André Manseau

Building Tomorrow: Innovation in Construction and Engineering (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Shields, Rob

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

By bringing together economic, social and construction/engineering management perspectives, this book offers a unique and comprehensive survey of innovative new approaches to construction and new methodologies. 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351954136
• Artikelnr.: 68848438

Autorenporträt

André Manseau is based at Université de Québec à l'Outaouis in Quebec, Canada. Rob Shields is based at the University of Alberta in Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface, Sherif Barakat
Introduction, André Manseau and Rob Shields
A survey of the construction innovation literature, Rob Shields
Construction - a changing industry challenging current innovation models, André Manseau
Redefining innovation, André Manseau
Measuring innovation in construction, Frances Anderson
Managing complex connective processes - innovation broking, Graham Winch
Strategic management of major complex construction projects, Roger Miller and Serghei Floricel
The government role - from market failures to developing social capital, André Manseau and Elisabeth Campagnac
Construction industry paradigm: the final frontier, Andre Dorée and Frens Pries
Skilled labour and innovation, Rob Shields
Conclusion: a roundtable on construction innovation - how to make it work?, André Manseau and Rob Shields with Contributors and Invited Experts
Index.