Construction Research Congress 2020
Developing an Ontology for Implementation of Lean Construction Methods in Construction Projects
Publication: Construction Research Congress 2020: Project Management and Controls, Materials, and Contracts
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Although lean methods have been used on construction projects for over three decades, the adoption of such methods into the project delivery process varies in formal planning and implementation. This makes it challenging to benchmark the performance of projects implementing lean construction methods. Preliminary analysis of literature combined with a content analysis of expert interviews with lean practitioners suggested that there is an opportunity to improve the awareness, understanding, and education of lean methods. As a result, the adoption of lean methods would also improve. However, to improve the awareness, understanding, and education of lean methods, there is also the need to develop consistent terminology that can be used. Having identified this need, further investigation of various knowledge representation techniques resulted in the identification of domain ontologies as a mechanism to organize the domain of lean construction methods. This paper presents the summary of the various approaches and tasks adopted from ontological methodologies to outline the process for developing the lean construction methods ontology and the ontology structure. The paper concludes with future research directions focused on documentation of the knowledge within the ontology, ontology evaluation using expert interviews, and ontology application using project case studies.
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Construction Research Congress 2020: Project Management and Controls, Materials, and Contracts
Pages: 427 - 435
Editors: David Grau, Ph.D., Arizona State University, Pingbo Tang, Ph.D., Arizona State University, and Mounir El Asmar, Ph.D., Arizona State University
ISBN (Online): 978-0-7844-8288-9
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Published online: Nov 9, 2020
Published in print: Nov 9, 2020
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