TY - JOUR
T1 - Lean Construction and BIM in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Construction
T2 - A Systematic Literature Review
AU - Tezel, Algan
AU - Taggart, Martin
AU - Koskela, Lauri
AU - Tzortzopoulos, Patricia
AU - Hanahoe, John
AU - Kelly, Mark
PY - 2020/2/1
Y1 - 2020/2/1
N2 - Lean construction (LC) and building information modeling (BIM) are two of the prominent concepts challenging the traditional practices in construction management. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) often constitute the largest group in construction supply chains. Increasing BIM and LC adoption amongst SMEs is a key condition for achieving the transformation of the construction industry through BIM and LC. The paper presents a systematic literature review of the adoption of (i) LC, (ii) BIM, and (iii) both LC and BIM in SMEs to evaluate the current literature, and 114 papers were included in the review. The bibliographic and content characteristics of the literature were discussed in detail. It was found that despite the importance of SMEs, the current LC and BIM literature falls short in terms of both number of publications and content of publications. The paper concludes with some generic suggestions for future research and action.
AB - Lean construction (LC) and building information modeling (BIM) are two of the prominent concepts challenging the traditional practices in construction management. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) often constitute the largest group in construction supply chains. Increasing BIM and LC adoption amongst SMEs is a key condition for achieving the transformation of the construction industry through BIM and LC. The paper presents a systematic literature review of the adoption of (i) LC, (ii) BIM, and (iii) both LC and BIM in SMEs to evaluate the current literature, and 114 papers were included in the review. The bibliographic and content characteristics of the literature were discussed in detail. It was found that despite the importance of SMEs, the current LC and BIM literature falls short in terms of both number of publications and content of publications. The paper concludes with some generic suggestions for future research and action.
KW - Building information modeling (BIM)
KW - Construction management
KW - Lean construction
KW - Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
KW - State-of-the-art review
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85078545059&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1139/cjce-2018-0408
DO - 10.1139/cjce-2018-0408
M3 - Article
VL - 47
SP - 186
EP - 201
JO - Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering
JF - Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering
SN - 0315-1468
IS - 2
ER -