Target costing in construction : a comparative study (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Sampaio, R., Kaushik, A., Koskela, L., Denis Granja, A., Keraminiyage, K., & Tzortzopoulos Fazenda, P. (2014, June). Target costing in construction : a comparative study. Presented at International Group of Lean Construction, Oslo, Norway

Target costing is an approach for the development of new products in the automobile industry, aimed at reducing their life-cycle costs while ensuring quality, reliability and other client requirements, by examining all possible ideas for cost reducti... Read More about Target costing in construction : a comparative study.

Knowledge transfer partnership : implementation of target value design in the UK construction industry (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Kaushik, A., Keraminiyage, K., Koskela, L., Tzortzopoulos Fazenda, P., & Hope, G. (2014, May). Knowledge transfer partnership : implementation of target value design in the UK construction industry. Presented at CIB- International Conference on Construction in Changing World, Heritance Kandalama, Sri Lanka

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) are unique research programmes designed to bring innovation by joint effort of academia and industry to provide innovation in technology, process and management for the UK Industry. This paper describes an underg... Read More about Knowledge transfer partnership : implementation of target value design in the UK construction industry.

The Aristotelian proto-theory of design (2014)
Book Chapter
Koskela, L., Codinhoto, R., Tzortzopoulos Fazenda, P., & Kagioglou, M. (2014). The Aristotelian proto-theory of design. In A. Chakrabarti, & L. Blessing (Eds.), An Anthology of Theories and Models of Design: Philosophy, Approaches and Empirical Explorations. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6338-1_14

In comparing deliberation to the analysis of a geometrical figure, Aristotle made a highly significant theoretical statement on design, which has largely gone unnoticed. Through an interpretation of the accounts given by Aristotle and the Greek geom... Read More about The Aristotelian proto-theory of design.

Improving construction management practice with the Last Planner System : a case study (2014)
Journal Article
Alsehaimi, A., Tzortzopoulos Fazenda, P., & Koskela, L. (2014). Improving construction management practice with the Last Planner System : a case study. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 21(1), 51-64. https://doi.org/10.1108/ECAM-03-2012-0032

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effectiveness of implementing the Last Planner System (LPS) to improve construction planning practice and enhance site management in the Saudi construction industry. Design/methodology/approac... Read More about Improving construction management practice with the Last Planner System : a case study.