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Built and Human Environment Research Centre Presentation for InnoCons 27 July 2001. Who are we?. Multi-disciplinary centre involving Construction and Property Management, Art and Design, Virtual Reality, Acoustics, Civil Engineering, Environmental Management, Action Learning 5* rated (RAE)
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Built and Human Environment Research Centre Presentation for InnoCons27 July 2001
Who are we? • Multi-disciplinary centre involving Construction and Property Management, Art and Design, Virtual Reality, Acoustics, Civil Engineering, Environmental Management, Action Learning • 5* rated (RAE) • 49+ Research Active Staff • 17 Professors, 7 industrial visiting professors • 25 research assistants • 150+ postgraduates by research • 200+ industrial collaborators • More than 700 publications produced in the last four years • Research spent in the last 4 years, £7m in cash (£7m in kind) • Completion of more than 60 PhDs in the last 4 years • £600k Mres in construction innovation • £400k HEFCE VULCAN lab (Urban Regeneration) • Current research contracts in excess of £4m • Potential new contracts over £3m
Research Income • Research Council • EU • Government • Industry
Research Centres • Construct IT • Centre for Facilities Management • Centre for Construction Innovation • SURFACE (Accessibility Research) • SURF (Sustainable Futures) • EOHSLRC • Acoustics, Art and Design, CVE, Revans Centre
Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre • £3m for 5 years (EPSRC) • Support for applied and blue skies research • Support for dissemination and commercialisation • Main Themes: Process, IT, and Organisation and Management
Networks • EPSRC Integration of Design and Construction • IMI Information Standardisation & Exchanges • IMI Process • BEQUEST • Constrinnonet • CIB
InnoCons Team • Les Ruddock (manager) • Erika Leho (researcher) • Martin Sexton • Alex Wharton
Construction Innovation Projects • Constrinnonet • MSA • Innovation in Small Construction Firms
SIGs • Centre for Construction Innovation • RICS • NFB