TY - JOUR
T1 - Using Building Information Modelling to achieve Lean principles by improving efficiency of work teams
AU - Zhang, Xun
AU - Azhar, Salman
AU - Nadeem, Abid
AU - Khalfan, Malik
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Copyright:
Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2018/7/4
Y1 - 2018/7/4
N2 - Both Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Lean principles have significant impact on efficiency and effectiveness during a project development process within the construction industry. It is widely accepted that BIM can be used as a tool to help reduce project cost; shorten project duration by optimizing the construction sequence; improving the coordination of project teams; providing communication platform for different disciplines; etc. A further exploration can be made to find out whether BIM can be used as a tool to help project teams to achieve the Lean principles. In this research, a hypothesis was developed to validate if BIM can be used as a tool to achieve the principles of Lean construction by improving the construction productivity during a project. Several metrics were investigated to measure the contributions of BIM towards project productivity. By analysing a case study, this paper explores the connection between BIM and Lean principles; the contribution of BIM in the improvement of coordination and collaboration of work teams; enhancement of project quality; and reduction of waste and cost.
AB - Both Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Lean principles have significant impact on efficiency and effectiveness during a project development process within the construction industry. It is widely accepted that BIM can be used as a tool to help reduce project cost; shorten project duration by optimizing the construction sequence; improving the coordination of project teams; providing communication platform for different disciplines; etc. A further exploration can be made to find out whether BIM can be used as a tool to help project teams to achieve the Lean principles. In this research, a hypothesis was developed to validate if BIM can be used as a tool to achieve the principles of Lean construction by improving the construction productivity during a project. Several metrics were investigated to measure the contributions of BIM towards project productivity. By analysing a case study, this paper explores the connection between BIM and Lean principles; the contribution of BIM in the improvement of coordination and collaboration of work teams; enhancement of project quality; and reduction of waste and cost.
KW - Building Information Modelling
KW - Lean construction
KW - construction projects
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U2 - 10.1080/15623599.2017.1382083
DO - 10.1080/15623599.2017.1382083
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85033382152
VL - 18
SP - 293
EP - 300
JO - International Journal of Construction Management
JF - International Journal of Construction Management
SN - 1562-3599
IS - 4
ER -