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

• Pubblicazione: Bradford, England, : Emerald Group Publishing, c2004
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (87 p.)
• Disciplina: 721
• Soggetto topico: Engineering - Management; Architectural practice - Management
• Altri autori: EgbuCharles O AnumbaC. J (Chimay J.)
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Innovation in architecture, engineering and construction
• ISBN: 1-280-51446-9; 9786610514465; 1-84544-184-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828466403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management. : No. 5 ; ; v. 11.