TY  - CONF
TI  - A Conceptual Framework for Lean Construction and Blockchain Synergy
C1  - Edmonton, Canada
C3  - Proc. 30th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC)
SP  - 576
EP  - 587
PY  - 2022
DO  - 10.24928/2022/0162
AU  - Tezel, Algan 
AU  - Kifokeris, Dimosthenis 
AU  - Formoso, Carlos 
AU  - Koskela, Lauri 
AU  - Koch, Christian 
AD  - Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, Aston University, UK, a.tezel@aston.ac.uk, orcid.org/0000- 0003-3903-6126
AD  - Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Chalmers University of  Technology, Sweden, dimkif@chalmers.se, orcid.org/0000-0003-4186-8730 
AD  - Professor, Building Innovation Research Unit (NORIE), Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil,  formoso@ufrgs.br, orcid.org/0000-0002-4772-3746
AD  - Professor, Department of Architecture and 3D Design, University of Huddersfield, UK,  l.koskela@hud.ac.uk, orcid.org/0000-0003-4449- 2281 
AD  - Professor, Department of the Built Environment, Aalborg University, Denmark,  christiank@build.aau.dk, orcid.org/0000-0003-3750-976X 
AB  - Blockchain is a distributed ledger technology referring to decentralized databases existing across multiple locations and participants, in which the need for intermediariesto process, validate or authenticate transactions is reduced or eliminated. Such transactions are synchronously held by computer nodes in distributed copies, with cryptographic signatures validated through consensus protocols and transparency achieved through peer-to-peer transactional access among the nodes. Blockchain-based applications can be preferred over centralized databases on the basis of high levels of trust, data security, immutability, transparency, and multi-user consensus protocols. There is growing interest in blockchain in the built environment, with a focus on procurement, the management of supply chain project-life cycle, smart cities, intelligent systems, sustainability, and decentralized organizations. However, there is little discussion on whether and how blockchain will affect the advances in lean construction (LC) and vice versa. This paper therefore proposes a framework that establishes interactions between blockchain and lean construction, which can potentially facilitate the implementation of both. It is based on a synthetic literature review. The results indicate that blockchain can facilitate the implementation of LC (e.g., recording and retrieving of Last Planner data), and vice versa (e.g., value stream mapping guiding the integration of blockchain with processes).
KW  - Lean construction
KW  - distributed ledger technology
KW  - blockchain
KW  - smart contracts
KW  - framework
KW  - synergy.
PB  - 
T2  - Proc. 30th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC)
DA  - 2022/07/27
CY  - Edmonton, Canada
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1989/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1989
N1  - Export Date: 01 May 2024
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -