https://doi.org/10.24928/2017/0179

A Framework of Five-Stream Production System for Megaprojects

Michael W. Ibrahim¹, Klas Berghede², David Thomack³, Panos Lampsas⁴, Dave Kievet⁵ & Awad S Hanna⁶

¹Doctoral Student, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, 2256 Engineering Hall, 1415 Engineering Dr., Madison, WI 53706. E-mail: [email protected]
²Senior Production Manager, The Boldt Company, Western Operations, 2150 River Plaza Drive, Suite 255, Sacramento, CA 95833. E-mail: [email protected]
³Vice President and General Manager, The Boldt Company, 455 Market Street, Suite 1670, San Francisco, CA 94105. E-mail: [email protected]
⁴Regional Program Manager, Sutter Health, 1200 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94109. E-mail: [email protected]
⁵Division President for Western and Southern Division at The Boldt Company, 2525 N. Roemer Road, Appleton, WI 54911. E-mail: [email protected]
⁶Professor and Chair, Construction Engineering and Management, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, 2320 Engineering Hall, 1415 Engineering Dr., Madison, WI 53706. E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

Construction projects, particularly megaprojects, tend to frequently fail in satisfying their budget, schedule, quality, and safety objectives. Two of the most notable systems that have been developed to enhance project performance are the Last Planner® System and Location-Based Management System. This paper builds on combining these two systems through proposing an integrative production system that can play a significant role in enhancing project performance, especially in the case of megaprojects. The proposed production system incorporates five cohesive streams: production planning, material flow, Built in Quality (BIQ)/Information flow, tracking flow, and safety flow. This paper discusses each of these five streams, at five different implementation levels throughout the project lifecycle, in the context of an ongoing successful megaproject. Finally, the paper concludes by listing four main success pillars that are needed for the proposed production system to flourish.

Keywords

Lean construction; Production system; Megaprojects; Case study; Integrated Lean Project Delivery® (ILPD)

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Ibrahim, M. W. , Berghede, K. , Thomack, D. , Lampsas, P. , Kievet, D. & Hanna, A. S. 2017. A Framework of Five-Stream Production System for Megaprojects, 25th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction , 729-736. doi.org/10.24928/2017/0179

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