Research and Consultancy Projects

Examples of recent BCIS research and consultancy projects:

Developing new methodologies for measuring tender price movement
Data collection and calculation of construction industry project Key Perfomance Indicators including client satisfaction and time and cost predictability
Development of deflators for private housing and repair maintenance
Modelling the impact of demand on construction prices for a major infrastructure project
Technical audit of government department's index methodology
Producing an asset valuation base for a water company
Impact assessment for changes in the Building Regulations
Survey of current procurement practices
Survey of international methods of measurement
Examination of the causes of time and cost overruns in the construction industry
Cost impact of changing technologies in the housing sector
Whole life cost modelling for the social housing sector
Market research
Use of e-tendering and extranets
Life cycle costing modeling for education sector
Forecasting impact on prices of investment programmes
Designing databases