TY  - CONF
TI  - What limits effective target value delivery implementation in construction projects?
C1  - Singapore, Singapore
C3  - Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 34)
SP  - 1407
EP  - 1418
PY  - 2026
DO  - 10.24928/2026/0175
AU  - Giménez, Zulay
AU  - Vásquez-Hernández, Alejandro
AU  - Ortega, Jesús
AU  - Mesa, Harrison
AU  - Martínez, Jhonattan
AU  - Alarcón, Luis
AD  - Assistant professor School of Civil Construction, Faculty of Engineering and  Research Associate of Centro Nacional de Excelencia para la Industria de la Madera. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, zmgimenez@uc.cl, orcid.org/0000-0001-9051-1434
AD  - Assistant Professor, School of Applied Sciences and Engineering, Universidad EAFIT, Medellín, Colombia,  avasquez5@uc.cl, orcid.org/0000-0002-1073-4038
AD  - Academic, Departamento de Obras Civiles, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Valparaíso, Chile, jesus.ortegaf@usm.cl, orcid.org/0000-0002-1148-937X
AD  - Associate professor School of Civil Construction, Faculty of Engineering and  Research Associate of Centro Nacional de Excelencia para la Industria de la Madera. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, hmesa@uc.cl, orcid.org/0000-0002-7050-3610
AD  - Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Aarhus University, Denmark, jgmartinez@cae.au.dk, orcid.org/0000-0001-6715-4440
AD  - Professor, Department of Construction Engineering and Management, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, lalarcon@ing.puc.cl, orcid.org/0000-0002-9277-2272
ED  - Hamzeh, Farook
ED  - Poshdar, Mani
ED  - Garcia-Lopez,, Nelly P.
AB  - Target Value Delivery (TVD) has been recognized in the Lean Construction literature for its potential to maximize project value under early-defined cost constraints. However, its practical implementation remains limited and often partial. This study presents a literature review to identify and analyze the barriers to implementing TVD in construction projects. Based on a structured search conducted in Scopus, 35 studies reporting empirical experiences or applications of TVD were analyzed, leading to the identification of 22 barriers grouped into five categories: organizational, contractual and legal, cultural and behavioral, technical and process-related, and client-related. The results indicate that the most recurrently reported barriers are primarily concentrated in the contractual, cultural, and technical dimensions. In particular, misaligned economic incentives, traditional contractual frameworks, lack of trust, and difficulties in defining and operationalizing value emerge as recurrent constraints across the literature. The study proposes a prioritization logic based on the frequency of occurrence of barriers, interpreted as a proxy for their relative relevance, emphasizing the need for integrated and sequential interventions. This review contributes to Lean Construction research by reinforcing the understanding of TVD as a socio-technical system and by providing an analytical foundation for future research and implementation strategies.
KW  - Target Value Delivery (TVD)
KW  - implementation
KW  - target cost
KW  - barriers
KW  - literature review.
PB  - 
T2  - Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 34)
DA  - 2026/06/22
CY  - Singapore, Singapore
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/2484/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/2484
N1  - Export Date: 19 June 2026
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -