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Abdelaty, A, Jeong, H D, Dannen, B and Todey, F (2016) Enhancing life cycle cost analysis with a novel cost classification framework for pavement rehabilitation projects. Construction Management and Economics, 34(10), 724-36.
Cattell, K, Bowen, P and Edwards, P (2016) Stress among South African construction professionals: A job demand-control-support survey. Construction Management and Economics, 34(10), 700-23.
Morrison, S and Trushell, I (2016) Payment for offsite goods and materials: The Scottish perspective. Construction Management and Economics, 34(10), 679-87.
Naar, L, Nikolova, N and Forsythe, P (2016) Innovative construction and the role of boundary objects: A Gehry case study. Construction Management and Economics, 34(10), 688-99.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: Gehry; boundary objects; construction innovation; inter-firm collaboration; monte carlo simulation; construction industry
- ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446193.2016.1201206
- Abstract:
Physical objects have long been used in addressing the challenges involved in constructing innovative buildings, yet their significance for collaborative problem solving in inter-organizational projects is rarely acknowledged. The aim of this research is to investigate what happens when a project team has to collaboratively innovate to address radical design challenges in a construction setting. We focus on the role of a full-scale mock-up of a façade in transforming the design intent for a building by Frank Gehry into design realization. The concept of boundary objects is used as an analytical lens via a case study methodology utilizing non-participant observation of weekly meetings and workshops over a period of 10 months covering client, consultant and contractor involvement. The research shows the role of mock-ups in radical construction settings is in tension along three delivery dimensions: performance, aesthetic and technical construction. Task completion competed with the requirements for experimentation around innovative problem solving with the how to construct it problem left unresolved. The findings suggest that co-location and synchronicity are critical conditions for collaborative and innovative problem solving in radical construction contexts. Project teams need to create open-ended 'moments' for iterating critical objects and the interactions that take place around them.;Physical objects have long been used in addressing the challenges involved in constructing innovative buildings, yet their significance for collaborative problem solving in inter-organizational projects is rarely acknowledged. The aim of this research is to investigate what happens when a project team has to collaboratively innovate to address radical design challenges in a construction setting. We focus on the role of a full-scale mock-up of a façade in transforming the design intent for a building by Frank Gehry into design realization. The concept of boundary objects is used as an analytical lens via a case study methodology utilizing non-participant observation of weekly meetings and workshops over a period of 10 months covering client, consultant and contractor involvement. The research shows the role of mock-ups in radical construction settings is in tension along three delivery dimensions: performance, aesthetic and technical construction. Task completion competed with the requirements for experimentation around innovative problem solving with the how to construct it problem left unresolved. The findings suggest that co-location and synchronicity are critical conditions for collaborative and innovative problem solving in radical construction contexts. Project teams need to create open-ended 'moments' for iterating critical objects and the interactions that take place around them.;