The Construction Knowledge Exchange Sharing Knowledge: A Demandled Approach Pam Lowe Research Fellow

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The Construction Knowledge ExchangeSharing
Knowledge A Demand-led ApproachPam Lowe -
Research Fellow, CKE (Salford)Andrea Pye CKE
Regional Coordinator NW (UCLAN)www.cke.org.uk
Funded by
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Building Bridges Its what we do
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Demonstrating good practice in HEI-industry
engagement
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Demand-led engagement
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Establishing the Need

• Regional Networks
• Knowledge Transfer Awareness Events
• HEI/ Industry Forums

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Establishing the Need Active Experimentation

Evaluation of in-house CPD delivery
Alumni Society for Construction
Sustainability standards for local contractors
group
Delivery of on-line and video streamed teaching
materials
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Capturing Sharing Knowledge

• Organisational Assists
• Orientation course developed for non-cognates
• Business development research projects
• NVQ 4
  developed in Network Planning Management
• Case studies of good practice
• VR Simulation with Frank
  Galliers

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Reaching Out Building Capacity

• Staff trained as Innovation Circle Facilitators
• International Staff exchange schemes
• Development of Knowledge Transfer Capability

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Evaluating and Feeding Back
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Evaluating and Feeding Back

• What have we done and how have we done it?
• Are we on course to meet our objectives? Are we
  getting things done? Have we been effective?
• Are we doing the right things? Are we going to
  achieve our aim?

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Issues and Actions

• Promoting action learning
• No of meetings/No circles created
• Assisting SMEs
• By working with larger and smaller companies
• Developing Relationships
• Peer-to-peer
• Establishing a Knowledge Portal
• With other knowledge exchanges

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Becoming a Learning Organisation

• Internal action learning
• Sustaining Knowledge Exchange
• Building relationships
• Working with other Knowledge Exchanges
• Actively experimenting

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• CONSTRUCTION KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE
• (CKE North West)
• Engaging with Industry Partners
• www.cke.org.uk
• Andrea Pye
• Project Co-ordinator
• University of Central Lancashire, UK

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Summary

• Background
• Industry engagement in the NW
• Industry engagement exemplars
• Conclusion

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Overview

• Project Co-ordinator February 2005
• Building on industry links
• Achieving CKE project targets

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Industry engagement in the NW

• Highlights
• Lancashire Construction Best Practice Club
• Lancashire Women in Construction
• Elevate East Lancashire
• United Utilities
• Small to medium sized enterprises.

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Industry engagement exemplars
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Conclusion

• Building on links
• Relationship building
• Understanding the needs of industry
• The future

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CKE North West contacts

• Andrea Pye
• Project Co-ordinator
• E apye_at_uclan.ac.uk
• T 01772 892255
• Carol Ashton
• Senior Administrator
• E caashton_at_uclan.ac.uk
• T 01772 893558
• www.cke.org.uk