Research Companion to Innovation in Construction

Edited by Mohammed Fadhil Dulaimi, Professor of Construction Project Management and Innovation, Leeds Beckett University, UK

• ContentsForeword xPART I INNOVATION POLICY AND INDUSTRY STRATEGIES1 Introduction to Research Companion to Innovation inConstruction 2Mohammed Fadhil Dulaimi2 Growth, productivity and structural change: economic argumentsfor investment in construction innovation 18Gerard de Valence3 Innovation in construction: the perspective of developingcountries 47George Ofori4 Innovation in the construction industry: experiences from Chile 74Alfredo Serpell, Claudia Valderrama-Ulloa and Ximena FerradaPART II IMPLEMENTING INNOVATIONS IN ORGANISATIONSAND PROJECTS5 Enabling innovation through systems thinking: insights fromoperational simulation in the construction industry 94Mohammed Abdelmegid, Mani Poshdar, Vicente Gonzalez,Michael O’Sullivan and Cameron Walker6 Business model innovation and its impact on the diffusion ofinnovation in construction business organizations 115Shoeb Ahmed Memon, Nipuni Sumanarathna, BismarkDuodu and Steve Rowlinson7 A conceptual framework to understand the implementation ofinnovation on construction projects 136Arun Bajracharya and Mohammed Fadhil Dulaimi8 Implementation of innovation on construction project: a casestudy 153Arun Bajracharya and Mohammed Fadhil DulaimiPART III INNOVATIONS IN CONSTRUCTION PROJECT PROCUREMENT9 Policy-led innovations: the impact of Indigenous procurementpolicies on contractors’ behaviour towards Indigenous people’sparticipation in construction projects 178George Denny-Smith, Martin Loosemore, Riza YosiaSunindijo and Megan Williams10 Multi-stakeholders’ perspectives in public procurement ofinnovation in construction: analysing benefits, beneficiaries andactors of innovation 203Per Erik Eriksson, Johan Larsson and Malena Havenvid11 Creating a fertile learning ecosystem for innovation: an integratedprogramme of alliancing projects approach 224Derek H.T. Walker and Peter E.D. Love12 Recent and nascent innovations in the evolution of constructionproject procurement: with examples from Australia 248Hemanta Doloi and Mohan KumaraswamyPART IV INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGICAL SYSTEMS ANDORGANISATIONS13 Developing a tool for measuring innovation for constructionorganisations 274Hossein Sadeghzadeh Fasaghandis, Suzanne Wilkinson andMostafa Babaeian Jelodar14 Readiness of the construction industry to adopt the modernmethods of construction: a scoping review 287Ali M. Saad, Mohammed Fadhil Dulaimi, Chris Gorse andSuhaib Arogundade15 Emerging technologies in health and safety management: currentperspectives and future prospects 300C. Mahammedi, T.E. Butt and M.K.S. Al-Mhdawi16 Stakeholder integration and open innovation in sustainableconstruction projects 322Shaima AlHarmoodi and Mohammed Fadhil DulaimiIndex 349

‘The Research Companion to Innovation in Construction stands as a monumental contribution to the field of construction management and innovation. The book masterfully navigates the multifaceted nature of construction innovation, drawing from diverse disciplines. The book's structure is meticulously designed, with each chapter examining a specific facet of innovation in construction. Dulaimi provides a clear framework for understanding how innovation can be nurtured within an industry that has historically been resistant to change including the introduction of system thinking to innovation, associated business models, advanced technologies and real world-wide case studies.’