TY  - CONF
TI  - Aligning research and adoption through agile roadmapping in construction innovation
C1  - Singapore, Singapore
C3  - Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 34)
SP  - 1241
EP  - 1251
PY  - 2026
DO  - 10.24928/2026/0252
AU  - Itani, Anas
AU  - Golabchi, Ali
AU  - Lee, Gaang
AU  - Mohamed, Yasser
AU  - Abourizk, Simaan
AD  - Postdoctoral Fellow, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, aitani@ualberta.ca, orcid.org/0000-0001-5516-8829
AD  - Adjunct Professor/Executive Director, Mechanical Engineering/Construction Innovation Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, alireza1@ualberta.ca, orcid.org/0000-0002-5499-3218
AD  - Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering/, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, gaang@ualberta.ca, orcid.org/0000-0002-6341-2585
AD  - Professor/Director, Civil and Environmental Engineering/Construction Innovation Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, yaly@ualberta.ca, orcid.org/0000-0000-0000-0000
AD  - Distinguished University Professor/Dean, Faculty of Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, abourizk@ualberta.ca, orcid.org/0000-0002-4788-9121
ED  - Hamzeh, Farook
ED  - Poshdar, Mani
ED  - Garcia-Lopez,, Nelly P.
AB  - Construction innovation initiatives frequently fail to achieve sustained adoption despite significant research investment. These challenges are driven less by technical limitations than by fragmented governance, misaligned incentives, and organizational resistance to change. This paper proposes an agile, evidence-based roadmapping approach that reframes roadmapping as a governance and change mechanism within construction innovation ecosystems. The approach integrates literature synthesis, benchmarking of innovation centers, structured stakeholder interviews, and foresight analysis to align research priorities with adoption readiness across short-, medium-, and long-term horizons. Illustrated through the Construction Innovation Center at the University of Alberta, the findings demonstrate how integrating diverse evidence streams enhances stakeholder alignment, reduces uncertainty, and shifts attention from research outputs toward adoption outcomes. The study contributes to the People, Culture, and Change track by positioning roadmapping as a dynamic coordination and learning process grounded in lean principles of pull-based prioritization, transparency, and iterative improvement.
KW  - Research roadmapping
KW  - lean construction
KW  - governance
KW  - innovation adoption
KW  - organizational change.
PB  - 
T2  - Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 34)
DA  - 2026/06/22
CY  - Singapore, Singapore
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/2546/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/2546
N1  - Export Date: 19 June 2026
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -