Grants and Contributions:

Title:

Assessing and benchmarking organization maturity and capabilities from a technologies and methodologies lens to advance off-site construction at scale

Agreement Number:

1014544

Agreement Value:

$675,400.00

Agreement Date:

Feb 23, 2024 - Aug 31, 2026

Description:

While other peer industry sectors (agriculture, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, etc.) have experienced significant accelerated growth, the construction industry has been relatively dormant. By most measures, productivity in the construction industry has remained near stagnant for over 20 years (NBER 2023), while the demand for output to meet societal growth and the concern for the construction industry’s impact on meeting the nations net-zero emission targets increases year over year. This project will build upon a generalized international framework to understand the capabilities and resulting capacity of the construction industry with respect to off-site construction. It will assess the phases of design, manufacturing and construction, and capabilities from the dimensions of people, process and technology (CIB 2023). The research project will assess the organizational maturity with construction companies from across Canada, benchmark the construction sector’s capacity with respect to off-site construction, and create an interactive dashboard allowing for organizations to assess their maturity relative to their industry peers, by geography, size and type

Organization:

National Research Council Canada

Expected Results:

In the short term, anticipated outcomes will be strengthened collaborations across industry, academia, and government to support research excellence. In the medium term, anticipated outcomes will be the development of new and potentially disruptive technologies with collaborators. In the long term, find collaborative solutions to public policy challenges and create stronger innovation systems.

Location:

Fredericton, New Brunswick, CA E3B 5A3

Reference Number:

172-2023-2024-Q4-1014544

Agreement Type:

Grant

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Business Number:

108162025

Recipient Type:

Academia

Recipient's Legal Name:

The University of New Brunswick

Federal Riding Name:

Fredericton

Federal Riding Number:

13003

Program:

Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D Initiatives

Program Purpose:

Collaborate on multiparty research and development programs to catalyze transformative, high-risk, high-reward research with the potential for game-changing scientific discoveries and technological breakthroughs in priority areas.

NAICS Code:

541710 - R&D in the physical, engineering and life sciences