Brains & Bricks (B2) – Centre for Excellence in Construction Supply Chain Management

Brains & Bricks – Linköping university and construction industry develop efficient logistics in construction processes.

Brains & Bricks – or shortly namned B2 – is a Centre for Excellence in Construction Supply Chain Management. B2 stands for a new way of collaboration between the academies, the industry and the society, which is unique today. The industry, and the societies, experience and knowledge meets the researchers’ knowledge, and capability to challenge, in an interesting mix. Or in other words; problems find solutions – solutions creates new possibilities.

B2 combine modern science and hands-on construction whith the purpose to support the construction industries improvement of planning, distribution and production.

Main funder

Norrköping Municipality (Norrköpings kommun)

Partners

Fastighets AB L E Lundbergs
Katrineholm Municipality (Katrineholms kommun)
Peab Sverige AB
Sankt Kors fastighets AB
Ahlsell Sverige AB

Stakeholders

Arcona
BEAst
BIM Alliance
Cramo
DB Schenker
NCC Construction
Skanska Sverige
Tyringe Konsult
Bygg GG AB

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Contact
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Micael Thunberg is the director of Brains & Bricks and Martin Rudberg deputy director.

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Better logistics for cheaper, more sustainable construction

Construction workers can spend almost half their workday waiting for materials or shifting them around. Research within construction logistics is to make construction more efficient and give us less expensive housing.

Organisation
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Construction Logistics

The research is empirically grounded, but strives towards developing normative tools, methods and models with the purpose to enhance effective construction logistics and management.

Communications and Transport Systems

We contribute to the development of society with research and education in the fields of traffic systems, logistics, communication systems and construction engineering.

Department of Science and Technology

We research and teaches in several technical/scientific disciplines in which our main areas are organic electronics, media, communications and logistics.