Book Review:Modern Construction: Lean Project Delivery andIntegrated Practices by Lincoln H. Forbes andSyed M. Ahmed
2012
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Author: Reshma Sambare
Citation:
Sambare, R. (2012) Book Review: Modern Construction: Lean Project Delivery and Integrated Practices by Lincoln H. Forbes and Syed M. Ahmed. Lean Construction Journal, 2012, pp 15-17.
Abstract:
As the authors aptly stated in the book’s preface, this book is intended to serve both as a contemporary reference for construction practitioners and as a supplementary text for students. The book starts with an overview of the construction industry and current project delivery methods. By contrasting current project delivery methods with the relational contracting used in integrated project delivery, the authors bring to the fore the very low productivity in the construction industry, which is a significant portion of the nation’s economy. For the sake of readers who are unfamiliar with integrated project delivery or lean project delivery (the authors use these two terms interchangeably), the second chapter of the book covers terms, definitions, and examples related to construction productivity and performance measurement methods. The book then goes into a deeper analysis of the Lean Construction method by providing detailed explanations of all the concepts, elements, operational aspects, and associated case studies included in the next five chapters.