The adoption of technology management principles and artificial intelligence for a sustainable lean construction industry in the case of Bahrain

ABSTRACT

The concept of lean management has been of interest to researchers and practitioners in the construction industry and is implemented in most countries. While achieving waste mitigation in developed countries, lean is still in its elementary stages in the Middle East. Moreover, the implementation in the Middle East poses more challenges than benefit when choosing the right lean tools and techniques for projects. This study will critically investigate the factors affecting the process of adopting lean tools and techniques, which are directed towards technology, artificial intelligence and IoT in the construction industry in the public sector in the four governates of the Kingdom of Bahrain. Thereafter, the investigation will determine the level of lean construction management implementation and consequently its effect on sustainability using a quantitative method. The result from the questionnaire is hoped to shed a light on the poorly researched topic in Bahrain and benefit academics and practitioners.

KEYWORDS:

• Lean construction
• artificial intelligence
• IoT
• technology management
• deep learning
• sustainability

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).