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EPSRC Reference:	GR/R20267/01
Title:	Benchmarking Egan Compliance Cause/Effective Relationships Using the 2000 Unit Amphion Housing Programme
Principal Investigator:	Jones, Professor K
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Project Partners:	Acton Housing Association Ltd Amicus Beazer partnership Homes Broadland Housing Association Ltd Broomleigh Housing Association Butcher,James,Housing Association Ltd Chiltern Hundreds Housing Association Lt Circle 33 Housing Association Community Housing Association Ltd Devon & Cornwall Housing Association Ltd Habinteg Housing Association Ltd Hastoe Housing Association Hyde Housing Association Amphion Isle of Wight Housing Association Ltd Maidenhead & District Housing Associatio Metropolitan Housing Trust Ltd Moat Housing Group Ltd Sentinel Housing Association South Yorkshire Housing Association Ltd St Pancras Housing Association The Vale Housing Association Ltd
Department:	Sch of Archit and Construction
Organisation:	University of Greenwich
Scheme:	LINK
Starts:	03 September 2001	Ends:	02 June 2005	Value (£):	148,072
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Construction Ops & Management
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	Construction Transport Systems and Vehicles
Related Grants:	GR/R20250/02
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Best practice, benchmarks and benchmarking tools have been successfully used within manufacturing industries for over 30 years to monitor and improve business performance. However, whilst both Latham and Egan highlighted the role that benchmarking could play in improving the performance of UK construction the uptake of Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) within the social house building sector is very limited. Given that by 2003/4 the entire social housing grant allocation must be 100% Egan compliant Registered Social Landlords are clearly provided with the incentive to change the way they procure their new build housing, which accounts for about 20% of the total annual new build housing in the UK. Before this change can be achieved however significant issues have to be addressed. These include: the lack of experience and infrastructure for benchmarking and KPI monitoring; knowledge of current performance levels; and the relationships between various KPI's and improved performance. This project will use the opportunity offered by the 2000 unit AMPHION housing programme to: identify and calibrate a range of KPI's applicable to RSL sector; develop a simple and robust method for on-site monitoring of KPI data; and map the cause/effect relationships between the various KPI's and improved house building performance.
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