The Simply Lean Pocket Guide for Construction Tools for the Elimination of Waste in the Design-Bid-Build Construction Project Cycle!

The Simply Lean Pocket Guide for Construction Tools for the Elimination of Waste in the Design-Bid-Build Construction Project Cycle!

2010

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.60164/g9c1a0f7f

Author: Sven Bertelsen

Citation:

Bertelsen, S. (2010). Bertelsen, Sven (2010) Review of The Simply Lean Pocket Guide for Construction The Simply Lean Pocket Guide for Construction Tools for the Elimination of Waste in the Design-Bid-Build Construction Project Cycle! Lean Construction Journal 2010 pp 97-98.

Abstract:

This book – without a named author on the cover – has an interesting title. At last a much needed textbook in English about Lean Construction.

However, the book does not deal with Lean Construction in the sense it is discussed in IGLC but rather with applying the Toyota principles to home building and a closer look leaves one with a feeling of having standard stuff just twisted a little to suit the production process as dealt with in customized mass production in a fairly stable system compared to the ‘real’ construction project’s complexity…