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Aims

Published by the Lean Construction Institute since 2004, the Lean Construction Journal (LCJ) is an international refereed journal devoted to Lean Construction practice and research.

All papers will be rigorously reviewed by at least three people, at least one of whom is likely to be an industry practitioner. Reviewers will be asking themselves how the paper will support change in, and/or help to stimulate rethinking of, the construction process on- or off-site. The aim of the review process is to support the author(s) achieve this in an accessible manner. To support this, authors may choose to attach detailed statistical or other technical analyses of findings in an appendix that will be seen by the reviewers and available to readers if they want it.

In Lean Construction, owner, designers, general and specialty contractors, and suppliers work together to produce a value-adding, constructible, usable, and maintainable facility.  The maximization of workflow, not point speed, through the minimization of performance variation and the elimination of systemic waste sources is a key cornerstone of Lean Construction.  The primary objective of LCJ is to stimulate a systematic rethinking of the construction process both on and off-site by providing a forum for disseminating knowledge and exchanging ideas between industry and academia.

LCJ will publish high-quality practical:

papers: Manuscripts that report developments, provoke new thinking and chronicle the history of Lean Construction in a manner that is readily accessible to reflective practitioners and clients of the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) Industry and AEC students and faculty.  LCJ welcomes basic and applied research papers that report on new developments, projects, and case studies from practitioners, consultants and academics.

forum essays:  thought-provoking and ‎stimulating opinion pieces on practices ‎in the field, experiences with Lean ‎Construction implementations, ‎reflections on Lean ‎Construction principles and tools.  Essays may ‎be ‎founded in fact, conjecture, and/or speculations of the author(s). ‎

discussions, rejoinders and closures to previous contributions — formal and ‎considered comments, rejoinders and/or questions about the technical ‎content of a ‎paper. Authors’ responses/closures respond to arguments ‎and clarify issues raised in ‎discussions.‎

Book reviews and discussions and closures to previous contributions are also welcome.  Special-theme issues will be periodically organized.

We welcome submissions from practitioners, consultants and academics and ask ‎that they be readily accessible to reflective practitioners, owners and clients of the ‎Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) Industry, to AEC students and ‎researchers.  You will find instructions for authors here.‎

As an on-line journal LCJ is able to publish submissions as soon as they are ‎approved.‎

We will occasionally publish themed sections in the Journal.‎

Scope

LCJ includes applications of lean thinking to:

·         Construction enterprise management

·         the construction process;

·         design;

·         product development;

·         construction procurement

·         supply chain management;

·         financial management;

·         implementation and strategy;

·         information technology;

·         open buildings and tolerances;

·         performance measurement;

·         prefabrication and site installation;

·         production planning and control;

·         labor/management training; 

·         safety and health, quality,

·         climate change and environment;

·         challenges to current thinking (theory).

 

As lean theory takes a whole systems view, which emphasizes, among other things, optimization of the whole rather than the parts, we ask authors to ensure that their submissions position their ideas in terms of their contribution to optimization of the end-to-end construction process.

 

Reinventing the idea of a journal

We want to use our unique position and the opportunities offered by the internet to reinvent what a journal is.  We would appreciate your ideas, feedback and comments to enable us to do this. Please send us an email here.


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