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Performance measurement in the UK construction industry and its role in supporting the application of lean construction concepts

Construction Economics and Building

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Title Performance measurement in the UK construction industry and its role in supporting the application of lean construction concepts
 
Creator Sarhan, Saad
Fox, Andrew
 
Subject Construction Management; Lean Construction; Project Performance Measurement
Construction management, Lean Construction, Project performance measurement, Psychology, UK
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Description Performance measurement has received substantial attention from researchers and the construction industry over the past two decades. This study sought to assess UK practitioners’ awareness of the importance of the use of appropriate performance measures and its role in supporting the application of Lean Construction (LC) concepts. To enable the study to achieve its objectives, a review of a range of measurements developed to evaluate project performance including those devoted to support LC efforts was conducted. Consequently a questionnaire survey was developed and sent to 198 professionals in the UK construction industry as well as a small sample of academics with an interest in LC. Results indicated that although practitioners recognise the importance of the selection of non-financial performance measures, it has not been properly and widely implemented. The study identified the most common techniques used by UK construction organisations for performance measurement, and ranked a number of non-financial key performance indicators as significant. Some professed to have embraced the Last Planner System methodology as a means for performance measurement and organisational learning, while further questioning suggested otherwise. It was also suggested that substance thinking amongst professionals could be a significant hidden barrier that militates against the successful implementation of LC.
 
Publisher UTS ePRESS
 
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Date 2013-03-04
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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Electronic Survey; Quantitative/Statistical
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/AJCEB/article/view/3069
10.5130/AJCEB.v13i1.3069
 
Source Construction Economics and Building; Vol 13, No 1 (2013): AJCEB; 23-35
2204-9029
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/AJCEB/article/view/3069/3406
 
Coverage UK
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Rights Copyright (c) 2013 Saad Sarhan, Andrew Fox
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