Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Lean Supply System: A Case Study of High-Rise Condominium Construction in Seoul, Korea

Jin-Woo Bae1 & Yong-Woo Kim2

1Ph.D. Student, Construction Engineering Program, Dept. of Civil and Env. Eng., Univ. of Washington, Box 351610, 425-361-5778, [email protected]
2Assistant Professor, College of Architecture and Urban planning, Dept. of Constr. Mgmt, Univ. of Washington, Box 351610, 206-616-1916, [email protected]

Abstract

Prefabrication and just-in-time delivery are important in lean supply system. Past research focuses on how much lead time is reduced and how much costs are saved, but few have studied on the environmental impacts. While most studies on the environmental impacts have focused on select life-cycle phases or specific building materials and components, the impacts of different construction methods or supply strategies from the construction phase are ignored or simply approximated. This paper presents results of a case study where the environmental impacts of prefabrication and just-in-time delivery strategy of rebar supply on a high-rise condominium project in Seal, Korea.

Keywords

rebar supply system, prefabrication, just-in-time delivery, case study, environmental impacts

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Bae, J. & Kim, Y. 2008. Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Lean Supply System: A Case Study of High-Rise Condominium Construction in Seoul, Korea, 16th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction , 735-742. doi.org/

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