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Innovation Potential, Directions and Implementation in the Building and Construction Product System [Manley, QUT] 2001-012-A

Project participants and team members

 

 

Karen Manley

Arup Australasia

Richard Hough

Qld Dept of Main Roads

Michael Swainston 

Qld Dept of Public Works

Don Allan 

Qld Dept of State Development and Innovation

Rob Wilcox

CSIRO

Stephen McFallan

Queensland University of Technology

Aletha Blayse, Craig Furneaux, Karen Manley - Project Leader, Tim Rose, Neal Ryan

University of Western Sydney

Michelle Coillet, Mary Hardie, Graham Miller

Project description

See www.brite.crcci info for details. The project is intended to build-up a longitudinal data base about innovation activity within the Australian construction industry. In the first year, the intention is to conduct a full-scale innovation survey, following up on the inaugural DISR funded, ACIF managed, pilot innovation survey conducted by a consortium led by PWC in the first half of this year.

The intention is to conduct the survey every second year to produce time series data for performance analysis. In the second year we intend to conduct a series of case studies of best-practice innovation in each of the 9 sub-sectors of the industry. The case studies will complement the quantitative data provided by the survey by describing the dynamics of industry innovation. The cases would be written-up as Best-Practice Demonstration Cases and posted on a well-publicised web-site, styled after the M4I website and Egan Demonstration Projects. The cases would be drawn from the CRC partners, and the results of the innovation surveys. Again, the intention is to undertake this process every second year to produce a rich and expanding source of learning for industry participants. We intend to repeat these activities over the life of the CRC in order to build up a longitudinal database.
 
In Brief - The BRITE Project
 
BRITE Report 2003
BRITE Report 2004
BRITE Report 2005
BRITE Innovation Survey - Executive Summary
Innovate Now Report
 
Influences on Construction Innovation: A brief overview of recent literature
 
Case Study 1 - Energy Cost Savings
Case Study 2 - Clever Planks
Case Study 3 - Motorway Alliance
Case Study 4 - Performance Based Building Codes
Case Study 5 - Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Bridge Deck
Case Study 6 - Ground Penetrating Radar
Case Studies Summary - Case Studies 1-6
Case Study 7 - Managing Stormwater with Storage Gutters and Infiltration
Case Study 8 - Saving On-Site Remediation Costs
Case Study 9 - Post-tensioned Steel Trusses for Long Span Roofs
Case Study 10 - Twin-Coil Air Conditioning at the Art Gallery of South Australia
Case Study 11- Better Project Outcomes with Relationship Management and 3D CAD
Case Study 12 - Using Recycled Tyres to Construct an Access Road over Saturated Terrain
 
Innovation Rates & Drivers in the Road Industry - The Case of Queensland (Refereed Conference Paper)
Knowledge Flows in the Road Industry - Queensland's Experience (Refereed Conference Paper)
Innovation Adoption Behaviour in the Construction Sector - The Case of the Queensland Road Industry (Refereed Conference Paper)
Innovation in the Australian Road Construction Industry - Making Better use of Resources (Refereed Conference Paper)
Implementing Innovation on Commercial Building Projects in Australia (Refereed Conference Paper)
The Impact of Business Strategies and Business Conditions on Innovation (Refereed Conference Paper)
Demonstrating the Benefits of Construction Innovation (Refereed Conference Paper)
The Quantity Surveyors Role in Innovation (Refereed Conference Paper)
Innovative Concrete Planks (Refereed Conference Paper)
Management of Technological Innovations (Refereed Conference Paper)
 
Frameworks for Understanding Interactive Innovation Processes (Refereed Journal Article)
Key Influences on Construction Innovation (Refereed Journal Article)