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- Feb 20
- 6 min
New US Data Shows We Have a False Picture of Construction Productivity
It is possible the methods used to estimate construction productivity might be faulty, giving a false picture of the industry.
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- Mar 8, 2021
- 6 min
The Digital Construction Production System
The construction industry is wide and diverse, and the various parts of the digital construction production system are in various stages of
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- Feb 4, 2021
- 7 min
Construction and Advanced Technologies
The survey links technologies across firm size and age categories, as well as the co-presence pattern for the technologies at the firm level
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- Jan 14, 2021
- 8 min
Digitization and Advanced Business Technologies in Industry
There is a commonly held view that construction is a digital laggard. A widely cited McKinsey report in 2016 argued.
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- Nov 30, 2020
- 4 min
Production of the Built Environment as an Industrial Sector
Parts of the economy that involve many different contributors and participants are often called an industrial or economic sector.
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- Oct 20, 2020
- 2 min
Construction 4.0 Book
The book is good evidence that the built environment industries can(should? will?) be a leading sector for application of these technologies
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- Oct 14, 2020
- 3 min
Construction as a Technological System of Production: A Life Cycle Approach
Innovation and Industry Evolution The stages in the life cycle of an industry typically start with first applications of a new invention...
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- Sep 22, 2020
- 2 min
Democratizing our Data
In Democratizing Our Data, Julia Lane argues that good data are essential for democracy.
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- Jul 26, 2020
- 5 min
Construction AI
They identify five AI-powered applications, and use cases that have already arrived in other industries, that can be applied to construction
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- Jun 28, 2020
- 4 min
Developments in Construction Economics
The book brought a great deal of data together, and updated previous work in empirical CE on measuring construction activity.
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- Feb 26, 2020
- 6 min
Industry Structure and General Purpose Technologies
A new general purpose technology (GPT) becomes the basis of a system of industrial production.
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- Jan 26, 2020
- 9 min
Evolution of the Construction Technological System
The modern construction industry had its roots in the take-off of industrialization in the early nineteenth century.
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- Dec 24, 2019
- 7 min
Construction as a Mature Technological System
Technological systems solve problems or fulfill goals using whatever means are available and appropriate.
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- Dec 13, 2019
- 0 min
Procurement, Contracts and Information
The choice of Procurement Method set up the systems managing the project, structure of relationships and the payment mechanism.
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- Oct 23, 2019
- 8 min
Construction in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
It seems to me building and construction will become a laboratory for the fourth industrial revolution.
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- Sep 25, 2019
- 3 min
Value in Census and National Statistics
Like other government agencies, national statistics agencies have been working out how to do more with their limited resources.
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- Sep 4, 2019
- 2 min
Employment in the Australian Built Environment Sector
The built environment sector is the collection of industries responsible for producing, managing and maintaining those buildings.
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- Aug 24, 2019
- 2 min
Industries Included in the Australian Built Environment Sector
The method used to measure the size and extent of the Australian BES is to collect the data for output and employment.
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- Aug 4, 2019
- 5 min
Production of the Built Environment
Parts of the economy that involve many different contributors and participants are often called an industrial or economic sector.
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- Jun 24, 2019
- 6 min
Why We Should Measure the Built Environment Sector
The built environment is important. We are surrounded both by it and by its construction, management and maintenance.
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