1st Edition
Lean Construction Core Concepts and New Frontiers
PART 1
Lean Construction Themes
1
Theory of Lean Construction
Lauri Koskela
2
Lean Product Development and Design Management
Patricia Tzortzopoulos, Cynthia Hentschke and Mike Kagioglou
3
The Last Planner System
Glenn Ballard
4
Production Control Systems for Construction at the Nexus of Lean and BIM
Bhargav Dave and Rafael Sacks
5
People and Knowledge: Lean Organisation
John Rooke
6
Value Generation: Bringing the Customer into Perspective
Patricia Tillmann and Luciana Miron
7
Understanding Waste in Construction
Carlos T. Formoso, Trond Bølviken and Daniela Dietz Viana
PART 2
Lean Construction approaches
8
Target Value Delivery
Glenn Ballard
9
Integrated Project Delivery – Basic Tenets and Recommendations
Thais da C. L. Alves and William Lichtig
10
Choosing By Advantages and Collaborative Decision Making
Paz Arroyo
11
Lean Construction: A Management Model for Interdependencies in Detailed Design
Bo Terje Kalsaas
12
Lean as an Appropriate Approach for Managing Production in Refurbishment Projects
Sergio Kemmer and Lauri Koskela
13
Extended Roles of Construction Supply Chain Management for Improved Logistics and Environmental Performance
Ruben Vrijhoef
14
Location-Based Management System now and in the Future
Olli Seppänen
15
Relating Construction Production Design and Planning Activities with Location-based Scheduling Techniques
Clarissa Biotto and Mike Kagioglou
16
The Last Planner System as an Approach for Coping with the Complexity of Construction Projects
Tarcisio Abreu Saurin and John Rooke
17
Framework to Manage Project Structural Complexity: Representation of the Lean Project Delivery System using a Multi-Domain Matrix
Audrey Bascoul, Iris D. Tommelein and Stanislaus Tuholski
18
Uncertainty Management – A Development Area for Lean Construction
Ole Jonny Klakegg, Olav Torp, Bo Terje Kalsaas, Trond Bølviken and Gøril Hannås
19
The Evolution of Lean Construction Education at US-Based Universities
Zofia K. Rybkowski, Lincoln H. Forbes and Cynthia C.Y. Tsao
20
Challenges and opportunities for early project collaboration
Danilo Gomes and Patricia Tzortzopoulos
Biography
Patricia Tzortzopoulos is Professor of Integrated Design, Associate Dean for Research and Enterprise and Director of the Innovative Design Lab research centre at the School of Art, Design and Architecture, University of Huddersfield. She has developed a number of research projects examining the design process, including front-end design issues, requirements capture and management, evidence-based design, participatory design approaches, Building Information Modelling in the retrofit of existing social housing, adoption of code checking in healthcare design, among others. Patricia is an associate editor of the Brazilian Journal Ambiente Construido, and has been an active member of the International Group for Lean Construction since 1998.
Mike Kagioglou is Professor of Process Management and Dean of Art, Design and Architecture at the University of Huddersfield since 2013. Mike's career spans Engineering, Manufacturing, Creativity, Design, Architecture and the Built Environment, engaged in inter and multidisciplinary research at a global level. He was an Academic Director for the £11 million Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) funded interdisciplinary Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre (IMRC) in Health and Care Infrastructures Research and Innovation Centre (HaCIRIC) and was previously the Director of the £8 million EPSRC Salford Centre for Research and Innovation (SCRI) in the built and human environment. Mike has published more than 200 academic referred papers, many industrial reports and two books.
Lauri Koskela is Professor of Construction and Project Management at the University of Huddersfield. Since 1991, Lauri has been involved in research on Lean Construction. His research has focused especially on the theories of production management as well as project management, underlying Lean Construction. Lauri is a founding and continuously active member of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC). He was Director and Trustee at Lean Construction Institute – UK in 2010 to 2019. In recent years, he has also focused on the theory of design, and has actively participated in workshops and conferences organised by the Design Society in relation to this theme.
