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Book
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are you writing for?
LCJ
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should be accessible to both audiences.
Document
Structure
Provide
on the first page
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citation – complete the author
& title information, leave the rest blank
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the
paper’s title in upper and lower case - choose carefully to reflect the
content
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author(s)
in 12pt bold upper and lower case. Use a footnote to provide the
professional title, affiliation, and mailing address of the author(s).
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abstract
(max: 300 words), and
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key
words
Continue
with the paper without a break. Most
papers will start with an introduction, followed by background, methods,
and discussion sections and ending with conclusions.
References
are the last section of the paper.
Paper
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Document
Length
Papers and Forum articles, including title page and abstract, should not
normally exceed 5000 words or word equivalents [~12 pages]. Longer scripts
will be accepted if the material justifies the additional length. [If you
think your material justifies more than 5000 words, do discuss an outline
of your paper with the editors before you write it.]
Background
and methods should be kept to a minimum in the published paper. Background
and/or method appendices can be sent with your paper if you feel it will
help your reviewer decide or if you want to make them available to Journal
readers as a separate optional download. Technical notes/Discussions have a
limit of 2,500 words.
Book reviews have a limit of 2000 words.
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6pt space before, upper and lower case, keep with next. [NB: see Tables
and Figures]
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indent, 6pt space after, upper and lower case. [NB: see
Figures below]
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justified, single spacing, no indent, 3pt space before, upper and
lower case, hanging indent 1 cm
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Font
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should not be numbered. Numbered or bulleted lists may be used. Pages
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Lists
Numbered
or bulleted lists may be used.
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you use numbered lists please
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Where you begin a series of paragraphs with a word or phrase in bold
please indent it as this is another sort of list.
Tables
Centre
tables on the page. Place table captions above the table.
Place
figures immediately following the first mention in the text.
For
clarity, the use of lines and borders in the tables should be minimized. A
table with horizontal lines only is preferred.
Table 1: Variability of
Available Dies [example of style Table]
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the source of tables and figures reproduced from other publications in the
captions.
Figures
Centre figures
on the page. Place figure captions below the table.
Place
figures immediately following the first mention in the text.
Pictures
and figures should not float over or behind the text. This can be controlled
by clicking on the picture then going to Format then Picture then Position,
and check “in line with Text”.
Figure 1: caption – expanded waste triangle (source:
Alan Mossman)
Acknowledge
the source of figures reproduced from other publications in the captions.
Symbols, abbreviations and conventions
Symbols,
abbreviations and conventions in papers must follow SI units. Acronyms
should be written out in full on the first mention in the text, followed by
the abbreviation in parentheses.
Acknowledgements
A
short acknowledgement section is allowed after the conclusion and before
the references.
References
A
significant body of literature now exists to describe lean production
methods as well as lean construction theory and applications. It is most
appropriate to build on that work and cite sources accordingly.
The
proceedings of the first three IGLC conferences were compiled into a book,
edited by Alarcon (1997). Proceedings of subsequent IGLC conferences can be
found at and through www.iglc.net. You will find much other material at www.leanconstruction.org
Valuable
knowledge can also be found in doctoral dissertations (e.g., Martinez 1996),
technical reports (e.g., Tommelein and Ballard 1997) and, of course,
journal papers (e.g., Howell et al. 1993).
Example
references are provided below:
Howell, G., Laufer, A., and
Ballard, G. (1993). “Interaction between Subcycles: One Key to Improved
Methods”. J. Constr. Eng. & Mgmt., ASCE, New York, NY,
119 (4) 714-728.
Martinez, J.C. (1996). STROBOSCOPE State
and Resource Based Simulation of Construction Processes. Ph.D. Diss., Civil
& Envir. Engrg., Univ. of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, MI, 518
pp. (available at http://www.strobos.ce.vt.edu).
Tommelein, I.D. and Ballard, G.
(1997). “Coordinating Specialists”. Technical Report No. 97-8, Construction
Engineering and Management Program, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Department, University of California, Berkeley,
CA.
Womack, J. P., Jones, D.T., and
Roos, D. (1990). The Machine That Changed the World: The Story of Lean
Production. MacMillan Publishing, New
York, NY.
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Book
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