Barriers to adopting lean construction in the construction industry: a literature review

W Albalkhy, R Sweis - International Journal of Lean Six Sigma, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify and theoretically explain the general
barriers to adopting lean construction practices in the construction industry regardless of the …

Barriers to adopting lean construction in the construction industry—The case of Jordan

W Al Balkhy, R Sweis, Z Lafhaj - Buildings, 2021 - mdpi.com
During the last few decades, there has been a greater understanding of the role of lean
construction (LC) in achieving better management of construction projects and enabling the …

Lean construction implementation in the Moroccan construction industry: Awareness, benefits and barriers

MS Bajjou, A Chafi - Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 2018 - emerald.com
Purpose Lean construction provides innovative practices to manage construction projects
while reducing waste and improving performance. This paper aims to explore the current …

Exploring factors for implementing lean construction for rapid initial successes in construction

M Aslam, Z Gao, G Smith - Journal of cleaner production, 2020 - Elsevier
Despite lean philosophies are emerging phenomenon in manufacturing and construction
project management for waste reduction and improving sustainability, still, the construction …

Lean thinking in the highways construction sector: motivation, implementation and barriers

A Tezel, L Koskela, Z Aziz - Production planning & control, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The interest in lean thinking in the UK's civil construction industry is on the rise. The research
presented in the paper evaluates the adoption of lean thinking in the highways construction …

Lean construction and BIM in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in construction: a systematic literature review

A Tezel, M Taggart, L Koskela… - Canadian journal of …, 2020 - cdnsciencepub.com
Lean construction (LC) and building information modeling (BIM) are two of the prominent
concepts challenging the traditional practices in construction management. Small and …

Current condition and future directions for lean construction in highways projects: A small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) perspective

A Tezel, L Koskela, Z Aziz - International Journal of project management, 2018 - Elsevier
The aim of this study is to identify the parameters defining how Lean Construction (LC) is
being implemented (current condition) and how LC can be further promoted (future …

A lean construction and BIM interaction model for the construction industry

HG Bayhan, S Demirkesen, C Zhang… - Production Planning & …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract An Analytical Network Process (ANP) was created to test the Lean and BIM
concepts with data collected from US companies to find the success factors of the Lean/BIM …

Barriers to the application of lean construction techniques concerning safety improvement in construction projects

A Enshassi, N Saleh, S Mohamed - International Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This paper identifies the barriers that prevent construction projects from implementing LC
techniques for safety improvement. To achieve this objective, a deductive approach is …

Framework for selection of lean construction tools based on lean objectives and functionalities

M Aslam, Z Gao, G Smith - International Journal of Construction …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Lean construction (LC) has been used as the potential project management philosophy to
overcome some productivity and waste issues and addressing challenges of the …