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UK construction research is too fragmented… …a new approach is needed

A research strategy for the built environment?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2004

Richard Lorch
Richard Lorch
Affiliation:
Building Research and Information, 43 St George's Avenue, Tufnell Park, London N7 OAJ, [email protected]
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Abstract

Framing the question of a research and innovation (R&I) strategy for the UK construction industry requires careful consideration of several key issues: pluralism, vision and recognition of the significance of product (place and its constituent components) as well as process. Much of the groundwork for specific research topics has been undertaken and identified elsewhere (Macmillan, 2002), so this paper does not reinvent the wheel or list all the relevant research issues. Any discussion informing an R&I strategy should provide continuity and not jettison previous work in order to provide continuity. Too much structural change in past funding mechanisms has led to uncertainty for researchers and has adversely affected medium- and long-term projects.

Type
Research
Information
arq: Architectural Research Quarterly , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , June 2003 , pp. 119 - 125
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© 2003 Cambridge University Press

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