2006-07 - Construction Innovation
2006-07 - Construction Innovation
2006-07 - Construction Innovation
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Commercialisation and Utilisation<br />
Number of unique website hits per month <strong>2006</strong>–<strong>07</strong>:<br />
July <strong>2006</strong><br />
8,957<br />
August <strong>2006</strong><br />
10,018<br />
September <strong>2006</strong><br />
11,426<br />
October <strong>2006</strong><br />
13,452<br />
November <strong>2006</strong><br />
12,624<br />
December <strong>2006</strong><br />
13,140<br />
January 20<strong>07</strong><br />
13,573<br />
February 20<strong>07</strong><br />
15,002<br />
March 20<strong>07</strong><br />
18,575<br />
April 20<strong>07</strong><br />
16,649<br />
May 20<strong>07</strong><br />
17,433<br />
June 20<strong>07</strong><br />
23,589<br />
activities and downloads of the project reports. Through <strong>2006</strong>–<strong>07</strong><br />
<strong>Construction</strong> <strong>Innovation</strong> has committed increased resources to<br />
maintaining and updating the website.<br />
Website traffic has substantially increased over the <strong>2006</strong>–<strong>07</strong> period,<br />
more than doubling from the month of July <strong>2006</strong> (8,957 unique<br />
website hits) to the month of June 20<strong>07</strong> (23,589 unique website hits).<br />
The majority of these hits have been from Australian industry.<br />
The Update newsletter is uploaded to the website regularly and<br />
distributed by email to approximately 3000 key national and<br />
international stakeholders. In <strong>2006</strong>–<strong>07</strong> nine editions were produced.<br />
Industry publications<br />
The <strong>2006</strong>–<strong>07</strong> period has seen a number of projects produce research<br />
reports suited to further development into industry publications,<br />
as listed below. These publications present the key learnings and<br />
benefits emerging from the research in a format aimed at facilitating<br />
industry acceptance and uptake. Publications are an important tool<br />
for communicating with industry and SMEs.<br />
Publications and industry brochures have been widely disseminated<br />
through their availability on our website, at selected conferences,<br />
<strong>Construction</strong> <strong>Innovation</strong> research symposia and industry workshops<br />
and with the assistance of our participants and industry associations.<br />
• Being the best (1300 copies distributed)<br />
• Innovate now! (610 copies distributed)<br />
• adopting eBusiness in building and construction<br />
(1120 copies distributed)<br />
• eTendering — Security and Legal Issues (180 copies distributed)<br />
• Predicted lifetimes of metallic building components<br />
(120 copies distributed)<br />
• PICTURING SUCCESS series – includes hard copy introductory<br />
overview to online resources (140 copies distributed)<br />
• <strong>Construction</strong> safety competency framework: Improving OH&S<br />
performance by creating and maintaining a safety framework<br />
and its executive summary (919 copies distributed)<br />
• FM as a business enabler and its executive summary<br />
(344 copies distributed)<br />
Adopting BIM for facilities management<br />
• (885 copies distributed)<br />
• HVAC system size: Getting it right (120 copies distributed)<br />
After their initial distribution at launches and related industry<br />
workshops, our industry publications continue to be offered for sale<br />
and can be ordered for purchase or downloaded for free online. At<br />
least seven additional publications will be available by December<br />
20<strong>07</strong>.<br />
Update Newsletter.<br />
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