The publisher of the International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation wishes to retract the article Ahmed, S., Hossain, M.M. and Haq, I. (2021), “Implementation of lean construction in the construction industry in Bangladesh: awareness, benefits and challenges”, International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, Vol. 39 No. 2, pp. 368–406. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJBPA-04-2019-0037.
It has come to our attention that a large portion of this article is taken, without full and proper attribution, from an earlier work by Ahmed, S. and Sobuz, M.H.R. (2020), “Challenges of implementing lean construction in the construction industry in Bangladesh”, Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, Vol. 9 No. 2, pp. 174–207. https://doi.org/10.1108/SASBE-02-2019-0018. The submission guidelines for the International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation make it clear that articles must be original and not infringe any existing copyright. The authors of this article would like to note that they do not agree with the content of this notice.
The publisher of the journal sincerely apologizes to the readers.
