Innovation in Road Construction Industry: An Analysis of Different Case Studies

Oad, Pardeep Kumar; Kajewski, Stephen L.; Kumar, A. Sravan

doi:10.29117/cic.2020.0067

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“…There are three relevant studies from the last ten years. The first provides 12 international case studies of road construction innovations, which neither collects new data nor focusses on obstacles (Oad, 2016). The second study collects perceptual data across 70 Kenyan road industry projects to describe innovation activity (Olembo and Moronge, 2016).…”

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Do firm-level barriers to construction product innovation adoption vary according to position in the supply chain?

Rose

Manley

Widén

2019

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine product innovation as a means of addressing infrastructure shortages in developed economies and to improve the sustainability of infrastructure. The obstacles to product innovation in the road industry are compared between different types of participants in the supply chain to provide guidelines for interventions to improve innovation rates. Design/methodology/approach This exploratory study uses descriptive data from a large scale survey of the Australian road industry. The three top-rated product innovation obstacles for the following four types of participants are examined: contractors, consultants, suppliers and clients. Findings The four groups were found to disagree about the relative importance of the obstacles. Contractors and suppliers ranked “restrictive price-only tender assessment” used by clients as their number one obstacle, while consultants thought there was too much emphasis by the clients on direct costs compared with whole-of-life costs. On the other hand, clients felt suppliers do not do enough thorough testing prior to proposing a new product and disagreed with suppliers about who should carry the risk of new product failure. Research limitations/implications The conceptual framework was found to yield novel insights with significant policy implications. The construction-specific contextual determinants that were integrated by the authors into a broad innovation diffusion process proved useful in categorising road product innovation obstacles across the four surveyed supply chain groups – without overlap or omission. The new framework also proved useful in ordering the key obstacles across groups for interpretation and discussion. In disaggregating product obstacles according to groups, these contextual determinants were proven to be mutually exclusive and to represent important focal points in promoting the uptake of product innovation in construction. Although the current study has usefully provided quantitative data concerning construction innovation obstacles, there are limitations due to its reliance on descriptive statistics. Future work by the authors is proposed to analyse the relationships between innovation obstacles and supply chain partners using inferential statistics to further develop and validate these early findings. The current study is an interim step in this work and an important contribution in identifying and addressing firm-level barriers seen to be constraining construction product innovation. Practical implications Results suggest there is a need for government clients to carefully consider the differing perspectives across the supply chain when developing strategies to encourage the adoption of mutually-beneficial innovative products on their construction projects. Inclusive focus groups examining the drivers, configuration and benefits of collaborative procurement systems are recommended to reduce innovation obstacles. Social implications Society relies on urban infrastructure for daily living and the current study contributes to stretching infrastructure investment dollars and reducing the environmental impact of infrastructure provision. Originality/value No previous study has compared the perception of product innovation obstacles across different road industry supply chain partners. This is a significant gap, as differences in opinions across the supply chain need to be understood to develop the shared expectations and the improved relationships required to improve product innovation rates. Product innovation is important because it has been shown to improve efficiency (potentially addressing the road investment gap) and reduce deleterious environmental impacts.

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Do firm-level barriers to construction product innovation adoption vary according to position in the supply chain?

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Manley

Widén

2019

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“…For instance, a road needs to be constructed first for a parcel of land's timber crop, then for the native population's access to gather firewood or graze, and finally for administration of watershed rehabilitation works. If the qualities of the road operator vary during the course of the road's existence, the planner should be in charge of that (Oad et al, 2020). Abbas, et al, (2018) presented to fill a figurative need for a textbook on the classification of roads, different types of pavements, materials, construction tools and activities, drainage, necessary safety and upkeep, contracts, work procurement, revisions to the FIDIC conditions of contract, supervisions and organization, and issues with controlling road construction.…”

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Developing Adaptive Multi Dimension Road Construction Management Using EDAS Technique

Jabbar,

Naimi

2023

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Adaptive road construction project Management is considered a major challenge in economic development issues. This research looks intothe many variables that can have an impact on building projects. Unfortunately, infrastructure projects in Iraq have slowed the country's progress, so effective methods of project management using actual databases are urgently needed. This research established a centralized data bank with a collection of specialized maps depicting the status of infrastructure projects in Iraq, and it also produced an advanced administrative system via effective success and failure elements that allow administration of projects. Implementing adaptive features during road construction projects is the primary problem of this study. There were two stages to the study methodology; the first was the Delphi technique, which was used to determine the first set of influential elements. The EDAS method was employed in the second approach, and it provided the most useful information regarding the aspects that could affect road construction projects positively or negatively. According to the findings, there were a number of effective factors that could lead to the failure of road construction projects. These included insufficient site security, poor site management and supervision, ineffective field management, inexperienced equipment operators, and insufficient consultant experience. The findings may be helpful for the policy makers and the practitioners in future.

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“…Selecting and prioritizing potential road construction bids is one of the key challenges in construction industry, which is one of the important axes of administration models of private and public business organizations included in development, innovation and research activities [17,55]. For this reason, there is a great amount of literature devoted to the bids selection problem.…”

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Bid Evaluation and Assessment of Innovation in Road Construction Industry: A Systematic Literature Review

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Objectives: This paper present a thorough understanding of bid evaluation process and assessment of innovation in road construction industry. Methods/Analysis: The research articles reviewed are based on topics of bid evaluation process, evaluation of bids in road construction industry, the indicators and techniques of bids evaluation, process of Bid evaluation in countries, innovation in road industry, and indicators of innovation in the context of road construction industry. Findings: It is widely accepted that projects related to the road construction must be accomplished in an organized manner. Literature indicates that the road constructing demands from customers and competition of assessing and evaluating tenders have been increasing rapidly. Novelty /Improvement: Challenges in developing suitable roads contribute to the inconsistency in the industry and directly demands towards physical work on a road construction project, nevertheless, a failure to accurately assessment of tenders can lead to complications for the whole project and road Construction Company. The selection of a suitable construction contractor’s surges likelihoods of successful achievement of a road construction project. This may also achieve the customer goals, and retain the project schedule on time, within the budget and achieve high quality project. Doi: 10.28991/cej-2021-03091646 Full Text: PDF

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Innovation in Road Construction Industry: An Analysis of Different Case Studies

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Do firm-level barriers to construction product innovation adoption vary according to position in the supply chain?

Do firm-level barriers to construction product innovation adoption vary according to position in the supply chain?

Developing Adaptive Multi Dimension Road Construction Management Using EDAS Technique

Bid Evaluation and Assessment of Innovation in Road Construction Industry: A Systematic Literature Review

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