Table 1.

Research projects, IUa activities and participants

TimeResearch projectsIU activitiesParticipants
September 2016 to August 2017• International benchmarking study
• Trust in construction
• Lean design management
• Vision 2030 for the construction sector (start of the project)
• 12 IU meetings where research results were presented and discussed
• 2-day IU summer seminar
• Researchers received 751 survey responses, conducted 26 interviews, visited 7 countries and 9 universities and attended 3 global conferences
• An IU visit abroad (Norway, lean design management focus)
• 3 conference papers published
• 4 master’s theses completed
• 2 research reports
• 11 companies
• 2 professors
1 post-doc
3 PhD students and
4 master thesis students
September 2017 to August 2018• Vision 2030 for the construction sector (finish of the project)
• Takt in production and design
• Prefabrication of MEPb systems
• 18 IU meetings where research results were presented and discussed and ideas were further co-created
• 4 journal papers published
• 5 conference papers published
• 3 research reports
• 6 master’s theses completed
• Researchers conducted 2 takt case studies and 30 interviews, visited 5 countries and attended 2 conferences
• An IU visit abroad (Germany, takt production focus)
• Takt training and lean design management sessions
• 13 companies (∼100 individuals)
• 2 professors
1 post-doc
3 PhD students and
4 master’s theses students
September 2018 to August 2019• A platform-based technology for trust building
• New logistics solutions
• Impact of MEP prefabricated solutions
• Measurement of waste in construction
• 14 IU meetings where research results were presented and discussed
• 1 journal paper in review,
4 journal papers in preparation
• 6 conference papers
• 6 master’s theses
• 3 research reports
• Presentations in stakeholder meetings
• 17 companies (∼130 individuals)
• 2 professors
1 post-doc
3 PhD students and
3 master’s theses student

Notes:

aIU, industry–university;

bMEP, mechanical, electrical and plumbing

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