Browsing by Subject "Lean Construction"
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(2017-07-31)The construction industry accounts for about one-third of gross capital formation and is ranked as one of the most corrupt. It is a multifaceted industry with unregulated transactions in which illicit behavior can be ...
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(2022-12-08)Embedded in most construction activities are multiple forms of waste. Waste adversely affects a project’s delivery in terms of time, cost, quality, safety, and even stakeholder morale. Inherent to enhancing productivity ...
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(2015-08-31)During the past two decades, Lean Construction has been utilized in over 200 pilot projects in different countries all over the world except for China. Although qualitative inquiries have been made regarding the applicability ...
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(2017-05-11)The requirement to implement Evidence-Based Design in all military hospital development was enacted in 2007. For almost a decade now, health facility developers have been formally educated on what EBD is, and how to apply ...
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(2011-08-08)Lean construction borrows concepts from lean manufacturing and Toyota Production System in order to eliminate waste and add value to the construction process. Manufacturing processes utilizing lean principles have matured ...
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(2015-08-12)A substantial number of the activities currently being carried out in the construction industry are non-value adding. Waste is embedded in the system, and one of the ways to reduce this waste is by applying a lean approach. ...
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(2014-04-23)Value stream mapping is a lean manufacturing technique that originated from the Toyota Production System (TPS). It is used to analyze and design the flow of material and information required to bring a product or service ...
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(International Group for Lean Construction, 2013-07-31)Quick descriptive sketches made on the backs of cocktail napkins are a tradition in the architectural profession and are representative of the visionary conversations that take place between business associates in relaxed ...
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(2020-07-17)This study seeks to enable reducing initial embodied energy by decreasing the use of material and other resources on construction sites. The main goal is to identify and rank factors related to site logistics, which may ...