Society 5.0 For lean-driven sustainable construction: A conceptual framework

Nowadays, the construction industry is significantly driven by the objective of achieving sustainable development. It creates a necessity to implement lean principles within the construction industry, as lean construction greatly contributes to sustainability. Despite lean construction's potential to achieve sustainable development, numerous barriers hinder its implementation. Consequently, the concept of Society 5.0 can be utilised as a transformative framework that integrates advanced technologies with a human-centric approach to overcome these issues. The aim of this research is to investigate how lean construction can be utilised along with society 5.0 to drive sustainable development in construction. To address this objective, a comprehensive literature review was conducted, and the content was analysed to align with the research objective. The findings of this research indicated that lean construction principles can be an effective application in any part of the construction process to prioritise sustainable outcomes. Moreover, the research revealed 95 barriers for lean integrated sustainable construction, categorised under political/government barriers, economic/financial barriers, technical barriers, social barriers, and other barriers. The research highlighted the necessity to integrate lean construction and Society 5.0 to overcome the barriers and drive sustainable development in construction. These research findings are paving the way towards conducting further research on the area of Society 5.0-enabled lean construction to drive sustainable development in construction.