TY - CONF TI - The Multiple Roles of Specifications in Lean Construction C1 - Singapore, Singapore C3 - 9th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction PY - 2001 AU - Lam, Patrick T.I. AU - Kumaraswamy, Mohan M. AU - Ng, S. Thomas AD - Lecturer, Building & Real Estate Dept., Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 852-27665799, FAX 852-27645131, bsplam@polyu.edu.hk AD - Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering. University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong 852-28591976, FAX 852-25595337, mohan@hkucc.hku.hk AD - Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering., University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong 852-28578556, FAX 852-25595337, tstng@hkucc.hku.hk ED - Ballard, Glenn ED - Chua, David AB - The primary goal of Lean Production is to avoid the wastage of time, money and other resources. In the construction setting, a lot of wastages are attributed to delays, rework and the subsequent non-productive efforts expended in resolving disputes arising from such inefficiencies. Deficient specifications have been implicated in many waste scenarios. Despite that, little research has been conducted to examine the deficiencies of specifications. In this paper, the causes of deficient specifications are firstly examined under a postulated framework of issues that can be reasonably expected to be addressed by specifications – embracing formatting, technical, people management, legal and communication issues. Secondly, this paper aims at exploring the potential roles of specifications in the context of some of these issues, in elevating construction performance levels through a lean construction based strategy. KW - Lean Production KW - Specifications KW - Deficiencies KW - Improvements KW - PB - T2 - 9th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction DA - 2001/08/06 CY - Singapore, Singapore L1 - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/149/pdf L2 - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/149 N1 - Export Date: 19 April 2024 DB - IGLC.net DP - IGLC LA - English ER -