One of the major change efforts for the construction industry is lean
construction. This thesis analyzes the practices of the construction
companies in Turkey from the lean construction perspective. Prior to the
analysis in question, requisite information about change in the
construction industry, lean thinking and lean construction will be
presented.
A questionnaire, based on a lean construction model, is used to survey
the practices and gather the data for the analysis. Various statistical
analysis methods are performed on the gathered data to make
inferences. According to these analyses, the lean construction
characteristics of the construction companies will be discussed and the
recommendations for improving the lean conformance of the construction
companies will be presented.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12608658/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 August 2007 |
| Creators | Tezel, Bulent Algan |
| Contributors | Nielsen, Yasemin |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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