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Who are the last planners?
Andy Fulton of The ReAlignment Group and Construction Accelerator explains in a short animation of who the Last Planners are.
Integrated Project Delivery Process Used For Arizona Healthcare Projects
This process was implemented by McCarthy Building who have a very successful track record using IPD with their construction projects. There was an emphasis on collaboration between all key parties.
7 trends that will shape commercial construction in 2019
The following article is from the Construction Dive web blog and it mentions Lean as one of the trends shaping commercial construction. https://www.constructiondive.com Contractors are increasingly looking to lean principles, which, along with automation, helped grow...
Wasted Time in Construction is Out of Control.
Writer James Pease asks the question, Why Lean Construction? In this article he answers the question in detail for the Lean IPD blog https://leanipd.com/lean-construction/ Construction Productivity in the United States has been declining for the last 50...
Lean Book Review by Thaís da C. L. Alves
Alves, T.C.L. (201?) Book Review: Lean Project Delivery – Building Championship Project Teams. Lean Construction Journal 2018 pp 88-91 (submitted 25Aug2018; Accepted 31Aug2018) www.leanconstructionjournal.org Book Review: Lean Project Delivery – Building Championship...
AGC-Autodesk survey: Labor shortage has industry at a ‘tipping point’
AGC-Autodesk survey: Labor shortage has industry at a 'tipping point'. Simonson reported that 25% are adopting methods to reduce onsite work time, such as lean construction, virtual construction, offsite prefabrication and BIM. Read the full...
‘Failing’ just part of the lean journey
"When you do lean, you’re a learning company, not an outcome-based company. If you’re learning and getting better, the results will come.” When an organization adopts lean principles, how they fail can be just as important as how they succeed. Westcor...
Read more“I have never seen more interest in lean construction and integrated project delivery than I have in the past year,”
OWNERS INCREASINGLY LOOK TO LEAN
For many owners, the construction process is becoming more inefficient, not less…. The need for efficiency has caused many owners to focus on lean construction techniques, which have worked well in manufacturing, and integrated project delivery (IPD) agreements, in...
Marriott International using modular construction
Marriott International is the latest large hotel chain to adopt modular construction - an increasing part of Lean methodologies. With 50 new hotels in the works, modular construction increases safety, decreases costs, helps overcomes labor...
How pull planning can streamline project schedules, encourage collaboration
A great article reposted with permission by Kim Slowey, originally appeared at constructiondive.com Proponents of lean construction tout the method as a way to shave time off project schedules and encourage participants to streamline their processes in an effort to...