Apr 14, 2010 08:27
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English term

Lean construction

English Tech/Engineering Construction / Civil Engineering
Identification and elimination of waste is the central focus of Lean Construction

What is meant by Lean Construction?
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economical design and construction process

Lean construction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lean construction is a translation and adaption of lean manufacturing principles and practices to the end-to-end design and construction process. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_construction

What is Lean Construction?
Lean Construction is a production management-based approach to project delivery -- a new way to design and build capital facilities. ...
www.leanconstruction.org/whatis.htm

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Note added at 15 mins (2010-04-14 08:42:57 GMT)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_construction
Peer comment(s):

agree Jenni Lukac (X)
43 mins
Thank you.
agree B D Finch : The Wikipedia entry is good. Having had some practical experience of trying to apply lean construction principles to projects, it requires a culture change towards trust and transparency and long-term partnerships. Not easy in a recession.
56 mins
Thank you.
agree Rolf Keiser
1 hr
Thank you.
agree Phong Le
1 hr
Thank you.
agree Joyce A
15 hrs
Thank you.
agree axies
1 day 3 hrs
Thank you.
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a philosophy of less waste more value (see below)

"A simple, not simplistic, definition is that Lean Construction 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 (Koskela et al. 2002)”.
https://www.msu.edu/~tariq/C2P2AI_LeanConstruction_WhitePape...

see also
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_manufacturing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_construction
Peer comment(s):

agree Jenni Lukac (X)
38 mins
thank you Jenni
neutral B D Finch : Not just a philosophy, practical ways of changing the ways people work in construction.
53 mins
when we used it, it was both practical and a philosophy :-)
agree Phong Le
1 hr
cảm ơn
agree Joyce A
15 hrs
thank you Joyce
agree axies
1 day 3 hrs
thank you Manuel
agree malera
1 day 8 hrs
thank you Malera
agree Ildiko Santana
4 days
Thank you ildiko
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