Implementação de ferramentas lean construction em uma construtora de edifícios de alto padrão: pesquisa-ação

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the reality of a construction company of high-standard buildings in the city of Maringá - PR, diagnosing the level of maturity of this in relation to the Lean Construction philosophy but mainly, to verify which tools of Lean Construction were applied to the construction site. The work has a qualitative approach, through a Research-Action, as well as quantitative, verifying by calculating an index the level of maturity of the principles of Lean Construction, proposed by Koskela (1992). The work was initially performed by diagnosing the company's reality in relation to the Lean Construction principles proposed by Koskela (1992), analyzing tools and construction methods already used by Company A. After that, in the day-today of the construction site, studies and analyses were performed to identify the main critical points of the construction site, in order to search for Lean Construction tools that could be applied to the reality of Company A. The study showed that even before the beginning of the implementation process of the Lean Construction tools, the company, being an exponent in the market, presented very interesting characteristics in relation to the checklist proposed by Kurek (2005), as well as an executive standard. It is possible to affirm that, after the beginning of the implementation process of new tools that make up the Lean Construction philosophy, the improvements were evident, reaching the index of 9.7 referring to the Lean Construction Index (ICE), which demonstrates the relevance of the process for the company in relation to productive aspects, organization, quality and consequently, greater competitiveness. The bibliographical reference presents content related to the Lean Construction philosophy, quality of the civil construction, economic scenario and mainly, tools that can be applied in a practical and intelligent way by civil construction companies.