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| Authors: | Professor Jeroen van der Heijden |
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| Edition: | R5-95:2023 |
| Price: | PDF: FREE to HERA Members and Non-Members |
| Abstract: | This whitepaper provides a comprehensive review of the academic literature on public governance in the context of Construction 4.0, focusing on eight recurring themes. The identified themes include policy and regulation, infrastructure and investment, skill development and education, digital inclusion and access, collaboration and partnerships, data governance and privacy, interactions with environmental and societal goals, and the impact of Construction 4.0 on public governance itself. Through an analysis of existing research, this review presents an overview of the current knowledge on these themes. The central insight drawn from this review is a significant disparity between the normative debates on the necessity of public governance in Construction 4.0 and the scarcity of empirical knowledge regarding its practical implementation. While scholars and policymakers emphasise the importance of public governance in addressing the challenges and harnessing the opportunities of Construction 4.0, there is a notable lack of empirical research on how public governance strategies can be effectively implemented in practice. This review contributes to the existing literature by highlighting the research gaps and emphasising the need for further empirical investigations to bridge the theoretical-practical divide in public governance within the context of Construction 4.0. |