TY  - CONF
TI  - A Conceptual Framework for the Prescriptive Causal Analysis of Construction Waste
AU  - Formoso, C.
AU  - Bølviken, T.
AU  - Rooke, J.
AU  - Koskela, L.
AD  - Professor, Building Innovation Research Unit (NORIE), Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Phone +55 51 33083518, formoso@ufrgs.br
AD  - Director of Strategy, HR and HSE, Veidekke Entreprenør AS, P.O. Box 506 Skøyen, N-0214 Oslo, trond.bolviken@veidekke.no
AD  - Independent scholar, Manchester, U.K., j.a.rooke@eml.cc
AD  - Professor of Construction and Project Management, School of Art, Design and Architecture, University of Huddersfield, L.Koskela@hud.ac.uk
ED  - Seppänen, Olli
ED  - González, Vicente A.
ED  - Arroyo, Paz
PY  - 2015
DA  - 2015/07/29
T2  - 23rd Annual Conference of the  International Group for Lean Construction
C3  - 23rd Annual Conference of the  International Group for Lean Construction
CY  - Perth, Australia
SP  - 454
EP  - 461
SN  - 2309-0979 (ISSN)
AB  - An initial step towards a prescriptive theory (a set of concepts) to inform the elimination of waste on construction projects. The ultimate intention is to identify the most important types and causes of waste in construction and outline the principal causal relations between them. This is not a straightforward process: the relationships form a complex network of chains and cycles of waste. Waste is defined as the use of more resources than needed, or an unwanted output from production. A conceptual schema of Previous Production Stage > Production Waste > Effect Waste is proposed and applied to the causal analysis of two major types of waste: material waste and making do.
KW  - Waste
KW  - value
KW  - value stream
KW  - causality
KW  - networks of waste
L1  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/1162/pdf
UR  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/1162
DB  - IGLC.net
LA  - English
N1  - Export date: 04 October 2026
ER  -