25th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction - Heraklion, Greece - 2017

https://doi.org/10.24928/2017/0179

A Framework of Five-Stream Production System for Megaprojects

Michael W. Ibrahim1, Klas Berghede2, David Thomack3, Panos Lampsas4, Dave Kievet5 & Awad S Hanna6

1Doctoral Student, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, 2256 Engineering Hall, 1415 Engineering Dr., Madison, WI 53706. E-mail: [email protected]
2Senior Production Manager, The Boldt Company, Western Operations, 2150 River Plaza Drive, Suite 255, Sacramento, CA 95833. E-mail: [email protected]
3Vice President and General Manager, The Boldt Company, 455 Market Street, Suite 1670, San Francisco, CA 94105. E-mail: [email protected]
4Regional Program Manager, Sutter Health, 1200 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94109. E-mail: [email protected]
5Division President for Western and Southern Division at The Boldt Company, 2525 N. Roemer Road, Appleton, WI 54911. E-mail: [email protected]
6Professor and Chair, Construction Engineering and Management, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, 2320 Engineering Hall, 1415 Engineering Dr., Madison, WI 53706. E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

Construction projects, particularly megaprojects, tend to frequently fail in satisfying their budget, schedule, quality, and safety objectives. Two of the most notable systems that have been developed to enhance project performance are the Last Planner® System and Location-Based Management System. This paper builds on combining these two systems through proposing an integrative production system that can play a significant role in enhancing project performance, especially in the case of megaprojects. The proposed production system incorporates five cohesive streams: production planning, material flow, Built in Quality (BIQ)/Information flow, tracking flow, and safety flow. This paper discusses each of these five streams, at five different implementation levels throughout the project lifecycle, in the context of an ongoing successful megaproject. Finally, the paper concludes by listing four main success pillars that are needed for the proposed production system to flourish.

Keywords

Lean construction; Production system; Megaprojects; Case study; Integrated Lean Project Delivery® (ILPD)

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Ibrahim, M. W. , Berghede, K. , Thomack, D. , Lampsas, P. , Kievet, D. & Hanna, A. S. 2017. A Framework of Five-Stream Production System for Megaprojects, 25th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction , 729-736. doi.org/10.24928/2017/0179

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