Lean Principles an Innovative Approach for Achieving Sustainability in the Egyptian Construction Industry 6 From 11

A Conceptual Framework for Promoting the Adoption and

Application of (LPs) in Construction Firms Framework Rationale and Development

Results of literature review, case studies and field study revealed that (LPs) are powerful approach to achieve sustainability in construction projects.

On the other hand, it is of prime importance to have a formal framework to facilitate the adoption and application of (LPs) in construction firms and establish the strategies that support its success.

In order to ensure the successful implementation of (LPs),

construction firms should be Lean oriented.

A lean firm understands customer value and focuses its key processes to continuously increase it.

The ultimate goal is to provide perfect value to the customer through a perfect value creation process that has minimum or zero waste.

This necessitates that the whole firm should be involved in the lean process development.

The Lean Principles Adoption and Application Framework (LPAAF) outlines and relates the components which support (LPs) application in construction firms and serves as a guide that can be modified to meet organisational needs.

Components of the Framework

The proposed framework consists of five elements, namely: Policy, Champion, Guidelines, Training and Deliver (see Figure 2).

Policy

The Firm’s policy should establish the need to adopt and apply (LPs) and justify what benefits this approach expects to generate. For instance, these benefits could be delivering sustainable projects, maintain firm’s competitiveness or improve communication and information flow. The policy has to provide clear guidance on when (LPs) have to be integrated throughout the project life cycle and what are the resources needed.

The policy should state, in broad terms, to which areas of the business (LPs) are to be applied and provide guidance on the scale of that application.