Procurers, providers and users (PPU) : towards a meta-role model for conceptualising product-service in the built environment

Siriwardena, ML; Rooke, JA; Koskela, LJ; Kagioglou, M; Mcdermott, P; Sexton, MG; Aouad, GF

Abstract

The product-service paradigm requires a shift in focus for many engineering disciplines, forcing
them to change from providing products to providing products and associated services. Such a
shift is likely to present several challenges to the built environment due to its inherent
organisational fragmentations and through-life discontinuities. This paper presents a preliminary
conceptualisation of the product-service paradigm as seen from a built environment perspective.
The proposed PPU model represents the meta-roles and the information flows, considered as
key to sustaining the product-service concept within the built environment.

Citation

Siriwardena, M., Rooke, J., Koskela, L., Kagioglou, M., Mcdermott, P., Sexton, M., & Aouad, G. (2008, January). Procurers, providers and users (PPU) : towards a meta-role model for conceptualising product-service in the built environment. Presented at Building Resilience BEAR 2008, Kandalama, Sri Lanka

• Presentation Conference Type: Other
• Conference Name: Building Resilience BEAR 2008
• Conference Location: Kandalama, Sri Lanka
• Start Date: Jan 1, 2008
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2008
• Deposit Date: Mar 23, 2010
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 23, 2010
• Keywords: product-service, PPU, knowledge management, through-life management, built; environment, incentive flow-down, requirements flowdown, learning from use
• Additional Information: Event Type : Conference