The objective of Program Ais to improve the long-term effectiveness, competitiveness and dynamics of a viable construction industry in the Australian and international contexts through:

• greater innovation in business processes
• strengthened human relations and ethical practice
• more effective interactions between industry and its clients.

• improving the sustainability of the pre-cast concrete, and construction and demolition waste supply chains
• critical success factors in ICT-mediated supply chains, and how to measure the performance resulting from their ICT use compared to that achieved by similar firms
• how Australian-based firms have established and maintained sustainable business in various international markets
• efficiencies gained through eTendering and an evaluation of the legal, security and risk issues relating to eTendering
• developing a greater awareness in the construction industry of the value of eBusiness to organisations, and to increase participation in various eBusiness technologies
• benchmarking the utilisation level of a specifically developed integrated web and mobile communications software product developed by BSITE on a construction project over a field trial period of 12 weeks
• evaluating eTendering systems against the technical and legal guidelines published in previous Construction Innovation research
• improving implementation of relationship management on construction projects and to facilitate a change in culture leading to effective performance in terms of established business better than usual KPIs
• undertaking a comparative analysis of the context and content of regulations and policies affecting the construction industry, and analyse the implications of Construction Innovation research on the regulatory and policy framework
• developing a software prototype that will provide early warning signals that can be used to predict the performance of construction firms.

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