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Bottlenecks and Time-Thieves: Comparison Between the Construction Industry in Norway and a Case Company in Spain

Adell Fernandez, Jose
Master thesis
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2016
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Abstract
This thesis compares the bottlenecks and time-thieves in the construction industry,

between a case company in Spain and the Norwegian construction industry, the thesis

also examines the current bottlenecks and time-thieves and the measures that are being

used nowadays in order to limit their impact and reduce their appearance.

The construction industry is a source of value for all the countries in the work, and the

correct implementation of the methods and procedures helps to achieve the success of

the project maximizing the benefits, the Norwegian government has invested resources

in SpeedUp projects for reduce the final time of the construction projects, the project

identify the bottleneck and time-thieves as one of the main sources delay. The literature

reveals the nature of the different issues studied, revealing the closeness between all of

them, and the measures that can be taken in order to reduce them.

The utilization of the qualitative research in the thesis aims to identify the bottlenecks

and time-thieves of a case company of Spain, and also identify the measures that are

taken in the company. Once the different bottlenecks and time-thieves are identified, a

comparison between the case company and the previous research is done in order to

identify the similarities and differences between both countries and identify why these

differences appear. The thesis compares both cases and also the measures that are

being used in the theory for proposing them to the case company and see the results.

The originality of the work comes with the comparison of the two countries with a

previous theoretical explanation of all the bottlenecks and time-thieves that have more

influence in the performance of the projects. However, there are some limitations that

have to be identified, the study of the case company and the issues that they have

should not be the same in all the companies of Spain, even inside the company the

utilization of just five project managers for the research could not be enough. The

implementation of the measures will have long-term results, so their effects is not going

to be study in the thesis. Further research includes the study of other cases of Spain, and

the interview to some project managers in Norway to identify the reasons behind the

bottlenecks and time-thieves.

Keywords: Bottlenecks, Time-Thieves, Time Optimization, Comparison
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