Exploring the Adaptability of Daily Look-Ahead Meetings in the Construction Industry

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2020-12-02

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Yılmaz, Anıl
Tokdemir, Onur Behzat

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Lean construction is a new approach, adapted from lean thinking, focuses an increase in productivity through control over the process to eliminate waste of project while maximizing the value offered by the project. The Last Planner System (LPS) is one of the production control and planning systems for project management in lean construction philosophy. It emphasizes reliable and optimized workflows by taking measures (Identification and resolving) for problems that may occur in advance collaboratively at the lowest level by breaking down tasks into more details, from the master schedule to the daily work plan. However, the application of daily look-ahead meetings is rather limited to both academically and practically in the construction industry. This paper aims to explore the efficacy of daily look-ahead meetings adaptation in the construction environment. Systematic literature review and expert interviews with senior and mid-level managers from the construction industry are carried out to evaluate the results of its implementation in construction projects. Although the literature perceives the positive impacts of daily look-ahead meetings on productivity and quality, practitioners emphasize the fundamental obstacles to adapt daily look-ahead meetings in practice. The paper concludes by revealing benefits and challenges and recommending several strategies to overcome the obstacles about productivity and quality in the construction industry.

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Daily look-ahead meeting, Last Planner System, Lean construction

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http://ipcmc2020.itu.edu.tr/conference/proceedings
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/80911

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Department of Civil Engineering, Conference / Seminar

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A. Yılmaz and O. B. Tokdemir, “Exploring the Adaptability of Daily Look-Ahead Meetings in the Construction Industry,” 2020, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: http://ipcmc2020.itu.edu.tr/conference/proceedings.