TY - GEN
T1 - Technology-Oriented Innovation in Construction
T2 - Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering, CSCE 2021
AU - Suliman, A.
AU - Rankin, J.
AU - Caskey, A.
PY - 2023/5/30
Y1 - 2023/5/30
N2 - Compared to conventional construction practices, Off-site Construction (OSC) offers many potential benefits including improved safety, shorter construction time, reduced costs, and better-quality construction. Despite these potential benefits, offsite construction continues to account for only a small percentage of the construction market in Canada. Currently, there is a need for a strategic roadmap that will help direct efforts in research and innovation with a goal of improving the adoption of OSC practices in Canada. The first step of such a roadmap is to identify the current state of the OSC industry. This paper presents a conceptual framework for mapping and benchmarking technological innovation that draws from similar frameworks in other publications to develop a model specific to off-site construction. It proposes the use of a maturity model as a means for benchmarking the current maturity of technological innovation, measuring progress, and identifying maturity gaps or areas for supporting decisions about identifying potential improvements. The paper introduces a six-dimensional framework for measuring technological innovation that includes (1) Research maturity (2) Industry acceptance, (3) Application areas, (4) Sectors of technology, (5) Time, and (6) Context. It includes a discussion of the development and thinking behind the model and concludes with a proposed approach to implementation.
AB - Compared to conventional construction practices, Off-site Construction (OSC) offers many potential benefits including improved safety, shorter construction time, reduced costs, and better-quality construction. Despite these potential benefits, offsite construction continues to account for only a small percentage of the construction market in Canada. Currently, there is a need for a strategic roadmap that will help direct efforts in research and innovation with a goal of improving the adoption of OSC practices in Canada. The first step of such a roadmap is to identify the current state of the OSC industry. This paper presents a conceptual framework for mapping and benchmarking technological innovation that draws from similar frameworks in other publications to develop a model specific to off-site construction. It proposes the use of a maturity model as a means for benchmarking the current maturity of technological innovation, measuring progress, and identifying maturity gaps or areas for supporting decisions about identifying potential improvements. The paper introduces a six-dimensional framework for measuring technological innovation that includes (1) Research maturity (2) Industry acceptance, (3) Application areas, (4) Sectors of technology, (5) Time, and (6) Context. It includes a discussion of the development and thinking behind the model and concludes with a proposed approach to implementation.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-981-19-1029-6_15
DO - 10.1007/978-981-19-1029-6_15
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85132026059
SN - 9789811910289
SN - 9789811910319
VL - 1
T3 - Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
SP - 191
EP - 209
BT - Proceedings of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering Annual Conference 2021
A2 - Walbridge, Scott
A2 - Nik-Bakht, Mazdak
A2 - Ng, Kelvin Tsun Wai
A2 - Shome, Manas
A2 - Alam, M. Shahria
A2 - el Damatty, Ashraf
A2 - Lovegrove, Gordon
PB - Springer
CY - Singapore
Y2 - 26 May 2021 through 29 May 2021
ER -
