PEAB construction site and the development of a Lean Construction Tool
Abstract: The Swedish construction industry is a pillar of the Swedish economy, contributing to roughly 10% of the GDP. For years the cost of construction in Sweden has increased faster than inflation making it more and more expensive to build. Earlier research has pointed to the potential of the lean philosophy and its methods in construction to make it more efficient and overcome the uncertainty and complexity that categorize the construction industry…
Background: Regardless of how prices and costs have changed over time and how companies stand up in an international context it has been noted that all the parties involved in construction processes carry out countless activities that add no value to the product. According to Hines and Rich (1997) these non-value adding activities are pure waste and involve unnecessary actions that should be eliminated completely…
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