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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828466403321

Titolo

Innovation in architecture, engineering and construction / / Guest editors professor Charles O. Egbu and professor Chimay J. Anumba

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bradford, England, : Emerald Group Publishing, c2004

ISBN

1-280-51446-9

9786610514465

1-84544-184-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (87 p.)

Collana

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management. No. 5 ; ; Vol. 11

Altri autori (Persone)

EgbuCharles O

AnumbaC. J (Chimay J.)

Disciplina

721

Soggetti

Engineering - Management

Architectural practice - Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Abstracts & keywords; Editorial; Managing knowledge and intellectual capital for improved organizational innovations in the construction industry; Creating, supporting and sustaining a culture of innovation; Integrating procurement and operational innovations for construction industry development; The innovation potential of integrated services and its utilisation through co-operation; The role of technology transfer in innovation within small construction firms; An innovative approach to identifying knowledge management problems; Technology-based learning and the project manager

Reconciling construction innovation and standardisation on major projects Innovative 3D-modelling for selecting and locating mobile cranes

Sommario/riassunto

Construction organisations like others, from other industry sectors, are facing competition and pressure to provide better quality products and services, to improve the speed in the market, and to improve organisational agility and innovation. Trade liberalisation and rapid fall in communication costs; global communications; technological and scientific understanding; and the increasing knowledgeability of, and



demand from, clients are some of the reasons why innovation is even more urgent today.Previously published in: Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, Volume 11, Number