Prefabrication and Waste Minimisation in Construction Projects: Perspectives from New Zealand

2020 ◽  
pp. 55-67
Author(s):  
Olivia Luo ◽  
Wajiha Shahzad
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Waste Minimisation

scholarly journals Foxes Guarding the Hen House?

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah Blumhardt
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Inclusive Design ◽  
Scheme Design ◽  
Product Stewardship ◽  
Waste Minimisation ◽  
Probable Outcome ◽  
First Time

For the first time since the enactment of the Waste Minimisation Act 2008, New Zealand is applying regulated (or mandatory) product stewardship to several priority products. By making those who manufacture, sell and use products responsible for minimising the waste those products cause, well-designed product stewardship schemes can act as a critical tool in the transition to a circular economy. However, the New Zealand government has put its faith in industry to lead scheme design. Such an approach threatens to vitiate robust, ambitious schemes and foreground industry interests over those of wider society and the natural environment. This article juxtaposes the radical potential of product stewardship against the probable outcome of industry-led schemes, and recommends reforms that the minister for the environment should pursue in order to shift the dial towards more inclusive design of product stewardship schemes.

scholarly journals Main Factors Causing Delays in Large Construction Projects: Evidence from New Zealand

2017 ◽  
pp. 63-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Berlinda Lessing ◽  
Derek Thurnell ◽  
Serdar Durdyev
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Main Factors

Achieving construction innovation in best value procurement projects: New Zealand mega projects study

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fei J. Ying ◽  
Nan Zhao ◽  
John Tookey
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
General Managers ◽  
Best Value ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Strategic Procurement

Purpose Best value procurement (BVP) has been recognized for some time as offering significant opportunities to advance process excellence in the construction sector. As an innovative approach to strategic procurement, BVP has attracted attention from the New Zealand (NZ) Government. It has similarly been found that the most substantial benefit of this modified approach to procurement is in value creation and innovative organizational processes through identifying “best value.” Yet to date, there is a lack of robust evidence as to how BVP can exactly influence construction innovation. Accordingly, this paper aims to explore how to improve BVP implementation to promote construction innovation and what are the values to be achieved in BVP mega projects from the view of innovation. Design/methodology/approach Semi-structured interviews with 22 participants, including project managers, procurement specialists, engineers and general managers from three organization types, were conducted to explore BVP implementation in a range of mega construction projects in NZ. Findings Barriers to BVP implementation and value innovation have been identified in this paper. Data analysis suggested traditional mindset in the procurement process, market constraints, mistrusts and fuzzy definition of BVP are the challenges for BVP implementation; BVP cultivates organizational competition because of diverse collaboration models and value attitudes; and BVP considers more values from the whole supply chain. To promote innovative construction, existing BVP should consider adopting progressive enhancements toward updating procurement guidance, encouraging effective communications, collaborating and promoting changes in stakeholders’ mindset. Practical implications Identified barriers to BVP implementation set up a platform for framing guidance, which could provide an effective approach as it enables a better understanding of what BVP means to NZ and what needs to be overcome. Taking this into account, similar small size markets around the world would be able to consider the applicability of BVP for innovative improvements. Originality/value This paper provides insights into value concepts in project procurement. It theoretically and practically possesses originality in linking BVP to innovative construction. The study of BVP and its application further reveals the importance of establishing a distinct regulation and fostering organizational competition from value aspects to achieve construction innovation.

scholarly journals Monetary and Non-Monetary Indicators of Cost-Benefit Analysis in Industrialised Building System Project: An Initial Conceptual Model

2019 ◽  
Vol 266 ◽  
pp. 03003
Author(s):  
Siti Nur Atikah Abd Rashid ◽  
Natasha Khalil ◽  
Haryati Mohd Isa
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Sustainable Construction ◽  
Benefit Analysis ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
Waste Minimisation ◽  
Building System ◽  
System Project

Industrialised Building System (IBS) is known as a construction system that consists of a combination of components manufactured either on-site or off-site then positioned and assembled into structures. Among the benefits of IBS construction includes labour cost reduction, support desirable environment, maximize efficient use of resources and waste minimisation towards sustainable construction. However, Malaysian construction industry still has a low take-up rate on IBS construction. Hence, to promote the project’s viability via IBS, ideally, the benefits of IBS are more reliable to be presented in tangible (monetary) value and intangible (non-monetary) basis rather than descriptive benefits. Therefore, Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) can be used in order to identify the soft issue or non-direct cost and elicits more transparency in IBS projects. This paper presents the conceptual review of the fundamental theory of CBA on the measurement of cost and benefits that can be converted as a weighing impact for an IBS project. An initial conceptual model known as CBA-IBS model is proposed as an approach that a decision maker can use to find the balance between the amount of effort invested in the initial cost of IBS construction and the realised revenues This study concluded that CBA is able to highlight the viability of IBS for construction in more comprehensive criteria of monetary and non-monetary benefits. This paper is a review of previous studies on monetary and non-monetary indicators of CBA that suit with IBS project. The study is supported by existing literature, primarily in the most recent research, which supports the indicators of CBA. From the literature reviews, sets of monetary and non-monetary indicators of CBA that related to IBS is obtained. The result of this study will provide novel ideas to optimize sustainable construction and prolong sustainability in design, financial, buildability, operation, life-cycle and environmental aspects. CBA-IBS model will be introduced as a theoretical basis for decision-makers in adopting IBS for their construction projects.

Key indicators influencing the management of team integration in construction projects

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 300-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Che Khairil Izam Che Ibrahim ◽  
Seosamh B. Costello ◽  
Suzanne Wilkinson
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Blame Culture ◽  
Successful Team ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Key Indicators ◽  
Goals And Objectives ◽  
Team Integration

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to validate a list of key indicators (KIs) of team integration identified from construction management literature, identify the most significant KIs and provide suggestions on how to influence team integration, based on the opinion of an established construction peer group in New Zealand. Design/methodology/approach – A literature review was conducted to identify and consolidate a set of KIs of team integration. Subsequently, a set of questions was designed to gain insight and opinion in terms of the significance and ranking of the identified indicators, as well as suggestions on how to influence the integration practice. Findings – Analysis of the survey results showed that all relevant indicators have a strong influence towards determining the success of team integration in construction projects. The top-ranked indicators that contribute towards successful team integration are all relationship orientated as follows; single team focus on goals and objectives, trust and respect, commitment from top management, free flow communication and no blame culture. A framework for influencing these indicators of team integration is proposed which includes four elements: first, team formation; second, contractual model; third, teamwork principle; and fourth, operational monitoring. Research limitations/implications – The findings are limited to practitioners’ perceptions who are registered with an established construction peer group in New Zealand. Practical implications – The results of the study are expected to provide insight for construction practitioners to help them embrace team integration practice and, hence, provide both the opportunity and a platform to enhance and measure their team performance. Originality/value – The paper recognises that while the process of integration is a result of a combination of many indicators, it further extends the team integration literature by providing insights into what are the dominant relationship indicators of team integration, and how to influence these indicators based on a proposed framework.

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