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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:
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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;
·
construction procurement
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supply chain management;
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financial management;
·
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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