TY  - CONF
TI  - Innovation in the New Zealand Construction Industry – Diffusion of the Last Planner System
C1  - Chennai, India
C3  - 26th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
SP  - 422
EP  - 431
PY  - 2018
DO  - 10.24928/2018/0486
AU  - Hunt, Richard J.
AU  - Gonzalez, Vicente A.
AD  - Associate, Decisionz Ltd., Auckland, New Zealand +64 22 417 3223, r.hunt@decisio.co.nz
AD  - Senior Lecturer, Civil and Environmental Engineering Dept., University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, +64 21 877 134, v.gonzalez@auckland.ac.nz
AB  - Globally, the development, diffusion, and adoption of innovation within the construction industry has been shown to occur at significantly slower rates than other industries. This is due to a number of complexities which define the construction industry itself. One particular innovation which appears to be gaining momentum globally as a new standard in construction management is Lean Construction, and in particular, the Last Planner System of production control. The purpose of, and aims of this paper is to determine whether the views of New Zealand construction industry stakeholders regarding innovation align with the literature; to gauge to which degree The Last Planner System has been diffused within the New Zealand industry, and to gain an insight into stakeholder perspectives of The Last Planner System as an innovation. The study covered a range of industry stakeholders consisting of consultants, contractors, and project owners. The results of these interviews suggest that the challenges of construction innovation within New Zealand are consistent with the global outlook; diffusion of The Last Planner System is in its early stages and there is much scepticism within the industry as to the likelihood of its widespread adoption. 
KW  - Innovation
KW  - Last Planner System
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - Lean Construction
KW  - Perspective
PB  - 
T2  - 26th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
DA  - 2018/07/18
CY  - Chennai, India
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1566/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1566
N1  - Export Date: 16 April 2024
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -