Matt Stevens

The University of Melbourne

LEAN CONSTRUCTION

Over 20 years

SLOW ADOPTION

Uncertainty

Contractor-centred

framework

PROOF OF VALUE

TQM lineage

Low investment

Concept-to-method

bridging

Search

for compelling reasons

(time waste)

(net profit increase)

(career end options)

Understandable metrics(e.g. Overhead to Direct Cost ratio)

Practices rather than

concepts and processes

4 P model

Organization Average

Importance Rating

of Practices

Average Performance

Rating of Practices

Average Disparity Between

Importance and Performance

Company Percentage

Difference to Peer

OH/DC

Smith

Construction5.09 4.46 -0.64 +69.60%

Importance and Performance Analysis

Data Analysis:

• Ranking of practices in

importance, performance

and disparity

• Top quartile companies and

their common practices

• Multivariate correlation

Conclusion:

Set out of organized, contractor-

centric and quality proof

arguments critical to lean

practices should result in a

adoption rate increase.

Thank you

• For full conference paper, go to:

http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1031/pdf