eprintid: 10184904
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creators_name: Dziekonski, Krzysztof
creators_name: Mascarenhas, Francis
creators_name: Mahamadu, Abdul Majeed
creators_name: Manu, Patrick
title: Investigation into the Key Barriers to Achieving UK “Construction 2025” Strategy Targets
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B04
divisions: C04
keywords: United Kingdom, construction industry, Construction 2025, strategy, barriers
note: © 2023 K. Dziekonski et al. This work is published under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 License.
abstract: The “Construction 2025” is a United Kingdom (UK) Government Strategy introduced in 2013 to improve the construction industry in the United Kingdom by meeting outlined performance targets by 2025. However, with only a few years left to reach the targets, it is unclear how much industry is advancing to meet them. This paper reviews the progress to achieve the Strategy targets. The data collected from 96 UK construction professionals was utilised to assess the key barriers to achieving the UK “Construction 2025” Strategy targets. Results indicate that industry professionals are uncertain about reaching the reduction in overall cost and time targets by 2025. However, they are more positive about reducing greenhouse gas emissions and the trade gap. In terms of the key barriers, the results revealed a reluctance to adopt change, lack of implementation of new technology, fragmentation in the industry, and failure to adopt modern construction methods as the key barriers to the Strategy targets. The research is the first attempt at a comprehensive assessment of the progress and barriers to the UK “Construction 2025” Strategy. The results reinforce the call for government initiatives to transform the industry.
date: 2023-12-01
date_type: published
publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/emj-2023-0032
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 2137179
doi: 10.2478/emj-2023-0032
lyricists_name: Mahamadu, Abdul-Majeed
lyricists_id: AMAHB82
actors_name: Flynn, Bernadette
actors_id: BFFLY94
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Engineering Management in Production and Services
volume: 15
number: 4
pagerange: 116-127
issn: 2543-912X
citation:        Dziekonski, Krzysztof;    Mascarenhas, Francis;    Mahamadu, Abdul Majeed;    Manu, Patrick;      (2023)    Investigation into the Key Barriers to Achieving UK “Construction 2025” Strategy Targets.                   Engineering Management in Production and Services , 15  (4)   pp. 116-127.    10.2478/emj-2023-0032 <https://doi.org/10.2478/emj-2023-0032>.       Green open access   
 
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