An Exploration Study of Construction Innovation Principles: Comparative Analysis of Construction Scaffold and Template Patents

Zhikun Ding () and Jiapeng Ma ()
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Zhikun Ding: Shenzhen University
Jiapeng Ma: Shenzhen University

Chapter Chapter 86 in Proceedings of the 17th International Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate, 2014, pp 843-850 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract A systematic study of patents according to innovation theories can accelerate the progress of technical innovations in the Chinese construction industry. The typical construction scaffold and template were selected as the research subjects by collecting publicly available scaffold and template patents in China. In total, 88 scaffold patents and 89 template patents were analyzed according to the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (TRIZ). Two most often applied general parameters and innovation principles in both patents were identified based on the extraction of patent information and statistical analysis. The research shows that the technical development of both construction scaffold and template tends to increase difficulty of manufacture in return for useful quality on site. Moreover, preliminary actions and composability are the key tools of technical invention.

Keywords: Patent; TRIZ; Construction scaffold; Construction template; Technical invention (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-35548-6_86

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