Research on the Core Method of Lean Construction Management Mode and its Implementation

Wang, Jing; Ma, Rong Quan

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“…"Wasted time is very high in the housing and building construction sector" and Koskela (2011) "suggests that 66% of on-site labour performs nonvalue activities and 10% of project materials are wasted" (Koskela, 2011;Zheng et al, 2017). "Decreasing waste accumulation on project construction sites leads to a competitive advantage in cost and schedule management" (Wang and Ma, 2013;Selkämaa, 2018).…”

Section: Reconciling the Lc Technology Paradigm With Budgeting Realitiesmentioning

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“…There are studies confirming that "average profits in the construction industry are 3% for contractors" (Sieng, 2012). According to Wang and Ma (2013) "an increase of 10% productivity in a construction/building firm in which labour (i.e. the payroll content/component) is 35% of total revenue will result in a doubling of the net profit, if the LC approach is correctly applied".…”

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"Low-Income Housing Backlogs and Deficits “Blues” in South Africa. What Solutions Can a Lean Construction Approach Proffer? "

Chakwizira¹

2019

JSSP

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The Oxford dictionary defines the word "blues" as meaning "a feeling of depression or deep unhappiness, gloominess, despondency, dejection and despair". The concept of low-income housing (LIH) and the notion of housing backlogs and deficits "blues" in South Africa is linked to a sub-optimal performing LIH sector in which slow turnaround times, slow service LIH delivery stock turnover and continued failure to reverse significantly LIH waiting list requirements persists across municipalities throughout the country. Coupled with the challenge and threat presented by climate change (CC) induced vulnerabilities for LIH with questions marks hanging with respect to the capacity and capabilities of both state and non-state actors to provide a sustainable CC resilient and insulated LIH sector in the country, so much that perceived feelings of gloom, despondency, dejection and despair start finding expression in respect to the ability of the housing sector to guarantee settlement resilience in this new climatic and socioeconomic environment. In this regard, exploring how existing initiatives such as alternative building Centre for Research on Settlements and Urbanism Journal of Settlements and Spatial Planning J o u r n a l h o m e p a g e: http://jssp.reviste.ubbcluj.ro This paper seeks to answer the following main question: "Does housing backlogs and deficits rhetoric constrain policy makers, decisionmakers, practitioners and experts from engaging in the implementation of transformative low-income housing projects and programmes in South Africa?". The aim and purpose of this paper are: (1) to contribute to the understanding of the concept of lowincome housing backlogs and deficits "blues" in South Africa. This is achieved through suggesting how innovative lean housing construction and development approach/models can play a "catalytic" role in the quest to redress low-income housing provision and delivery requirements; and (2) to argue that applied research and development of housing innovations in practice is critical in transforming the low-income housing sustainability agenda in South Africa and by extension in developing countries. The analysis is based on a critical literature review of housing approaches of low-income housing delivery, affordable strategies, policy implementation realities and discourses, low-income housing technology options, in addition to industry experience and own observation. This paper establishes the significance of considering up scaling the implementation of lean advanced construction techniques, use of low-cost building materials and fast-construction building techniques in responding to the growing demand for low-income housing provision and services in South Africa. The need to continuously monitor, evaluate and review the housing policy and regulatory setup relevancy in addressing low-income housing deficits and backlogs with the aid of a lean construction as necessary to improve low-income housing delivery deployment in South Africa.

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Section: Reconciling the Lc Technology Paradigm With Budgeting Realitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Reconciling the Lc Technology Paradigm With Budgeting Realitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

"Low-Income Housing Backlogs and Deficits “Blues” in South Africa. What Solutions Can a Lean Construction Approach Proffer? "

Chakwizira¹

2019

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“…Several studies have shown that the most efficient production management methods are based on just-in-time philosophy [18,67,68]. Indeed, in a classical production scheme, the material flows from one station to another, passing through quite distinct stages; inspected and moved to the next post, or placed in stock waiting to resume its path.…”

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A Comparative Study between Lean Construction and the Traditional Production System

Bajjou

Chafi

En-Nadi

2017

JERA

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The growing context of globalization permanently increases pressure on the construction companies to improve their performances in order to resist to the constraints of competitiveness in the international market. It has become ineluctable to look for introducing a new alternative capable of bringing creative improvement to the traditional production system. This paper will relate mainly to the most relevant management techniques in the construction industry, and more specifically, the lean construction concept. Initially, we will determine the main characteristics of the construction industry compared to the manufacturing industry according to three levels: on-site production, one of a kind projects, and complexity. Subsequently, we will focus our attention on the main sources of waste in the construction industry. Finally, a rigorous comparative study will be carried out to show the contribution of the lean construction tools in the promotion of traditional construction especially at the level of the following factors: Creating value and eliminating waste; Planning and mutual coordination; Site organization. Lean construction as Last Planner System (LPS), Value Stream Mapping (VSM), Just-in-Time philosophy, Visual management (VM) and 5S have shown a great ability to improve the traditional production system through waste reduction, encouraging people involvement, ensuring a pull flow production, and promotion of a continuous improvement philosophy.

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Research on the Core Method of Lean Construction Management Mode and its Implementation

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"Low-Income Housing Backlogs and Deficits “Blues” in South Africa. What Solutions Can a Lean Construction Approach Proffer? "

"Low-Income Housing Backlogs and Deficits “Blues” in South Africa. What Solutions Can a Lean Construction Approach Proffer? "

A Comparative Study between Lean Construction and the Traditional Production System

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