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Attarzadeh, M, Chua, D K H, Beer, M and Abbott, E L S (2017) Options-based negotiation management of PPP-BOT infrastructure projects. Construction Management and Economics, 35(11-12), 676-92.

Bildsten, L and Manley, K (2015) A framework for understanding purchasing in building construction companies. Construction Management and Economics, 33(11-12), 865-79.

Chand, A M and Loosemore, M (2015) A socio-ecological analysis of hospital resilience to extreme weather events. Construction Management and Economics, 33(11-12), 907-20.

Fredriksson, A, Janné, M and Peltokorpi, A (2024) Making logistics a central core in complex construction projects: a power-dependency analysis. Construction Management and Economics, 42(11-12), 963-76.

Guo, W, Lu, W, Cao, W and Zhang, L (2024) Understanding the effect of contractual complexity on regulatory focus in construction projects: the moderating role of organizational culture. Construction Management and Economics, 42(11-12), 992-1011.

Hinton, M A and Hamilton, R T (2015) Competitive tendering and individual behaviour in the construction industry: Convenient immorality at work. Construction Management and Economics, 33(11-12), 880-9.

Hu, X and Liu, C (2017) SLACKS-based data envelopment analysis for eco-efficiency assessment in the Australian construction industry. Construction Management and Economics, 35(11-12), 693-706.

Kaminsky, J (2015) Institutionalizing infrastructure: Photo-elicitation of cultural-cognitive knowledge of development. Construction Management and Economics, 33(11-12), 942-56.

Krystallis, I, Demian, P and Price, A D F (2015) Using BIM to integrate and achieve holistic future-proofing objectives in healthcare projects. Construction Management and Economics, 33(11-12), 890-906.

Lappalainen, E, Uusitalo, P, Seppänen, O, Peltokorpi, A, Ainamo, A and Reinbold, A (2024) User experiences of situational awareness systems in infrastructure construction. Construction Management and Economics, 42(11-12), 1012-25.

Rajeh, M A, Tookey, J E and Rotimi, J O B (2015) Developing a procurement path determination chart SEM-based approach. Construction Management and Economics, 33(11-12), 921-41.

Sage, D (2017) Thinking with materialities in construction management: A response to Alexander Styhre. Construction Management and Economics, 35(11-12), 657-62.

Stewart, I, Fenn, P and Aminian, E (2017) Human research ethics: is construction management research concerned?. Construction Management and Economics, 35(11-12), 665-75.

Suchowerska, R, Loosemore, M and Barraket, J (2024) How employment-focused social procurement tackles health inequities: An investigation of Australia’s construction industry using determinants of health theory. Construction Management and Economics, 42(11-12), 977-91.

ter Huurne, R B A, Olde Scholtenhuis, L L, Dorée, A G and van Oers, B (2024) Using formative interventions to study emerging technologies in construction practices: the case of the Ground Penetrating Radar. Construction Management and Economics, 42(11-12), 943-62.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: activity theory; emerging technology; formative interventions; ground penetrating radar; intervention studies
  • ISBN/ISSN: 01446193
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446193.2024.2362388
  • Abstract:
    The potential impact of emerging technologies is challenging for construction management researchers to study, as these technologies have yet to become embedded in current organisational practices. Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) offers a method called formative interventions that may assist in this challenge. However, existing formative intervention methods are not adequately tailored to the study of emerging technologies, necessitating a more immersive engagement of the researcher-interventionist. This article proposes a renewed participatory take on the role of the researcher-interventionist and outlines the actions that researchers can undertake to investigate the future impacts of emerging technology. Specifically, we describe the interventionist role through a study of utility detection activities in which we intervened with emerging Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) technology at twelve construction sites. We analysed our role through an inductive coding approach using interviews and field visit data. Our findings reveal five interventionist action types for intervention studies with emerging technology. These include shaping conditions, exposing tensions, supporting problem resolution, operating tools, and facilitating reflection. The action types prompted subjects to reevaluate elements of the activity system and helped describe three potential future activity systems that integrated GPR as a new tool. These findings demonstrate that a participatory take on formative interventions provides a potent means to unveil possible activity systems incorporating emerging technologies. We contribute five formal intervention action types to the literature that equip interventionist researchers with methodological tools to use CHAT in a practice-based study of emerging technologies on construction sites.

Turner, M, Scott-Young, C M and Holdsworth, S (2017) Promoting wellbeing at university: The role of resilience for students of the built environment. Construction Management and Economics, 35(11-12), 707-18.