TY  - CONF
TI  - Exploring the potential of lean sustainable construction 4.0: a reflexive analysis
C1  - Singapore, Singapore
C3  - Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 34)
SP  - 569
EP  - 581
PY  - 2026
DO  - 10.24928/2026/0308
AU  - Garcés, Gonzalo
AU  - Forcael, Eric
AD  - Ph.D. Student, Department of Construction Engineering and Civil Engineering Projects, Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia 46022, Spain; ggarces1@doctor.upv.es, orcid.org/0000-0002-1359-4835
AD  - Professor, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad San Sebastián, Concepción 4081339, Chile; eric.forcael@uss.cl, orcid.org/0000-0002-3036-4329
ED  - Hamzeh, Farook
ED  - Poshdar, Mani
ED  - Garcia-Lopez,, Nelly P.
AB  - The construction industry faces a fundamental crisis due to historically low productivity and its significant contribution to carbon emissions and waste. To address these critical issues across environmental, economic, and social dimensions, this research utilizes a reflexive analysis and philosophical synthesis of the intersection of Lean Construction (LC), Construction 4.0, and Sustainable Construction, resulting in the emerging framework “Lean Sustainable Construction 4.0” (LSC4.0). The aim is to clarify the conceptual and philosophical feasibility of this integration. The main contribution demonstrates that Lean Construction and Sustainable Construction are not opposing domains but are instead mutually enhanced by the intelligence of Construction 4.0, which acts as the epistemological tool for quantifying and predicting value and ecological impact. The discussion emphasizes conceptual synergy, the ontological and epistemological implications (redefining the built object as a cyber-physical system), the challenges in establishing LSC4.0, and the future research directions (maturity models and ethical frameworks) to support the comprehensive transformation of the sector.
KW  - Lean construction
KW  - sustainable construction
KW  - construction 4.0
KW  - construction industry.
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/2585/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/2585
N1  - Export Date: 19 June 2026
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -