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Reflections from the Editor-in-Chief: confronting emerging challenges with important and interesting research in Construction Management and Economics
No full textGreen Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Design & Construction Managemen
Beyond the boundary and scale of the construction project
No full textGreen Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care. Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Design & Construction Managemen
Briefing: Industry 4.0 in construction: Radical transformation or restricted agenda?
No full textThe fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0) is poised to transform the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) sector from a project-based industry to a market-based industrialised process. Yet, its (s)low uptake can be attributed to the current emphasis on technological adoption. In this briefing note, it is argued that ignoring non-technical aspects such as the social will to change and ethical choices can result in Industry 4.0 failing to deliver its transformative power in the AEC sector. Rather than focus on technology, questions are raised around systemic change by considering people and process issues. Furthermore, instead of focussing on the calculative value of Industry 4.0, there is also a need to consider (ethical) values when making decisions in the data-driven world of Industry 4.0. Accepted Author ManuscriptDesign & Construction Managemen
The logic of the research article: A critical guide on reading science more effectively
No full textReading scientific papers is an integral part of any university degree programme. Yet, academic writing is a specific communication genre that can be quite daunting for the uninitiated student and novice researcher. The purpose of this chapter is to explain the typical logic of the scientific article. Notwithstanding a variety of disciplinary conventions, there are specific moves that characterise the different parts of a paper. These moves include making an argument for the research question (what and why), describing the research methods (how), reporting on the research findings (what), and developing the argument for future research and practice (so what). By elaborating on the different moves, this chapter provides a model for the process of reading scientific papers and to situate a scientific article in the broader context of scientific conversations and debates. In so doing, students should be able to read science more effectively.Design & Construction Managemen
Construction in the platform society: New directions for construction management research
No full textAn emerging aspect of digital transformation in industry relates to the rise of digital platforms. While examples such as Uber and Airbnb are well-known, technological platforms that seek to coordinate demand and supply-side actors in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) sector are also developing. Examples include Wikihouse, Sidewalk Labs, and Bosch IoT Suite. Although there is a growing body of scholarship reviewing the concept of 'platforms', far less attention has been paid to reviewing studies of digital platforms in the AEC sector. This systematic review of 18 studies seeks to address this deficiency. The findings show that the focus has hitherto centred on engineering platforms, with researchers adding greater functionality to platforms in order to yield efficiencies in the production process. Current endeavours tend to be laboratory-based, with prototypes still to be tested in the real-world. In contrast to reviews in management and organisational studies, scholars of platforms in construction do not pay as much attention to the power of platforms as a strategic organising principle for coordinating markets. The review thus proposes a number of possible directions for construction management researchers to examine the strategic potential for platforms to drive competitive advantage in the AEC sector.Design & Construction Managemen
Preliminary design of a marina in San Antonio Este: For recreational and touristic uses, and a nautical connection with San Antonio Oeste
No full textThis design report presents the outcomes of a multidisciplinary project undertaken by a team with diverse backgrounds in civil engineering. The project focuses on a preliminary design for a new marina in San Antonio Este, Argentina, with the purpose of serving as a recreational spot and a terminal for a nautical connection to San Antonio Oeste. Recreational activities include whale watching and swimming with sea lions. Sustainability is a key guiding principle, aiming to blend the marina with the natural environment and add value to the region. The report starts with an introduction outlining the project’s background, goals, and scope, followed by a detailed methodology for the design process. The area study section highlights the environmental and hydrometeorological conditions of the project location, emphasizing the challenges posed by a significant tidal range. It also discusses the choice of a water bus stop location in San Antonio Oeste and provides recommendations for further data collection and development. The design stage presents the chosen preliminary design, detailing the pier, floating pontoon, gangway, mooring field, and boat ramp. Finally, the need is noted for more precise data, environmental assessments, and geotechnical investigations to improve the design.Multidisciplinary ProjectCivil Engineerin
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Smart Tools in the Outpatient Department: Explore to what extent smart tools and layout can contribute to an effective and efficient use of space in the outpatient department of a Dutch hospital
No full textThe transformations the healthcare sector is undergoing can be divided into three types of changes; gradual change, sudden change and expected change. The ageing population represents the gradual change. The ageing population brings an increased demand for care, while also an increasing need for cost control and a decrease in available capacity is noticeable in the healthcare sector. The Covid19 pandemic is an example of a sudden change, an unexpected change on which needs to be acted fast. Digitalisation is a representative for an expected change in the healthcare sector. Especially since the recent Covid19 pandemic there is a growing interest among hospital organisations in digitalisation. To be able to maintain to deliver the highest quality of care under the current circumstances, new innovative strategies and lean processes need to be developed. To accommodate these transformations the real estate of the hospital will have to change. Due to the pressure on hospitals to reduce costs and improve health service accessibility, there is an increasing demand for outpatient services. With the growing interest among hospital organisations in digitalisation and the lack of research on a real estate strategy for hospitals that includes smart tools, this research focuses on to what extent smart tools can optimise the use of scarce resources in the outpatient department of the hospital, taking into account the layout of the outpatient department. The following question is formulated to be answered: “To what extent can smart tools and layout contribute to the efficient and effective use of the scarce resources in the outpatient department of a Dutch hospital?“To be able to answer this research question, a qualitative approach is chosen to work with. Research on the use of smart tools in the outpatient department of a Dutch hospital is still very rare, therefore a qualitative approach is recommendable. The literature review acts as the backbone of the research. The case study and semi-structured interviews are derived from the network of AT Osborne. To validate the research a project visit of a newly built smart outpatient department and an expert panel has been conducted. The main goal of conducting this research is to find a solution for the facility and department managers of the outpatient department of the Dutch hospital to cope with the scarce resources, so the hospital can focus on its main goal ‘the delivery of high-quality healthcare’. Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Management in the Built Environmen
Tracing the Intensive: On Assemblages, Technicities and Urban Pedagogies
No full textNowadays, emerging technologies continuously shift our understanding of human evolution as well as influence the understanding of the built and urban environment. It is evident that architectural and urban pedagogies are equally impacted by the so-called digital turns. On the one hand, digital technologies introduce a great variety of technical methods, such as mapping, filming, geographic information systems (GIS), parametric modelling or VR/AR technology, facilitating the extraction of certain aspects of urban life through qualitative and quantitative analyses or simulations. On the other hand, the rapid growth of such technologies has also raised questions on whether it could enhance the very understanding of urban conditions in evoking a critical thinking of the dynamic, transient and intensive encounters of urban life. To respond to that, one can perhaps turn to philosopher Gilbert Simondon and his concept of technicity: simply put, technicity deals with how humans relate and transform their environment through technology and how these relations transform all of them in their own – humans, technology, and environment. Utilising the concept of technicity, this paper intends to speculate on the intensive dynamics of urban life. It will do so by firstly embracing assemblage thinking and understanding the urban as an emergent and plastic condition. Secondly, in teasing out the tangible dimensions of technicity, the paper aims to discuss the affective, reticular, and co-transformative relations between people, spaces, and memory as produced and ramified by technology. It then brings the above discussions together to articulate potential urban pedagogies that are enabled by transdisciplinarity and a problem-based understanding of knowledge. Finally, the paper places an open-ended question: how digital literacy could produce a form of urban literacy, and how lack of knowledge on the entanglements between architecture and digital technologies leads eventually to an impediment in understanding how urban life is influenced by both.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Theory, Territories & TransitionsDesign & Construction Managemen
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