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Towards Establishing an Innovativeness Index for Construction Sites
The US construction industry is often characterized as laggard in its rate of adoption (innovativeness) for innovative construction products and techniques. In contrast, European construction is often considered advanced. A trip to Spain and Portugal provides a personal lens through which to view European adoption of innovation, albeit a limited view. No current index exists to compare innovation adoption across the construction setting, though. Development of this tool would therefore benefit our understanding of adoption progress in the construction industry. This work establishes such an index and uses a student-based travel abroad program to European construction sites as the setting for better understanding its design. This work therefore acts as a development step, establishing the basis for future work.
Towards Establishing an Innovativeness Index for Construction Sites
The US construction industry is often characterized as laggard in its rate of adoption (innovativeness) for innovative construction products and techniques. In contrast, European construction is often considered advanced. A trip to Spain and Portugal provides a personal lens through which to view European adoption of innovation, albeit a limited view. No current index exists to compare innovation adoption across the construction setting, though. Development of this tool would therefore benefit our understanding of adoption progress in the construction industry. This work establishes such an index and uses a student-based travel abroad program to European construction sites as the setting for better understanding its design. This work therefore acts as a development step, establishing the basis for future work.
Towards Establishing an Innovativeness Index for Construction Sites
McCoy, Andrew P. (author)
Construction Research Congress 2009 ; 2009 ; Seattle, Washington, United States
Building a Sustainable Future ; 91-100
2009-04-01
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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