| Summary: | Abstract This research focuses on analysing the development potential of the built environment via value chain analysis in the context of infrastructure networks. This research is part of a more extensive research project named KERVO, which focuses on value chains in sustainable community. The ultimate goal of KERVO is to provide support for strategic decision-making regarding the development of current business models, co-operation models. While KERVO-project has a more extensive goal, this research focuses on modelling the current state of the value chains and thereby this forms the basis for further analyses in KERVO-project. The perspective of this research is how value chains should be managed as production systems according to lean-philosophy. This research covers the whole life cycle of value chains all the way from zoning to disposal. In the first part of this research, a literature review was performed. This covered both production management and built environment, so that feasibility of tools of different kind could be assessed. However, based on a feasibility assessment, it was noticed that value chain analysis can not be directly applied to the context of this research. Therefore, a new analysing concept was created for this research. This concept was combined from several lean-tools and other tools, which are generally used to analyse production systems. The analysis of this research was scoped to cover three value chains of critical infrastructure networks: water supply, energy and road networks. Empirical data for this study consisted of former relevant research and interviews. Interviews were organised to cover zoning, designing, construction, maintenance and disposal functions of every single value chain. In addition, the activities of end customers were analysed. The gathering of the empirical data was tied to real events via a residential area located in northern Finland. Based on the current state analysis, analysed infrastructure networks have several similarities as they are analysed as ...
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