Technology Transfer can be a barrier or a pathway to moving safer tools and equipment to the market place and onto job sites. A CPWR-sponsored Construction Industry Technology Transfer Symposium found that researchers and other stakeholders needed more information on working with manufacturers and obtaining patents and licenses.
The final Symposium report, Best Practices for Health and Safety Technology Transfer in Construction, and recommendations led to the development of several resources to further researchers’ understanding and increase their capacity for technology transfer, including:
- Best practices for health and safety technology transfer in construction (American Journal of Industrial Medicine 58(8): 849-857)
- Creating a climate for ergonomic changes in the construction industry (American Journal of Industrial Medicine 58(8): 858-869)
- An Intellectual Property Patent & Licensing Guide for Construction Safety & Health Researchers & Inventors
- Resources for Technology Transfer in Construction: A Roadmap for Construction Safety & Health Researchers – from the Laboratory to the Jobsite
- Technology Transfer Case Study: Development of a Safety & Health Intervention — When the Researcher is the Inventor — Finding a Manufacturer
- Technology Transfer Case Study: The Researcher — Inventor Relationship: When a Study Depends on Another Party’s Invention
For more on CPWR’s technology transfer efforts see the background materials developed for the Symposium:
Technology Transfer Innovation and Successful Diffusion in the Construction Industry background paper
Symposium agenda
Summaries of case studies discussed
Speaker biographies
Posters: