Table of contents - Special Issue: Innovating a global industry
Guest Editors: Dr Sarah Peace
Facilitating innovation in construction: Directions and implications for research and policy
Ghassan Aouad, Beliz Ozorhon, Carl AbbottThe purpose of this paper is to provide an insight for future innovation research activities and for the role of universities in working with industry to promote innovation.
A programme of testing to evaluate a passive approach to whole‐house ventilation
Mike McEvoy, Ryan SouthallThe purpose of this paper is to describe a programme of research into an innovative approach to whole‐house ventilation with heat reclaim. In order to save energy, houses are now…
Understanding construction competitiveness: the contribution of system dynamics
Brian Dangerfield, Stuart Green, Simon AustinConstruction sector competitiveness has been a subject of interest for many years. Research too often focuses on the means of overcoming the “barriers to change” as if such…
Reducing earthquake risk to non‐engineered buildings in Indonesia
Setya Winarno, Alan Griffith, Paul StephensonThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the potential for reducing earthquake risk to non‐engineered buildings. “Non‐engineered” buildings are, in simple terms, arbitrarily…
UK construction industry site health and safety management: An examination of promotional web material as an indicator of current direction
Fred Rawlinson, Peter FarrellThe purpose of this paper is to examine and evaluate current directions in construction site health and safety management by examination of large UK industry contractors' web…
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1471-4175Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr Anil Sawhney
- Professor Srinath Perera