TY  - CONF
TI  - Preventing the Parade of Delays in Takt Production
AU  - Dahlberg, Terje Øvergaard
AU  - Drevland, Frode
AD  - M.Sc. student, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway, +47 924 39 786, terjedahlb@gmail.com, orcid.org/0000-0002-1144-9036
AD  - Associate Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway,  +47 920 64 262, frode.drevland@ntnu.no, orcid.org/0000-0002-4596-1564
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  - 777
EP  - 786
DO  - 10.24928/2021/0175
AB  - In recent years, takt has become an increasingly more common method to structure work in construction projects. Because of the tight coupling of activities in takt, ensuring that activities are done on time is crucial. The literature stresses having good takt plans and discusses how to react to delays in the takt production. However, there exists little literature about how site management can work proactively during takt execution to prevent delays.     This paper presents a case study of Consto – a major construction company in Norway – and their experience working proactively to prevent takt production delays. The paper identifies several causes for delays experienced in the company and several approaches used in the case company to prevent them.     We found that if delays were not prevented, they tended to propagate and compound through the production system, leading to a parade of delays. Furthermore, working proactively to prevent delays is contingent on having a high degree of buy-in and commitment from all trades participating in the takt. A key to achieving this was to involve all the trades in the takt planning process actively.
KW  - Lean construction
KW  - takt
KW  - production planning and control
L1  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/1926/pdf
UR  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/1926
DB  - IGLC.net
LA  - English
N1  - Export date: 04 October 2026
ER  -