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Sina Moradi (0000-0002-2990-3671) is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher of Construction Management at Tampere University in Finland, where he completed his PhD in August 2021. Dr. Moradi has been involved in academia and industry altogether for twelve years, and as a result he has gained experience of working both in construction projects (as supervisor and scheduling expert) and in academia (as researcher and lecturer). In the recent five years, the focus of his research activities and publications has been on collaborative project delivery, lean construction, project success, sustainability in building contruction, and project managers' competencies.

Kalle Kähkönen (0000-0002-8986-7721) is Professor of Construction Management and Economics at Tampere University in Finland. His former employer was VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. Prof. Kähkönen's main research interests and activities are presently addressing collaborative construction operations and digitalization in the built environment sector. He has acted as supervisor, pre-examiner, or opponent for over 30 doctoral dissertations in Finland and abroad.

**Lauri Koskela (**0000-0003-4449-2281) is Adjunct Professor at Tallinn University of Technology. Previously he worked at the University of Huddersfield as Professor of Construction and Project Management and at the University of Salford as Professor of Lean, Theory-Based Project, and Production Management. Since 1991, Lauri has been involved in research on lean construction. His research has focused especially on the theory of production management underlying lean construction.

**Ole Jonny Klakegg (**0000-0002-1767-0911) is Professor of Project Management at NTNU Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, focusing on project delivery models. Throughout his career, Ole Jonny Klakegg has alternated between teaching and research at the university and working as a consultant in project management. This way he has built substantial experience including theoretical and practical perspectives. He has 30 years of experience in research, teaching, and consulting within project management, including 15 years of experience as manager and consultant in the private sector.

Kirsi Aaltonen is Associate Professor of Project Management at University of Oulu, Finland, where she heads the Project Business Research Team in the Industrial Engineering and Management Research Unit. She has published widely on project stakeholder management and engagement in Scandinavian Journal of Management, International Journal of Project Management, Industrial Marketing Management, and International Journal of Managing Projects in Business. Her current research interests are in the areas of stakeholder management in complex projects, integrated project deliveries, and institutional change in project-based industries.

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List of Tables and Figures

Introduction

Chapter 1. Basis for Collaborative Practices in Construction: Definition of Collaboration, Cooperation, and Coordination

Part I- Collaboration in Theory. Explaining Collaboration between Individuals and Organizations from the Viewpoints of Relevant Disciplines.

Chapter 2. An Organization Science Perspective on Collaboration in Construction Projects: Implications of Practice Theory

Chapter 3. Anthropological Perspectives on Collaboration in Construction

Chapter 4. Collaborative Contract and Contract Theory

Chapter 5. The Construction Commons: A New Institutional Economics Perspective on Collaborative Project Resources

Chapter 6. Building Design Collaboration: Why, What, and How

Chapter 7. Collaboration in Production

Part II- Collaboration in Construction. Discussing Essence and Value of Collaboration in Construction.

Chapter 8. Collaborative Delivery Models

Chapter 9. Competency Profile of Project Managers for Collaborative Construction

Chapter 10. Key Drivers for Collaboration in Construction

Chapter 11. Barriers to Collaboration - A Multi-level Perspective

Chapter 12. Measuring Collaboration in Inter-organizational Construction Projects: Practices and Challenges in the Real World

Part III- Construction Collaboration in Practice. Discussing the Benefits of Collaboration in Case Projects.

Chapter 13. Creation of an Innovation Ecosystem - Automating the Reporting of CO2 Emissions in the Built Environment

Chapter 14. The Dynamics of Formal and Relational Collaborative Practices in Inter-Organizational Construction Projects

Chapter 15. Bridging the Great Divide: Towards Collaboration Between Design and Operation

Chapter 16. Towards Collaboration on Site - Multidisciplinary Teams through a Supply Chain Approach

Chapter 17. Collaboration in Decision Making

Chapter 18. Managing Complex Collaboration in Construction Projects

Chapter 19. Digital Platforms: Empowering and Transforming Collaborations

Chapter 20. Awareness and Ability to Act

Chapter 21. Visual Management in Collaboration

Chapter 22. Early Involvement and Integration on the Project front end: Implications for Client's Collaborative Actions

Final Remarks - Future of Collaboration in Construction