TY  - CONF
TI  - The Scope for Innovative Thinking Within Public Private Partnerships
C1  - Singapore, Singapore
C3  - 9th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
PY  - 2001
AU  - Leiringer, Roine
AD  - Doctoral Researcher, Construction Management and Economics, Royal Institute of Technology, Drottning Kristinas väg 30, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden, roine@recm.kth.se
ED  - Ballard, Glenn
ED  - Chua, David
AB  - The construction sector is routinely accused of being cost driven, with many key decisions taken on the basis of lowest cost instead of quality, safety, the environment and the long-term use of its products. The sector is plagued by traditions, customs and practices that preserve narrowly defined corporate interests at the expense of collaboration and customer orientation. Construction work is traditionally based on a statement of the perceived needs of the client and is accompanied by practices in which cost cutting is prioritised ahead of searching for something different and better. It is not so much about “lean thinking”, as “mean thinking”. Meanwhile, advocates of Public Private Partnership (PPP) procurement claim that not only are projects able to be initiated earlier and result in lower costs, they also provide better value for money, shorter construction times and higher quality in the end-product. Greater scope for innovation and improved working procedures are also claimed, supporting lean thinking, theories and applications. The paper explores some of the implications that Public Private Partnerships now present for the construction industry.
KW  - Lean Thinking
KW  - Lean Construction
KW  - Public Private Partnerships
KW  - Technology Innovation
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/150/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/150
N1  - Export Date: 19 April 2024
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -