Lean Construction Institute
Building knowledge in design and construction
Lean Construction Institute
(LCI) is a non-profit institute, founded in August 1997. The Institute
operates as a catalyst to transform the industry to deliver projects using a
lean operating system centered around a common language, fundamental
principles and basic practices. We have five broad goals:
- Clear standards for lean
performance
- Develop a common language
- Develop fundamental principles
- Develop basic practices
- Pedagogy for lean project
delivery
- Awareness
- Learning
- Understanding
- Action
- LCI is self-sustaining
- Lean production principles are seen as
science for industry transformation
- Communities of Practice
in important markets and develop relationships with other organizations
in the industry.
We do research to develop knowledge regarding project based production
management in the design, engineering, and construction of capital
facilities.
A set of
Introductory Readings about Lean Construction is now
available on the Readings page. We understand that designing and building is
different from manufacturing, but principles drawn from Lean
Production Management can be applied through techniques tailored
for application over the life of a project. Taken together these principles
and techniques create
Three Opportunities
and form the basis for a
Lean Project
Delivery System.™
Corporate Members of LCI support this research, participate in
regular research meetings and implementation meetings. Those contributing at
the highest level provide the laboratory to test and refine theory through
application in practice. In return, they become industry leaders through the
early application of this powerful new approach.
Upcoming Events
- LCI DFW CoP>> The Art of Change,
January 26 (Dallas, TX)
- LCI New England CoP>> Last
Planner System – Global Overview, January 26 (Waltham, MA)
- LCI San Diego CoP>> How to
Implement a Lean Culture within an Organization, January 26 (San
Diego, CA)
-
Collaborators of the Year Award to Barnes-Jewish St.
Peters Inpatient Bed Floor / Inpatient Pharmacy, January 27 (Austin, TX)
- LCI Los Angeles CoP>> Lean
Principles in BIM Coordination, February 1 (Monterey Park, CA)
- P2SL DESIGN PLANNING WORKSHOP #4:
Wednesday, February 1, 2012, 8AM - 1PM at DPR's office in Redwood City
- CURT>> Construction Safety -
Further Down the Road to Zero, February 8, 2012 (New Orleans, LA)
- LCI Nor Cal CoP>> Built in
Quality—Getting Things Done Right…The First Time, Bay Area Feb 8,
Central Valley Feb 9 (Oakland, then Sacramento, CA)
- LCI Colorado CoP>> How to Join
the Project Integration Revolution, February 10 (Denver, CO)
- LCI Arizona CoP>> Lean AZ DPR
Sundt HSEB Job Tour, February 15 (Phoeniz, AZ)
- LCI Ohio Valley CoP>> Lean in
the Field: What Works and What Does Not, February 15
- P2SL-LCI-AIA
Lean Design Forum, February 16 &17 (UC Berkeley campus, CA)
- LCI New England CoP>> Last
Planner System – Implementing on Your Project, February 23 (Waltham,
MA)
- P2SL Annual Conference,
March 7, 2012, Berkeley, CA
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AGC on Sustaining Sponsorship:
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