IGLC.net EXPORT DATE: 28 March 2024 @CONFERENCE{Zanotti2017, author={Zanotti, Nero Lenotti and Maranhão, Flávio Leal and Aly, Vitor Levy Castex }, editor={ }, title={Bottom-up Strategy for Lean Construction on Site Implementation}, journal={25th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction}, booktitle={25th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction}, year={2017}, pages={325-331}, url={http://www.iglc.net/papers/details/1399}, doi={10.24928/2017/0304}, affiliation={Civil Engineer and M.Sc. Candidate, Escola Politecnica, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, nerozanotti@outlook.com ; Professor, Escola Politécnica, Department of Construction Engineering, Universidade de São Paulo; Professor, Universidade São Judas Tadeu, São Paulo, Brazil, flavio.maranhao@poli.usp.br ; Professor, Escola Politécnica, Department of Construction Engineering, Universidade de São Paulo;, São Paulo, Brazil, vitor.aly@usp.br }, abstract={This paper shows a Lean Construction method being implemented with a bottom-up strategy, using spontaneous improvement as a tool for the implementation. To introduce the changes, all workers were trained on how to manage and identify the 8 types of waste, and presented to a simplified A3 thinking approach as a problem-solving technique. The implementation occurred on a large infrastructure project with a total extension of 83 km, using the construction of a water pipeline as an example, studying it for six months. To measure the results, the labor productivity rate and the average production-per-day rate were introduced as performance indicators, to analyse whether the implementation was successful or not. By the end of the study, it was possible to observe a correlation between the number of improvements made, the labor productivity rate, and the average production-per-day rate, which implied a successful implementation of the lean philosophy. }, author_keywords={Lean construction, site implementation, kaizen, spontaneous improvement }, address={ Heraklion, Greece }, issn={2309-0979 }, publisher={ }, language={English}, document_type={Conference Paper}, source={IGLC}, }