Transforming Construction Network Plus (N+)

改造建筑网络+ (N )

• 批准号: ES/S014489/1
• 负责人: Jacqueline Glass
• 金额: $ 257万
• 依托单位: University College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2018 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FS014489%2F1
• 关键词: Transforming; Construction; Network; Plus; N+

The purpose of the Network Plus (N+) is to create a new community of researchers and a body of knowledge to inform future construction policy and practice. The N+ is one of the investments within the Transforming Construction Challenge (TCC), a programme supported by the UK government's Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. The overall aim of these investments is to transform the way the construction and built environment sector operates. Within this, the N+ focuses on supporting research that takes a holistic approach, which means thinking of construction as a production 'system' for built assets that adds value to cities and their infrastructures. Transforming design, construction and operation of buildings is a problem that demands input from a wide range of backgrounds and disciplines, which is why major, coordinated investments are being made through the TCC. Within this, the research supported through the N+ will focus on the gaps, inter-relationships and under-explored regions of this domain, spanning digital, energy, construction and manufacturing expertise, in line with the expectations of the Industrial Strategy Construction Sector Deal. The N+ will address a future in which the UK designs, constructs and operates buildings by realising the potential for integrating advanced offsite manufacturing with state-of-the-art digital design and energy generation and storage technologies. By exploring and synthesising knowledge of how people and communities experience and interact with the built environment, N+ will foster new approaches to the provision of inspiring buildings that give rise to greater user satisfaction and productivity. Our ambition is that the N+ should help transform the way buildings are designed, built, powered, managed, and used in the future. The N+ will bring academics together, with industry and policy representatives, through networking activities (such as workshops and conferences) and skills-building events. It will issue two open calls for small research projects, funding up to 20 academic-led and user-inspired projects to generate new research findings. Academics from a range of disciplines will take part and work together with users, as project partners, to develop new ideas for transforming construction. Multidisciplinary research is to be expected (i.e. researchers from different disciplines working together), but interdisciplinary enquiry will be preferred and actively encouraged (where enquiry is problem-focused, and uncoupled from disciplinary norms). The N+ will be particularly mindful of the needs of early and mid-career researchers, because supporting them helps to create a community of collaborative thinkers for the future. It will liaise with other major initiatives, such as the UK Collaboratorium for Research on Infrastructure and Cities (UKCRIC), with its complementary brief to advance the science and engineering of the wider infrastructure and cities context. Opportunities to engage with the N+ include participation in the small projects, attendance at events (organised by the N+ and other TCC projects); web and printed media will be used to disseminate ideas, calls and project results. Those who are not involved in the small projects will still be able to access the N+ events, website, research digests, workshops and conferences. Particular effort will be made to broaden the range of disciplines that typically participate in research on the construction industry, and the N+ will support those who seek new types of engagement with users. A dedicated team of researchers will capture data from leading practice, to extend understanding of the regional innovation systems involved and conduct review that will not only lead to high-quality academic outputs, but will also be summarised in easy-to-digest summaries, with support from the N+ team.

Network Plus（N+）的目的是创建一个新的研究人员社区和一个知识体系，为未来的建筑政策和实践提供信息。N+项目是英国政府工业战略挑战基金（Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund）支持的“转型建筑挑战”（Transforming Construction Challenge，TCC）项目的投资项目之一，这些投资的总体目标是改变建筑和建筑环境行业的运营方式。在这方面，N+侧重于支持采取整体方法的研究，这意味着将建筑视为建筑资产的生产“系统”，为城市及其基础设施增加价值。改造建筑物的设计、施工和运营是一个需要来自广泛背景和学科的投入的问题，这就是为什么通过TCC进行重大、协调的投资。在此范围内，通过N+支持的研究将重点关注该领域的差距，相互关系和未开发的区域，涵盖数字，能源，建筑和制造专业知识，符合工业战略建筑行业交易的期望。N+将通过实现将先进的异地制造与最先进的数字设计以及能源发电和存储技术相结合的潜力，来解决英国设计，建造和运营建筑物的未来。通过探索和综合人们和社区如何体验和与建筑环境互动的知识，N+将促进新的方法来提供鼓舞人心的建筑，从而提高用户满意度和生产力。我们的目标是，N+应该帮助改变未来建筑物的设计、建造、供电、管理和使用方式。N+将通过网络活动（如讲习班和会议）和技能建设活动，将学术界与行业和政策代表聚集在一起。它将发出两个公开呼吁，要求小型研究项目，资助多达20个学术主导和用户启发的项目，以产生新的研究成果。来自一系列学科的学者将作为项目合作伙伴参与并与用户合作，为改造建筑开发新的想法。预计将进行多学科研究（即来自不同学科的研究人员一起工作），但跨学科调查将是首选和积极鼓励的（调查以问题为中心，与学科规范脱钩）。N+将特别关注职业生涯早期和中期研究人员的需求，因为支持他们有助于为未来创建一个合作思想家社区。它将与其他主要举措保持联系，例如英国基础设施和城市研究合作中心（UKCRIC），其补充简报旨在推动更广泛的基础设施和城市背景下的科学和工程。参与N+的机会包括参与小型项目，出席活动（由N+和其他TCC项目组织）;网络和印刷媒体将用于传播想法，呼吁和项目成果。那些没有参与小型项目的人仍然可以访问N+活动，网站，研究专家，研讨会和会议。将特别努力扩大通常参与建筑业研究的学科范围，N+将支持那些寻求与用户进行新型接触的学科。一个专门的研究团队将从领先的实践中获取数据，以扩大对所涉及的区域创新系统的理解，并进行审查，这不仅会带来高质量的学术成果，而且还将在N+团队的支持下，以易于消化的摘要进行总结。

项目成果

Supply chain Productivity in Construction

建筑业供应链生产力

• 发表时间: 2020
• 作者: Chakuu, S

Combinatorial Design: Designing Collaborative Models for Construction

组合设计：设计施工协作模型

• 发表时间: 2020
• 作者: Claypool, M

Speculation beyond technology: building scenarios through storytelling

超越技术的猜测：通过讲故事构建场景

• DOI: 10.5334/bc.213
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Buildings and Cities
• 作者: Dowsett R

Towards Discrete Automation

迈向离散自动化

• 发表时间: 2020
• 作者: Claypool, M

Understanding design change propagation in complex engineering systems using a digital twin and design structure matrix

• DOI: 10.1108/ecam-08-2020-0615
• 发表时间: 2021-07-06
• 期刊: ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECTURAL MANAGEMENT
• 影响因子: 4.1
• 作者: Chen, Long;Whyte, Jennifer
• 通讯作者: Whyte, Jennifer