TY  - CONF
TI  - Exploring IGLC Literature on Subcontracting
C1  - Osaka and Kyoto, Japan
C3  - Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 33)
SP  - 117
EP  - 128
PY  - 2025
DO  - 10.24928/2025/0143
AU  - Saragih, Gregory F.
AU  - Coelho, Rafael V.
AU  - Kasih, Richardus N.
AU  - Kon, Wataru
AU  - Tommelein, Iris D.
AD  - MS Student, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department and Project Production Systems Laboratory (P2SL), University of California, Berkeley, USA, gregory.saragih@berkeley.edu, orcid.org/0009-0001-4698-3722
AD  - PhD Student, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department and Project Production Systems Laboratory (P2SL), University of California, Berkeley, USA, rvcoelho@berkeley.edu, orcid.org/0000-0003-3298-3622
AD  - MS Student, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department and Project Production Systems Laboratory (P2SL), University of California, Berkeley, USA, nugrakasih@berkeley.edu, orcid.org/0009-0001-9821-0481
AD  - MS Student, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department and Project Production Systems Laboratory (P2SL), University of California, Berkeley, USA, watarukon@berkeley.edu, orcid.org/0009-0009-2254-8089
AD  - Distinguished Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Director, Project Production Systems Laboratory (P2SL), University of California, Berkeley, USA, tommelein@berkeley.edu, orcid.org/0000-0002-9941-6596
ED  - Seppänen, Olli 
ED  - Koskela, Lauri 
ED  - Murata , Koichi 
AB  - Subcontractors are essential to the delivery of many construction projects. However, current approaches to subcontracting are known to be disjointed, with systemic issues such as misaligned objectives among project stakeholders, fragmented workflows, and transactional relationships often limiting subcontractors’ contribution to project success. To support future research in this area, this paper explores how subcontracting has been discussed in selected IGLC literature, grouped into four themes to reflect subcontractors’ involvement across project stages: Selection, Engagement, Execution, and Evaluation. Within each theme, the paper offers reflections and poses open-ended questions that may help inform future studies into the role of subcontractors in Lean Construction. While acknowledging that the observations may not capture the full breadth of existing research, this paper offers preliminary insights into how subcontracting has been addressed in the IGLC literature and suggests opportunities for future study.
KW  - Subcontracting
KW  - Lean Construction
KW  - collaboration
KW  - relational contracting
KW  - trade partners.
PB  - 
T2  - Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 33)
DA  - 2025/06/02
CY  - Osaka and Kyoto, Japan
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/2337/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/2337
N1  - Export Date: 02 June 2025
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -