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

在建筑行业逐渐摆脱新冠肺炎疫情之际，所寻求的资金符合该行业远程工作或在社会安全距离工作的赠款主题。该项目支持政府的产业战略挑战基金建筑业交易，专注于数字方法的设计、施工和管理，以提高建筑生产率。冷19岁的S对建筑行业的影响是毁灭性的，关闭了工地，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%，而建筑业本身就提供了9%的GDP。因此，中小企业建筑商迫切需要重新开工，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使用远程通信、项目的远程管理、实施改进的健康和安全措施，并仔细组织和安排团队在现场提供隔离和社交距离。在收到资金后，该团队将提供全新的、多层次的、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，促进整个施工团队、供应链和客户的远程协作。该工具集将；1)为客户和当局提供保证，确保新冠肺炎缓解措施到位2)最大限度地减少与易受攻击客户的接触3)最大限度地减少个别交易团队之间的接触4)为现场经理配备适当的H&S文档，以培训人员，包括工具箱讲座、风险评估、现场规则5)最大限度地减少现场经理之间的访问，以限制交叉污染6)通过预先准备全面详细的点击提货或现场交付订单，最大限度地减少对建筑商和商家的访问7)实现定期客户会议和远程更新雄心勃勃和创新的工具集针对经常被忽视的行业，使数以千计的公司能够以不同于Covid-19之前的方式安全地恢复工作，HBXL现有的CAD、估算以及健康和安全系统组合已经被数千家从事新房、扩建和翻新工程的英国中小企业建筑公司使用，并为准备推出的原型提供了一条直接进入市场/商业化的途径。改造经常失败，因为新技术损害而不是增强了用户体验。该项目将使用“待完成的工作”框架，检查用户过去如何工作以及他们希望如何工作，以确保项目取得积极成果。该项目将于2020年1月6日开始。所有的研发都将在远程进行，因为团队已经在家里操作了。HBXL之前已经完成了几个IUK项目并将其商业化。项目交付成果可以分阶段发布。HBXL要求在其现有项目上再增加3个月的项目，该项目由商业主导的创新项目资助，以应对全球颠覆竞争。HBXL确认这不会超过HBXL的3年最低200000欧元的水平，并在项目延期结束时配备了外部财务审计师。在最初提交的材料中，HBXL解释说，在项目完成后3-6个月内，HBXL将有一个可销售的项目解决方案出售给最终用户。项目延期将使他们能够将最终成果推向市场，并将提高IUK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.