TY - CONF TI - Which Are the Wastes of Construction? C1 - Fortaleza, Brazil C3 - 21th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction SP - 3 EP - 12 PY - 2013 AU - Koskela, Lauri AU - Bølviken, Trond AU - Rooke, John AD - Professor, School of the Built Environment, University of Salford, Crescent, Salford, l.j.koskela@salford.ac.uk. AD - Director, Strategy and Improvement, Veidekke Entreprenør AS, P.O. Box 506 Skøyen, N-0214 Oslo, trond.bolviken@veidekke.no AD - Research Fellow, School of the Built Environment, University of Salford, Crescent, Salford, jalfro@eml.cc ED - Formoso, Carlos Torres ED - Tzortzopoulos, Patricia AB - In the Toyota Production System, the seven wastes presented by Ohno have provided understanding on the foundations of production management and guidance for action for more than half a century. This list has been widely used also when the Toyota Production System and its derivatives, like lean production, have been adapted and diffused into other industries, such as construction. However, the seven wastes originate from a mass production context and do not cover, for example, the design stage of a productive endeavour, as it is commonly found in construction. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of waste in construction as well as to explore the potential of creating a list of wastes particularly for this type of production. Such a list would be instrumental in creating awareness on the major waste types occurring in construction, as well as mobilizing action towards stemming, reducing and eliminating them. The discussion is structured by analyzing the sufficiency of the classical seven wastes from a construction viewpoint and by exploring alternative wastes in cases where the classical list is not found adequate. It is anticipated that this preparatory discussion will propel the next stage of research towards producing a list of wastes specifically for construction KW - Waste KW - seven wastes KW - construction management. design management. PB - T2 - 21th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction DA - 2013/07/31 CY - Fortaleza, Brazil L1 - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/919/pdf L2 - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/919 N1 - Export Date: 10 November 2024 DB - IGLC.net DP - IGLC LA - English ER -