Title Promotion Directions for Construction R&D in Private Sector
Authors Yu, Jung-Ho ; Yoo, Won-Hee ; Kim, Woo-Young
Page pp.167-177
ISSN 1229-7534
Keywords Construction Industry ; Construction Technology ; Research and Development ; Private Sector
Abstract For the continuous growth of the construction industry and the increase of the global competitiveness, research anddevelopment of construction technology is necessary. However, the R&D investment of Korean government for the constructionindustry is not sufficient compared with other countries and the various policies for encouraging construction R&D investmentneed to be improved too. This research focuses on the promotion of the construction R&D by the private sector that is one of theprincipal body of construction R&D and also the final user of the developed construction technology. This research suggeststhree promotion directions for the construction R&D by private sector; (1) the direction of creating better R&D investmentclimate, (2) the direction of increasing R&D investment amount, and (3) the direction of fostering R&D activities immediately.