Construction Innovation and Process Improvement

, by Akintoye, Akintola; Goulding, Jack; Zawdie, Girma

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ISBN: 9781405156486 | 1405156481
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 4/30/2012

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This book sets out the innovative practices that have been introduced from other industries and shows how the construction industry has learnt from these.

Contributors	p. xi
Theory and Practice	p. l
Construction Innovation and Process Improvement	p. 3
Introduction	p. 3
Innovation in Construction	p. 4
Construction Innovation: Theory and Practice	p. 7
Construction Innovation: Process Drivers	p. 10
Construction Innovation: Future Technologies	p. 13
Conclusion	p. 15
Construction Innovation through Change Management	p. 19
Introduction	p. 19
The Innovation Process: Evolution as a Systemic Phenomenon	p. 21
Role of Culture as Challenge for Change Management and Innovation	p. 27
General Framework for Change Management	p. 32
Innovation in Construction	p. 36
Conclusion	p. 40
Construction Innovation: Theory and Practice	p. 45
Introduction	p. 45
Definitional Debate on Innovation	p. 45
Market-based, Resource-based and Balanced Perspectives on Innovation	p. 47
Case Study of Innovation in a Small Construction Professional Service Firm	p. 50
Conclusion	p. 59
Culture and Innovation	p. 63
Introduction	p. 63
Culture and Construction	p. 64
Culture and Innovation	p. 75
Factors Affecting Innovation	p. 82
Conclusion	p. 87
Acknowledgements	p. 88
Innovation, Technology and Knowledge Transfer for Sustainable Construction	p. 95
Introduction	p. 95
Innovation, Technology and Knowledge Transfer Practices	p. 97
Innovation, Technology and Knowledge Transfer in Construction	p. 106
The Construction Innovation System	p. 110
Technological Regime in Construction	p. 112
Opportunities, Appropriation and Cumulative Effect of Innovation	p. 113
Managing Innovation for Sustainable Construction: The Dutch Case	p. 114
Conclusion	p. 118
Innovation and Value Delivery through Supply Chain Management	p. 125
Introduction	p. 125
Organisational Value	p. 126
Value Generation and SCM	p. 131
Emerging Supply Chain Management Issues	p. 135
Case Study of Supply Chain Management Triggering Total Business Transformation	p. 140
Conclusion	p. 147
Acknowledgements	p. 148
Process Drivers	p. 155
Strategic Management in Construction	p. 157
Introduction	p. 157
Construction Sector Dynamism and Drivers	p. 158
Business Processes Redesign	p. 159
Business Strategy	p. 161
Business Performance Assessment	p. 165
Strategy Development within Construction	p. 169
Conclusion	p. 175
Risk Management in Planning for Process Improvement	p. 181
Introduction	p. 181
Process Improvement	p. 183
Planning for Process Improvement	p. 191
Risk and its Management	p. 193
Integrating Risk Management into Planning for Process Improvement	p. 202
Conclusion	p. 204
Modern Methods of Construction	p. 209
Introduction	p. 209
The Need for Change	p. 210
Modern Methods of Construction	p. 212
Open Building Manufacturing - ManuBuild Project	p. 217
Offsite Production in the UK Construction Industry	p. 220
Conclusion	p. 227
Construction Innovation through Knowledge Management	p. 235
Introduction	p. 235
Knowledge and Knowledge Management û Context and Definition	p. 236
Knowledge Management and Innovations in Project Based Environments	p. 238
Managing Knowledge in Construction: Challenges Facing Project Based Organisations	p. 239
Knowledge Management Strategy - Issues and Contexts	p. 241
Knowledge Management Techniques and Technologies	p. 242
Effective Knowledge Management Practices in Turbulent Economic and Market Conditions	p. 245
Conclusion	p. 247
Innovation through Collaborative Procurement Strategy and Practices	p. 251
Introduction	p. 251
Construction Procurement and the Procurement Cycle	p. 252
Procurement Strategies	p. 253
Conventional Procurement Methods	p. 254
Collaborative Procurement or Innovation Procurement Methods	p. 259
Conclusion	p. 271
Concurrent Engineering in Construction	p. 277
Introduction	p. 277
The Concept of Concurrent Engineering	p. 278
Implementation of CE	p. 279
Benefits of Concurrent Engineering	p. 281
CE in Construction	p. 281
Critical Enablers of CE Adoption in the Construction Industry	p. 286
Overcoming Barriers to CE Adoption	p. 289
Benefits of CE to the Construction Industry	p. 290
Conclusion	p. 291
Acknowledgement	p. 292
Complexity Theory: Implications for the Built Environment	p. 297
Introduction	p. 297
Complexity Overview	p. 297
Complexity in the Built Environment	p. 301
Complexity in Organisations	p. 302
Toolkits	p. 303
Complex Innovation in Organisations	p. 308
Conclusion	p. 314
Future Technologies	p. 319
Design Innovation: Advanced Visualisation Futures	p. 231
Introduction	p. 321
Design Innovation and Existing Visualisation Tools	p. 323
Cognitive Approach to Design	p. 327
Virtual Reality Interfaces within Conceptual Architectural Design	p. 329
Technical Implications for Developing Tangible Virtual Reality Design Interfaces	p. 338
Conclusion	p. 339
Virtual Planning and Knowledge-based Decision Support	p. 347
Introduction	p. 347
The Complex Nature of Construction Projects	p. 348
Construction Planning and Virtual Prototyping	p. 349
Building Information Modeling	p. 351
Interoperability and Industry Foundation Classes	p. 353
Knowledge-based Decision Support for Virtual Prototyping	p. 354
The Promotion of Innovation through Virtual Planning in Practice	p. 357
Conclustion	p. 359
E-readiness in Construction	p. 363
Challenges Facing the Construction Industry	p. 363
Business Dynamics and Technology	p. 365
Building ICT Capability	p. 365
Business Process and ICT	p. 366
People and ICT	p. 367
Business Process and Implementation	p. 369
E-readiness	p. 370
Organisational E-readiness in Construction	p. 372
Conclusion	p. 378
Building information Modelling	p. 385
Introduction	p. 385
Background	p. 387
A Case Study on the Implementation of BIM	p. 391
Building Information Modelling in the UK	p. 393
Innovation through BIM	p. 399
Conclusion	p. 403
Industry Preparedness: Advanced Learning Paradigms for Exploitation
Introduction	p. 409
Learning and Training Developments and Opportunities	p. 410
Virtual Reality Systems	p. 413
Case Study	p. 415
Conclusion	p. 427
Acknowledgements	p. 428
	p. 435
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Construction Innovation and Process Improvement

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