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Construction Management: Introduction to Lean Construction

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Overview

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Embracing lean productivity
  • What you need to know
1. Productivity in Construction
  • Productivity in construction
  • Construction vs. manufacturing
  • What is lean?
2. Lean in Construction
  • A brief history
  • How does lean apply to construction?
  • What processes need to change?
  • The adoption of a new production theory
3. Tools to Facilitate Lean in Construction
  • Identifying waste
  • Minimizing waste at the project level
  • Empowerment of the field personnel
  • Pull planning
  • The sticky note format
  • Continuous improvement
  • Training the industry
Conclusion
  • Reshaping the construction industry

Taught by

Jim Rogers

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