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PERSPECTIVES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LEAN CONSTRUCTION IN THE GHANAIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

open access: yesJournal of Construction Project Management and Innovation, 2012
Lean construction, if adopted could prove to be highly rewarding to Ghanaian construction organizations, resulting in the reduction of waste and improvement in productivity.
J Ayarkwa   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

THE STATE OF ADOPTION OF LEAN CONSTRUCTION IN THE TANZANIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

open access: yesJournal of Construction Project Management and Innovation, 2017
Lean has been able to minimise waste, improve quality, and increase value for money in the construction industry. However, the extent of adoption of lean construction concepts is yet to be determined for the Tanzanian construction industry.
Nyamagere Gladys SOSPETER   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Multi-Criteria Assessment of Lean Management Tools Selection in Construction [PDF]

open access: yesArchives of Civil Engineering, 2021
The situation on the construction market is difficult. One way to improve it can be to implement modern methods and techniques related to the lean management in construction.
Piotr Nowotarski   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Measuring the impact of lean construction practices on project duration and variability: A simulation-based study on residential buildings

open access: yesJournal of Civil Engineering and Management, 2017
Performance of the construction projects have been criticized for many years due to their low productivity rates and cost overruns as well as significant delays.
Huseyin Erol   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lean Construction: um estudo de múltiplos casos na cidade de João Pessoa

open access: yesRevista Principia, 2019
The Lean philosophy essentially refers to the way in which processes and operations are defined. Within this new concept, we seek to increase value for the customer, reduce parcels that do not add value, simplify processes, reduce cycle time, reduce ...
Derly Deleon Salviano Souza   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Data-Driven Approach to Trace the Development of Lean Construction in Building Projects: Topic Shift and Main Paths

open access: yesBuildings, 2022
Due to the varied ideas of lean philosophy adopted in the construction industry, it is challenging to trace the development of lean philosophy in terms of how the field evolved by adopting the lean ideas and how the topic shifted.
Hengqin Wu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

MAKING FORMWORK CONSTRUCTION LEAN

open access: yesJournal of Civil Engineering and Management, 2015
Formwork material and payroll are among the greatest costs in building reinforced concrete structures. Therefore, formwork engineering is a key factor affecting project success. Traditional formwork construction entails non-value-adding activities resulting in waste.
Ko, Chien-Ho, Kuo, Jiun-De
openaire   +4 more sources

APPLICATION OF LEAN PRINCIPLES IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Industrial Engineering, 2019
South Africa is a developing country that invests billions of rands annually in the construction industry. This industry consumes resources and, inevitably, waste is generated during the process.
Maradzano, Isabellah   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Review of literature of lean construction and lean tools using systematic literature review technique (2008–2018)

open access: yesAin Shams Engineering Journal, 2020
The author’s provides a review of the literature using a systematic literature review of the lean tool and lean construction papers published in the time frame from 2008 to 2018. The papers selected from the Scopus database by using the following filters:
Subhav Singh, Kaushal Kumar
doaj   +1 more source

A THEORETICAL REVIEW OF LEAN IMPLEMENTATION WITHIN CONSTRUCTION SMEs

open access: yesJournal of Construction Project Management and Innovation, 2017
Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are considered the backbone of many economies. SMEs constitute over 90% of global enterprises and account for about 60% of employment.
Emmanuel Nsiah Ankomah   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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