Investigating the Practice of Improvisation in Construction

No-Blame Culture and the Effectiveness of Project-Based Design Teams in the Construction Industry: The Mediating Role of Teamwork

“…Manata et al 2018, Pesämaa et al 2018. In construction industry projects, project team members are often confronted with unplanned or emergent situations, which require joint analysis of the situation, exploration of a wide range of alternatives and evaluation of the risks of failure (Hamzeh et al 2018). To solve these situations, together, team members often have to improvise and think out of the box and challenge each other's' assumptions (Hamzeh et al 2018, Manata et al 2018.…”

“…In construction industry projects, project team members are often confronted with unplanned or emergent situations, which require joint analysis of the situation, exploration of a wide range of alternatives and evaluation of the risks of failure (Hamzeh et al 2018). To solve these situations, together, team members often have to improvise and think out of the box and challenge each other's' assumptions (Hamzeh et al 2018, Manata et al 2018. A no-blame culture is a supportive environment that encourages innovation amongst team members, because it enables them to speak up and share their ideas (Edmondson and Lei 2014).…”

“…Construction projects are characterized by high levels of complexity (Bosch-Rekveldt 2011). Team members often encounter many different problems and changes, which they have to effectively handle to finalize the project at large (Hamzeh et al 2018).…”

“…That is, experts with different backgroundssuch as electrical engineering, sustainable design and architecturehave to closely collaborate and coordinate their actions across disciplinary and organizational boundaries to accomplish shared goals (Fong and Lung 2007). Together, project team members have to manage complex problems, solve difficult design issues, and deal with last-minute design changes (Hamzeh et al 2018, Savelsbergh et al 2015. Before a team can take effective actions, its members need to reach a common understanding of the issue at hand and how it can be solved (Barron 2000).…”

Intelligent robots and human–robot collaboration in the construction industry: A review

“…Complementary changes in design, construction process, team organization, and business model should be changed to fully develop the application potential of robotics [115]. Third, trust for human operators, collaborators, and robots should be established [116]. You et al [14] suggested the separation of workplaces to mitigate the worry and fear of the unreliability of robots.…”