https://doi.org/10.24928/2018/0250

Lean Methods to Improve End User Satisfaction in Higher Education Buildings

Makram Bou Hatoum¹, Reina El Mustapha², Christelle Nassar³, Hayyan Zaheraldeen⁴ & Farook Hamzeh⁵

¹Graduate Student, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, [email protected]
²Graduate Student, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, [email protected]
³Graduate Student, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, [email protected]
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Abstract

End user satisfaction is one of the major indices that attest to the success of a project in terms of adding value to the client. Therefore, in order to rate the overall functions of a facility, the fulfilment of end users' needs is to be taken into consideration during the whole project phase (i.e. design through operation). Many clients believe that allocating more resources to the project automatically guarantees the success of the project. What they fail to realize is that in most cases, success, which should be translated in end user satisfaction, relies more on how the project was thought of, planned, constructed and delivered. This paper presents the case study of a high-budget engineering complex. In this study, different end users of the facility were prompted to fill a comprehensive survey about the overall quality of the complex. Interviews were also conducted with the client representative and other parties who were involved during the design/construction phases. After results were analysed and compared, an evident contradiction was detected: end user satisfaction rates were relatively low whereas client’s representative overall satisfaction was optimistically high. Lean methods and tools were suggested that could be used to improve the design and delivery of similar facilities and establish a higher end user satisfaction rate.

Keywords

Post-Occupancy Evaluation, End User Satisfaction, Higher Education, Lean Construction, Building Performance

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Reference

Hatoum, M. B. , Mustapha, R. E. , Nassar, C. , Zaheraldeen, H. & Hamzeh, F. 2018. Lean Methods to Improve End User Satisfaction in Higher Education Buildings, 26th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction , 187-198. doi.org/10.24928/2018/0250

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