Transforming practices of construction – rethinking roles and responsibilities
How does new and emerging practices of e.g. benchmarking, supply chain integration, performance management and Building Information Modelling challenge and transform dominant practices of construction procurement and delivery? And what are the consequences hereof for the traditional roles and responsibilities of the actors involved?
Directors- Stefan Gottlieb, Danish Building Research Institute, Aalborg University
- Kim Haugbølle, Danish Building Research Institute, Aalborg University
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Consuming constructions – user-oriented design methodologies
Addressing the utilisation, i.e. consumption, of buildings and construc-tions, contributions are invited that focus on topics related to user-oriented design methodologies and user involvement methods, including rethinking the traditional concept of users as the actual end-users of the building in question. Further, the theme may include marketing and consumption studies dealing with the role and practice of users in the built environment.
Directors- Stefan Gottlieb, Danish Building Research Institute, Aalborg University
- Kim Haugbølle, Danish Building Research Institute, Aalborg University
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The co-construction of users and producers – clients and users as drivers of innovation
Exploring the interaction between supply and demand, calls are made for papers that deal with the intricate user-producer relationships and ques-tions of how these linkages can be conceptualised when acknowledging mutually constitutive nature hereof. Topics include e.g. clients and users as sources and potential drivers of innovation in construction as well as user-driven innovation approaches.
Directors- Stefan Gottlieb, Danish Building Research Institute, Aalborg University
- Kim Haugbølle, Danish Building Research Institute, Aalborg University
- Kristian Widén, Division of Construction Management, Lund Univeristy
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Construction in society – gluing sector governance and project practices together
Construction and the utilisation of constructions are embedded in a larger societal framework. The various national construction sectors in Europe have ever since the end of WW2 been seen both as instruments in a so-cietal modernisation and development process and as objects of regula-tion, legislation and control. National and supranational policy efforts have taken on a wide variety of different guises ranging from the rationalisation efforts of the "industrialisation wave" to issues of environmental concern in the current Lead Market Initiative for Europe. Contributions are invited that discuss the position of construction in society and scrutinise the ties between framework regulation and project practices, effects and impact. Topics could include how societal changes like sustainability and economic recession are posing strategic challenges to construction practice.
Directors- Stefan Gottlieb, Danish Building Research Institute, Aalborg University
- Göran Lindahl, Associate Professor Construction Management, Chalmers
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Challenging theories – the role of research under changing societal conditions
If clients and users increasingly are seen as sources of innovation and development and public research funding increasingly is channelled into private companies, then where does it leave the knowledge institutions? How does research into construction economics, management and or-ganisation affect and impact construction and its users? And how and with what can research contribute to construction in the future? Papers are invited that critically scrutinize the role of research under changing societal conditions.
Directors- Stefan Gottlieb, Danish Building Research Institute, Aalborg University
- Göran Lindahl, Associate Professor Construction Management, Chalmers
- Kristian Widén, Division of Construction Management, Lund Univeristy
| Open Submissions |
Peer Reviewed |