Innovation in construction: a sociology of technology approach

An alternative approach to understanding innovation is made using two intersecting ideas. The first is that successful innovation requires consideration of the social and organizational contexts in which it is located. The complex context of construction work is characterized by inter-organizational collaboration, a project-based approach and power distributed amongst collaborating organizations. The second is that innovations can be divided into two modes: 'bounded', where the implications of innovation are restricted within a single, coherent sphere of influence, and 'unbounded', where the effects of implementation spill over beyond this. Bounded innovations are adequately explained within the construction literature. However, less discussed are unbounded innovations, where many firms' collaboration is required for successful implementation, even though many innovations can be considered unbounded within construction's inter-organizational context. It is argued that unbounded innovations require an approach to understand and facilitate the interactions both within a range of actors and between the actors and technological artefacts. The insights from a sociology of technology approach can be applied to the multiplicity of negotiations and alignments that constitute the implementation of unbounded innovation. The utility of concepts from the sociology of technology, including 'system building' and 'heterogeneous engineering', is demonstrated by applying them to an empirical study of an unbounded innovation on a major construction project (the new terminal at Heathrow Airport, London, UK). This study suggests that 'system building' contains outcomes that are not only transformations of practices, processes and systems, but also the potential transformation of technologies themselves.     

钛制设备在焦化行业中的应用

介绍焦化行业钛设备的应用,剖析了分块式钛泡罩塔盘的结构特点,并对其经济性作了分析。     

SLIMLINE+K型多功能撬装双滚筒试井绞车简介

SLIMLINE K型多功能撬装双滚筒试井绞车为整体式结构，多用于海上平台，可进行电子压力计和机械压力计试井，以及井下工具的投放、震击、打捞等完井作业。该试井绞车采用先进的数控技术，使起下纲丝／电缆实现自动化控制，该系统能够对斜井、定向井进行随钻测试。     

Application of Support Vector Machines in Assessing Conceptual Cost Estimates

Total conceptual cost estimates and the assessment of the quality of these estimates are critical in the early stages of a building construction project. In this study, the support vector machine (SVM) model for assessing the quality of conceptual cost estimates is proposed, and the application of SVM in construction areas is investigated. The results show that the SVM model assessed the quality of conceptual cost estimates slightly more accurately than the discriminant analysis model. This shows that using the SVM has potential in construction areas. In addition, the SVM model can assist clients in their evaluation of the quality of the estimated cost and the probability of exceeding the target cost, and in their decision on whether or not it is necessary to seek a more accurate estimate in the early stages of a project.     

冬瓜山铜矿初步设计概算编制的几点体会

简述初步设计概算重要性,结合冬瓜山铜矿概算编制的实例,总结了编制初步设计概算的几点体会。     

顺丁橡胶后处理新型交替运输机

在顺丁橡胶后处理生产线上，用处行开发的新型交替运输取代原有运输机。试用结果表明，采用新型交替运输机后，胶块的导向到位率由７０％提高到９８％；减轻了劳动强度，提出了生产开工率，运行周期可达１ａ以上。     

6m焦炉移动设备故障分析及处理

对6m焦炉移动设备运行特点及损坏原因进行了分析，并对6m焦炉移动设备PLC系统，液压系统的故障及其处理方法进行了探讨。     

建材研究的新热点——黄河淤泥沙综合利用进展及前景展望

简要介绍了黄河淤泥沙的特性及相关情况,论述了黄河於泥综合利用研究的进展及主要成果,概述了其工业化开发的现状,分析了其存在的问题,对其发展前景进行了预测。黄河淤泥沙综合利用工作是关系到国计民生、千秋万代的大事,具有重要的现实意义和深远的历史意义。     

气体绝缘封闭电器的高速瞬变过程和现场试验

随着ＧＩＳ的工作电压不断提高和发展，一系列新的现象和问题也同时出现。从国外一些科研，设计，制造部门所研究发表的内容看，大致有隔离开关操作和高速瞬变过程，粒子影响和对干扰定位的技术，元件的监督，现场试验等课题，本文对以上问题加以综合介绍。