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Lean Design & Construction Articles
From case studies to white papers, Lean articles are downloadable resources for any Lean practitioner. Following LCI’s flagship publication, the papers are presented in chapter format intending to encourage discussion, learning and experimentation individually or with a team.
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Transforming Design and Construction – a framework for change
A diverse set of practitioners collaborated to create the Transforming Design and Construction: A Framework for Change. Based on transformative projects and Lean practices, these papers are organized topically, following the format found in this LCI publication. Begin your journey by reading this book for a high-level understanding and expand your knowledge with the following resources.
Transformational Change
- 6 Final Changing Roles
- 5-Whys Application in a Design Environment
- A3-Brief Introduction to Lean Construction
- Alliance Lean Design Construct on a Small High Tech Project
- An Application Of Popper’s Method Of Conjectures And Refutations To The Critique Of Emerging Construction Theories
- An Empirical Examination Of The Relationship Between Lean Construction And Safety In The Industrialized Housing Industry
- Analysis of Lean Construction Practices at Abu Dhabi Construction Industry
- Self-Organization and Synchronization at the Edge
- BIM and Value Stream Mapping
- Build Lean Transforming construction using Lean Thinking
- Conflicts Between Contract Law and Relational Contracting
- Contract Or Co-Operation Insights From Beyond Construction Collaboration — The Honda Experience
- Continuous Improvement
- Creating Value A Sufficient Way To Eliminate Waste In Lean Design And Lean Production
- Developing the True North route map as a navigational compass in a construction project management organisation
- Five Big Ideas of Lean Construction
- Flexibility In Long-Term Contractual Relationships The Role Of Co-Operation
- Good 5-Why Application in a Design Environment
- High-Performance Building Green Rating Systems
- Historical Context of Lean Construction
- Hyper-Fast Delivery – US Army Corps of Engineers – Sherman Alternate Care Facility
- Identification of potential improvement areas in industrial housing A case study of waste
- Implementing Lean Construction Understanding and Action
- Investigation into the nature of productivity gains observed during the Airplane Game lean simulation
- Jackson Federal Building Case Study
- KanBIM Workflow Management System Prototype implementation and field testing
- Lean Construction — 2000 to 2006
- Lean Construction Overview
- Lean Construction Defined
- Lean Construction as a Strategic Option Testing its Suitability and Acceptability in Sri Lanka
- Lean Construction Opportunities Ideas Practices
- Lean Construction Practices and its Effects A Case Study at St Olav’s Integrated Hospital, Norway
- Lean Construction Prospects for the German construction industry
- LEAN CONSTRUCTION THE CONTRIBUTION OF ETHNOGRAPHY
- Lean Construction Where Are We And How To Proceed
- Lean in Design
- Lean Journey — Lean Transformation of a Company
- Lean principles in industrialized housing production The need for a cultural change
- Lean production, value chain and sustainability in precast concrete factory – a case study in Singapore
- Learning to See Waste
- Moving on — Beyond Lean Thinking
- Phase Scheduling
- Project Alliancing A Relational Contracting Mechanism For Dynamic Projects
- Project Definition
- Projects in Review — Integration of Lean Tools and Takt Planning
- Projects in Review — Revolutionizing Construction Management with Lean and Last Planner
- Projects in Review — The Facebook Journey
- Psychological foundations for incentives
- Reflections on Co-Location
- Reliable Schedule Forecasting in Federal Design-Build Facility Procurement
- Social Construction Understanding Construction in a Human Context
- Southern California Owners Forum
- The Application Of Lean Principles To In-Service Support A Comparison Between Construction And The Aerospace And Defence Sectors
- The Impact of Path Dependencies on Lean Implementation within a Construction Company — A Case Study
- The Last Planner System®
- The Value Proposition
- Toyota Culture
- Transitioning to Integrated Project Delivery Potential barriers and lessons learned
- Value Delivery through Product Offers A Lean Leap in Multi-Storey Timber Housing Construction
- What makes the delivery of a project integrated A case study of Children’s Hospital, Bellevue, WA
- Why Isn’t The UK Construction Industry Going Lean With Gusto
Integrated Project Delivery & Strategy
- 5.4 Case Studies of VDC for Lean Project Delivery
- A Lean And Agile Construction System As A Set Of Countermeasures To Improve Health, Safety And Productivity In Mechanical And Electrical Construction
- Analyzing User Costs in a Hospital Methodological Implication of Space Syntax to Support Whole-Life Target Value
- Case Study of Using an Integrated 5D System in a Large Hospital Construction Project
- Competition and Collaboration are not mutually exclusive
- Contract Incentives to Improve Project Optimization
- D_DekkeronProcedures
- Editorial Lean and Integrated Project Delivery
- Evidence Based Design as Part of a Lean Project Delivery
- FullerTheoryofDrivingBehavior
- Generic Implementation of Lean Concepts in Simulation Models
- Hyper-Fast Delivery – US Army Corps of Engineers – Sherman Alternate Care Facility
- Implementing Edge
- Implementing Integrated Project Delivery on Department of the Navy construction projects
- Integrated agreement on one page
- Integrated Project Delivery An Example Of Relational Contracting
- Interaction in the construction process-System effects for a joinery-products supplier
- Investigation of the Supply Chain of Wooden Doors
- Kaizen and Job Satisfaction — A Case Study in Industrialized Homebuilding
- KanBIM Workflow Management System Prototype implementation and field testing
- Keynote Case-SHEMC Lessons Case Study
