Lean construction : development of assessment criteria & implementation strategy for Indian contractor companies | |
| Author | Pundlik, Ranjeet Sandeep |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.CM-12-06 |
| Subject(s) | Construction industry--India Construction projects---Management--India Contractors---India |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Engineering in Construction, Engineering and Infrastructure Management, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. CM-12-06 |
| Abstract | The construction industry in India is one of the highest contributors to the national economy for over the past five decades and is one if the biggest in terms of generating employment in the nation after agriculture industry. This industry is a victim of low productivity, poor performance, lack of mechanisation & sophistication, lack of skilled labours, shortage of professionally qualifies employees, cost over runs and delays. Lean construction is a recent development in the field of construction which aims for waste reduction and value generation for the client by increasing the efficiency of the construction processes by improving the processes and flows in the construction activities. Lean construction is successfully implemented by various companies the western countries and is also an important topic for researchers across many universities in the west. So this study aims to develop a system for the construction contractors in India to be able to use and incorporate the techniques of this domain of construction. The research has broadly identified 12 lean principles applicable to construction, especially in India. Development of a Generic model for the lean functioning of the departments of a construction contractor companies was done and lead to the identification of 33 lean practises in the five departments of the contractor companies. This lead to the development of assessment criteria for the lean compliance of the departments of the contractor companies in India. This model and criteria, after being verified and validated by 3 academic and 2 professional experts in India, was used for collection of data of compliance from 4 Indian Contractor companies, functioning in Central India. Detailed analysis of the working of each department of each company has been done to determine the strength & weakness of each department and also determine the reasons of non compliances of the practices. After the detailed analysis process, a strategy for the implementation of these lean practices in the departments of the contractor firms in India has been developed. The three stage strategy, along with the weaknesses and non compliance reasons can be used together to combat the problems for implementation and hence the lean practices can be successfully implemented by Indian Contractor Companies. |
| Year | 2012 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. CM-12-06 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Civil and Infrastucture Engineering (DCIE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Construction Engineering and Infrastructure Management (CM) |
| Chairperson(s) | Chotchai Charoenngam; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Hadikusumo, Banaventura H. W.;Wasan Teerajetgul; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Asian Institute of Technology Fellowship; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2012 |