Construction Innovation: Volume 15 Issue 2

Role and nature of systemic innovations in construction and real estate sector

Kalle Kahkonen

The paper aims to clarify the role of systemic innovations and the subsequent profound change these can have on the construction and real estate sectors. Systemic innovation as a…

Rapid LEED evaluation performed with BIM based sustainability analysis on a virtual construction project

Zaid Alwan, David Greenwood, Barry Gledson

The purpose of this study is to examine the feasibility of using 3D simulation transfer processes to streamline the environmental assessment of buildings that have been designed…

Adopting global virtual engineering teams in AEC Projects: A qualitative meta-analysis of innovation diffusion studies

M.Reza Hosseini, Nicholas Chileshe, Jian Zuo, Bassam Baroudi

This study aims to present an integrated conceptual model in order to highlight the major aspects of diffusion of innovations in the architecture, engineering and construction…

Business models and project selection in construction companies

Aki Pekuri, Laura Pekuri, Harri Haapasalo

The purpose of this study is to investigate project selection in the context of business management with the specific aim of understanding the role of business models in project…

Unravelling causes of defects in construction

Monika Jingmond, Robert Ågren

The purpose of this study is to identify the primary root causes of defects in terms of why they persist in construction, despite the increasing implementation of quality systems…

Generating IFC models from heterogeneous data using semantic web

Ebrahim Karan, Javier Irizarry, John Haymaker

This paper aims to develop a framework to represent semantic web query results as Industry Foundation Class (IFC) building models. The subject of interoperability has received…

The role of experience feedback channels in the continuous development of house-building platforms

Gustav Jansson, Robert Lundkvist, Thomas Olofsson

This paper aims to describe how the experience feedback (EF) from building projects contributes to product platform development in house-building companies. House-building…