Construction productivity, LEAN processes and sustainbility

Abstract

Construction projects timelines, tasks and deliverables are complex milestones that must be met, to deliver the project on time, and under the budget. Performance management is a tool for managers to track projects, and get updates in real time on status, and areas needed for improvements, to keep the project ongoing, and on-track. In today's perspective, society is increasingly demanding that all industry needs to address global environmental impacts, and sustainability goals. Construction industry is not going hand in hand with addressing sustainability challenges on every project, largely because these sustainability goals are seen as cost additive without added value by some stakeholders, looking to meet code requirements only. One of the ways to incorporate new technology and sustainability at the same time is introducing LEAN process in construction. It is integrated and collaborative human centres approach meaning is flexible enough to adapt as technology change and sortal challenges. The new holistic, cohesive, and connected approach in building design, material selection, construction and sustainability, is needed to address these challenges in addition to the project requirements. Productivity is often a challenge. The goal of this research is to develop an awareness and provide bases for developing tools to value and measure correlation and coordination between sustainable aspects, material selection and code compliance, shown as interrelated and dependent process.