TY  - CONF
TI  - Takt Control: Core Concepts and Preliminary Propositions
AU  - Formoso, Carlos T.
AU  - Tommelein, Iris D.
AU  - Barth, Karina B.
AU  - Coelho, Rafael V.
AD  - Professor, Building Innovation Research Unit (NORIE), Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS),  Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, formoso@ufrgs.br, orcid.org/0000-0002-4772-3746
AD  - Distinguished Professor, Civil and Envir. Eng. Dept., Director, Project Production Systems Laboratory (P2SL),  University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA, tommelein@berkeley.edu, orcid.org/0000-0002-9941-6596
AD  - Postdoctoral Researcher, Building Innovation Research Unit (NORIE), Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul  (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, kbertotto@gmail.com, orcid.org/0000-0001-9612-6246
AD  - PhD Candidate, Civil and Envir. Eng. Dept. and Project Production Systems Laboratory (P2SL), University of  California, Berkeley, CA, USA, rvcoelho@berkeley.edu, orcid.org/0000-0003-3298-3622
ED  - Seppänen, Olli
ED  - Koskela, Lauri
ED  - Murata, Koichi
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/06/02
T2  - Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 33)
C3  - Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 33)
CY  - Osaka and Kyoto, Japan
SP  - 424
EP  - 435
DO  - 10.24928/2025/0110
SN  - 2789-0015 (ISSN)
AB  - Takt production refers to a construction planning and control method rooted in core concepts and principles of Lean Production. Several benefits have been associated with its use, including increased work efficiency, simplified control procedures, improved plan reliability, and reduced project lead times. Nevertheless, takt production deserves further study to fill existing knowledge gaps. First, many studies report on the successful use of takt production in construction projects, but they overlook takt control and the metrics required to assess project performance. Second, few studies on takt production in construction discuss the method’s theoretical foundations and the need to make the method suit the level of complexity of any particular project. This study has developed a set of preliminary propositions for implementing takt control in construction projects, considering projects as complex sociotechnical systems. These propositions are grounded in core Lean Production concepts and principles and the requirements of control systems designed to manage complexity. Examples of takt control practices identified in case studies are used to illustrate these propositions.
KW  - Takt planning
KW  - takt production
KW  - takt control
KW  - Last Planner System®
KW  - complex systems.
L1  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/2310/pdf
UR  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/2310
DB  - IGLC.net
LA  - English
N1  - Export date: 04 October 2026
ER  -