1st Edition
Building Lean, Building BIM Improving Construction the Tidhar Way
1. Preface
2. Introduction: Growing the Margin
3. Early failures
4. Learning to See
5. Visualizing in 3D, Planning in 4D, Costing in 5D, Building in Reality
6. Non-Value Adding Work
7. Value-streams
8. Education, Motivating People, Gemba
9. BIM in the Big Room – Co-located Design
10. Problem Solving (Continuous Improvement)
11. Work in Progress (WIP)
12. Reduce Planning Resolution
13. What Flows in Construction?
14. Value for Customers
15. Designing the Product for Production System Design
16. Driving Production Off-site
17. Production Planning and Control in Construction
18. Respect for People
19. Leadership
20. Conclusion
Biography
Rafael Sacks is Professor in the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.
Samuel Korb is a graduate student in the department of Civil Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.
Ronen Barak is a Civil Engineer and researcher of BIM and computer applications for construction. He is responsible for and directly involved with the entire Lean and BIM journey at Tidhar Construction.






