Building Tomorrow: Innovation in Construction and Engineering
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Author(s): A. Manseau and R. Shields
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 0754643786
Format: hardback
184pp
Price: £45.00
Review Date: 10 November 2005
Review: This book provides an overview of a new field of study, ‘Innovation in Construction’, and its impact on economic, management and policy models and their application. These are looked at from the perspectives of: project management, company management, training, industry statistics and measurement, culture, macroeconomics and public policy. Researchers from Canada, France, The Netherlands and the UK present a variety of aspects of innovation in construction. These begin with a historical perspective on innovative construction, and a survey of the attempts to model innovation since WWII. There are also chapters on: defining innovation; managing innovation in construction; understanding risk and shaping engineering projects; the role of government; and construction industry paradigms.