Research Companion to Innovation in Construction

Buch | Hardcover

366 Seiten

2025
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
9781035326587 (ISBN)

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This incisive Research Companion presents a global perspective on the state of the art of research on innovation policies, strategies and practices in construction, challenging existing theories, models and concepts.

Chapters explore conceptual frameworks for fostering innovation in construction projects, featuring case studies that illustrate practical implementation. They outline a number of key topics including business model developments and economic justifications for investment in construction, policy-led innovations and the participation of Indigenous people in projects. Expert contributors analyze multi-stakeholder perspectives and address recent reforms in construction project procurement, as well as emerging technologies in health and safety management. The Companion demonstrates the importance of stakeholder integration for open and sustainable innovation projects and provides guidance on how construction organisations can develop tools to measure this.

The Research Companion to Innovation in Construction is an engaging resource for students and researchers in construction management, planning, architecture, and engineering. Its in-depth exploration of business models and procurement strategies makes it an essential read for practising architects, civil and building engineers, construction managers, and quantity surveyors.

Edited by Mohammed Fadhil Dulaimi, Professor of Construction Project Management and Innovation, Leeds Beckett University, UK

Contents
Foreword x
PART I INNOVATION POLICY AND INDUSTRY STRATEGIES
1 Introduction to Research Companion to Innovation in
Construction 2
Mohammed Fadhil Dulaimi
2 Growth, productivity and structural change: economic arguments
for investment in construction innovation 18
Gerard de Valence
3 Innovation in construction: the perspective of developing
countries 47
George Ofori
4 Innovation in the construction industry: experiences from Chile 74
Alfredo Serpell, Claudia Valderrama-Ulloa and Ximena Ferrada
PART II IMPLEMENTING INNOVATIONS IN ORGANISATIONS
AND PROJECTS
5 Enabling innovation through systems thinking: insights from
operational simulation in the construction industry 94
Mohammed Abdelmegid, Mani Poshdar, Vicente Gonzalez,
Michael O’Sullivan and Cameron Walker
6 Business model innovation and its impact on the diffusion of
innovation in construction business organizations 115
Shoeb Ahmed Memon, Nipuni Sumanarathna, Bismark
Duodu and Steve Rowlinson
7 A conceptual framework to understand the implementation of
innovation on construction projects 136
Arun Bajracharya and Mohammed Fadhil Dulaimi
8 Implementation of innovation on construction project: a case
study 153
Arun Bajracharya and Mohammed Fadhil Dulaimi
PART III INNOVATIONS IN CONSTRUCTION PROJECT PROCUREMENT
9 Policy-led innovations: the impact of Indigenous procurement
policies on contractors’ behaviour towards Indigenous people’s
participation in construction projects 178
George Denny-Smith, Martin Loosemore, Riza Yosia
Sunindijo and Megan Williams
10 Multi-stakeholders’ perspectives in public procurement of
innovation in construction: analysing benefits, beneficiaries and
actors of innovation 203
Per Erik Eriksson, Johan Larsson and Malena Havenvid
11 Creating a fertile learning ecosystem for innovation: an integrated
programme of alliancing projects approach 224
Derek H.T. Walker and Peter E.D. Love
12 Recent and nascent innovations in the evolution of construction
project procurement: with examples from Australia 248
Hemanta Doloi and Mohan Kumaraswamy
PART IV INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGICAL SYSTEMS AND
ORGANISATIONS
13 Developing a tool for measuring innovation for construction
organisations 274
Hossein Sadeghzadeh Fasaghandis, Suzanne Wilkinson and
Mostafa Babaeian Jelodar
14 Readiness of the construction industry to adopt the modern
methods of construction: a scoping review 287
Ali M. Saad, Mohammed Fadhil Dulaimi, Chris Gorse and
Suhaib Arogundade
15 Emerging technologies in health and safety management: current
perspectives and future prospects 300
C. Mahammedi, T.E. Butt and M.K.S. Al-Mhdawi
16 Stakeholder integration and open innovation in sustainable
construction projects 322
Shaima AlHarmoodi and Mohammed Fadhil Dulaimi
Index 349

Erscheinungsdatum	25.06.2025
Reihe/Serie	Elgar Companions to the Built Environment series
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Technik ► Bauwesen
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Projektmanagement
ISBN-13	9781035326587 / 9781035326587
Zustand	Neuware