Minimization of Waste using Lean Construction

Waste within the industry has been the topic of many analyses comes round the world in recent years. The lean manufacturing is a popular means of continuous improvements that has reshaped manufacturing process, practices and principles globally. Originating from the construction industry, the approach has been used extensively in the manufacturing sectors. Lean producing focused round the philosophy of unceasingly up performances by consistently eliminating wastes. Lean construction considers construction wastes as potential wastes that hinder flow of values to the client and should be eliminated. The aim of the study is to advance knowledge in construction site waste minimization through the lean principles. The main objective of this study is to assess the impact of lean principles in construction using key performance indicators. KPI can be used to help a group to describe their ideas in a pictorial form which has been applied in many different areas; elimination of waste, shifts in organizational behavior, procurements, quality, and delivery as fast as possible, continuous improvements. The main tool for the collection of data is structured questionnaire. The target population for the data collection is projects managers, supervisors of the construction firms. SPSS will be employed to analyze the data obtained. After this step the KPI will be evaluated using those results from which, it will be concluded that, how the construction companies can apply in construction firm its continuous improvements. Keywords: lean construction, lean design, Lean principles, wastes