TY  - CONF
TI  - An Evaluation of Waste in Steel Pipe Rack Installation
AU  - Modegh, Shima Ghavami
AD  - Tenders and Contracts Specialist, Kayson Company, Tehran, Iran, Phone +98 935 1010518, shima.ghavami@gmail.com
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  - 729
EP  - 738
SN  - 2309-0979 (ISSN)
AB  - The new emerging philosophy of lean construction has been increasingly advocated because of the significant outcomes of its application in different projects. Its waste minimization focus is declared to be beneficial in addressing the inherent challenges of construction, i.e. quality failures, low productivity, and cost and schedule overruns. This research aims to identify the common waste factors and unearth the most significant contributors to waste in steel pipe rack installation process. Data collection was through 6 interviews, followed by a questionnaire survey of 43 professionals involved in pipe rack projects. The findings revealed that waiting for equipment and prefabricated steel elements, repair works and inspection time could be considered as the main waste factors. Moreover, poor planning, weak communication, financial problems, lack of coordination-based workflow, poor contractor practices and poor job site management are recognized to be the most prominent root causes of waste generation.
KW  - Lean Construction
KW  - Waste
KW  - Waste Causes
KW  - Steel Pipe Rack
KW  - Petroleum Industry.
L1  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/930/pdf
UR  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/930
DB  - IGLC.net
LA  - English
N1  - Export date: 04 October 2026
ER  -