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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.
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:
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Construction enterprise management
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the construction process;
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design;
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product development;
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construction procurement
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supply chain management;
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financial management;
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implementation and strategy;
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information technology;
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open buildings and tolerances;
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performance measurement;
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prefabrication and site installation;
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production planning and control;
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labor/management training;
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safety and health, quality,
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climate change and environment;
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challenges to current thinking (theory).
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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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