TY  - CONF
TI  - Reducing Variability of a Valuable Construction Input: Subcontractors
AU  - Stevens, Matt
AD  - Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, Univ. of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010 Australia. +61 9035 8673, matthew.stevens@unimelb.edu.au
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  - 661
EP  - 670
SN  - 2309-0979 (ISSN)
AB  - Subcontractors are critical to the U.S. construction industry. They are used by general contractors (GC) to preform a majority of work. Subcontractors safely install components specified, in the time needed, and at a competitive cost. It appears that some misalignment of Lean Construction (LC) methodologies and realities of managing subcontractors. More research is needed to address this largest input in most projects. Currently, LC suffers from low adoption. Looking ahead to the next 3 years, all contractors plan adoption at the same low rate. This paper will review an action research project and its outcomes which involved a GC and its subcontractors over three years of projects.
KW  - Lean Construction
KW  - LC
KW  - production
KW  - productivity
KW  - variability
KW  - subcontractor
KW  - PDCA
L1  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/1219/pdf
UR  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/1219
DB  - IGLC.net
LA  - English
N1  - Export date: 04 October 2026
ER  -