TY  - CONF
TI  - Brief Reflection on the Improvement of the Design Process Efficiency in Brazilian Building Projects
AU  - Fabricio, Marcio M.
AU  - Melhado, Silvio B.
AU  - Baia, Josaphat L.
AD  - Doctoral candidate of Civil Construction Engineering Department, Escola Politécnica, University of São Paulo, M. Sc., Brazil, fabricio@pcc.usp.br
AD  - Professor of Civil Construction Engineering Department, Escola Politécnica, University of São Paulo, Dr., Brazil, silviobm@pcc.usp.br
AD  - M. Sc. of Civil Construction Engineering Department, Escola Politécnica, University of São Paulo, Brazil, josaphat@pcc.usp.br
PY  - 1999
DA  - 1999/07/26
T2  - 7th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
C3  - 7th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
CY  - Berkeley, California, USA
SP  - 345
EP  - 356
AB  - This paper starts with (i) an introduction on building construction sector design process main characteristics and (ii) a presentation and discussion on its efficiency problems. The Concurrent Engineering concept as a tool to improve this process, approximating it to lean construction approach is introduced. It also describes a case study on a 22 companies group quality program. This group includes building construction companies, as well design offices, which are implementing some design process changes. The paper ends up proposing a building design process methodology, based on the concurrent engineering principles.
KW  - Building design
KW  - design flow management
KW  - concurrent engineering
KW  - lean construction.
L1  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/67/pdf
UR  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/67
DB  - IGLC.net
LA  - English
N1  - Export date: 04 October 2026
ER  -