The identification and analysis of making-do waste: insights from two Brazilian construction sites

Making-do has been pointed out as an important category of waste in the construction industry. It refers to a situation in which a task starts or continues without having available all the inputs required for its completion, such as materials, machinery, tools, personnel, external conditions, and in...

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Main Authors: Formoso, Carlos Torres, Sommer, Lucila, Koskela, Lauri, Isatto, Eduardo Luís
Format: Online
Language:eng
Published: ANTAC - Associação Nacional de Tecnologia do Ambiente Construído 2017
Online Access:https://seer.ufrgs.br/ambienteconstruido/article/view/73129
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spelling ojs-article-731292017-06-30T15:35:30Z The identification and analysis of making-do waste: insights from two Brazilian construction sites Formoso, Carlos Torres Sommer, Lucila Koskela, Lauri Isatto, Eduardo Luís waste; improvisation; production management; performance measurement; planning and control Making-do has been pointed out as an important category of waste in the construction industry. It refers to a situation in which a task starts or continues without having available all the inputs required for its completion, such as materials, machinery, tools, personnel, external conditions, and information. By contrast, the literature points out that improvisation is a ubiquitous human practice even in highly structured business organizations, and plays an important role when rules and methods fail. The aim of this paper is to provide some insights on the nature of making-do as a type of waste, based on two exploratory case studies carried out on construction sites. The main contributions of this research work are concerned with the identification of different categories of making-do and its main causes. This paper also discusses some strategies for reducing making-do on construction sites. ANTAC - Associação Nacional de Tecnologia do Ambiente Construído 2017-06-30 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://seer.ufrgs.br/ambienteconstruido/article/view/73129 Ambiente Construído; v. 17, n. 3 (2017); 183-197 Ambiente Construído; v. 17, n. 3 (2017); 183-197 Ambiente Construído; v. 17, n. 3 (2017); 183-197 1678-8621 1415-8876 eng https://seer.ufrgs.br/ambienteconstruido/article/view/73129/42246 Direitos autorais 2017 Ambiente Construído https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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Sommer, Lucila
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Isatto, Eduardo Luís
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The identification and analysis of making-do waste: insights from two Brazilian construction sites
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description Making-do has been pointed out as an important category of waste in the construction industry. It refers to a situation in which a task starts or continues without having available all the inputs required for its completion, such as materials, machinery, tools, personnel, external conditions, and information. By contrast, the literature points out that improvisation is a ubiquitous human practice even in highly structured business organizations, and plays an important role when rules and methods fail. The aim of this paper is to provide some insights on the nature of making-do as a type of waste, based on two exploratory case studies carried out on construction sites. The main contributions of this research work are concerned with the identification of different categories of making-do and its main causes. This paper also discusses some strategies for reducing making-do on construction sites.
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