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Rethinking Construction Innovation & Research.

2002

Abstract

There are important new challenges for the construction industry, the research community, clients and Government. R&D is an important driver of innovation. No valid argument was presented to justify the construction industry being any different. But it is not given the same priority when R&D expenditure is measured as a proportion of turnover. The construction industry organises its resources around projects and although it is evident that considerable innovation occurs and is funded within projects there is a problem with institutional learning to capture this innovation for future projects. (Department of Trade & Industry.

Keywords

Research & development, construction industry, innovation.