tailieunhanh - Barriers of Last Planner System: A Survey in Vietnam Construction Industry

This study aims to evaluate the level of importance of the Last Planner processes in the Vietnam construction industry (VCI), and analyze the existing barriers when implementing these processes in construction management. These barriers were collected based on previous studies from International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC). A survey was carried out through questionnaire. | See discussions stats and author profiles for this publication at https publication 264171455 Barriers of Last Planner System A Survey in Vietnam Construction Industry Article December 2013 DOI CITATIONS READS 5 588 2 authors Ha Duy Khanh Soo Yong Kim University of Technical Education Ho Chi Minh Pukyong National University 11 PUBLICATIONS 93 CITATIONS 58 PUBLICATIONS 628 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE SEE PROFILE Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects Thesis View project All content following this page was uploaded by Soo Yong Kim on 13 September 2014. The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. KICEM Journal of Construction Engineering and Project Management Online ISSN 2233-9582 http Barriers of Last Planner System A Survey in Vietnam Construction Industry Ha Duy Khanh1 and Soo Yong Kim2 Received January 17 2013 Revised July 17 2013 Accepted August 26 2013 Abstract Construction industry is overwhelmed by delay and often has suffered cost and time overrun. In this context Last Planner System LPS has been considered as a very useful tool for the management of the construction process. Many previous studies have reported its effectiveness in construction performance. This study aims to evaluate the level of importance of the Last Planner processes in the Vietnam construction industry VCI and analyze the existing barriers when implementing these processes in construction management. These barriers were collected based on previous studies from International Group for Lean Construction IGLC . A survey was carried out through questionnaire. The respondents are been experienced people in construction project management. There are four processes of LPS that were investigated including master schedule phase schedule lookahead plan and weekly work plan. The results showed that master schedule is the most important item when