Minding the gap that matters: the lack of theory

Greg Howell; Lauri Koskela

Minding the gap that matters: the lack of theory

Greg Howell, Lauri Koskela

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

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Abstract

There was a lot of talk at the NSF/CEM meeting about the gap between
practitioners and academics, about the need to market research results, the low
tolerance for risk among contractors, that sort of thing. We take a different view
of the gap. We see the gap as the direct result of a lack of theory for production
in construction.

In this brief presentation, we want to make the case that developing theory is
essential both for narrowing the gap with practitioners and for construction as a
discipline to gain standing as an academic discipline.

Original language	English
Number of pages	9
Publication status	Published - 1999
MoE publication type	Not Eligible
Event	Berkeley-Stanford CE&M Workshop: Defining a Research Agenda for AEC Process/Product Development in 2000 and Beyond - Berkeley, United States Duration: 26 Aug 1999 → 28 Aug 1999

Workshop

Workshop	Berkeley-Stanford CE&M Workshop: Defining a Research Agenda for AEC Process/Product Development in 2000 and Beyond
Country/Territory	United States
City	Berkeley
Period	26/08/99 → 28/08/99

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