An Assessment of Lean Design Management Practices in Construction Projects

Evidence exists for the application of lean management practices in the design process. However, there is no systematic review of this type of practice that links the design management practices to the lean construction principles. There is no tool to assess the level of use of lean design managemen...

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Published in:Sustainability 2020-01, Vol.12 (1), p.19
Main Authors: Herrera, Rodrigo F., Mourgues, Claudio, Alarcón, Luis Fernando, Pellicer, Eugenio
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Benchmarks
Building information modeling
Case studies
Collaboration
Construction
Construction industry
Correlation analysis
Decision making
Design
Design analysis
Lean manufacturing
Literature reviews
Principles
Problem solving
Project engineering
Project management
Reliability analysis
Sustainability
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Summary:Evidence exists for the application of lean management practices in the design process. However, there is no systematic review of this type of practice that links the design management practices to the lean construction principles. There is no tool to assess the level of use of lean design management practices in construction projects either. Therefore, this paper aims to assess the lean management practices that are performed at the design phase of construction projects. The research was divided into a literature review of design management practices; a validation of lean design management practices with a practice–principle relationship, based on an expert survey; the devolvement of a tool (questionnaire) to evaluate the lean design management practices; and an assessment in 64 construction projects (coherence, reliability, correlation, and descriptive analysis). It is concluded that evidence exists for the implementation of 19 lean design management practices. These practices are grouped into three categories: stakeholder management, planning and control, and problem solving and decision making. Additionally, in the assessment of the 64 projects, it can be observed that the lean design management practices are at initial levels of implementations, so there is a significant development gap. This research proposes a tool to assess management practices in the design phase of construction projects; then, the study identifies implementations gaps, it provides benchmarks with other projects, and it improves the design process through a taxonomy of lean design management practices.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su12010019