Lean Construction and Sustainability in Engineering

Brenen Cox, Caeden Pham 1; and Seokyon Hwang, Ph. D.2

 1 Student, Reese Construction Management, Lamar University; 2 Advisor, Reese Construction Management, Lamar University

ABSTRACT
In the present development industry nearly, all ventures go after some time including work costs expanding, including lean development is outfitted towards improving the exhibition on location by diminishing time and vitality spent on not straightforwardly completing the task. At the base level on practically
any venture site you go on there is an absence of correspondence among subcontractors making significant postponements in the timetable. We think utilizing the last organizer idea of lean development to help improve the timetable, diminish delays, and improve correspondence. Lean development is still
new right now despite everything bantering on the off chance that it is genuinely beneficial for the development of business. Lean development ideas have included a huge lift in execution and planning when applied. Lean development is a blend of operational research and reasonable advancement in
structure and development with an adaption of lean assembling standards and practices to the start to finish plan and development process.
 

RESEARCH BACKGROUND AND MOTIVATION

• RESEARCH GOAL AND OBJECTIVES
Sustainability is defined as the beneficence of reliability of the Reduce cost & increase profit. The research goal is to prove that Lean Construction that the last organizing idea of
project of a longer period Economic Social
Lean development will help improve the efficiency of a project with time and costs.
• The world is developing at a rapid rate and new strategies are being Sustainability

Lean Impacts
utilized for better development.
• Reduce/eliminate waste &optimize resource
This is proven by the way that Lean Construction
Sustainable execution of the project diminishes taking time and cash
usage. • Reduces Cost
flow with it. Appropriately structuring the undertaking and afterward Environment • Reduce/ eliminate waste
developing the structure with basic yet solid strategies for
• Improves the working environment
development is what Lean Construction takes care of, this gives more
Improve working environment & occupant health
efficiency to time and cash flow. Improve working environment & occupant health
• With all the ecological worries of the world to date, this is the most This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY

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appropriate means of action.

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY WASTE MANAGEMENT CONCLUSIONS

Lean advancement itself is the kind of improvement which decreases • Lean construction thus provides a better
• We realize that after some time the expense of the general time and imperativeness being used in the advancement and sustainable way of construction which
the task increments, and the development work. This is done through fitting organization into the waste maintains the quality and saves the waste
techniques engaged with the venture require management in a project and while later building up the structure with of time and money which is very crucial for
more assets and cash. fundamental yet strong systems for improvement to put aside for the any project.
• The motivation behind the sustainable time and money. • Furthermore, it enhances the capability of
execution of construction project is to give the the project to fulfill its actual purpose of
most appropriate and most helpful technique construction.
for development which sets aside both time • The value comes from quality and they
and cash. The goal is to maximize venture IMPROVEMENTS IN SUSTAINABILITY both are closely related to the
achievement. • The sustainable execution of construction sustainability, as if one step is not achieved
• The term maintainability is characterized as the project esteems the consumer loyalty as required then it will affect the whole
value or unwavering quality of the undertaking through legitimate displaying and project. The lean construction is a cyclic
over a more extended timeframe. Sustainable development of the structure. process and through proper monitoring
execution of construction project itself is the • The system incorporates different and proper execution the required
sort of development which diminishes the perspectives like the quality and parameters can be achieved.
general time and vitality being utilized in the dependability parameters. This system
development work. significant worth-based development
makes the development increasingly
economical and as indicated by the
structure
• Lean movement itself is the kind of progress
THE PROBLEM THE RESULT
Better environment, higher quality of life
which reduces the general time and
Environmental Degradation, lesser quality
of life. significance being used in the progress
work.
THE SOLUTION THE OUTCOME
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