Commercial Intelligence in Construction

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Beam Research is an Australian company with a mission to help organisations excel with high quality information services. We specialise in world-class quantitative and qualitative analysis, applied research and strategy development. Beam strives to bring accurate, clean and rare information to light, to help take a little more risk out of business. We also produce research to inform, inspire and facilitate discussion on important issues facing Australian construction.

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March 14, 2011

Crazy superstition and construction statistics

In India today, many construction sites display a grotesque man-sized dummy, strapped to the outside of the bamboo scaffolding like some wretched left-footed rigger. Its purpose is to scare off the evil spirits that encumber a smooth construction process. In Australia, we do something similar and call it safety signage. It’s usually a tad less Read More…

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March 15, 2011

LCA: the sustainability power tool

LCA, or Life Cycle Assessment, is a powerful tool used to calculate or estimate the environmental impact of a product, from the extraction of its raw materials to the end of its life. Like any modern tool, it has its tricks and failings; this and the technical bent of the content of the assessment have Read More…