TY  - CONF
TI  - Introduction of a Digital Earthwork Construction Site
AU  - Kirchbach, Kim
AU  - Steuer, Dominik
AU  - Gehbauer, Fritz
AD  - Research Fellow. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Technology and  Management in Construction, Am Fasanengarten, Geb. 50.31, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany, Phone  +49 721 60848223, kim.kirchbach@kit.edu
AD  - Graduate Student. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Technology and  Management in Construction, Am Fasanengarten, Geb. 50.31, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany,  dominik.steuer@student.kit.edu
AD  - Professor. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Technology and Management in  Construction, Am Fasanengarten, Geb. 50.31, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany, Phone  +49 721 60842646, fritz.gehbauer@kit.edu
ED  - Formoso, Carlos Torres
ED  - Tzortzopoulos, Patricia
PY  - 2013
DA  - 2013/07/31
T2  - 21th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
C3  - 21th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
CY  - Fortaleza, Brazil
SP  - 791
EP  - 800
SN  - 2309-0979 (ISSN)
AB  - The concept of the “digital factory” has already been successfully implemented in the automotive and manufacturing industry. An adaption, following lean principles, to the construction site seems promising. Combining sensors, information technology, and approaches of Building information modeling (BIM) allows a cross-linking of construction machines and therefore offers a higher level of information transparency. This enables construction machines a faster way of discovering changes through the dynamics of the construction process (change of soil class, weather conditions, etc.). Higher transparency and reduced waste can lead not only to a higher utilization of one construction machine but also to a higher efficiency of the whole process chain by the related lean management methods. The collected information can also be used for a new and dynamic type of allocation of the construction machines based on a flexible Kanban system. An improved constructive cooperation and coordination (e.g. reduced waiting or unproductive times) ensures that potentials will be exploited and a value maximization achieved. This paper will show a theoretical model, based on expert interviews and stochastic simulations. It provides an estimation of the implementation cost and running expenses in comparison with the mentioned potential for optimization
KW  - Lean Construction
KW  - IT in Lean
KW  - standardization
KW  - visual management
KW  - Last Planner  System
L1  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/918/pdf
UR  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/918
DB  - IGLC.net
LA  - English
N1  - Export date: 04 October 2026
ER  -