IMPLEMENTATION OF INNOVATION: THE INERTIA OF IMPLEMENTING THE OPEN BUILDING CONCEPT IN PRACTICE misbe2011 Tracking Number 177Presentation: Session: General Paper Session W65 - Innovation in construction (theories and best practices) Room: Assay Hall Session start: 11:00 Mon 20 Jun 2011 John van Oorschot j.a.w.h.vanoorschot@utwente.nl Affifliation: Elma Durmisevic e.durmisevic@utwente.nl Affifliation: Joop Halman j.i.m.halman@utwente.nl Affifliation: Topics: - Innovation in construction: theories and best practices (General Themes) Abstract: The Open Building concept has been developed half a century ago. Despite the relative potential advantages to society, this concept of Open Building has not been widely implemented in the construction industry. Consequently, it did not lead to a general new approach of designing structures. Why does the construction industry use the Open building concept so rarely among their projects? Using in-depth semi-structured interviews with the ‘founding fathers’ of Open Building in combination with literature, the inertia which obstructs the implementation of Open building in the construction industry are identified. The study shows that inertia on adopting the principles of Open Building are primarily related to the type of collaboration between firms on construction projects. Only few impediments are of technical nature. |