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Record Nr.

UNINA9910132287603321

Titolo

Construction innovation / / edited by Finn Orstavik, Andrew Dainty, Carl Abbott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : , : John Wiley & Sons Inc., , 2015

ISBN

1-118-65555-9

1-118-65568-0

1-118-65559-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (227 p.)

Collana

Innovation in the built environment

Disciplina

624.068/4

Soggetti

Civil engineering - Technological innovations

Construction industry - Technological innovations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Incentives for innovation in construction -- Built-in innovation and the ambiguity of designing accessibility -- Stakeholder integration champions and innovation in the built environment -- Grassroots innovation in the construction industry -- Stakeholder integration champions and innovation in the built environment -- An industrial network perspective on innovation in construction -- Innovation diffusion across firms -- Clients shaping construction innovation -- Innovation in road building : removing obstacles for diffusion of novel building products -- Innovating for integration : clients as drivers of industry improvement -- Project delivery systems and innovation : the case of us road building -- The leitmotif of building-products innovation in Finland : from commercial technology exploitation to sustainable development.

Sommario/riassunto

Construction innovation is an important but contested concept, both in industry practice and academic reflection and research. A fundamental reason for this is the nature of the construction industry itself: the industry and the value creation activities taking place there are multi-disciplinary, heterogeneous, distributed and often fragmented.   This book takes a new approach to construction innovation, revealing different perspectives, set in a broader context. It coalesces multiple



theoretical and practice-based views in order to stimulate reflection and to prepare the ground for further