Why is construction so backward?

JAMES WOUDHUYSEN is a Director of Audacity Limited. He has worked on innovation and new product development with some of the world’s top corporations, including AT&T, BT, Compaq, IBM, Microsoft and many more. He lectures and broadcasts worldwide, is Professor of Forecasting and Innovation at De Montfort University, Leicester, and contributes each month to IT Week.

IAN ABLEY is the Project Manager of audacity.org. He works as a site architect in London for a major commercial practice, and is involved with the co-ordination of innovative services technologies into the structure and fabric of new development.