Innovation at the Crossroads: Exploring the Intersection of Innovation Adoption and Specification Reform in Public Highway Construction

摘要

U.S. DOTs face a tough road ahead with constricting budgets and deteriorating highwayrnconditions. Technological innovation is one means to alleviate this pressure, but the highwayrnconstruction industry is slow at adopting new innovations. In this paper, we have sought tornunderstand this innovation adoption process through a case study on IC, and with the aid ofrnKingdon’s theory of agenda setting. Our intention was to provide insights into DOT policyrnreformation processes that we hope the industry will find useful in streamlining adoption ofrnfuture innovations.