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Multi-storey timber buildings: breaking industry path dependency

Mahapatra, Krushna; Gustavsson, Leif
Building Research & Information , Volume 36 (6): 638-648 Informa HealthcareNov 1, 2008

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Multi-storey timber buildings: breaking industry path dependency

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The Swedish legal restriction on construction of multi-storey timber buildings was imposed in 1888 and repealed in 1994. The subsequent emergence of such a timber building system in Sweden is analysed in the context of the existing concrete-based construction system. The characteristics of the construction industry and its path dependency over the past century hamper the development of a timber building system. However, government policies and funding, the wood industry's interest in an enhanced market for value-added wood products, and involvement of the wood research community has helped develop such a construction system. Investments in knowledge creation, incentives for the entry of new firms, and increased prefabrication may facilitate a transition from this formative phase to a growth phase in the diffusion of timber buildings. En Su de, les restrictions juridiques frappant la construction de b timents en bois de plusieurs tages ont t dict es en 1888 et annul es en 1994. L'auteur analyse l'arriv e r sultante d'un tel syst me de construction en bois en Su de face la construction en b ton qui existe actuellement. Les caract ristiques de l'industrie du b timent et sa d pendance au chemin au cours du si cle dernier emp chent le d veloppement d'un syst me de construction en bois. Toutefois, les politiques officielles et les financements ainsi que les int r ts de l'industrie du bois dans un march am lior pour des produits en bois valeur ajout e et l'engagement des chercheurs dans le domaine du bois ont aid d velopper un tel syst me de construction. Les investissements dans la cr ation du savoir, les incitations l'arriv e de nouvelles entreprises et l'augmentation de la pr fabrication peuvent faciliter le passage de cette phase de formation une phase de croissance la diffusion des b timents en bois. Mots cl s: syst me d'innovation, restriction, b timents de plusieurs tages, d pendance au chemin, syst mes technologiques, charpente en bois, b timents en bois, Su de
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Title
Multi-storey timber buildings: breaking industry path dependency
Author(s)
Mahapatra, Krushna; Gustavsson, Leif
Journal
Building Research & Information , Volume 36 (6): 638-648 Informa Healthcare – Nov 1, 2008
Publisher
Routledge
Copyright
© 2008 Informa plc
Subject
innovation system
ISSN
0961-3218
D.O.I.
10.1080/09613210802386123
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