Construction Management and Building Technology

Swedish companies in the wood industry are investing in new factories for producing Cross Laminated Timber, and wood is gaining market shares from other structural materials in the Swedish building sector. Market opportunities and products exist, but who is leading the development? Anna-Lena Gull, PhD student at Luleå Technical University will in co-operation with ByggDialog Dalarna explore how industrialized building can be integrated in the traditional construction industry.

Luleå University of Technology has together with the municipal housing company Lulebo started a long-term collaboration project within the field of sustainable refurbishment for enhanced quality with less effects on the environment. The Division of Industrialised and Sustainable Construction at Luleå University of Technology will engage a doctoral student and a senior researcher who will follow, during a period of five years, the work of the housing company and also design strategies for sustainable refurbishment and maintenance.

Meet Anna Bergman and Ali Kadhim who is conducting their last semester at the Master Programme in Civil Engeneering with a particular focus on Lean Construction.

VR-studio, which has two 4K projectors will be used by researchers and students in areas such as in construction, architecture, ore geology and mining and rock engineering.

We are shaping attractive built environment for the support of sustainable living in cold climate through challenge-driven research of excellence and development of innovative and holistic systems and artefacts.