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@CONFERENCE{Wondimu2016,
author={Wondimu, Paulos Abebe and Hosseini, Ali and Lohne, Jardar and Hailemichael, Eyuell and Lædre, Ola },
editor={ },
title={Early Contractor Involvement in Public Infrastructure Projects}, 
journal={24th Annual Conference of the  International Group for Lean Construction}, 
booktitle={24th Annual Conference of the  International Group for Lean Construction}, 
year={2016},
url={http://www.iglc.net/papers/details/1282},
affiliation={PhD Candidate, Department of civil and transport engineering (BAT), Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway/Senior Engineer, Norwegian Public Roads Administration, Norway, +47 901 11 814, paulos.wondimu@ntnu.no/ paulos.wondimu@vegvesen.no ; PhD Candidate, BAT, NTNU, ali.hosseini@ntnu.no ; Researcher, Dr.Art., BAT, NTNU, jardar.lohne@ntnu.no ; M.Sc. Student, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, eyuell@student.chalmers.se ; Assoc. prof., Dr.Ing., BAT, NTNU, ola.ladre@ntnu.no },
abstract={Advocates of lean construction recommend early contractor involvement (ECI) to further reduce waste. Waste reduction and flow, value generation and sustainability can be improved if some of the companies on a project use lean principles and methods. However, if the contractor is organizationally integrated in the early phases, there is a better chance that the product and process designs are consistent with one another. ECI can ensure better value for money by organizationally integrating contractors` knowledge to early phases of projects. This paper contributes to the knowledge about how to implement ECI in public projects. In addition to a literature study, a document study as well as fourteen semi-structured in-depth interviews with key informants from eleven Norwegian public bridge projects were carried out. The EU public procurement directive represents a challenge for public owners when they consider ECI in their projects. However, the studied bridge projects have used various approaches to implement ECI without violating the EU directive. Thirteen approaches are identified in this study. The conclusion is that there are several approaches to implement ECI in public projects, though the contractors’ contribution varies a lot depending on which approaches that are implemented. },
author_keywords={Lean construction, ECI, Project alliancing, Public procurement, Knowledge integration. },
address={Boston, Massachusetts, USA },
issn={2309-0979 },
publisher={ },
language={English},
document_type={Conference Paper},
source={IGLC},
}