TY  - CONF
TI  - Lean Construction Waste Reduction Through the Autonomous Vehicle Technology
C1  - Lille, France
C3  - Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC31)
SP  - 163
EP  - 173
PY  - 2023
DO  - 10.24928/2023/0222
AU  - Owais, Omar A.
AU  - Poshdar, Mani
AU  - GhaffarianHoseini, Ali
AU  - Ghaffarianhoseini, Amirhosein
AD  - Department of Built Environment Engineering, School of Future Environments, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand, omar.owais@aut.ac.nz, orcid.org/0000-0002-0788-3008
AD  - Department of Built Environment Engineering, School of Future Environments, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand, mani.poshdar@aut.ac.nz, orcid.org/0000-0001-9132-2985
AD  - Department of Built Environment Engineering, School of Future Environments, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand, alighh@aut.ac.nz, orcid.org/0000-0002-0787-8399
AD  - •	Department of Built Environment Engineering, School of Future Environments, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand, amirhosein.ghaffarianhoseini@aut.ac.nz, orcid.org/0000-0002-0787-8399
AB  - In the automotive industry, autonomous vehicles (AVs) are an advanced innovation that has the potential to revolutionise the existing transportation system significantly. In addition, AVs provide benefits for society, the economy, and the environment. As far as Lean Construction (LC) is concerned, these features appear promising. LC's primary objective is to minimise the waste of resources, time, and effort. This study examines the potential contribution of AVs to LC through two exhaustive rounds of literature review. The research aims to establish the links between AVs and the overarching LC philosophy and principles. The first round of the literature review identified that AVs could reduce waste in three areas: inventory, transportation, and waiting time. Moreover, they can support solutions to environmental concerns. Additional literature reviews have identified five potential approaches for a new technology that can be applied to the construction industry to enhance the implementation of AVs. As well as the anticipated developments in each case are discussed accordingly. The practical implications of the findings are that AVs can reduce waste and cost, increase efficiency and productivity, and help create a more sustainable construction industry. According to the study, the construction industry should take a proactive approach to implementing AVs.
KW  - Lean construction
KW  - AVs
KW  - transportation
KW  - waste
PB  - 
T2  - Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC31)
DA  - 2023/06/26
CY  - Lille, France
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/2154/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/2154
N1  - Export Date: 24 April 2025
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -