TY - CONF TI - Brief Reflection on the Improvement of the Design Process Efficiency in Brazilian Building Projects C1 - Berkeley, California, USA C3 - 7th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction SP - 345 EP - 356 PY - 1999 AU - Fabricio, Marcio M. AU - Melhado, Silvio B. AU - Baia, Josaphat L. AD - Doctoral candidate of Civil Construction Engineering Department, Escola Politécnica, University of São Paulo, M. Sc., Brazil, fabricio@pcc.usp.br AD - Professor of Civil Construction Engineering Department, Escola Politécnica, University of São Paulo, Dr., Brazil, silviobm@pcc.usp.br AD - M. Sc. of Civil Construction Engineering Department, Escola Politécnica, University of São Paulo, Brazil, josaphat@pcc.usp.br AB - This paper starts with (i) an introduction on building construction sector design process main characteristics and (ii) a presentation and discussion on its efficiency problems. The Concurrent Engineering concept as a tool to improve this process, approximating it to lean construction approach is introduced. It also describes a case study on a 22 companies group quality program. This group includes building construction companies, as well design offices, which are implementing some design process changes. The paper ends up proposing a building design process methodology, based on the concurrent engineering principles. KW - Building design KW - design flow management KW - concurrent engineering KW - lean construction. PB - T2 - 7th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction DA - 1999/07/26 CY - Berkeley, California, USA L1 - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/67/pdf L2 - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/67 N1 - Export Date: 16 April 2024 DB - IGLC.net DP - IGLC LA - English ER -