Critical review of tolerance management in construction

Saeed Talebi; Lauri Koskela; Mark Shelbourn; Patricia Tzortzopoulos

Critical review of tolerance management in construction

Saeed Talebi, Lauri Koskela, Mark Shelbourn, Patricia Tzortzopoulos

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Abstract

The current practice of Tolerance Management (TM) is still very ad hoc and reactive, despite increasing calls for waste reduction and an improved quality of buildings particularly within industrialised construction. This paper aims to identify the root causes of tolerance problems, the reasons why current methods have not been as successful as expected and why the industry still struggles with this issue. Having reviewed and interpreted the existing literature, it is apparent that tolerance problems fall into two categories defined by intrinsic and extrinsic factors. Furthermore, the drawbacks of the existing methods for TM were analysed, and the findings show that none of the existing methods have been considered in a continuous and holistic process and they remain scattered.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IGLC 2016 - 24th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
Publisher	National Pingtung University of Science and Technology
Pages	63-72
Number of pages	10
Publication status	Published - 2016
Event	24th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction: On the Brink of Lean Revolution - Boston, United States Duration: 18 Jul 2016 → 24 Jul 2016 Conference number: 24 http://iglc2016.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/2016-07-16-IGLC-Conference-Program.pdf (Link to Conference Programme)

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Conference	24th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
Abbreviated title	IGLC 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	Boston
Period	18/07/16 → 24/07/16
Internet address	http://iglc2016.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/2016-07-16-IGLC-Conference-Program.pdf (Link to Conference Programme)

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Talebi, S, Koskela, L, Shelbourn, M & Tzortzopoulos, P 2016, Critical review of tolerance management in construction. in IGLC 2016 - 24th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction. National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, pp. 63-72, 24th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 18/07/16. <http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1275>

Critical review of tolerance management in construction. / Talebi, Saeed; Koskela, Lauri; Shelbourn, Mark et al.

IGLC 2016 - 24th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction. National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, 2016. p. 63-72.

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