1. INNOVATION
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2. INNOVATION
 There are over 270,000 enterprises active
in the construction industry’
 employing over 2 million people;
 construction accounts for 8.7% of national
gross value added;
 Its economic importance is wider than
that.

3. INNOVATION
 well managed and successfully delivered
construction projects can improve the
delivery of public services.
 Health
 Education
 Transport
 It improves standards of living.

4. INNOVATION
 Innovation in construction is considered
to be ‘the act of introducing and using
new ideas such as:
 Technologies;
 Products and/or processes aimed at
solving problems;
 Viewing related matters differently;
 Improving efficiency and effectiveness.

5. INNOVATION
 Due to immobility of the final product, the
construction work happens on site.
 The advantages of automated products
being applied as in other industries, is
rarely possible.

6. INNOVATION
Organisational strategy
 Innovation does not come without a
strong commitment by the companies
director.
 Construction firms can deliberately and
actively take strategic decisions to
exhaust all possible avenues for
competitive advantage.

7. INNOVATION
 These strategic decisions can be made
internally or through cooperative
arrangements with other firms,
 for example supply chain,
 shearing information between clients,
suppliers, and similar businesses can be
useful.
 This shearing information can lead to
innovation.

8. INNOVATION
Leadership
 Businesses have the power to ensure quick and
flexible decision-making that can aid innovation.
 But the strong role of the owner in medium and
small construction firms can also constrain
innovation.
 owner of a firm should have necessary vision and
systemic thinking when diagnosing and progressing
innovation activity.

9. INNOVATION
 The decision for a big push towards
innovation in one part of the business,
 This decision often has significant
implications for other parts of the business.
 These Important factors need to be
considered.
 They must be brought together in an
integrated way before committing to any
innovation process.

10. INNOVATION
Sustainability
 There is increasing pressure on the construction
industry to become more environmentally
sustainable.
 Construction industry is a major energy user.
 as well as contributor to greenhouse gas emissions
 and waste levels
 The UK government is pushing hard to make the
construction sector more environmentally friendly
body.

11. INNOVATION
 Sustainable construction is a strategy
implemented by the government in 2000.
 The aim is to make the construction industry
more sustainable.
 This can be achieved by considering the
requirements of stakeholders.
 The natural environment, and energy
consumption are also pillars of Sustainable
construction.

12. INNOVATION
 At the same ensuring that the industry stays
profitable and competitive.
 It can be argued that sustainability is starting
to take its place alongside of other issues
such as:
 Efficiency
 Productivity
 Client needs

13. INNOVATION
 Some new sustainable innovations that have been
undertaken within the industry include:
 green smart-look for green street project
 design and construction of more efficient homes
 design and construction keyed to sustainable
practices
 orientation of buildings to maximize use of the
natural environment
 Use of solar passive principles to older buildings;

14. INNOVATION
 insulation
 use of suitable products
 environmentally aware surface-water
management
 use of plastic down pipes and tanks to save
water on site
 use of new engineered products such as
laminated veneer lumber beams
 use of polystyrene blocks as substitutes for
other materials.