Productivity Improvement
Benchmarking for Measurable Gains
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Productivity Benchmarking Tool
Proven Productivity Expertise
For more than 45 years, our team has studied construction labour productivity and spent 20+ years designing and delivering improvement programmes that cut resource use and raise output.
Our team created practical, easy-to-use methods and tools for measuring and boosting productivity, supported by unique algorithms that capture, analyse, and help prevent delays—the leading cause of productivity loss.
The Productivity Benchmarking Tool is a secure web-based application developed by WLC that captures and analyses productivity and delay data across all types of construction projects.
Tracks and monitors performance in real time
Benchmarks results anonymously against internal or industry averages
Identifies and helps eliminate root causes of delays
Provides reliable data to strengthen estimating, planning, and claims
This evidence-led system has delivered over 30% productivity gains, helping teams improve efficiency, profitability, and customer satisfaction while protecting commercial confidentiality.
Trusted by industry leaders
We deliver diverse projects to improve construction productivity, analysing modern methods, tracking national trends, and identifying barriers to develop practical strategies for greater efficiency.
CITB Construction Skills Network Programme
Comprehensive analysis and report on the best way of measuring construction productivity, recent trends in productivity, and the factors that affect it.
Advanced Industrialised Methods for the Construction of Homes
Analysis of and recommendations for the optimum method of measuring productivity to demonstrate the advantages of Modern Methods of Construction.
Details available on request
Homes England Productivity in the Housing Sector
WLC Ltd assessed the construction sector’s ability to meet the UK target of 300,000 new homes a year and produced an analysis of the barriers to improving productivity in the housebuilding industry and recommendations as to how they may be overcome.
Details available on request
CITB/Ministry of Communities, Housing and Local Government
Expert survey demonstrated that panellised construction could increase labour productivity in housebuilding by 4%, but that volumetric construction could increase it by 14% compared with traditional construction methods.
Let's start the conversation
To explore how we can support your productivity goals, contact our productivity expert: Prof Malcolm Horner,[email protected]