- Keynote Case-Temecula Valley Hospital
- Last Planner and Integrated Project Delivery
- Lean and IPD Panel
- LeanConstructionBusinessCase
- LeanConstruction_BusinessCase
- Lean Design Process, Tools, & Techniques
- Lean in Design
- Lean Journey — Lean Transformation of a Company
- Lean principles in industrialized housing production The need for a cultural change
- Phase Scheduling
- PPC2000 Association of Consultant Architects Standard Form Of Project Partnering Contract
- Presentation 02 — The Big Room
- Process Flow Improvement Proposal Using Lean Manufacturing Philosophy And Simulation Techniques On A Modular Home Manufacturer
- Production System Design Work Structuring Revisited
- Psychological foundations for incentives
- Reflections on Co-Location
- Relational Contracting — Creating Value Beyond The Project
- Relational Contracts — NEC in Perspective
- Reverse Phase Scheduling Slides — George Zettel
- Self-Organization and Synchronization at the Edge
- Safety-A_Lean_Transformation
- Strategies for Collaborative Construction
- Schedule for Sale Workface Planning for Construction Projects
- Southern California Owners Forum
- Standards and Measures — Whole-building Metrics Driving Innovation and High Performance
- Three opportunities created by Lean Construction
- Toyota Culture
- TR2005-02 New Accident Models
- UNCERTAINTY, ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE & COLLABORATION QUESTIONS FOR RESEARCH
- Update on Target Value Design 2 TVD Update
- Using Quality Function Deployment in the Design Phase of an Apartment Construction Project — Luiz Gargione
- What makes the delivery of a project integrated A case study of Children’s Hospital, Bellevue, WA
Lean Project Delivery Methods & Management
- 3 Production Control Principles
- 5.3_Model Based Estimating for Target Value Design
- 5.4 Case Studies of VDC for Lean Project Delivery
- A Lean And Agile Construction System As A Set Of Countermeasures To Improve Health, Safety And Productivity In Mechanical And Electrical Construction
- A Lean Modeling Protocol for Evaluating Green Project Delivery
- A Project in Review-Owner Case Study-Message to the Facilities Team
- A3 Decision Analysis Using Virtual First-Run Study of a Viscous Damping Wall System
- A3-Brief Introduction to Lean Construction
- Aiming for Continuous Flow
- Analysis of Lean Construction Practices at Abu Dhabi Construction Industry
- Analyzing User Costs in a Hospital Methodological Implication of Space Syntax to Support Whole-Life Target Value
- BIM and Value Stream Mapping
- Commercial Terms to Support Lean Project Delivery
- Competing Construction Management Paradigms
- Contracting for Lean in Design Build
- Creating Value A Sufficient Way To Eliminate Waste In Lean Design And Lean Production
- Design of Construction Operations
- Discrete Event Simulation Enhanced Value Stream Mapping An Industrialized Construction Case Study
- Editorial Lean and Integrated Project Delivery
- EM Dirkson Courthouse Case Study
- Flow Driver — A System For Reducing Fabricator Lead Time
- Hard Bid Multi Prime Airport Last Planner
- High-Performance Building Green Rating Systems
- Hyper-Fast Delivery – US Army Corps of Engineers – Sherman Alternate Care Facility
- Identification of potential improvement areas in industrial housing A case study of waste
- Implementing Pull Strategies in the AEC Industry
- Integrated Project Delivery An Example Of Relational Contracting
- Interaction in the construction process-System effects for a joinery-products supplier
- Investigation into the nature of productivity gains observed during the Airplane Game lean simulation
- Jackson Federal Building Case Study
- KanBIM Workflow Management System Prototype implementation and field testing
- Keynote Case-SHEMC Lessons Case Study
- Keynote Case-Temecula Valley Hospital
- Last Planner and Integrated Project Delivery
- Lean Construction Opportunities Ideas Practices
- Lean and IPD Panel
- Lean Design Process, Tools, & Techniques
- Lean Journey — Lean Transformation of a Company
- Lean Project Delivery System
- Learning to see the Effects of Improved Workflow in Civil Engineering Projects
- Making Data and Decisions Flow in a Big Room – John Mack and Robert Mauck
- MotivationMeans_IPDA_LCI_Report
- Owner Perspectives — Disney
- Owner Perspectives — UCSF
- Owner Perspectives — UHS
- Phase Scheduling
- PPC2000 Association of Consultant Architects Standard Form Of Project Partnering Contract
- Prefabrication and Pull Planning at Scale – Parkland Hospital
- Presentation 02 — The Big Room
- Production System Design Work Structuring Revisited
- Project Definition
- Projects in Review — Integration of Lean Tools and Takt Planning
- Projects in Review — Revolutionizing Construction Management with Lean and Last Planner
- Projects in Review — The Facebook Journey
- Reflections on Co-Location
- Relational Contracting — Creating Value Beyond The Project
- Relational Contracts — NEC in Perspective
- Report on a Lean Project
- Rethinking Lookahead Planning to Optimize Construction Workflow
- Schedule for Sale Workface Planning for Construction Projects
- Site Implementation and Assessment of Lean Construction Techniques
- Standards and Measures — Whole-building Metrics Driving Innovation and High Performance
- Step-by-Step Modularity — a Roadmap for Building Service Development
- Target Costing
- Target Value Design Case Study — Patrick Vasicek
- Target Value Design AIA Practice Digest
- Target Value Delivery Introduction
- The Combination of Last Planner and Location-Based Management
- The Lean Project Delivery System An Update
- Three opportunities created by Lean Construction
- Transitioning to Integrated Project Delivery Potential barriers and lessons learned
- Update on Target Value Design 2 TVD Update
- Using a design-build contract for Lean Integrated Project Delivery
- What makes the delivery of a project integrated A case study of Children’s Hospital, Bellevue, WA
- Work Structuring
- 03-16-05 Plus/Delta Items MEPS
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