Leeds Centre for Projects
Shaping Projects for Sustainable Futures
The Leeds Centre for Projects (LCP) is a globally leading centre of excellence advancing the knowledge in project management research and education and creating impact through engagement with industry, government and third sector organisations.
Projects shape our world and through projects for the good of society we can build a better future. Policy and strategy are implemented through projects on a global, national and local level. Projects are critical to the progress of modern society with project management rapidly becoming a sought-after skill set to deliver value for the social systems they serve. The ability to control and manage projects is a critical capability underpinning success, sustainability and wellbeing.
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New paper: Prioritising generative AI adoption challenges in construction projects: a Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process approach
Generative AI is increasingly viewed as a technology to help address the construction industry's long-standing productivity challenges. It is therefore important to examine how these tools can be successfully adopted in construction projects. This study reveals that the most critical adoption challenges are not technological limitations, but concerns related to governance, data quality, and organisational...
A visit to Laing O’Rourke’s Centre of Excellence
Recently, students and staff from the Leeds Centre for Projects within the School of Civil Engineering at the University of Leeds had the opportunity to step beyond the classroom and into one of Europe’s most advanced construction environments. Students from the MSc International Construction Management and Engineering programme visited Laing O’Rourke’s Centre of Excellence for...
LCP Research Symposium
Last week we hosted our inaugural LCP Research Symposium. The motivation was very much grounded in our personal experience that academic life is busy and it is often a challenge to have the time and space to engage in deep thinking and in-depth and meaningful research dialogues with the right people. In the LCP, we...