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Lean Construction Implementation in the Saudi Arabian Construction Industry

Construction Economics and Building

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Title Lean Construction Implementation in the Saudi Arabian Construction Industry
 
Creator Sarhan, Jamil Ghazi
Xia, Bo
Fawzia, Sabrina
Karim, Azharul
 
Subject Civil Engineering
Construction waste, lean Construction, lean construction tools, Saudi Arabian construction industry.
Construction
 
Description The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has witnessed a huge increase in construction during the last two decades. However, many projects experienced time delays, cost overruns and the generation of massive amounts of waste. To address these challenges, lean construction has been introduced into the Saudi construction industry; however, it is still in its infancy. This study therefore investigates the current state of lean construction implementation in the construction industry in the KSA. The objectives are to identify: the types of construction waste, level of use of tools that support the implementation of lean construction, stages of application of lean methods, and the benefits of lean construction. To achieve these objectives, a structured questionnaire survey of 282 construction professionals was carried out. After the analysis of the collected data using mean score and Anova test, the following conclusions were made.  In the construction industry in the KSA, waiting is the most common type of waste, while Computer Aided Design (CAD) is the conventional tool supporting the implementation of lean construction. Furthermore, the data suggests that lean construction is most commonly used in the construction stage of projects while customer satisfaction is the main benefit derived from lean construction practices. This study concludes that the level of implementation of lean construction in the KSA construction industry is increasing. The results will help benchmark the current state of lean construction implementation, which will enable the construction industry to identify strategies to implement lean construction in Saudi Arabia in accordance with their needs and project goals, to achieve better productivity.
 
Publisher UTS ePRESS
 
Contributor Saudi Council of Engineers
Ministry of Education, Saudi Arabia
Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia
 
Date 2017-03-31
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Identifier http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/AJCEB/article/view/5098
10.5130/AJCEB.v17i1.5098
 
Source Construction Economics and Building; Vol 17, No 1 (2017): Construction Economics and Building; 46-69
2204-9029
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/AJCEB/article/view/5098/5842
http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/AJCEB/article/view/5098/5857
 
Coverage Australia; Saudi Arabia
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Rights Copyright (c) 2017 Jamil Ghazi Sarhan, Bo XIA, Sabrina Fawzia, Azharul Karim
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0