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Reengineering the construction companies in time of the recession

Traditionalism, difficult transformation and hard adaptability to demanding and changing market, are characteristics of construction industry. Compared to the other industries those characteristics can be called disadvantages. The effort of construction companies to maintain pace through its business and competitiveness with the current market is perhaps the main reason for problems they are dealing with today. Foresight and clear business strategy are obvious solutions to be one step ahead on the current market and to be a respected competitor. In time of the economic crisis this might be difficult to achieve. Other industries found the solution in reengineering which has been showed in long terms successful. In this paper authors have analyzed reengineering and its aspects as a possible response to construction company’s poor performance. In the first part of the paper authors analyzed experiences with reengineering in companies which are not in construction sector, abroad and in Croatia, then they discuss the conditions and possibilities for implementation of reengineering in construction companies based on the case study construction company. This paper aim is to determine the methods, the most appropriate way and time to carry out the reengineering in construction companies. It has been pointed that reengineering as a Business Process Reengineering (BPR), which has been helpful for companies in non-construction sectors, isn’t fully applicable for companies in construction sector.

reengineering; process; lean; agile construction; optimization

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