| Author | Reddy, Gopu Akhil |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.CM-17-20 |
| Subject(s) | Construction industry--India--Management
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Engineering in Construction, Engineering and Infrastructure Management, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. CM-17-20 |
| Abstract | Construction industry in India is one of the largest contributors to national economy over the last couple decades since independence. It is also the biggest contributor in creating employment, next only to agriculture. Low productivity, poor performance, delays, cost overruns, shortage of skilled labor have been negatively impacting the productivity of the industry. Lean construction is a recent development in the field of construction, whose main objective to reduce the waste and increase the efficiency of construction processes by generating value to the customer. This is achieved by streamlining the processes in the industry. This has greatly helps in improving the performance in many companies in the developed nations. This study aims to develop a system for Indian construction companies to assess the maturity of their practices and also to propose an implementation strategy to make their processes lean. The research has identified 16 lean principles applicable to construction in India. A generic model has been developed for lean functioning of departments of construction company, which lead to identification of 62 functions across six departments in the company an assessment criterion has then be developed to assess the maturity of these functions, which was then verified by two academicians and two practitioners from the Indian construction industry. Once the detailed analysis of the practices of the company is performed, a strategy to implement lean practices in the various departments of the construction companies in India has been developed. The strategy comprises of three steps, namely incorporation, transition and implementation stage. |
| Year | 2017 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. CM-17-01 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Civil and Infrastucture Engineering (DCIE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Construction Engineering and Infrastructure Management (CM) |
| Chairperson(s) | Chotchai Charoenngam; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Hadikusumo, Banaventura H. W.;Santoso, Djoen San; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Asian Institute of Technology Fellowship; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2017 |