INTRODUCTION: CHAPTER 1. Introduction to Innovations, Disruptions and Future Trends in the Global Construction IndustryTemitope Omotayo, Olabode E. Ogunmakinde, Temitope Egbelakin, and Adebayo Sojobi. SECTION A - TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS IN CONSTRUCTION CHAPTER 2. Global Application of Digital...

"This book provides an overview of how the movement towards implementing a new building safety regime has unfolded over the last three years and details what still needs to be done if residents are to feel safe and be safe in their own homes."

This book explores the relationship between the circular economy and the building technologies within the quintuple helix innovation model. The main question the book answers is whether and how the conversion of sustainable construction processes can be a powerful engine of innovation for the...

Chapter 1. Building in Emergency: Low-Tech Driven Innovations -- Chapter 2. Technologies for Building After Disaster: A Critical Review -- Chapter 3. Beyond Emergency, Toward Circular Design: Building Low Tech -- Chapter 4. Assessing the Circular Potential. Design, Build, Living Reversible --...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is two-fold: first, it highlights the importance of the presence of active teaching experiences in architecture courses. Such experiences can lead to an improvement in the teaching of technical disciplines, such as structural engineering. Second, it purports to...

A hedonic pricing model estimates the effect on house prices of the stricter 2002 Florida Building Code for three geographical areas with varying degrees of risk exposure in the Jacksonville, Florida area. Results show that houses built under the new, stricter code sold for an average premium of...

Incentives for innovation in construction -- Built-in innovation and the ambiguity of designing accessibility -- Stakeholder integration champions and innovation in the built environment -- Grassroots innovation in the construction industry -- Stakeholder integration champions and innovation in...

Ireland has a target of meeting 40% of its electricity requirement with renewable energy by 2020. It is estimated that Ireland has a practical wind energy resource of 613 TWh, which is about 21 times the total electricity requirement in Ireland at the end of 2008. Therefore wind energy is worth...

A remote-sensing technique based on microwave interferometry is applied to dynamic testing of wind turbine towers for power generation. A high-speed interferometric radar is able to sample the structure at a rate high enough for modal and transient analysis. An experimental campaign is reported...