Contents	6
	Tables	7
	Preface	8
	Introduction	10
	Entering the knowledge society	10
	The size and impact of the construction industry	14
	Purpose and outline of the book	16
	1 Occupational groups and professions, practices, institutions and knowledge in construction work	18
	Introduction	18
	Professions, occupations and practice: analytical tools for understanding construction industry work	18
	The concepts of knowledge and knowledge management	31
	Knowledge management in the construction industry	41
	Some characteristics of the construction industry	44
	Summary and conclusions	50
	2 Site management work and the value of coaching	51
	Introduction	51
	Setting the scene: site managers and their work	52
	Project work, gender and the construction industry	56
	Site managers’ everyday work in construction projects	61
	Concluding remarks	66
	Managing knowledge through coaching: an explorative study	66
	Managing knowledge through coaching: some lessons learned	76
	Theoretical implications: coaching as second-order observations	78
	Summary and conclusion	83
	3 Materiality, aesthetics, and social and cultural capital in architects’ work	84
	Introduction	84
	Architects’ work: an overview	85
	Architectural work: from sketching to materiality	100
	Architects’ work as a ‘mangle of practice’	109
	Summary and conclusion	112
	4 The architect’s gaze	113
	Introduction	113
	Perception and knowledge: the gaze, professional vision and visual artefacts	114
	Introducing Brown Architects	120
	Summary and conclusion	129
	5 Knowing the concrete	130
	Introduction	130
	Social capital in rock construction work	131
	Social capital in site management work in the construction industry	137
	Introducing ConCo	139
	The influence of social capital in rock construction work	144
	Summary and concluding remarks	145
	Aesthetics in rock construction work	146
	The concept of aesthetics	147
	The beauty of sprayed concrete, rock injection and bolt reinforcement	151
	Aesthetic knowledge in non-aesthetic work	155
	Summary and conclusion	157
	6 Institutionalizing knowledge in construction work organizations	158
	Introduction	158
	The institutionalization of knowledge	158
	The institutionalization of knowledge in the construction industry: the four case studies revisited	168
	Implications for managerial practice in the construction industry	175
	Summary and conclusion	178
	Appendix	180
	Methodology of the studies	180
	Data collection and data analysis	181
	Notes	185
	Bibliography	186
	Index	209