Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management: Volume 17 Issue 1

What empowers individuals and teams in project settings? A critical incident analysis

Martin Morgan Tuuli, Steve Rowlinson

Empowerment is a concept that means different things to different individuals. The factors that engender feelings of empowerment are thus multifarious. The purpose of this paper…

The education of innovative engineers

Iain A. MacLeod

Traditional engineering education in the UK, as established in the nineteenth century, is based on the principle that a degree in engineering should be focused on engineering…

Excellent contractor performance in the UK construction industry

Dave C.A. Butcher, Michael J. Sheehan

Within the UK construction industry, achieving compliance with output key performance indicators (KPIs) no longer represents excellent performance. Rather, such compliance tends…

Innovations from the Halcrow‐Cardiff University strategic collaboration

J.C. Martin, K. Akande, R.A. Falconer

Innovation process may be characterised by three separate actions: the creation of ideas; their development; and subsequent application for the benefit of industry and society. In…

Study of light‐multi‐layered façades

Letzai Ruiz, Eva Gómez, Alfonso García Santos, Sergio Vega

Traditional façade systems are at the point where the minimum comfort guarantees have peaked, showing hygrothermic performance deficiencies which result in higher heating…

Strategies for managing innovation in UK housebuilding

Wei Pan

The UK Government's housing agenda, coupled with the current market conditions, has provided the housebuilding industry with a challenge to build more new homes while improving…

Transformation of a research centre toward an innovation partner in the construction sector

Heli Koukkari

The purpose of this paper is to study innovation processes of the construction sector from the viewpoints of research‐based consultation at VTT Technical Research Centre of…

Concrete prefabricated housing via advances in systems technologies: Development of a technology roadmap

Nick Blismas, Ron Wakefield, Brian Hauser

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the roadmapping methodology and its application to concrete prefabricated housing in Australia.

Editorial

Ronald McCaffer

Measuring the impact of research

Rebecca Marsh