Why become a Demonstration?
Those that participate in the Demonstration Programme generally identify two crucial benefits to participating. Constructing Excellence appreciates the input made by Demonstration Projects and recognises that there must be benefits to those that get involved.
Firstly there are the marketing and PR advantages that participating in the process can bring. To this end we work closely with Constructing Excellence's PR agency to raise the profile of projects that participate in the Demonstration Programme. Constructing Excellence will:
- Endeavour to get articles and features on Demonstrations placed in the construction press
- Produce a case study for all projects that go through the Demonstration process
- Allow all Demonstrations the use of a logo denoting themselves as such
- Ensure that all project teams get sufficient opportunity to showcase their projects at CE events.
The second benefit of the process that Demonstrations regularly identify is that of the opportunity to participate in a learning and sharing network. In order to facilitate this we are in the process of setting up a Knowledge Management system which will enable similar Demonstrations to share best practice with one another online as well as, where possible, bringing Demonstrations together at events or workshops.
In addition, Demonstration Projects, year on year, outperform the rest of the industry in the annual reporting of Key Performance Indicators. It is noted that organisations that regularly participate in demonstration activities have achieved:
- More predictability on cost and time
- Greater productivity than the industry average
As well as:
- Being almost three times safer
- Achieving twice the impact on reducing the effect on the environment
- Having fewer defects at handover
- Achieving higher customer satisfaction scores