Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to identify and theoretically explain the general barriers to adopting lean construction practices in the construction industry regardless of the country or the company size or specialization, and to suggest future research studies in this field.

Design/methodology/approach

Systematic literature review was conducted to identify and explain the list of the barriers from scientific sources that were published before May 2018.

Findings

Twenty-nine barriers were identified and explained, and a proposed model to classify the sources of the barriers was chosen. Seventeen barriers were classified as internal environment-related barriers, five were labor-related, three were materials-related and four were exogenous barriers. In addition, some directions for the future research studies were suggested.

Research limitations/implications

The barriers that are related to the advanced levels of lean construction (LC) implementations, to a specific location or to a specific LC tool were excluded.

Originality/value

This review will help to increase the understanding of the new concept of LC and might help to encourage the adoption of LC practices. Also, it might be useful for identifying the strategies to achieve successful application of these practices.

中文翻译：

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建筑业采用精益建筑的障碍：文献综述

目的

本文的目的是确定并从理论上解释在建筑行业中采用精益建筑实践的一般障碍，而不论其国家，公司规模或专业化程度如何，并为该领域的未来研究提供建议。

设计/方法/方法

进行了系统的文献综述，以识别和解释2018年5月之前发布的科学来源的障碍清单。

发现

确定并解释了29个障碍，并选择了一个建议的模型对障碍的来源进行分类。有十七种障碍被分类为与内部环境有关的障碍，五种是与劳工有关的，三种是与材料有关的，四种是外源性的障碍。此外，还提出了一些未来研究的方向。

研究局限/意义

排除了与精益施工（LC）实施的高级水平，特定位置或特定LC工具相关的障碍。

创意/价值

这次审查将有助于增进对LC的新概念的理解，并可能有助于鼓励采用LC做法。同样，这对于确定成功实施这些实践的策略可能很有用。