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Antai, I, Lenka, S and Achtenhagen, L (2025) Digital platforms and the construction supply chain: trends and emerging themes in extant AEC research. Construction Management and Economics, 43(02), 113–29.

Arar, A J, Poirier, E and Staub-French, S (2025) A research and development framework for integrated project delivery. Construction Management and Economics, 43(02), 85–112.

Brown, C and Gorgolewski, M (2015) Understanding the role of inhabitants in innovative mechanical ventilation strategies. Building Research & Information, 43(02), 210-21.

Cammarano, S, Pellegrino, A, Lo Verso, V R M and Aghemo, C (2015) Assessment of daylight in rooms with different architectural features. Building Research & Information, 43(02), 222-37.

Danso, H, Martinson, B, Ali, M and Mant, C (2015) Performance characteristics of enhanced soil blocks: a quantitative review. Building Research & Information, 43(02), 253-62.

Huebner, G M, McMichael, M, Shipworth, D, Shipworth, M, Durand-Daubin, M and Summerfield, A J (2015) The shape of warmth: temperature profiles in living rooms. Building Research & Information, 43(02), 185-96.

Li, F G N, Smith, A Z P, Biddulph, P, Hamilton, I G, Lowe, R, Mavrogianni, A, Oikonomou, E, Raslan, R, Stamp, S, Stone, A, Summerfield, A J, Veitch, D, Gori, V and Oreszczyn, T (2015) Solid-wall U-values: heat flux measurements compared with standard assumptions. Building Research & Information, 43(02), 238-52.

Morgenstern, P, Lowe, R and Chiu, L F (2015) Heat metering: socio-technical challenges in district-heated social housing. Building Research & Information, 43(02), 197-209.

Robinson, J and Cole, R J (2015) Theoretical underpinnings of regenerative sustainability. Building Research & Information, 43(02), 133-43.

Siew, R Y J (2015) Alternative framework for assessing sustainable building funds: Green Building Fund. Building Research & Information, 43(02), 160-9.

van Amstel, F M C, Zerjav, V, Hartmann, T, van der Voort, M C and Dewulf, G P M R (2015) Expanding the representation of user activities. Building Research & Information, 43(02), 144-59.

van der Heijden, J (2015) Voluntary programmes for building retrofits: opportunities, performance and challenges. Building Research & Information, 43(02), 170-84.

van Uden, M, Wamelink, H, van Bueren, E and Heurkens, E (2025) Aligning practices towards a circular economy in the architecture, engineering, and construction sector: seven transitions in different stages of reconfiguration. Construction Management and Economics, 43(02), 153–74.

Walzer, A N, Tan, T, Graser, K and Hall, D M (2025) Bug or feature? Institutional misalignments between construction technology and venture capital. Construction Management and Economics, 43(02), 130–52.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: Institutional logic; entrepreneurship; AEC; construction robotics; new practice;
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446193.2024.2401818
  • Abstract:
    Despite substantial investments into new technologies, the adoption of systemic innovations such as construction robotics remains limited. Therefore, this study investigates the discrepancy between the assumed advantages of construction technologies and their actual performance during practical implementation, using construction robotics as the empirical case. Through an abductive thematic analysis of 127 interviews across Europe and North America, we identify six enablers of institutional misalignment: cognitive frame differences, divergent time horizons, conflicting market strategies, product versus revenue focus, varying risk tolerances, and information asymmetry. These misalignments between startup founders’ technological logic and investors’ economic logic constrain adoption, emphasizing the influence of institutional dynamics over technological feasibility. Our findings suggest these challenges are not unique to construction robotics but may extend to other emerging construction technologies. This highlights the critical need for aligning institutional logics to fully harness the potential of innovation in construction.