This book explores innovation in the U.S. construction-related industries (i.e., design services, construction, building materials and products manufacture, and facilities operation and maintenance) and recommends a strategy for fostering new technology.
These industries account for about ten percent of the U.S. economy; federal agencies themselves spend some $15 billion annually on construction. A government strategy based on federal agencies that encourage applications of new technology for their own projects, activities to enhance the pursuit and effective transfer of new technology to the U.S. private sector, and increased support for targeted efforts to develop new technologies in specific areas will yield many benefits. These include better cost, quality, and performance in government facilities, generally improved quality of life, and enhanced U.S. industrial competitiveness in international markets.
- THE ROLE OF PUBLIC AGENCIES IN FOSTERING NEW TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION IN BUILDING
- Copyright
- PREFACE
- Contents
- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- 1 INTRODUCTION
- THE GOVERNMENT INTEREST
- BENEFITS AND RISKS OF NEW TECHNOLOGY
- SOURCE AND SCOPE OF THE STUDY
- STRUCTURE OF THE REPORT
- REFERENCES
- 2 NEW BUILDING TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION, AND GOVERNMENT INTERESTS
- PUBLIC BENEFITS OF INNOVATION
- GOVERNMENT AS PURCHASER AND FUNDER OF RESEARCH
- TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION AND PUBLIC POLICY
- IMPACT OF THE BUILDING REGULATORY PROCESS
- GOVERNMENT'S CURRENT ROLE IN FOSTERING NEW TECHNOLOGY
- REFERENCES
- 3 NEW TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION IN THE U.S. BUILDING-RELATED INDUSTRIES
- BACKGROUND
- LACK OF DATA
- ATTITUDES TOWARD NEW BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES
- ENTRY POINTS FOR BUILDING INNOVATION
- STATUS OF BUILDING RESEARCH
- DETERRENTS TO TRANSFER OF NEW TECHNOLOGY
- LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES FOR INNOVATION
- PLACE OF UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
- REFERENCES
- 4 WHAT SHOULD THE ROLE OF THE FEDERAL AGENCIES BE IN FOSTERING NEW BUILDING TECHNOLOGY?
- INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVE
- ALTERNATIVE ROLES FOR GOVERNMENT
- EVALUATION OF STRATEGY OPTIONS
- REFERENCES
- 5 IMPLEMENTING AN EFFECTIVE ROLE
- RESPONSIBILITIES FOR TAKING ACTION
- INSTITUTIONAL FOCUS NEEDED
- ACTIONS BY FACILITIES AGENCIES
- ENABLING ENVIRONMENT
- TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
- INNOVATION AND THE FUTURE
- APPENDIX A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND STAFF
- APPENDIX B PROCESSES OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION
- DESCRIBING INNOVATION AS A PROCESS
- NEED IS THE STARTING POINT
- DIFFUSION OF NEW TECHNOLOGY INTO USE
- ROLE OF RESEARCH
- REFERENCES
- APPENDIX C REVIEW OF SPECIFIC AGENCIES' STANCE TOWARD BUILDING INNOVATION
- NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING COMMAND
- U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
- DEPARTMENT OF STATE
- U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY
- STATE OF MARYLAND
- MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND
- APPENDIX D FEDERAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS RELATED TO TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION IN BUILDING
- APPENDIX E NEW BUILDING TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION: A SELECTIVE REVIEW
- COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
- ENERGY MANAGEMENT IN BUILDINGS
- STRUCTURES AND THEIR CONSTRUCTION
- INTERIORS
- REFERENCES
- APPENDIX F TORT LAW, DETERRENCE AND INNOVATION: TOO MUCH OR TOO LITTLE?
- BRIEF HISTORY OF TORT LAW
- PURPOSE OF THE TORT SYSTEM
- DETERRENCE: TOO MUCH OR TOO LITTLE
- IMPACT OF THE TORT SYSTEM
- TORT SYSTEM TRANSACTION COSTS
- GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR DEFENSE
- APPENDIX G POINTS OF ENTRY FOR BUILDING INNOVATION
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