Construction Innovation: Volume 22 Issue 2

Information, Process, Management

Subject:

Table of contents

Evaluating distance perception for architecture design alternatives in immersive virtual environment: a comparative study

Narmin Abouelkhier, Doaa Shawky, Mohamed Marzouk

Immersive virtual environments (IVEs) aid in perceiving spaces by providing a platform for all stakeholders to make better decisions at early design stages. Nevertheless, they are…

The driving process of technological innovation in construction: a firm-level CDM analysis

Zheng Gong, Nannan Wang

Innovation has been acknowledged as the key for modern industries. However, the construction industry is criticised for being poor in innovation performance compared to other…

An early-stage project complexity assessment tool for the AEC industry

Paulo Vaz-Serra, Peter Edwards, Guillermo Aranda-Mena

Complex projects require careful management. They may expose stakeholders to greater risks and place additional demands upon resources. In the initial stages of project…

Four-pronged decision support framework for implementing industrialized construction projects

Ibrahim Yahaya Wuni, Geoffrey Qiping Shen, Adedayo Johnson Ogungbile, Jonathan Zinzi Ayitey

Industrialized construction (IC) is promoted to address some of the ills associated with the processes and products of the traditional construction approach. With several…

Mechanisms for enhancing the use of social media for knowledge sharing by the construction professionals

Ramtin Etemadi, Carol K.H. Hon, Karen Manley, Glen Murphy

This paper aims to investigate the mechanisms for transforming construction professionals’ intentions into use of social media (SM) for knowledge sharing (KS). The objectives are…

Introducing a fuzzy MCDM model for financial management in multiple project environments

Mohammad Reza Afshar, Hamed Asadzadeh Zenozi

Statistics in the construction industry show that lack of timely injection of funds to projects by clients is one of the common problems confronted by contractors. This problem is…

Assessing off-site readiness in construction organisations: cases from India

Deepthi Bendi, Muhammad Qasim Rana, Mohammed Arif, Steve Michael Lamb, Anil Sawhney, Amit Kant Kaushik

This paper aims to present factors affecting the Indian construction organisations in adopting off-site construction (OSC) methods.

Demand for green building in Ghana: a conceptual modeling and empirical study of the impediments

Francis Lanme Guribie, Joyce Twumwaa Akubah, Callistus Tengan, Andrew Victor Kabenlah Blay Jnr

The key to green building (GB) success is to have GB expansion driven by consumer demand rather than enforced rules and regulations. Yet, only a few studies have focused on the…

Transforming the construction sector: an institutional complexity perspective

Kwadwo Oti-Sarpong, Erika Anneli Pärn, Gemma Burgess, Mohamed Zaki

Government initiatives to improve construction have increasingly become more focused on introducing a repertoire of technologies to transform the sector. In the literature on…

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Achieving construction innovation in best value procurement projects: New Zealand mega projects study

Fei J. Ying, Nan Zhao, John Tookey

Best value procurement (BVP) has been recognized for some time as offering significant opportunities to advance process excellence in the construction sector. As an innovative…

Cover of Construction Innovation

ISSN:

1471-4175

Online date, start – end:

2001

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editors:

  • Dr Anil Sawhney
  • Professor Haijiang Li