Knowledge transfer partnerships
Lean construction helps firm beat the housing recession
Clients
Sandwood Design and Build
Expertise
Civil and Building Engineering
Construction firm Sandwood Design and Build teamed up with our lean construction experts in a Knowledge Transfer Partnership to beat the housing recession.
Sandwood specialises in producing high quality sustainable buildings in the social housing sector. They pride themselves on using a well-trained, highly experienced workforce and making sustainability a key priority. However the construction industry - particularly the housing sector - has been hard hit by the recession.
Sandwood was being undercut by organisations using the cheapest subcontractors with lower quality standards.
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Impact
- Improved onsite efficiency enabling Sandwood to continue to provide a value-for-money service to its clients, while remaining profitable
- One year into the partnership, Sandwood had already started to outbid competitors in open tenders while retaining its core value
- Sandwood completed all recent projects within the contract period and increased its order book by over 25%