Implementation of innovation: the inertia of implementing the open building concept in practice

Johannes A.W.H. van Oorschot; Elma Durmisevic; Johannes I.M. Halman

Implementation of innovation: the inertia of implementing the open building concept in practice

Johannes A.W.H. van Oorschot, Elma Durmisevic, Johannes I.M. Halman

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Abstract

The Open Building concept has been developed half a century ago. Despite the relative potential advantages to society, this concept of Open Building has not been widely implemented in the construction industry. Consequently, it did not lead to a general new approach of designing structures. Why does the construction industry use the Open building concept so rarely among their projects? Using in-depth semi-structured interviews with the ‘founding fathers’ of Open Building in combination with literature, the inertia which obstructs the implementation of Open building in the construction industry are identified. The study shows that inertia on adopting the principles of Open Building are primarily related to the type of collaboration between firms on construction projects. Only few impediments are of technical nature.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	MISBE2011
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the international conference on management and innovation for a sustainable built environment, 19-23 June 2011, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Editors	J.W.F. Wamelink, R.P. Geraedts, L. Volker
Place of Publication	Delft, the Netherlands
Publisher	Delft University of Technology
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Print)	9789052693958
Publication status	Published - 19 Jun 2011
Event	International Conference on Management and Innovation for a Sustainable Built Environment, MISBE 2011 - Amsterdam, Netherlands Duration: 19 Jun 2011 → 23 Jun 2011

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Management and Innovation for a Sustainable Built Environment, MISBE 2011
Abbreviated title	MISBE
Country	Netherlands
City	Amsterdam
Period	19/06/11 → 23/06/11

Keywords

Innovation in construction
Open building
Implementation of innovation
Inertia

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van Oorschot, J. A. W. H., Durmisevic, E., & Halman, J. I. M. (2011). Implementation of innovation: the inertia of implementing the open building concept in practice. In J. W. F. Wamelink, R. P. Geraedts, & L. Volker (Eds.), MISBE2011: Proceedings of the international conference on management and innovation for a sustainable built environment, 19-23 June 2011, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Delft University of Technology.

van Oorschot, Johannes A.W.H. ; Durmisevic, Elma ; Halman, Johannes I.M. / Implementation of innovation : the inertia of implementing the open building concept in practice. MISBE2011: Proceedings of the international conference on management and innovation for a sustainable built environment, 19-23 June 2011, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. editor / J.W.F. Wamelink ; R.P. Geraedts ; L. Volker. Delft, the Netherlands : Delft University of Technology, 2011.

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van Oorschot, JAWH, Durmisevic, E & Halman, JIM 2011, Implementation of innovation: the inertia of implementing the open building concept in practice. in JWF Wamelink, RP Geraedts & L Volker (eds), MISBE2011: Proceedings of the international conference on management and innovation for a sustainable built environment, 19-23 June 2011, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands, International Conference on Management and Innovation for a Sustainable Built Environment, MISBE 2011, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 19/06/11.

Implementation of innovation : the inertia of implementing the open building concept in practice. / van Oorschot, Johannes A.W.H.; Durmisevic, Elma; Halman, Johannes I.M.

MISBE2011: Proceedings of the international conference on management and innovation for a sustainable built environment, 19-23 June 2011, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. ed. / J.W.F. Wamelink; R.P. Geraedts; L. Volker. Delft, the Netherlands : Delft University of Technology, 2011.

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van Oorschot JAWH, Durmisevic E, Halman JIM. Implementation of innovation: the inertia of implementing the open building concept in practice. In Wamelink JWF, Geraedts RP, Volker L, editors, MISBE2011: Proceedings of the international conference on management and innovation for a sustainable built environment, 19-23 June 2011, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Delft, the Netherlands: Delft University of Technology. 2011