TY  - CONF
TI  - An Exploratory Study of the Main Barriers to Lean Construction Implementation in Peru
AU  - Huaman-Orosco, Cristian
AU  - Erazo-Rondinel, Andrews A.
AD  - Graduate Student, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Lima, Peru, chuamano@uni.pe, orcid.org/0000-0002-8125-3768
AD  - Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Lima, Peru,  aerazor@uni.pe, orcid.org/0000-0002-5639-573X
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/07/14
T2  - Proc. 29th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC)
C3  - Proc. 29th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC)
CY  - Lima, Peru
SP  - 474
EP  - 483
DO  - 10.24928/2021/0173
AB  - Lean Construction (LC) has been implemented for 20 years in Peru in different types of projects: buildings, sanitary works, mining, sports infrastructure, and for the development of people, finding significant benefits after its implementation. However, some barriers make complicated Lean Construction from being applied in many projects in Peru. This research aims to identify and classify the obstacles that lead to poor implementation of Lean thinking. First, the study started with a literature review and consultation with six experts with more than ten years of experience in the implementation of Lean Construction in different types of projects, identifying thirty-two barriers to Lean Construction implementation, dividing the barriers into four types: culture barriers, technology barriers, lean philosophy, and other barriers. One hundred and twenty-four engineers from various projects are surveyed, and the main obstacles to Lean Construction implementation are ranked. The findings identified that "lack of government policies," "lack of alliances between academy and organizations," and "high use of time and cost with no return" are the main barriers related to the implementation of Lean. Research is the basis for generating a roadmap and lines of research.
KW  - Lean construction
KW  - challenges
KW  - barriers
KW  - Peru
KW  - Latin America.
L1  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/1875/pdf
UR  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/1875
DB  - IGLC.net
LA  - English
N1  - Export date: 04 October 2026
ER  -