Construction Management Model Under a Lean Construction Approach Based on Business Process Management (BPM)

Abstract

The exponential increase in construction costs and the demands of clients highlight the need to improve the efficiency of the construction process. This chapter presents a management model that integrates different paradigms and technologies from the field of construction management such as Lean Construction, with emerging technologies associated with other fields such as Business Process Management (BPM) and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). The integration of these solutions will allow an improvement in the management of the construction work, in relation to quality, avoiding delays in project construction delivery time and deviation of costs. Furthermore, through the integration of the Last Planner System (LPS), as a Lean Construction tool, into the management model, it is achieved a reduction in the impact caused by unforeseen events in the planning of works. The use of BPM and SOA will allow the automation of control and management processes, integrating all participants and facilitating the availability of real and updated information on all construction tasks.