IGLC 34 · Singapore, Singapore · 2026

Lean post-typhoon recovery: multi-agent look-ahead and constraints for the Last Planner System

  1. PhD Student, School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Hainan University, Haikou, China, 25110814000020@hainanu.edu.cn, orcid.org/0009-0008-5084-8575
  2. Associate Professor, School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Hainan University, Haikou, China, oxazajl@hainanu.edu.cn, orcid.org/0000-0002-3355-2157
  3. Undergraduate student, School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Hainan University, Haikou, China, 20223005212@hainanu.edu.cn
  4. Master Student, School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Hainan University, Haikou, China, 19989716938@163.com, orcid.org/0009-0008-1120-6393

https://doi.org/10.24928/2026/0273

Abstract

Post-typhoon recovery involves high-variability work in which plan reliability is frequently undermined by late discovery of constraints, fragmented information, and rework. Rapid post-typhoon building recovery requires integrating heterogeneous evidence and converting it into actionable and auditable plans. This paper proposes a Lean Construction informed, knowledge-driven framework that combines a multi-modal knowledge graph (MMKG) with multi-agent orchestration for end-to-end building damage assessment and recovery planning, aligned with the Last Planner System (LPS) through look-ahead planning, make-ready checks, and explicit constraint management. The MMKG captures emergency management criteria, typhoon evolution and exposure status, building-level damage evidence, and reusable post-disaster recovery templates. The approach uses the MMKG as a shared and traceable evidence base, enabling multi-agent orchestration to generate a constraint log, assign make-ready status, and support weekly work plan release under explicit rule-based conditions. Typhoon Yagi is used as an illustrative proof-of-concept case to demonstrate how heterogeneous post-typhoon evidence can be translated into LPS-oriented planning artifacts. The results indicate that the framework is feasible for generating traceable planning outputs under multi-source uncertainty; however, quantitative field-scale validation and execution stage performance assessment remain future work.

Keywords

  • Last Planner System
  • multi-agent
  • knowledge-driven
  • multi-modal knowledge graph
  • Typhoon disaster.

Cite this paper

APA 7th edition

Zeng, X., Jiang, L., Cheng, Z., & Chen, Y. (2026). Lean post-typhoon recovery: multi-agent look-ahead and constraints for the Last Planner System. In F. Hamzeh, M. Poshdar, N. P. Garcia-Lopez, & V. Gan (Eds.), Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 34) (pp. 250–259). https://doi.org/10.24928/2026/0273

Shortened reference for IGLC papers

Zeng, X., Jiang, L., Cheng, Z., & Chen, Y. (2026). Lean post-typhoon recovery: multi-agent look-ahead and constraints for the Last Planner System. IGLC34. https://doi.org/10.24928/2026/0273