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1 sty 2008 · Lean construction, founded on the principle of maximising value while minimising waste, is closely aligned with today's global emphasis on sustainability and efficient resource utilisation.
This paper first explains lean construction by exploring the essential differences between lean and current practice, then explores the underlying nature and implications of lean thinking.
‘Lean’ is a way to design production systems to minimize waste of materials, time, and effort in order to generate the maximum possible amount of value. This chapter and Chapter 15 are an introduction to the ideas and techniques of lean construction.
Lean Construction is a respect- and relationship-oriented production management-based approach to project delivery—a new and transformational way to design and build capital facilities. Lean production management caused a revolution in manufacturing design, supply and assembly.
This paper addresses lean principles, the prerequisites for a lean construction environment, and provides specific strategies for successful lean projects. It will explain how these strategies improve projects in terms of cost, schedule, safety, and quality.
Lean construction tools and techniques. Glenn Ballard*, Iris Tommelein†, Lauri Koskela‡ and Greg Howell* 15.1 Introduction. Various tools and techniques have been developed to implement the Lean Project Delivery System (LPDS1) described in the preceding chapter.
‘Lean Construction’ also known as Lean Project Delivery, is defined by Abdelhamid (2009) as a respect and relationship-oriented holistic project design and delivery process with the overarching aim of maximizing value for all stakeholders; it emphasizes and realizes the customer’s voice through systematic, synergistic, and continuous improvement...
