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Creative innovation in spanish construction firms
Correa-Becerra, Christian; Yepes, Víctor; Pellicer, Eugenio; Alarcón, Luis F. (2016)Small-sized and medium-sized contractors are characterized by organizational structures that are highly focused on control. As a result, employees concentrate on day-to-day activities with little time or motivation to ...
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Evaluation of bed depth reduction, media change, and partial saturation as combined strategies to modify in vertical treatment wetlands
Vera-Puerto, Ismael L.; Valdés-Riquelme, Hugo; Correa-Becerra, Christian; Perez, Valeria; Gomez, Roberto; Alarcon, Erica; Arias, Carlos (2021)The aim of this work was to evaluate the performance of vertical subsurface flow treatment wetlands (VSSF TWs) for treating rural domestic wastewater when strategies such as bed depth reduction and media change are used ...
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Model for systematic innovation in construction companies
Pellicer, Eugenio; Yepes, Víctor; Correa-Becerra, Christian; Alarcón, Luis F. (2014)The reasons that drive construction companies to innovate, as well as the processes they use, have not yet been fully explored in the construction management literature. This paper describes the “hows” and “whys” behind ...
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Organizational improvement through standardization of the innovation process in construction firms
Pellicer, Eugenio; Correa-Becerra, Christian; Yepes, Víctor; Alarcón, Luis F. (2012)The purpose of this article is to identify the drivers, success factors, benefits, and barriers to innovation in a medium size construction firm with a standardized innovation management system. The case study method is ...
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Performance comparison of vertical flow treatment wetlands planted with the ornamental plant zantedeschia aethiopica operated under arid and mediterranean climate conditions
Vera-Puerto, Ismael L.; Escobar, Joyce; Rebolledo, Francisca; Valenzuela, Valeria; Olave, Jorge; Tíjaro-Rojas, Rocío; Correa-Becerra, Christian; Arias, Carlos (2021)This work compares the performance of vertical subsurface flow treatment wetlands (VSSF TWs) for wastewater treatment, planted with Zantedeschia aethiopica (Za), here operated simultaneously under two different climate ...
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Proposed model of sustainable construction skills for engineers in Chile
Valdés-Riquelme, Hugo; Correa-Becerra, Christian; Mellado-Olguín, Felipe (2018)The training of engineers in sustainable construction (SC) is becoming increasingly studied, since sustainable construction not only improves the quality of life of people, but also provides comprehensive solutions to the ...
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Synthesising performance in the construction industry: an analysis of performance indicators to promote project improvement
Mellado, Felipe; Lou, Eric C. W.; Correa-Becerra, Christian (2020)Purpose: There is a long-standing interest in performance improvement within the construction industry. Approaches based upon cost, time and quality (often called the Iron Triangle), have been the focus of attention despite ...