Lean Thinking and Industrial 4.0 Approach to Achieving Construction 4.0 for Industrialization and Technological Development
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The construction industry is responsible for the infrastructural and physical development
of nations and plays a pivotal role in determining economic equilibrium of nations of the world;
hence, there is a need for constant evolving of advanced ways of carrying out construction operations.
The concept has led to the evolution of Construction 4.0, which entails harmonizing disruption in
technological applications to enhance construction productivity. The study, therefore, provides an
attempt at evolving an enhanced approach to improve construction processes and resource
management through application of lean construction and Industry 4.0. The purposive sampling
method was used in this study to collect data. The data collection instrument consists of a structured
questionnaire designed in a Likert scale of 1 to 5 distributed to 100 construction professionals through
an online method that is actively involved in construction operations. The following parameters
were censored and profiled, while the results are in tables and charts. The parameters include
areas of lean thinking that could enhance Construction 4.0, areas of disruption in Industry 4.0 that
influence Construction 4.0 advancement and parameters for practical integrating of lean thinking
approach and Industry 4.0. Additionally, the influence of Industry 4.0 in technological development
for the construction industry, disruptive innovation of Industry 4.0 and gains towards Construction
4.0. Furthermore, the relevance of Construction 4.0 in construction productivity, the importance of
Construction 4.0, industrial application drivers in achieving Construction 4.0, future of Construction
4.0, achieving automation goal in construction and performance expectation of lean thinking and
Industry 4.0 in the construction industry are found necessary. Simple percentage, Spearman rankings,
Chi-square test, Student-T test, Mann–Whitney-U test and Relative Agreement and Importance index are the tools used to process the data. The study discovered, among others, the veracity of contingency approach in harnessing attributes of the lean thinking concept and disruptive applications in achieving Construction 4.0. The study recommends the application of the hybrid model suggested in the study as a guide to deployment of an application that could help in industrial productivity
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T Technology (General), TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery