Value and Waste in Lean Construction

Herausgeber: Emuze, Fidelis A.; Saurin, Tarcisio A.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book builds a common understanding of the role and contribution of value-adding activities in achieving stipulated objectives and continuous improvement in construction projects, and contrasts this with what lean construction calls "waste".

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 178
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 278g
• ISBN-13: 9780367355654
• ISBN-10: 0367355655
• Artikelnr.: 62149650

Autorenporträt

Fidelis A. Emuze is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Built Environment, and Head of the Unit for Lean Construction and Sustainability at the Central University of Technology, Free State, South Africa. Construction research in lean construction, health and safety, supply chain management, and sustainability constitutes the main research interest of Dr Emuze, who is a member of the Association of Researchers in Construction Management and the Lean Construction Institute. Tarcisio Abreu Saurin is a Professor in the Industrial Engineering Department of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) in Porto Alegre, Brazil. His main research interests are related to lean production and safety management in complex systems. He has worked as a coordinator and/or researcher in funded projects related to those areas in construction, electricity distribution, manufacturing, and healthcare.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part 1: Theory of Waste in Construction 1. Wastes in
Construction: Concepts and Types 2. Making-Do or Resilience? Making Sense
of Variability 3. Measuring Workflow and Waste in Project-based Production
Part 2: Value in Construction 4. A Systemic Proposal for the Concept of
Value in Lean Construction 5. Value is Relative: How Decision Making
Theories affect Lean Construction 6. Lean and Sustainability in
Construction: Creating Value Part 3: Control of Waste in Construction 7.
Last Planner System: Improving Planning Procedures as an Approach to Reduce
Waste 8. Guidelines and Conditions for Implementing the Kanban System in
Construction 9. Use of Andon in a Horizontal Residential Construction
Project 10. Genchi Genbutsu: the importance of 'Go And See Yourself' to
Project Value Conclusion