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The Complexity Conceptual Model of Lean Construction

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Nowadays the construction industry is one of the largest and most important industries. The paper firstly reviews the history of Lean construction, two main theory- TFV and LPDS. Then it analyzes the complexity of construction that it differs from manufacture. Finally, combining with stimulus-response model of CAS theory, conceptual model of Lean construction is proposed.

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Acknowledgment

This paper supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province (No. G2012202068) and the Social Science Foundation of Hebei Province (No. HB11GL030).

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  1. School of Economic and Management, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, China

    Chun-ping Huang, Pu Liu & Pei Zhang

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  1. Industrial Engineering Institution of CM, Tianjin, People's Republic of China

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    Jiang Shen

  3. College of Management and Economics Industrial Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China

    Runliang Dou

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Huang, Cp., Liu, P., Zhang, P. (2014). The Complexity Conceptual Model of Lean Construction. In: Qi, E., Shen, J., Dou, R. (eds) Proceedings of 2013 4th International Asia Conference on Industrial Engineering and Management Innovation (IEMI2013). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40060-5_4

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