TY  - CONF
TI  - A Construction Delay Analysis Approach Based on Lean Principles
AU  - Erol, Huseyin
AU  - Dikmen, Irem
AU  - Birgonul, M. Talat
AD  - ,  , PhD Student, Construction Management and Engineering Division, Civil Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, huseyinerol@yahoo.com
AD  - Professor, Construction Management and Engineering Division, Civil Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, idikmen@metu.edu.tr
AD  - Professor, Director of the Construction Management and Engineering Division, Civil Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, birgonul@metu.edu.tr
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2017/07/09
T2  - 25th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
C3  - 25th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
CY  - Heraklion, Greece
SP  - 645
EP  - 653
DO  - 10.24928/2017/0175
SN  - 2309-0979 (ISSN)
AB  - Delay is a quite common problem for construction projects. The existing practice of construction management is usually based on assessment of delays, liabilities and claims. However, this approach does not serve to remove the underlying causes of delay problems. In addition to estimation of delays, there is a need for a systematic method that will prevent delays in projects. Lean construction has tools and techniques that can serve for this purpose. However, a formal delay analysis procedure does not exist in lean practices since CPM adaptation is not well accepted. This paper advocates that integrated utilization of CPM and lean principles can help assessment of existing delays and minimization of delays in forthcoming stages.     The methodology proposed in this study has not been applied on a real project, however, in this paper, its implementation steps are demonstrated using real project data. The proposed methodology is expected to help construction practitioners in delay analysis and when lean principles are applied appropriately, it can prevent delays, enhance schedule accuracy, and improve communication between the parties.
KW  - Lean construction
KW  - delay analysis
KW  - last planner system
KW  - critical path method
KW  - pull scheduling.
L1  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/1456/pdf
UR  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/1456
DB  - IGLC.net
LA  - English
N1  - Export date: 04 October 2026
ER  -