A Conceptual Framework for Implementing Lean Construction in Infrastructure Recovery Projects
Natural hazards can have substantial destructive impacts on the built environment. Providing effective services in disaster areas is heavily reliant on maintaining or replacing infrastructure; thus, post-disaster reconstruction of infrastructure has attracted growing attention. Due to the complex an...
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| author | Mahyar Habibi Rad Mohammad Mojtahedi Michael J. Ostwald Suzanne Wilkinson |
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| description | Natural hazards can have substantial destructive impacts on the built environment. Providing effective services in disaster areas is heavily reliant on maintaining or replacing infrastructure; thus, post-disaster reconstruction of infrastructure has attracted growing attention. Due to the complex and dynamic nature of infrastructure recovery projects, contractor companies engaged in this work have typically experienced poor performance. Furthermore, from a commercial perspective, the post-disaster reconstruction environment is characterized by fierce competition and market uncertainty, challenging the organizational resilience of companies undertaking this work. One approach for improving contractor performance is the implementation of lean construction, but the literature lacks consensus on its capability to affect organizational resilience. To respond to this problem, a conceptual framework applicable for lean implementation in infrastructure, which explicitly addresses organizational resilience, is required for recovery projects. In parallel, contributing components to effective implementation of lean-recovery and supportive theories for justifying the conceptual framework must be identified. Consequently, this paper proposes a conceptual framework to implement lean practices for the enhancement of organizational resilience. The framework is developed using a systematic research method, wherein 110 research documents were discovered initially, and following processing, 18 relevant documents were identified and analyzed. Through this process, contingency and Transformation-Flow-Value (TFV) theories were identified as an appropriate foundation for a framework to implement lean construction in infrastructure recovery projects. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-10431b787a7a4f03a5a8b882e45c87632023-11-30T20:54:24ZengMDPI AGBuildings2075-53092022-02-0112327210.3390/buildings12030272A Conceptual Framework for Implementing Lean Construction in Infrastructure Recovery ProjectsMahyar Habibi Rad0Mohammad Mojtahedi1Michael J. Ostwald2Suzanne Wilkinson3School of Built Environment, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, AustraliaSchool of Built Environment, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, AustraliaSchool of Built Environment, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, AustraliaSchool of Built Environment, Massey University, Auckland 0632, New ZealandNatural hazards can have substantial destructive impacts on the built environment. Providing effective services in disaster areas is heavily reliant on maintaining or replacing infrastructure; thus, post-disaster reconstruction of infrastructure has attracted growing attention. Due to the complex and dynamic nature of infrastructure recovery projects, contractor companies engaged in this work have typically experienced poor performance. Furthermore, from a commercial perspective, the post-disaster reconstruction environment is characterized by fierce competition and market uncertainty, challenging the organizational resilience of companies undertaking this work. One approach for improving contractor performance is the implementation of lean construction, but the literature lacks consensus on its capability to affect organizational resilience. To respond to this problem, a conceptual framework applicable for lean implementation in infrastructure, which explicitly addresses organizational resilience, is required for recovery projects. In parallel, contributing components to effective implementation of lean-recovery and supportive theories for justifying the conceptual framework must be identified. Consequently, this paper proposes a conceptual framework to implement lean practices for the enhancement of organizational resilience. The framework is developed using a systematic research method, wherein 110 research documents were discovered initially, and following processing, 18 relevant documents were identified and analyzed. Through this process, contingency and Transformation-Flow-Value (TFV) theories were identified as an appropriate foundation for a framework to implement lean construction in infrastructure recovery projects.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/12/3/272lean constructioncontractor performanceorganizational resiliencecontingency theoryTFV theoryinfrastructure recovery projects |
| spellingShingle | Mahyar Habibi Rad Mohammad Mojtahedi Michael J. Ostwald Suzanne Wilkinson A Conceptual Framework for Implementing Lean Construction in Infrastructure Recovery Projects Buildings lean construction contractor performance organizational resilience contingency theory TFV theory infrastructure recovery projects |
| title | A Conceptual Framework for Implementing Lean Construction in Infrastructure Recovery Projects |
| title_full | A Conceptual Framework for Implementing Lean Construction in Infrastructure Recovery Projects |
| title_fullStr | A Conceptual Framework for Implementing Lean Construction in Infrastructure Recovery Projects |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Conceptual Framework for Implementing Lean Construction in Infrastructure Recovery Projects |
| title_short | A Conceptual Framework for Implementing Lean Construction in Infrastructure Recovery Projects |
| title_sort | conceptual framework for implementing lean construction in infrastructure recovery projects |
| topic | lean construction contractor performance organizational resilience contingency theory TFV theory infrastructure recovery projects |
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