Practicing lean in sustainable construction to achieve time reduction
Abstract
Implementing new management philosophy in construction became an approach for
construction players in achieving optimum output of the process. The practice of
eliminating non-value added in the construction process flow is important in creating
the elements of time reduction. Therefore, lean is the best approach as a
management philosophy to be adopted in construction process flow because of the
stabilizing and pulling factors towards construction time reduction. There are few
cases being observed and non-value added activities being analysed accordingly to
lean approach. From the questionnaire survey, factors of waiting, overproduction
and double handling became the most prolongation of the construction time that
contributes to delay. The analysis proof that leans has the factor of time reduction
and contributes to rapid construction. The construction process flow became stable
and the minimum cost being pulled in the construction cycle.