Daria Klosova

The construction industry stands out from other areas with rather low project efficiency, so the adoption of lean construction is considered as a way to solve this problem. One of the main Lean construction technologies is Last Planner System® (LPS), which is used as a powerful construction management tool for collaborative planning of the construction process. The LPS manages continuous workflow and ensures that every construction worker is responsible for their part of the work. The purpose of this study is to identify the opportunities of implementing the LPS in construction project management and subsequent verification of the collected data through a questionnaire survey. As the target group of the study, specialists in the field of construction from the Slovak Republic were selected. The survey revealed that the principles of LPS are highly acceptable to construction professionals and can help develop a more efficient approach to planning construction projects in Slovakia with the help of innovative planning tools.

In recent years, due to the rapid development of the fourth industrial revolution and new platforms of information technologies, intelligent systems have received widespread attention in many industries and have brought the potential to improve the efficiency of the construction industry. These facts led to the appearance of a new concept in construction industry called Construction 4.0. Therefore, this article seeks to explore the state of implementation of Industry 4.0 technologies in the construction industry and analyze their impact on the formation of the Construction 4.0 concept. In order to achieve the aim of this article, a literature review was conducted using the most relevant publication in this field. Moreover, authors carried out a bibliometric analysis among 195 selected research articles related to the Industry 4.0 and Construction 4.0 to identify interconnections between these concepts. The results show that Industry 4.0 has the greatest impact on productivity growth in construction and that interest in digital technologies is growing every year, but their penetration into the construction industry is currently slow and limited. The authors suggest that further research needs to be focused on future ethical issues that may arise and on synergies between Construction 4.0 technologies.