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Benjaoran, V, Dawood, N and Hobbs, B (2005) Flowshop scheduling model for bespoke precast concrete production planning. Construction Management and Economics, 23(01), 93-105.

Haupt, T C, Munshi, M and Smallwood, J (2005) HIV and AIDS in South African construction: is age nothing but a number?. Construction Management and Economics, 23(01), 107-19.

Kirkham, R J (2005) Re-engineering the whole life cycle costing process. Construction Management and Economics, 23(01), 9-14.

Larsen, G D and Ballal, T M A (2005) The diffusion of innovations within a UKCI context: an explanatory framework. Construction Management and Economics, 23(01), 81-91.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: awareness threshold; cohesion; diffusion of innovations; networks; polymorphic; structural equivalence; thresholds
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/0144619042000287750
  • Abstract:

    The UK Construction Industry has been criticized for being slow to change and adopt innovations. The idiosyncrasies of participants, their roles in a social system and the contextual differences between sections of the UK Construction Industry are viewed as being paramount to explaining innovation diffusion within this context. Three innovation diffusion theories from outside construction management literature are introduced, Cohesion, Structural Equivalence and Thresholds. The relevance of each theory, in relation to the UK Construction Industry, is critically reviewed using literature and empirical data. Analysis of the data results in an explanatory framework being proposed. The framework introduces a Personal Awareness Threshold concept, highlights the dominant role of Cohesion through the main stages of diffusion, together with the use of Structural Equivalence during the later stages of diffusion and the importance of Adoption Threshold levels.

Leung, M-Y, Ng, T S, Skitmore, M and Cheung, S-O (2005) Critical stressors influencing construction estimators in Hong Kong. Construction Management and Economics, 23(01), 33-44.

Mehta, R and Bridwell, L (2005) Innovative construction technology for affordable mass housing in Tanzania, East Africa. Construction Management and Economics, 23(01), 69-79.

Phua, F T T (2005) Determining the relationship between fee structure and project performance between firms: an empirical study based on institutional and task environment perspectives. Construction Management and Economics, 23(01), 45-56.

Roy, R, Low, M and Waller, J (2005) Documentation, standardization and improvement of the construction process in house building. Construction Management and Economics, 23(01), 57-67.

Tang, S L, Ying, K C, Anson, M and Lu, M (2005) RMCSIM: A simulation model of a ready-mixed concrete plant serving multiple sites using multiple truckmixers. Construction Management and Economics, 23(01), 15-31.