Digital Transitions and Innovation in Construction Value Chains : : Industrial Relations and Equitable Socio-Technical Change / / Serena Rugiero and Daniele Di Nunzio, editors.

• TeilnehmendeR: Rugiero, Serena,; Di Nunzio, Daniele,; Edward Elgar Publishing,
• Place / Publishing House: Northampton : : Edward Elgar Publishing,, 2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (220 pages)
• Notes: Includes index.

"This timely book provides an innovative study of the profound changes and latest challenges facing the construction sector. It adopts a socio-technical approach to analyse not only the role of technological factors, but also that of actors and their social dialogue and industrial relations. Digital Transitions and Innovation in Construction Value Chains investigates evolution within the construction sector relating to increased digitalization, including the growing use of smart devices and building information modeling (BIM) applications. Drawing on research from across Europe, chapters detail methodologies based on three main data sources: direct observation, documentary analysis and qualitative survey tools. Ultimately, they highlight the advantages and potential disadvantages of the role of social dialogue and collective bargaining for the democratic management of digitalization in the sector. Academics and researchers within the fields of economics, innovation and construction management will find the methodologies and conclusions presented within this book to be of great benefit. Practitioners in the construction sector will also appreciate the insights offered"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1. The role of industrial relations for equitable socio-technical change in construction value chains: overview -- 2. A quantitative analysis of the European construction sector: productivity, investment, and competitiveness -- 3. The Belgian construction sector: growing practices of digitalization and the challenge of relevant social dialogue practices -- 4. Digital transformation in the construction sector in Bulgaria and the role of the social partners -- 5. Digital transformation in the French construction sector: articulating technological transformation with a socio-economic transition -- 6. Is construction work becoming more industrial and off-site? Digitalisation in the construction sector in Germany -- 7. Digitisation in the Italian construction sector: the constructive process beyond the productive perimeter -- 8. Digitisation of construction in Spain: changes in value chains, work organisation and working conditions -- 9. Comparative analysis of the country case studies -- 10. Final considerations and policy recommendations -- Index.