Improving your innovation performance

Dr Karen ManleyQueensland University of Technology

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BRITE Surveybuilding and civil sectors in NSW, Vic and Qldindustry was broadly defined1,000 forms distributed, over 300 returnedconducted in 2004

BRITE Case Studiesconducted 2003-200512 studies

Survey and Case Studies

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BRITE Building Case Studies

William McCormack Place in Cairns

Lang Park Stadium in Brisbane

National Gallery of Victoria

Gladesville Road Community Centre in NSW

Telstra Stadium in Sydney

Art Gallery of South Australia

Adelaide Oval redevelopment

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Project name

William McCormack Place

Lang Park Sports Stadium

NGV – Australian Art Building

Location Cairns, Qld Brisbane, Qld Melbourne, Vic.

Project description

4568 m3 public building

52,500 seat world-class stadium

Iconic public building, 11,000 m3

Budget $17.5m $280m $65m Innovation summary

Chilled water thermal storage tank and moisture absorbing thermal wheel

Precast prestressed polystyrene voided concrete planks

Fire engineering enabled use of unprotected steel

Main benefits achieved

37% saving in energy consumption

8% saving in cost of grandstand steelwork

5% of project cost saved

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Project name Gladesville

Road Centre Stadium Australia

Art Gallery of South Australia

Adelaide Oval

Location Hunters Hill, NSW

Sydney, NSW

Adelaide, SA Adelaide, SA

Project description

Stormwater management

at a small community building

Two 3500 m3 roofs over sports stadium ends

Up-grading the air-conditioning system at an art gallery

Redeveloping the eastern grounds of a sports stadium

Budget $13,000 $10m $100,000 $22m Innovation summary

Managing stormwater with storage gutters and infiltration

Post-tensioned steel trusses to create long span roofs

Twin-coil air-conditioning to improve energy efficiency

Relationship based contract and 3D CAD to efficiently deliver complex project

Main benefits achieved

26% saved in mains water demand

50% less steel weight; 25% less roof erection time

30% saved in energy consumption

50% saved in prefabrication time

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Innovation benefits – are shared between the client and innovator

Innovation originality – ‘newness’ of innovation is not so important

Benefits and Originality

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Working with leading-edge clients is critical

Why?

How?

Clients

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Innovation on projects often encounters non-technical problems …

which can be effectively addressed by relationship building within the team

Project Team

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They provide critical innovation assets:

Consultants – offer creative ideas

Manufacturers – undertake R&D

Consultants and Manufacturers

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NATIONAL INNOVATIVE CONTRACTORS DATABASE Company Details

Abigroup, Qld. Abigroup Contractors Pty Limited 129 Logan Road Wooloongabba Qld. Steve Abson (Civil Manager) sabson@abigroup.com.au Ph. 07 3391 7311 Fax. 07 3391 7336 National Civil Engineering & Building Contractor. Active across all construction market sectors including water, resource & mining, transport infrastructure and marine. Key note projects recently completed or under construction include M7 Motorway ($1.5Bn), Tugun Bypass PacificLink Alliance ($400M) and Southern Regional Water Pipeline Alliance ($300M).

Adciv, SA. Adciv Pty Ltd 42 Nelson St Stepney SA 5069 Graham V. Kimber Managing Director grahamk@adciv.com.au ADCIV Pty Ltd is a $35 million turn over p/a progressive and innovative General Builder and Civil Engineering contractor with projects throughout South Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland and Victoria. It is a highly diverse quality constructor which has specialised teams of people and equipment to successfully complete commercial, industrial and residential developments. Projects include Marinas, Wetlands, Road Works, Pipelines, Pump Stations, Power Plants and Sub-Stations, Water Filtration and Waste Water Treatment Plants, Building Bulk Earthworks and Plateau Pads.

Advanced Building Technologies, Qld. Advanced Building Technologies Unit 3, 58 Metroplex Avenue Murarrie QLD 4172

The National Innovative Contractors Database was developed in response to calls from industry to facilitate connections between innovative industry participants. The database will be updated in response to industry requirements.

NATIONAL INNOVATIVE CONTRACTORS DATABASE

General Contractors Expertise Abigroup, Qld. Civil, Building, Mining, Infrastructure, Marine Adciv, SA. Civil, Building Akron Roads, Vic. Civil, Earthworks, Pavements Antoun, NSW. Civil, Demolition, Remediation Barclay Mowlem Construction Limited, NSW.

Building, Infrastructure, Rail, Civil, Engineering, Asset services

Barclay Mowlem Construction Limited, Qld.

Civil, Materials handling, Rail, Marine, Infrastructure, Hydraulic services, Building

Barclay Mowlem Construction Limited, WA.

Mining, Materials handling, Power, Industrial, Civil, Marine, Rail, Building

Baulderstone Hornibrook Pty Ltd, SA.

Civil, Transport, Water, Marine, Resource, Infrastructure, Building, Facilities Management, Asset Services

BMD, Qld Civil, Infrastructure Bovis Lend Lease, WA. Project Management, Engineering,

Procurement, Facilities Management, Building, Communications, Pharmaceutical

Brisbane Cityworks, Qld. Civil, Asphalt, Maintenance Services Broad Construction Services (Qld) Pty Ltd

Development Management, Construction Management, Design and Construct, General Contracting.

Canstruct, Qld. Civil, Housing, Sewage Treatment, Modular Cyclone-proof Housing

Dickinson Constructions, Qld. Building, Education Dwyer Building Services, Vic. Building FK Gardner & Sons, Qld. Building, Property Development, Project

Design, Civil Infrastructure.

The National Innovative Contractors Database is a national initiative by the BRITE Project of the CRC for Construction Innovation, to increase innovation in the construction industry.

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Relationships with universities and colleges can complement in-house knowledge-bases …

and help in securing quality employees

Technical Support Providers

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Employees are a key source of innovation ideas …

and are more likely to be helpful if they feel loyal to your company

Employees

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Relationship building priorities:

leading-edge clients

members of the project team

industry associations, universities and technical colleges

employees

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