TY  - CONF
TI  - As Sequences Flow: Proposal of Organizational Rules for ‘Lean Construction’ Management
C1  - Berkeley, California, USA
C3  - 7th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
SP  - 399
EP  - 410
PY  - 1999
AU  - Mecca, Saverio
AD  - Associate Professor of Construction Management at the University of Calabria, Dipartimento di Strutture, Facoltà di Ingegneria, Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy, lucat@fu.penteres.it
AB  - The reliability of building processes is related not only to the level of performance required but also to their organizational structure. Conditions of turbulence in which constructors operate on site closely interact with the performance of the construction process and particularly with the risk of non-conformance of a building to the performances required. Interaction is characterised by the stability of the organisational structure or its capacity to adapt to environmental variability. 
A technical risk organisational factor analysis in construction processes can lead construction management to design organisational structures capable of reacting to environmental conditions in which “on site” production operations develop, and also able to increase the reliability of the building process. Working on organisational interfaces can lead not only to changes in detail design, but also in performances required to each operator, in order to obtain higher efficiency levels.
Based on case studies conducted on sequential organisational structures of the building process, a set of organisational rules is proposed for implementation in experimental “lean construction” processes. Organisational rules based on risk organisational factors analysis can lead to the designing of a “lean” organizational structure of construction processes.
KW  - Construction
KW  - organisational design
KW  - sequential process
KW  - uncertainty
PB  - 
T2  - 7th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
DA  - 1999/07/26
CY  - Berkeley, California, USA
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1488/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1488
N1  - Export Date: 24 April 2024
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -