Research projects on Construction Management and Building Technology
Current projects
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The role of digitization for circular business models
The purpose of this research project is to jointly discuss and find how circular value propositions could be designed between researchers and various companies active in design, production, renovation and facilities management. The goals are to describe the function of digitization, which roles comp...
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Project Management of parallel large-scale projects in the green transition
The purpose of this research project is to explore and assess the potential and prerequisites for applying digital twins for project management and control of large-scale industrial projects from a municipal community planning perspective. More specifically, it is intended to investigate how a digit...
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Enhancing Reuse Practices in Construction
The purpose of this research a project is to develop and validate a process with feasible methods and solutions to systematize the reuse of building materials and products. The goal is to enable the practical application of reuse within the construction sector, both at the project and company levels...
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Digital workflow for sustainability-optimized and correctly climate-declared residential buildings
The goal is to develop a digital workflow that enables optimization of residential buildings for different sustainability goals and make sure that the climate declaration is representative for the final building. The project is supported by the strategic innovation program Smart Built Environment an...
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The skills innovation hub – Systems demonstration of sustainable transition in ecosystems
The construction and real estate industry is at the beginning of a systems shift. The accelerating development of powerful digital tools enables disruptive business innovation to the extent that we can already discuss the advent of the digital economy in construction. It will soon be a hygiene facto...
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Evaluation of measures for energy efficiency
A large part of our housing stock was built during the million homes program 1965-1974 that includes about ⅔ apartment buildings. Today, there is a great need for renovation and increased energy efficiency in this stock.
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Automated productivity measurement for construction projects
The purpose of the project is to test and evaluate semi- or fully automatic progression measurement, productivity measurement and creation of relationship documents (As-Built) in a multi-year house building project.
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Configuration in early phase construction projects
The purpose is to identify the critical questions necessary for a configurator to address, in order to support business decisions in construction projects on sound grounds.
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AI Factory Construction-AIFC
Digital transformation i samhällsbyggande är väsentligt för hela byggsektorn. Ambitionen med AIF/C-projektet är att ge den svenska byggbranschen ett försprång när det gäller att använda AI.
Completed projects
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Timber on Top
Stage 1 within Timber on Top aims at creating frameworks and starting positions for how additions / ...
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Follow-up and evaluation of innovation pilots for road maintenance
The purpose of the project is to follow-up and evaluate the experiences and the effects of the innov...
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Qualitative follow-up of design-build contracts
The aim of the research project is to see how procurement strategies have been implemented and how t...
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Innovation platform for sustainable attractive cities
In the accelerating need for conversion of cities and communities, necessary all over the world, Kir...
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Connected construction sites
Digitization opportunities can support ongoing improvement work and industrialization in constructio...
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Prestudy Modular Wiring Systems
In multistorey timber framed industrialized housebuilding, the focus has been on moving labor activi...
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Enhanced Sustainability of Built Environment by Collaboration and Digitalization - ESBE
ESBE is a cooperation project between Oulu University of Applied Sciences, Umeå University and Luleå...