TY - CONF TI - Reducing Variability of a Valuable Construction Input: Subcontractors C1 - Perth, Australia C3 - 23rd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction SP - 661 EP - 670 PY - 2015 AU - Stevens, Matt AD - Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, Univ. of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010 Australia. +61 9035 8673, matthew.stevens@unimelb.edu.au ED - Seppänen, Olli ED - González, Vicente A. ED - Arroyo, Paz AB - Subcontractors are critical to the U.S. construction industry. They are used by general contractors (GC) to preform a majority of work. Subcontractors safely install components specified, in the time needed, and at a competitive cost. It appears that some misalignment of Lean Construction (LC) methodologies and realities of managing subcontractors. More research is needed to address this largest input in most projects. Currently, LC suffers from low adoption. Looking ahead to the next 3 years, all contractors plan adoption at the same low rate. This paper will review an action research project and its outcomes which involved a GC and its subcontractors over three years of projects. KW - Lean Construction KW - LC KW - production KW - productivity KW - variability KW - subcontractor KW - PDCA PB - T2 - 23rd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction DA - 2015/07/29 CY - Perth, Australia L1 - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1219/pdf L2 - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1219 N1 - Export Date: 29 March 2024 DB - IGLC.net DP - IGLC LA - English ER -