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Berente, N, Baxter, R and Lyytinen, K (2010) Dynamics of inter-organizational knowledge creation and information technology use across object worlds: the case of an innovative construction project. Construction Management and Economics, 28(06), 569–88.

Bresnen, M (2010) Keeping it real? Constituting partnering through boundary objects. Construction Management and Economics, 28(06), 615–28.

Kjellberg, H (2010) Struggling to perform a warehouse: buildings as symbols and tools. Construction Management and Economics, 28(06), 675–94.

Luck, R (2010) Using objects to coordinate design activity in interaction. Construction Management and Economics, 28(06), 641–55.

Rooke, C N, Rooke, J A, Koskela, L and Tzortzopoulos, P (2010) Using the physical properties of artefacts to manage through-life knowledge flows in the built environment: an initial exploration. Construction Management and Economics, 28(06), 601–13.

Sage, D J, Dainty, A R J and Brookes, N J (2010) Who reads the project file? Exploring the power effects of knowledge tools in construction project management. Construction Management and Economics, 28(06), 629–39.

Schweber, L and Harty, C (2010) Actors and objects: a socio-technical networks approach to technology uptake in the construction sector. Construction Management and Economics, 28(06), 657–74.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: socio-technical systems; socio-technical networks; CM research; methodology; practice; 3D CAD; reinforced concrete; environmental assessment systems
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446191003702468
  • Abstract:
    We explore the contribution of socio-technical networks approaches to construction management research. These approaches are distinctive for their analysis of actors and objects as mutually constituted within socio-technical networks. They raise questions about the ways in which the content, meaning and use of technology is negotiated in practice, how particular technical configurations are elaborated in response to specific problems and why certain paths or solutions are adopted rather than others. We illustrate this general approach with three case studies: a historical study of the development of reinforced concrete in France, the UK and the US, the recent introduction of 3D-CAD software into four firms and an analysis of the uptake of environmental assessment technologies in the UK since 1990. In each we draw out the ways in which various technologies shaped and were shaped by different socio-technical networks. We conclude with a reflection on the contributions of socio-technical network analysis for more general issues including the study of innovation and analyses of context and power.

Styhre, A and Gluch, P (2010) Managing knowledge in platforms: boundary objects and stocks and flows of knowledge. Construction Management and Economics, 28(06), 589–99.

Tryggestad, K, Georg, S and Hernes, T (2010) Constructing buildings and design ambitions. Construction Management and Economics, 28(06), 695–705.

Whyte, J and Lobo, S (2010) Coordination and control in project-based work: digital objects and infrastructures for delivery. Construction Management and Economics, 28(06), 557–67.