23rd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction - Perth, Australia - 2015

Use of Virtual Design and Construction, and Its Inefficiencies, From a Lean Thinking Perspective

María G. Mandujano1, Luis F. Alarcón2, John Kunz3 & Claudio Mourgues4

1Ph.D.candidate. of Civil Engineering, Dept. of Construction Engineering and Management, Pontifica Universidad Católica de Chile, Escuela de Ingeniería, Casilla 360, Correo 22, Santiago de Chile, Phone (56 2) 2354-4200, [email protected]
2Professor of Civil Engineering, Dept. of Construction Engineering and Management, Pontifica Universidad Católica de Chile, Escuela de Ingeniería, Casilla 360, Correo 22, Santiago de Chile, Phone (56 2) 2354-4201, [email protected]
3Executive Director of the Center for Integrated Facility Engineering (CIFE) in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University, Phone 650-725-1546, [email protected]
4Assistant Professor, Construction Engineering and Management Dept., Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Escuela de Ingeniería, Chile, +56-2-2354-4245, [email protected]

Abstract

In recent years, the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry has broadly expanded the use of Virtual Design and Construction (VDC), particularly Building Information Modeling (BIM). However, this use is not always well planned and defined by the companies, which introduces inefficiencies in their VDC use. This research explores the literature to identify examples of waste in VDC from a Lean Construction perspective, and proposes VDC practices and Lean methods to reduce this waste. The exploratory research found examples of 8 waste types in the use of VDC: Non-value added processing, Motion (excess), Inventory (excess), Waiting Overproduction, Employee knowledge (unused), Transportation/Navigation, and Defects.

Keywords

VDC, BIM, Lean, Waste

Files


Full Text
 

Reference

Mandujano, M. G. , Alarcón, L. F. , Kunz, J. & Mourgues, C. 2015. Use of Virtual Design and Construction, and Its Inefficiencies, From a Lean Thinking Perspective, 23rd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction , 836-845. doi.org/

Download: BibTeX | RIS Format

 

Founded in 1993, the IGLC is an international network of researchers from practice and academia in architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) who feel that the practice, education, and research of the AEC industry have to be radically renewed in order to respond to the global challenges ahead.

2015 © All Rights Reserved.