We must bear in mind that in order to put Lean Production approach in practice in construction, the old thinking patterns must be abandoned. These patterns include the belief that the construction industry is too particular to have any similarity with manufacturing as well as the focus on solutions exclusively drawn from new technologies and financial support when time and economics constraints are involved. Furthermore, in Brazil, particularly, building entrepreneurs seldom have thought about clients requirements until recently because trading used to be easy due to the Federal Government financial support and to the enormous housing shortage. Nowadays, in spite of the changes on this field, the culture among the construction industry professionals remains quite the same. Such culture set barriers to changes in thinking and action patterns.
similarity with manufacturing