TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose Continual cost reduction of overhead costs of building projects can realign the concept of post-contract cost control towards value-driven construction projects and stakeholders’ satisfaction. This study synthesised and analysed the viable continuous improvement measures critical for waste reduction during the execution phase of a building project.Design/methodology/approach A review of existing literature facilitated a list of continuous improvement measures. This literature review findings enabled a Likert-scale questionnaire which was administered to two-hundred and fifty (250) small- and medium-scale construction companies (SMSCC) in Nigeria. Multiple linear regression statistical tests deduced the significant cost reduction measure from which a causal loop diagram was designed to indicate continuous improvement measures during the execution phase of a building project.Findings Cogent construction activities associated with overhead costs were deduced from the statistical tests as being payment of suppliers and sub-contractors and purchase orders. An all-inclusive casual loop model for cost reduction through waste minimisation in construction projects as a viable oriented mechanism for meeting clients' requirements was developed.Practical implications The causal loop continuous improvement model recognised external and internal factors which are crucial for SMSCC to focus on for their organisational growth and performance enhancement.Originality/value A focus on non-physical waste in construction organisations potentially addresses behavioural challenges for continuous improvement.
VL  - 10
IS  - 4
SN  - 2044-124X
DO  - 10.1108/BEPAM-10-2019-0100
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/BEPAM-10-2019-0100
AU  - Omotayo Temitope
AU  - Olanipekun Ayokunle
AU  - Obi Lovelin
AU  - Boateng Prince
PY  - 2020
Y1  - 2020/01/01
TI  - A systems thinking approach for incremental reduction of non-physical waste
T2  - Built Environment Project and Asset Management
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 509
EP  - 528
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -