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Assessing Psychological Safety in Lean Construction Projects in the United States
Construction Economics and Building, 2021 The construction industry is hazardous, which requires careful consideration of occupational health and safety measures. Among various strategies that are proposed to enhance construction safety, Lean construction practices were widely implied and proved
Sevilay Demirkesen +2 more
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A DISCOURSE ON LEAN CONSTRUCTION IN AFRICA, USING A SUPPLY CHAIN EXAMPLE
Journal of Construction Project Management and Innovation, 2017 discourse is defined as a unit of speech or writing longer than a sentence. It is about knowledge and its construction within a group or domain. A discourse therefore tends to focus on how a particular phenomenon is represented within a social group ...
Fidelise EMUZE
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Blockchain and lean construction: an exploration of bidirectional synergies and interactions
Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 2023 Blockchain is a form of digital distributed ledger, referring to databases decentralized across numerous users, facilitating peer-to-peer transactions by eliminating or reducing the need for intermediaries to conduct, validate, or authenticate them.
Dimosthenis Kifokeris, A. Tezel
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Journal of Construction Project Management and Innovation, 2017 Poor performance of construction projects is a re-occurring problem in Nigeria. Production flow waste (ranging from waiting time, material handling and over- production, among others) may be partly responsible for this problem. Meanwhile, very little is
Emmanuel Itodo DANIEL +2 more
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Lean and BIM Implementation Barriers in New Zealand Construction Practice
Buildings, 2022 The construction sector is lagging behind other industries in terms of efficiency and value achievement. Several building sector initiatives are introduced to improve productivity and project value enhancement.
Ayuba Jerry Likita +4 more
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Major Barriers Assessment of Lean Construction Application in Construction Projects Delivery
CSID Journal of Infrastructure Development, 2021 The construction sector is facing challenges of meeting client’s value and end-user satisfaction, and this situation is worsened by customers’ dynamic demands for quality and speedy delivery without loss of value.
Wiliam Nwaki +2 more
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Lean Construction Implementation in the Saudi Arabian Construction Industry
Construction Economics and Building, 2017 The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has witnessed a huge increase in construction during the last two decades. However, many projects experienced time delays, cost overruns and the generation of massive amounts of waste.
Jamil Ghazi Sarhan +3 more
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Implementing and continuity of lean construction using discrete event simulation [PDF]
Journal of Structural and Construction Engineering, 2019 The success of lean principles in manufacturing and the benefits arising from its use is one of the main motivations for adopting lean principles in construction .The lean construction strives for the same goals as lean production, namely to eliminate ...
Shahin Dabirian +1 more
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Applying lean thinking in construction
Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2013 The productivity of the construction industry worldwide has been declining over the past 40 years. One approach for improving the situation is using lean construction.
Remon Fayek Aziz, Sherif Mohamed Hafez
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Journal of Construction Business and Management, 2023 Generally, construction industry is notable for its poor performances in terms of cost and time overruns, as well as poor project planning. To improve efficiency and effectiveness of construction process, many countries adopt lean construction.
M. M. Musa +3 more
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