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Largest Study of Lean Construction Programs Ever Conducted in the U.S. Sheds Light on the Potential Benefits that Public Agencies Can Reap

Construction Dive

Public agencies may want to take a good look at some recently released results of what is believed to be the largest study of lean construction programs ever conducted in the United States. The study reports that a lean strategy enabled San Diego Community College District (SDCCD) to save an average of $900,000 per project, $13.6

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McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. Celebrates Topping out of LEGOLAND California Resort Parking Structure 2

Civil + Structural Engineer

McCarthy), one of the largest and most diversified construction companies in America for over 160 years, today announced the topping out of the new LEGOLAND California Resort parking structure. McCarthy is looking forward to the completion of the new LEGOLAND parking structure,” said Spencer Yoder, McCarthy Project Manager.

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The 8 wastes of lean construction

Field Wire

Downtime is the enemy of progress in construction, and downtime is fueled in large part by the 8 wastes of lean construction. The construction industry is responsible for the creation of remarkable achievements, but unfortunately, it can also be responsible for generating inefficiency and waste.

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What is Lean Construction?

Autodesk Construction Cloud

The Lean methodology is most often associated with manufacturing. Taiichi Ohno, an industrial engineer at Toyota, pioneered the thinking and processes that are now known as Lean. The other core elements of Lean are maximizing customer value and continuous improvement. The methodology focuses on collaboration and accountability.

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Can Lean Manufacturing Principles Improve Construction?

Viewpoint Construction Technology

If construction jobsites have one thing in common, it’s that they’re all different. makes a philosophy like lean manufacturing seem unsuited to the construction industry. How can you standardize your processes when jobsites are all different and conditions constantly change? It is possible to use lean in construction.

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Managing Change Orders

Job Order Contracting

Managing change orders for any size of repair, renovation, maintenance, or new build project, whether IPD, alliance job order contracting, DB, DBB, ‘et al’, simply requires a robust preconstruction process in most instances. The post Managing Change Orders appeared first on 4BT.

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Roadmap to LEAN Construction – Existing robust integrating planning, procurement, and project delivery

Job Order Contracting

Implementing a roadmap to LEAN Construction and efficient planning, procurement, and project delivery is neither complex nor costly. The benefits of the change include consistent delivery of 90%+ of all repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build projects on-time, on-budget, and per detailed specifications. What is LEAN?