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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. Papers are blind-reviewed by at
least three peer reviewers.
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). Forum Essays are
blind-reviewed by two peer reviewers.
case studies — descriptions of the application of lean thinking to the
construction process and the results obtained. We welcome reports of failure,
particularly where the authors also record their learning, as well as
success. Case studies are welcome from practitioners as well as academics
– taken together they can form the basis for research by others.
There is no requirement for case studies to be backed up by extensive
references to theory and literature.
All we ask is that case studies acknowledge their sources –
books or people – and are easy to read. At a minimum, a case study will be
reviewed by 2 practitioners and 1 academic.
Process
Benchmarks — This
is a document that summarizes experiences and knowledge gained from
scholarly activities:
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At Lean
Construction Institute affiliated university-based research labs;
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By
practitioners and/or academics who are active in the International Group of
Lean Construction.
This document captures the
state of practice and theory to date on a particular topic (the current
state of standard work), and serves as advice to industry that is grounded
in research. The Process
benchmark establishes a point of departure from where we can improve on
standard work. This category is
reviewed by the LCJ editors only. Updates to a published process
benchmark are welcome.
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 are also
welcome.
themed sections — from
time to time we will invite papers around a particular theme – if you
have an idea for a themed section please let us know here.
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.
For many
of our readers English is a second or third language and we want your paper
to be readily understandable by them as well as by practitioners and those
who are fluent in English. Before
you submit a paper, please use an editor and/or proof-reader to ensure that
your use of English —including content, style, clarity, organisation and grammar — is of the highest
order and does justice to the ideas you are presenting.
As an
on-line journal LCJ is able to publish
submissions as soon as they are approved.
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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BIM/Virtual Design & Construction;
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product development;
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construction procurement
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supply chain management;
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construction logistics
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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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ergonomics – fitting the
work to the worker
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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 they show how their ideas contribute to optimizing the
end-to-end design, construction & use 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.
 The papers on
this site are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-
Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported
License. To view a copy of this license, click here.
If
you wish to use any of the papers for commercial purposes, such as handouts
or discussion materials on courses, please click here
for a license to do this, letting us know in what circumstances you will
use the paper(s) and how many copies. We may make a small charge for this.
You
are free to download and use LCJ papers for
personal research and study.
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