The use of data and AI to identify opportunities in construction project slow downs and restarts

使用数据和人工智能来识别建筑项目放缓和重启的机会

• 批准号: 70629
• 金额: $ 9.53万
• 依托单位: NPLAN LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Feasibility Studies
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=70629
• 关键词: use; data; AI; identify; opportunities

The construction sector, encompassing contracting, product manufacturing and professional services, had a turnover of around £370 billion in 2016, adding £138 billion in value to the UK economy -- 9% of the total -- and exported over £8 billion of products and services.However, the potential of the sector has been held back by productivity that is historically below than the wider economy -- an average of 21% lower, since 1975. With a pipeline of £600 billion in infrastructure projects, construction makes a critical contribution to the progress of the UK economy.Impacts as a result of COVID-19 have resulted in a dramatic slowdown to the industry with projects either slowing down or shutting down entirely. A vast majority of these projects will soon be expected to resume to normality.The tension of slowing down and restarting a construction project looms within the complexity of the operation, including effects of the supply chain. It is highly likely that a vast majority of projects will incur significant impacts to their final cost, schedule and benefits case.This project will use data from across the UK's construction industry to identify areas of opportunity within projects, to enable slow downs and restarts to be done as seamlessly as possible. The project will help identify risks in proposed plans, expose them to the project team and help benchmark each project against its cohort, to gauge competitiveness or antifragility. Hypotheses will be fully tested and validated during the course of the project, to ensure that the product developed provides sustainable solutions for stakeholders and customers.

2016年，包括承包、产品制造和专业服务在内的建筑业营业额约为3700亿英镑，为英国经济增加了1380亿英镑的价值，占英国经济总量的9%，并出口了超过80亿英镑的产品和服务。然而，该行业的潜力一直受到历史上低于整体经济的生产率的抑制——自1975年以来，该行业的生产率平均比整体经济低21%。随着6000亿英镑的基础设施项目的投入，建筑业对英国经济的发展做出了重要贡献。2019冠状病毒病的影响导致该行业的发展急剧放缓，项目要么放缓，要么完全关闭。这些项目中的绝大多数预计将很快恢复正常。减缓和重新启动一个建设项目的紧张关系在运营的复杂性中隐隐显现，包括供应链的影响。绝大多数项目极有可能会对其最终成本、进度和效益产生重大影响。该项目将使用来自英国建筑行业的数据来确定项目中的机会领域，以便尽可能无缝地进行减速和重启。该项目将有助于识别拟议计划中的风险，将其暴露给项目团队，并帮助每个项目与其同类项目进行基准测试，以衡量竞争力或反脆弱性。假设将在项目过程中得到充分的测试和验证，以确保开发的产品为利益相关者和客户提供可持续的解决方案。