TY - CONF TI - A Conceptual Exploration of a Collaborative Environment in the Construction Industry When Working With Temporary Socio-Technical Processes C1 - Dublin, Ireland C3 - Proc. 27th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC) SP - 785 EP - 796 PY - 2019 DO - 10.24928/2019/0159 AU - Tvedt, Ida M. AD - Ph.D. Candidate, NTNU – Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, +47 907 94 32, ida.m.tvedt@ntnu.no AB - Previous research on construction projects showed that low productivity characterizes the construction industry, repeatedly explained in terms of the industry’s complex and fragmented nature. However, few studies have approached the production problem in terms of the entire industry. This paper consequently elaborates on the challenges and the importance of a collaborative environment in the construction industry because construction is complex, with the main operations produced within temporary and socio-technical systems. Through a conceptual exploration, this paper combines theories on networks, boundaries, open systems, and loose and tight couplings to assesses the consequences of temporality and how integrated project delivery (IPD) tighten couplings in the industry. Finding show that because projects are temporary, they challenge the multilevel connections of networks needed for the industry’s evolution to become more productive. However, theories on open systems and tight and loose couplings indicate that IPD enable a cooperative network environment. Thus, the boundaries of cooperative delivery models will enable a stronger link between change and process, industry and projects, needed for a socio-technical process in construction. KW - Collaboration KW - time compression KW - loose and tight couplings KW - socio-technical systems KW - integrated project delivery (IPD) PB - T2 - Proc. 27th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC) DA - 2019/07/03 CY - Dublin, Ireland L1 - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1720/pdf L2 - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1720 N1 - Export Date: 29 March 2024 DB - IGLC.net DP - IGLC LA - English ER -