Applying lean thinking in construction and performance improvement

Aziz, Remon F.; Hafez, Sherif M.

doi:10.1016/j.aej.2013.04.008

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“…One of the emerging mainstream approaches in the construction industry is the application of the Lean Construction philosophy, the new form of production management that comes from the manufacturing industry [14].…”

Section: An Integral Management Model For the Work Execution Orientementioning

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“…To develop and emphasize the competitive advantage of a corporation some construction companies are starting to carry out relevant business management strategies to strength their position in the market. One of the most emerging approach to improve organizational effectiveness is the application of Lean Philosophy [14] to construction, which is consider as a part of a "cost leadership [15]" competitive strategy [16] that maximize customer value while minimizing waste. Also another upward trend to increase productivity is the implementation of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as a competitive approach that is increasingly being used in the construction industry [17].…”

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A Construction Management Framework for Mass Customisation in Traditional Construction

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A Mass Customisation model is discussed as a competitive positioning strategy in the marketplace adding value to the customer's end-use. It includes the user as part of the construction process responding to the customer's demands and wishes. To the present day, almost all proposals for Mass Customisation have been focused on the design phase and single family houses. The reality is that the processes carried out in the work execution are so inefficient that the costs of the Mass Customisation models are assumed by the customer and they do not offer solutions that support the change management. Furthermore, this inefficiency often makes Mass Customisation unfeasible in terms of deadlines and site management. Therefore, the present proposal focuses on achieving the paradigm of Mass Customisation in the traditional residential construction complementary to the existing proposals in the design phase. All this through the proposal of a framework for the integral management in the work execution, which will address change management introduced by the users offering an efficient and productive model that reduces costs in the process. This model will focus on the synergy between different strategies, techniques and technologies

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“…But it has several features in connection with the specifics of the construction field. One of the main distinguishing features is the predominant percentage of losses in construction compared with production [12] and a slightly different classification [13]. Losses in construction are along with the classical losses which were allocated by [14]: overproduction; waiting; unnecessary transportation; processing; inventory; unnecessary movement; production of defective products, the replacement is a monetary loss caused by the substitution of more expensive materials (with an unnecessary better performance), performing simple tasks by highly qualified staff or using high-tech equipment instead of the less technological; and the other related to the openness of construction sites (theft, vandalism, inclement weather, accidents).…”

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Lean construction as an effective organization model in Arctic

Balashova

Gromova

2017

MATEC Web Conf.

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Abstract. In recent time, due to the sharp climatic changes, the Arctic attracts an increased interest of the world powers as a strategically important object. In 2013, the development strategy of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation and national security for the period up to 2020 was approved by the President. In this strategy, the socio-economic development of the region in terms of improving the quality of life, expressed in the implementation of housing and civil engineering is very important. The goal of the study is to identify effective organization model of construction in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation. Lean construction as a dynamically developing methodology abroad is analyzed. Characteristics of this organization model of construction meet the necessary requirements for the construction of various infrastructure objects in the Arctic. Therefore, the concept of lean construction can be an effective strategy of development of the Arctic regions of Russia as well as other Arctic countries.

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“…The goal of the Flow view in Koskela's(1992) TFVmodel is to increase the value-adding time by decreasing waste related to flows. The focus is on providing more value added solution to the customer (Aziz and Hafez, 2013). Currently, implementation of lean principles and tools is becoming more popular in construction projects, and it recognizes as an essential concept to be successful in the current industry (Aziz and Hafez, 2013;Bashford, et al, 2005).…”

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Combining Takt Planning With Prefabrication for Industrialized Construction

Chauhan¹,

Peltokorpi²,

Seppänen³

et al. 2018

26th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction

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Prefabrication and takt planning and control have been discussed a lot among lean construction researchers and practitioners. However, prefabrication and takt planning together as a way to promote industrialization in construction have been under explored in earlier research. Based on a literature review and two case analysis, this study explored the synergies between prefabrication and takt to promote the industrialization in construction. First case applied prefabrication and takt planning together and the second case applied takt planning, without prefabrication. Our results demonstrate that the two concepts together lead to better results and just implementing takt without prefabrication eventually moves the bottleneck of the project to drying times that could be solved with prefabrication. Therefore, both prefabrication and takt planning benefit from the combination and we argue that industrialization in construction requires both concepts.

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Applying lean thinking in construction and performance improvement

Cited by 324 publications

References 25 publications

A Construction Management Framework for Mass Customisation in Traditional Construction

A Construction Management Framework for Mass Customisation in Traditional Construction

Lean construction as an effective organization model in Arctic

Combining Takt Planning With Prefabrication for Industrialized Construction

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