Avaliação do nível de maturidade de um empreendimento construtivo quanto à aplicação dos príncipios Lean Construction

Abstract

Civil construction is an economic sector of great importance to Brazil. The growing technological development of the sector has contributed for construction companies to seek a higher competivity, a characteristic that is related with cost reduction and increased efficiency of internal processes. One way to achieve this optimization is the application of the Lean Construction philosophy. Through its eleven principles, it is possible to evaluate the management and operation systems of a construction company in order to detect the deficiencies of the operation or waste of time, space and labor. This paper proposes the diagnosis of a construction site of a building with 10 floors and 3 underground floors regarding the level of application of the Lean Construction philosophy, attributing a level of maturity to it. After conducting a literature review, it was decided to merge two diagnostic methods with a maturity avaliation method. Once the preparation of the merger was completed, a case study was initiated in a construction site of the enterprise, where the created tool was applied. The results are composed of observations made by the authors at the construction site together with the data sought by the developed tool, which are the diagnosis of the construction site and the maturity level. The research allowed the identification of the Lean principles that were prioritized in the market strategy used on the construction, and potential principles to be developed.