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@CONFERENCE{Awwal2026,
author={Awwal, Samira and Tzortzopoulos, Patricia and Fatahian, Esmaeel and Hill, Catherine and Mishra, Rakesh and Fleming, Leigh },
editor={Hamzeh, Farook and Poshdar, Mani and Garcia-Lopez,, Nelly P. },
title={Lean-digital-place integration for circular housing design}, 
journal={Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 34)}, 
booktitle={Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 34)}, 
year={2026},
pages={1395-1406},
url={http://www.iglc.net/papers/details/2459},
doi={10.24928/2026/0137},
affiliation={Senior Lecturer, Department of Engineering and Built Environment, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom, s.awwal@ljmu.ac.uk , https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7771-1511 ; Professor, Design and Built Environment, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom, patricia.tzortzopoulos@ntu.ac.uk  , https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8740-6753 ; Research Assistant, Department of Engineering & Technology, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom, e.fatahian3@hud.ac.uk , https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6984-5113 ; Research Assistant, Department of Engineering & Technology, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom, c.hill@hud.ac.uk , https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9305-0594 ; Professor, Department of Engineering & Technology, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom, r.mishra@hud.ac.uk , https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1620-3238 ; Professor, Department of Engineering & Technology, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom, l.t.fleming2@hud.ac.uk , https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6962-8686 },
abstract={Circular economy strategies are increasingly promoted to reduce material waste, embodied carbon, and lifecycle environmental impacts in the built environment. However, practical adoption in housing remains limited due to fragmentation across process, information, and regional infrastructures. Existing studies emphasise design strategies or digital tools but do not appropriately consider the production system conditions required for circular workflows. A structured narrative literature review was conducted across three domains: Lean Construction, digital construction technologies (including BIM, Digital Twins, and AI), and circular economy. Based on this synthesis, the paper proposes a Lean-Digital-Place (LDP) framework that conceptualises circularity as an emergent property of aligned production processes, digital information infrastructures, and regional material ecosystems. The framework extends Lean Construction thinking from the project-level toward lifecycle and regionally embedded production systems. A research agenda and evaluation indicators are proposed to guide empirical validation and support the development of scalable circular housing systems. },
author_keywords={Circular economy, BIM, Digital Twins, AI, Lean Construction, lifecycle analysis. },
address={Singapore, Singapore },
issn={2789-0015 },
publisher={ },
language={English},
document_type={Conference Paper},
source={IGLC},
}