Improving Construction Productivity and Health & Safety on Small Construction Sites in a Covid-19 environment

所寻求的资金与建筑行业的远程工作或在社会安全距离工作的赠款主题一致，因为该行业正在逐步摆脱Covid-19大流行。该项目支持政府的产业战略挑战基金建筑业协议，重点关注设计、施工和管理的数字化方法，以提高建筑业的生产率。2019冠状病毒病对建筑业的影响是毁灭性的，工地关闭，造成大量失业，许多中小企业面临破产。中小企业占建筑业的90%，而建筑业本身占GDP的9%。因此，中小企业建设者迫切需要重新开始工作，采用疾病控制程序，同时提高整体运营效率。该项目将帮助中小企业建筑公司通过远程通信、独立管理项目、实施改进的健康和安全措施、精心组织和安排团队，在现场提供隔离和社交距离，重新开始工作。在获得资金后，该团队将提供一个全新的、多层的、基于云的通信和作业管理工具集，与HBXL现有的桌面软件集成，促进施工团队、供应链和客户之间的远程协作。工具集将；1)向客户和主管部门保证Covid-19缓解措施到位2)尽量减少与脆弱客户的接触3)尽量减少各个行业团队之间的接触4)为现场经理提供适当的卫生与安全文件，以培训人员，包括工具箱讲座、风险评估；现场规则5)尽量减少工地间经理的访问，以限制交叉污染6)通过提前准备详细的点击取货或现场交付订单，尽量减少对建筑商和商人的访问7)实现定期客户会议和远程更新。这一工具集既雄心勃勃又具有创新性，针对的是一个经常被忽视的行业部门，使数千家公司能够以不同于新冠疫情前的方式安全返回工作岗位。并提供了一个大众市场的商业机会。HBXL现有的CAD、估算和健康与安全系统组合已经被数千家英国中小企业建筑公司用于新房、扩建和翻新工程，并为启动就绪的原型提供了通往市场/商业化的直接途径。转换通常会失败，因为新技术会减少而不是增强用户体验。使用“待完成工作”框架，该项目将检查用户过去如何工作以及他们希望如何工作，以确保积极的项目成果。该项目将于2020年6月1日开始。所有的研发都将远程进行，因为团队已经在家工作。HBXL之前已经完成并商业化了几个英国项目。项目可交付成果可以在整个过程中分阶段发布。HBXL要求在现有项目的基础上再增加3个月的项目资助，该项目由商业主导的创新应对全球颠覆性竞争。HBXL确认这不会超过HBXL的3年最低水平20万欧元，并在项目延期结束时安排外部财务审计师。在最初的提交中，HBXL解释说，在项目完成后的3-6个月内，HBXL将有一个有市场的项目解决方案出售给最终用户。项目延期将使他们能够为市场准备最终成果，并将提高英国的投资回报率。

The funding sought aligns with the grant themes of remote-working or working at socially safe distances in the construction sector as it emerges progressively from the Covid-19 pandemic. Supporting the government's Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund Construction Sector Deal, the project focuses on digital approaches to design, construction and management to improve productivity in construction.Covid-19's impact on construction has been devastating, shutting-down sites, creating significant unemployment with many SME firms facing bankruptcy. SME's represent 90% of the construction industry which itself provides 9% of GDP. Therefore SME builders urgently need to recommence work, adopting disease control procedures whilst improving overall operational efficiencies.The project will assist SME building firms to restart work using remote communications, arm's-length management of projects, implement improved health and safety measures, and carefully organise and schedule teams to provide separation and social distancing on site.On receipt of funding, the team will deliver a brand-new, multi-tiered, cloud-based communications and job-management toolset integrated with HBXL's existing desktop software, facilitating remote collaboration across the construction team, supply chain and clients. The toolset will;1) provide clients and authorities with assurance that Covid-19 mitigation is in place2) minimise contact with vulnerable customers3) minimise contact between individual trades teams4) equip site managers with appropriate H&S documentation to train personnel including Toolbox Talks, Risk Assessments, Site Rules5) minimise inter-site manager visits to limit cross contamination6) minimise visits to builders merchants through advance preparation of fully-detailed orders for click-and-collect or site delivery7) enable regular client meetings and updates remotelyBoth ambitious and innovative the toolset targets a sector of industry often neglected, enabling thousands of firms to return to work safely, operating in a manner different to pre-Covid-19, and offering a mass-market commercial opportunity.HBXL's existing portfolio of CAD, estimating and health and safety systems are already used by thousands of UK SME building firms working on new homes, extensions and renovation works and offer a direct route to market/commercialisation for the launch-ready proto-type.Transformations often fail because new technology detracts from rather than enhances the user experience. Using the 'Jobs-to-be-Done' Framework, the project will examine how users used to work and how they would like to work, to ensure positive project outcomes.The project commences on 1/6/2020\. All R&D will be conducted remotely as the team already operate from home. HBXL have previously completed and commercialised several IUK projects. Project deliverables can be phase-released throughout.HBXL request a further 3 months extra project on their existing project funded under Business Led Innovation in Response to Global Disruption Competition. HBXL confirm this will not exceed HBXL’s 3 year de minimus level of 200k Euro and have an external financial auditor in place for the end of the project extension.In the original submission HBXL explained that within 3-6 months of project completion HBXL would have a marketable project solution to sell-in to end users. The project extension will enable them to ready the final outcomes for market and will improve IUK ROI.