This paper highlights the key issues from technical and commercial standpoints that affect the market adoption of midimum rise timber engineered frames and presents an overview of the TF 2000 project to date.

This paper has mapped out three current areas of concern for project mana gement as a discipline. These were defined as the management of external influences, integration of the parties into coherent project teams and establishing clear achievable goals known to all.

This paper will discuss the application of the concept of business process re-engineering and outline a methodology whereby this can and has been achieved in construction.