<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The world’s habitat is being deteriorated despite of the precautions taken. Construction industry is among the industries which highly effect the environment adversely not only through its outputs but also through the construction process and its inputs. The main focus in dealing with the reduction of its footprint has been on sustainable building certificates which mainly analyse the output of the construction activies. There is need to analyse the construction supply chain as a whole and to embed sustainability dynamics in construction supply chain management. Lean construction project management contributes to the reduction of the environmental footprint of the construction industry, enabling reduction in waste, and increasing value added activities. For this reason, based on an in depth literature review, this paper analyses and establishes the principles of the integration of the sustainability dynamics into lean construction supply chain management.</p></abstract>

The world’s habitat is being deteriorated despite of the precautions taken. Construction industry is among the industries which highly effect the environment adversely not only through its outputs but also through the construction process and its inputs. The main focus in dealing with the reduction of its footprint has been on sustainable building certificates which mainly analyse the output of the construction activies. There is need to analyse the construction supply chain as a whole and to embed sustainability dynamics in construction supply chain management. Lean construction project management contributes to the reduction of the environmental footprint of the construction industry, enabling reduction in waste, and increasing value added activities. For this reason, based on an in depth literature review, this paper analyses and establishes the principles of the integration of the sustainability dynamics into lean construction supply chain management.

Embending Sustainability Dynamics in the Lean Construction Supply Chain Management

Department of Architecture, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey

YBL Journal of Built Environment

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The world’s habitat is being deteriorated despite of the precautions taken. Construction industry is among the industries which highly effect the environment...

Embending Sustainability Dynamics in the Lean Construction Supply Chain Management

Published Online: Aug 10, 2016

Page range: 60 - 78

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jbe-2016-0006

Keywords
sustainable construction supply chain management, value creation, lean, lean construction project management

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Embending Sustainability Dynamics in the Lean Construction Supply Chain Management

Published Online: Aug 10, 2016

Page range: 60 - 78

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jbe-2016-0006

Keywordssustainable construction supply chain management, value creation, lean, lean construction project management

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
sustainable construction supply chain management, value creation, lean, lean construction project management