Lean construction: an approach to achieving sustainable built environment in Nigeria
No Thumbnail Available
Date
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Abstract
Description
The Nigerian building industry (NIB) is faced with numerous challenges. Chief
among these is how best to manage the different kinds of wastes generated during the building
procurement process and by so doing improve the sustainability record of the industry. Cost
overrun, time overrun, and waste of building materials are the major problems crippling the
industry. However, lean approach has been established in western world such as the USA, UK
and others as an approach that helps in attaining sustainability in the building projects. This
paper presents result of a study conducted to identify benefits derivable from the adoption of
lean practices (LPs) by firms in the NIB. The approach adopted for this study was the review
of literature to identify the benefits of Lean Practices (LPs) adoption and a questionnaire
survey of architecture, building consulting and contracting and quantity surveying firms in
Abuja, Lagos, Port-Harcourt, Enugu and Kaduna. In all, 446 valid responses were obtained and
the data analyzed using descriptive statistics. The result revealed that stakeholders in the
Nigerian building industry perceived LPs adoption as very helpful in the reduction of time and
cost overrun on projects. Thus, the study has established that the adoption of LPs is one of the
ways stakeholders in the industry are using to achieve economic sustainability in the
procurement of building projects and ensuring that clients and end-users get value for money in
such projects.
Keywords
NA Architecture, TH Building construction