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Towards a framework to enable construction small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to manage sustainability
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posted on 2016-06-15, 11:06 authored by James Upstill-GoddardThe careful management of sustainability issues is increasingly being demanded by construction clients and others within the construction supply chain. Certification to sustainability standards is widely recognised as a means of demonstrating performance in this regard, and many pre-qualification questionnaires and tender processes now explicitly require their suppliers to provide evidence of sustainability standard certificates and policies. However, implementation of these standards is a costly and time consuming process, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Smaller firms often lack the fundamental know-how of how to address the requirements of standards and are required to engage the services of consultancies in order to implement them, which further increases the costs associated with their implementation. [Continues.]
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EPSRC
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- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
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- Centre for Innovative and Collaborative Engineering (CICE)
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Loughborough UniversityRights holder
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A dissertation thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the degree Doctor of Engineering (EngD) at Loughborough University.Language
- en
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Ian Nicholson ; Jacqui Glass ; Andrew Dainty.Qualification name
- PhD
Qualification level
- Doctoral
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