The role of lean information flows in disaster construction projects: exploring the UK’s Covid surge hospital projects

IF 3 Q2 BUSINESS

Construction Management and Economics Pub Date : 2023-05-12 DOI:10.1080/01446193.2023.2210693

Cheng Wu, N. Brookes, C. Unterhitzenberger, Nancy Olson

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Abstract

Abstract A substantive body of work in project studies argues that an “information flow” lens is very useful in exploring the project management of construction. This paper posits that this is even more applicable to disaster construction projects and, furthermore, lean information flow may play a role in swiftly delivering the disaster construction project. The paper uses the qualitative empirics of the delivery of the UK’s Covid surge hospital projects to demonstrate that lean information flows were employed in these projects and assisted in enabling delivery at speed. The paper also describes the autopoietic governance conditions that are necessary for lean information flows to flourish in disaster construction projects and the role that trust may play in these conditions. It warns against some of the drawbacks in enabling lean communication through autopoietic governance.

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精益信息流在灾害建设项目中的作用:探索英国的新冠医院项目

摘要项目研究中的大量工作认为，“信息流”视角在探索建筑项目管理方面非常有用。本文认为，这更适用于灾害建设项目，此外，精益信息流可能在快速交付灾害建设项目方面发挥作用。该论文利用英国新冠肺炎激增医院项目交付的定性经验，证明在这些项目中采用了精益信息流，并有助于加快交付。本文还描述了精益信息流在灾难建设项目中蓬勃发展所必需的自生治理条件，以及信任在这些条件下可能发挥的作用。它警告说，通过自我生成治理实现精益沟通存在一些缺陷。

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Construction Management and Economics BUSINESS-

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7.50

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14.70%

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