IGLC.net EXPORT DATE: 29 March 2024 @CONFERENCE{Mojtahedi2012, author={Mojtahedi, S. Mohammad H. and Oo, Bee Lan }, editor={Tommelein, Iris D. and Pasquire, Chrisitne L. }, title={Possibility of Applying Lean in Post-Disaster Reconstruction- An Evaluation Study}, journal={20th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction}, booktitle={20th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction}, year={2012}, url={http://www.iglc.net/papers/details/809}, affiliation={PhD Candidate, School of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia, mohammad.mojtahedi@sydney.edu.au ; Lecturer, School of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia, bee.oo@sydney.edu.au }, abstract={Natural disaster management and the need to develop a resilient built environment for disaster-stricken community has always been the outstanding concern in many countries. Post-disaster reconstruction phase plays crucial role in recovery stage to cope with the impacts of natural disasters in reactive manner. The traditional views of post-disaster reconstruction activities have not been efficient and effective enough to develop shelters and permanent buildings on time, on budget and with acceptable quality. Furthermore, post-disaster reconstruction has often resulted in poor-quality built environment, waste of materials, delayed construction, and low-performed recovery. Therefore, contemporary tools and techniques should be applied by stakeholders in post-disasters reconstruction phase. Lean construction philosophy and introducing the individual elements of the lean philosophy probably seems to improve the post-disaster reconstruction. This paper evaluates the possibility of applying elements of lean thinking and lean construction in post-disaster reconstruction phase. For this purpose, this study scrutinizes pertinent lean construction studies to borrow the benefits of quick mobilization, pull scheduling, Just-in-Time, and Six Sigma approaches in order to apply them in post-disaster reconstruction phase. Finally, we propose to integrate some feasible lean construction approaches with post-disaster reconstruction in order to eliminate waste, improve the quality of built environment, smooth the work flow and enhance the performance of post-disaster reconstruction phase in recovery stage of natural disaster management. }, author_keywords={Lean construction, post-disaster reconstruction, disaster management }, address={San Diego, California, USA }, issn={ }, publisher={ }, language={English}, document_type={Conference Paper}, source={IGLC}, }