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Çıdık, M S and Boyd, D (2022) Value implication of digital transformation: the impact of the commodification of information. Construction Management and Economics, 40(11–12), 903–17.

Andreas, B, Fernie, S and Dainty, A (2022) Understanding policy and change: using a political economy analysis framework. Construction Management and Economics, 40(11–12), 865–83.

Brunet, M and Cohendet, P (2022) Transforming construction: heterarchical megaproject ecologies and the management of innovation. Construction Management and Economics, 40(11–12), 973–86.

Jones, K, Mosca, L, Whyte, J, Davies, A and Glass, J (2022) Addressing specialization and fragmentation: product platform development in construction consultancy firms. Construction Management and Economics, 40(11–12), 918–33.

Type: Journal Article
Keywords: Product platforms; fragmentation; construction; manufacturing;
ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446193.2021.1983187
Abstract:
Construction product platforms provide the opportunity to improve productivity in construction projects while maintaining heterogeneity of output. The growing literature on construction product platforms describes how product suppliers develop product platforms either top-down or bottom-up, independently from project delivery. Through a single case study of a consultancy firm, this paper shows how a specialist consultancy firm operating in the construction sector developed their own product platform on projects while iteratively developing and augmenting their delivery capabilities. Distinguishing between activity integration, coordination, and consolidation, the platform development process highlights how vertical and horizontal consolidation of capabilities within the engineering phase of delivery enables early resolution of both product and process specifications. This means that vertical coordination between engineering and manufacturing phases can be managed by a fully specified contract, rather than acquisition. The analysis of the case shows how construction can be more closely aligned with the linear and sequential models found in manufacturing through clarifying and distinguishing the roles of engineering, manufacturing, finishing and sub-assembly.

Lundberg, O, Nylén, D and Sandberg, J (2022) Unpacking construction site digitalization: the role of incongruence and inconsistency in technological frames. Construction Management and Economics, 40(11–12), 987–1002.

Ninan, J, Sergeeva, N and Winch, G (2022) Narrative shapes innovation: a study on multiple innovations in the UK construction industry. Construction Management and Economics, 40(11–12), 884–902.