Sustainable Construction Waste Management : Contractor’s Perspective on Lean Construction Techniques

Chin, Chiu Lam (2021) Sustainable Construction Waste Management : Contractor’s Perspective on Lean Construction Techniques. Final Year Project (Bachelor), Tunku Abdul Rahman University College.

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Abstract

Waste has been a heck of problems that concerned among the construction industry not only in Malaysia but other countries as well. Due to the overwhelming of the waste issues, the professionals and relevant construction personnel are keen in finding solutions to solve the problem and reduce the construction waste in a more efficient way. Lean construction is first introduced by Toyota Production System (TPS) by Engineer Ohno from Japan for the purpose of creating a production system to maximise the production rate of car manufacturing with minimum waste and maximum value. Through years of evolution, the concept and principles of lean construction started to incorporate into construction industry, establishing some significant benefits such as cost reduction, time savings, waste reduction and so forth. Lean construction aims to seek for better meeting client needs while controlling the waste of resources throughout the construction progress. Lean construction relates with the designing and operating in the continuous process flow to ensure the minimisation of waste throughout the construction progress and ensure the efficiency of the projects in the terms of time and cost. Therefore, in order to further study the significance of lean construction in Malaysia’s construction industry, this research is conducted to identify and review the concept of lean construction in regards to the definition, background and principles associating with the benefits arising from the implementation of lean construction to Malaysia’s construction industry. This research study also aims to investigate and discuss the strategies and techniques available to be used in such implementation process. Hence, this research study also fundamental in identifying and discussing the barriers in adopting lean construction. Literature review, questionnaire survey, statistics retrieved from SPSS software and reliability analysis are used to achieve the research objectives.