Abstract In Mainland China, the building industry is one of the highest energy-consuming
and most highly polluting sectors. Lean construction is famous for eliminating non-value …

The built environment has great influence over the sustainability of societies as well as over
people's quality of life. Quality of life (QoL) is a broad concept that has different definitions …

Purpose This study aims to investigate the impact of traditional teaching and active learning
methods in lean management (LM) on the development of both soft and hard skills …

ABSTRACT A paper by the authors presented at IGLC 21 in 2013 concluded that the
classical list of seven wastes presented by Ohno is context specific (related to mass …

Green buildings (GBs) are gaining popularity the world over. This study investigates the
criteria that determine the success of GB projects. This study employs the interpretive …

Construction projects are complex networks of people with various backgrounds,
perceptions, objectives, and dynamically changing project value expectations. Attaining …

Target Value Design (TVD) is a management approach that aims to maximize value in the
framework of a pre-established cost target. TVD views AEC (Architecture, Engineering and …

Higher education institutions are designed to support their core processes–learning,
teaching, research, and societal impact. In order for university facilities to support these …

Question: What is value? Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to explore the concept of
value on a fundamental level to arrive at a definition that is usable within the context of Lean …

ABSTRACT The Lean Construction (LC) community commonly agrees upon that the goal of
projects is to deliver value. However, value as a concept is an ambiguous one. Not …