Building Tomorrow: Innovation in Construction and Engineering
eBook - ePub

Building Tomorrow: Innovation in Construction and Engineering

  1. 196 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Building Tomorrow: Innovation in Construction and Engineering

About this book

In the past decade construction and engineering have changed dramatically, with an explosion of innovative new approaches to construction and new methodologies. By bringing together economic, social and construction/engineering management perspectives, this book offers a unique and comprehensive survey of these approaches and techniques. It presents a history of studies in innovation in construction and engineering, and then presents the most recent models of innovation brokering and risk-management, based on complex project-based industries. Innovation is defined and competing theories are discussed in the light of operational issues. The book covers all aspects, including the importance of construction and engineering 'cultures' in the trades for successful project innovation. It also discusses the role of government and policy makers, the implications of rapid change for the building trades and skilled labour, and the difficulty of measuring innovation quantitatively.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2019
eBook ISBN
9781351954136
Topic
Architecture
Subtopic
Urban Planning & Landscaping

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. List of Tables and Figures
  7. List of Contributors
  8. Preface
  9. Introduction
  10. 1 A Survey of the Construction Innovation Literature
  11. 2 Construction - A Changing Industry Challenging Current Innovation Models
  12. 3 Redefining Innovation
  13. 4 Measuring Innovation in Construction
  14. 5 Managing Complex Connective Processes: Innovation Broking
  15. 6 Understanding Risks and Shaping Large Engineering Projects
  16. 7 The Government Role - From Market Failures to Social Capital
  17. 8 Construction Industry Paradigms: The Final Frontier
  18. 9 Skills and Occupational Cultures
  19. Conclusion: A Roundtable on Construction Innovation - How to Make it Work?
  20. Index

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