The effect of the following factors in relation to innovation are evaluated in detail:
● ownership and organization structure of the leading construction firms;
● contractual forms and established methods of working;
● the nature of inter-firm co-operation, relation between construction firms and professionals and subcontracting linkages;
● the nature and quality of the interfaces and support that firms receive from government and other institutions at regional, local, national
and international levels (in terms of infrastructure and support for collaboration);
● the impact of local and national standards and regulation; and
● the balance in final decision-making between short-term capital costs and long-term costs and benefits to the wider community..