiv påverkan på introduktion och utveckling av träbyggandet. Detta tillsammans med dynamiken i den regionala/ lokala byggmarknaden. Genom att det finns en målsatt strategi skapar det en tydlighet från kommunalt håll om kommunens ambition och vilja att bygga med trä, vilket är en viktig grund för förändringen som visar sig i sammanställningen. Entreprenörerna har därmed fått incitament att lära sig träbyggande eftersom det skapar en konkurrensfördel. Den kommunala beställaren har en viktig roll i att tolka och förmedla den av politiker antagna träbyggnadsstrategin och skapa en intern förståelse och kompetens om träbyggande. Slutligen visar de enskilda projektprocesserna på vikten av ett systematiskt lärande och intern spridning av kunskap för lyckade resultat.Slutsats: Kommunerna bör beskriv och definiera långsiktiga mål med byggandet i kommunen där trä ska ingå som ett konkurrenskraftigt alternativ i beskrivningen av möjliga lösningar.
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- Nord, Tomas, 1966-, et al.
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Role of Policies and National Programmes on Innovations in Timber-frame Construction
- 2011
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Ingår i: Innovation in Forestry. - Wallingford, UK : CAB International. - 9781845936891 ; , s. 204-232
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The market share of timber frame construction has increased in many European countries after the revision of national building regulations, implementation of national development programs as well as marketing efforts of the forest industry. Our research within COST E51 has looked at the timber construction industry and assessed the innovation process in eight European countries,the role and position of this industry in the construction process, and the influence of policies as drivers of knowledge creation.Results indicate that innovative timber construction firms have acted on the changed regulations overcoming the lock-in effects of construction industry standards and culture and have in some countries been in the forefront to adjust the traditional construction process. These firms have in most cases come from the forest industry sector as they have had the most to gain. The innovation type and progress differ indicating that construction is a local activity influenced by national traditions,both in industry behaviour and policy aim. It is recommended that policy makers support the establishment of local and regional timber based competence centres. Also,public construction clients ought to have bigger leeway to support innovative construction products and processes, as a mean to generating new innovations, knowledge creation and transfer necessary to create a sustainable future society.
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- Nord, Tomas, et al.
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Role of policies on innovations in timber frame construction : Cases from sub-group Timber construction vertical value chain in COST Action E51 Integrating Innovation and Development Policies for the Forest Sector
- 2010
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The enlargement of EU coupled with harmonization of regulations and standards have opened new market segments and geographical areas resulting in grown market shares and innovative behaviour of timber construction firms. The role of policies aiming at increased competitiveness and innovativeness of the European forest sector through integrating innovation has been studied within a COST Action running from 2006 to 2010. COST Action E51 "Integrating Innovation and Development Policies for the Forest Sector" aimed at increasing our understanding of the role of policies and development programs to improve competitiveness and specifically innovations in the forest sector. One of the sub-groups studied the timber construction value chain and the type and diffusion of innovations. This report presents empirical data of timber construction industries from eight European countries. The data include the general construction environment and the policy superstructure of each country and one characteristic example of innovation and innovation process within the timber construction industry of each country respectively. The description of the construction industry follows the concept that construction is a complex product system (CoPS, Hobday, 1998) relating actors in an innovation system approach manner. The timber construction industry is gradually moving from supplier to system integrators thus modifying the overall system.The results indicate a large difference between studied industries in terms of type of innovation, supportive actions from society and industry organizations, and the effect of the innovation on the overall building process and infrastructure.
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- Tykkae, Saana, et al.
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Development of timber framed firms in the construction sector - Is EU policy one source of their innovation?
- 2010
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Ingår i: Forest Policy and Economics. - : Elsevier. - 1389-9341 .- 1872-7050. ; 12:3, s. 199-206
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- To enhance competition in the construction industry, EU policies have created and harmonised functional building codes. Moreover, many actors advocate the construction industry moves towards a lean production, process-based way of working for quality and cost reasons. Here, Timber Framed Engineering approaches are considered to have a competitive and environmental advantage. There is however underlying concerns that conservatism in the construction industry, and lack of timber engineering skills, may be obstacles to change. This paper therefore assesses whether EU construction policy innovation contributed to innovation at the firm level. Timber framed innovators in six European countries were identified, and their sources of innovation assessed. The results indicate that timber framed firms have become actors in the construction industry. Firms have made product, process and organisation innovations. All case firms have similar sources for innovation. The common factor that triggers the firms to innovate is business opportunities that arise from demographic changes in the environment outside the firm, such as environmental sustainability and affordable housing for lower income groups. To address these opportunities, the case firms implicitly recognised that traditional project and site-based construction approaches are an incongruity. The firms have consequently established in-house prefabrication, including developed of lean production processes to ensure quality as well as effectiveness. The firms have all recognised that a fundamental barrier to their business was the lack of timber framed engineering competencies in their customers organisations. Accordingly, a business necessity for the case firms was developing construction design competencies. Firms benefited from governmental policy instruments that support timber framed Randamp;D and knowledge transfer. However, firms also gained new knowledge from their own experiences, which they also use in their operations. Accordingly, policy instruments are not a sole or dominant source for innovation in the case firms. Nonetheless, the change in building codes has been a pre-requisite the firms commercial developments.
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