Lean Construction Institute
Building knowledge in design and construction

The Lean Construction Institute, (LCI) was founded in August 1997 and is now a non-profit corporation. We do research to develop knowledge regarding project based production management in the design, engineering, and construction of capital facilities.

We aim to extend to the construction industry the Lean production revolution started in manufacturing. This approach maximizes value delivered to the customer while minimizing waste. A set of Introductory Readings about Lean Construction is now available on the Readings page. We understand that designing and building is different from manufacturing, but principles drawn from Lean Production Management can be applied through techniques tailored for application over the life of a project. Taken together these principles and techniques create Three Opportunities and form the basis for a Lean Project Delivery System.™

Corporate Members of LCI support this research, participate in regular research meetings and implementation meetings. Those contributing at the highest level provide the laboratory to test and refine theory through application in practice. In return, they become industry leaders through the early application of this powerful new approach.

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• ISPE Greater Los Angeles joint meeting with Lean Construction Institute, April 21 (Westlake Village, CA)
   
• LCI Event, Two Day Introduction to Lean Construction Basics & Possibilities, April 28-29 (Waltham, MA)
   
• Two Day LCI Event>> 7th LCI Academic Forum, May 12-13 (Boulder, CO)
   
• Cold Climate Construction Conference: Half Day Lean Construction Introduction, Edmonton Expo Centre, Edmonton, Alberta  May 16th
   
• LCI Event>> Full Day Intro to Lean Construction Basics, May 17, (Vancouver, B.C.)
   
• LCI Full Day Intro Workshops on the Basics, May 19 + 20 (repeating), 2011 (Toronto, Canada)
   
• LCI Event >> LCI Los Angeles CoP and LCI Central will sponsor a Full Day Intro Workshop on the Basics, May 23rd in Los Angeles
   
   
• LCI Arizona CoP>> Parade of Trades Simulation, April 20 (Scottsdale, AZ)
   
• LCI Central Florida CoP>> Owner Benefits of Integrated Project Delivery, April 21 (Orlando, FL)
   
• LCI Ohio Valley CoP – Lean in the Supply Chain/Supply Chain Modeling Workshop, April 27th (Cincinnati, OH)
   
• LCI Michigan Chapter>> Lean Construction at DPR Construction >>> April 28, 2011 (Detroit, MI)
   
   
• Special Report: LCI's response to ENR's May 5, 2010 article "Integrated-Project-Delivery Boosters Ignore Many Flashing Red Lights"
   
• Industrial Engineers Are Gearing Up To Support Lean Construction
   
• Lean Construction Opportunities Ideas Practices
  Greg Howell, of the Lean Construction Institute, and Will Lichtig,
  author of Sutter Health’s Integrated Form Agreement, describe the
  “Three Linked Opportunities” provided by Lean project delivery.
   
• Greg Howell provides a vision for AIA members of the New World of Management by guest editing the Fall 2007 edition of AIA's Practice Management Digest
   
• Audio files and presentations from the LCI-UK Summit 2007 are available at http://www.lci-uk.org/speakers.html.
   
• Collaboration Makes Construction Lean, by Karen Wilhelm, Target Magazine, the periodical of the Association for Manufacturing Excellence.
   
• Papers presented at the International Group for Lean Construction (ILGC) 2007 Annual Conference in Michigan are now posted at:
  http://www.iglc.net/conferences/2007/
  A webcast of the keynote address is located at:
  http://wmsu.org/program.php?id=232
   
• A set of Introductory Readings about Lean Construction is now available from our Readings page.
   
• First Danish Lean Construction Process Prize Awarded
   
• Lean Construction in the Life Sciences: Pros and Cons
   
• Lean Construction Eliminating the Waste
   
• The 2nd Edition of Lean Construction Journal is now available at http://www.leanconstructionjournal.org/
   
• LCI now linked to affiliated organizations in Denmark and the United Kingdom - click on the flags below the LCI logo
   
• Lean Construction Journal launched
   
• LCI requests data from projects and companies implementing various aspects of Lean Construction
   
• Last Planner™ - How Do I Get Started?
   
• Improving program predictability with The Last Planner System™
   
• Lean and Health Care: Three Articles from the East Bay Times on the Sutter Health's Lean initiative
   
• Member Report on the 12th Annual Meeting of the International Group for Lean Construction
   
• A contractor in Finland reports on using Last Planner™
   
• The Lean Construction Institute announces a new organization, membership structure
   
• Article by LCI co-founders describes Lean Project Management
   
• Lean Construction - Overcoming Habit and Tradition
   
• Applying the 5S's of Construction
   
• LCI featured in Lean Manufacturing Advisor Magazine article, "Builders Seek to Demolish Inefficiency."
   
• The Lean Construction Institute of Denmark is established
   
• "The Theory of Project Management is Obsolete" challenges current thinking at PMI Research Conference
   
• LCI posts 4 additional White Papers covering Lean Design,  The Lean Project Delivery System, Project Definition and Workstructuring Revisited
   
• On-line Proceedings of the 2002 Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
   
• Presentations from the Fourth Annual Lean Construction Congress
   
• Constructech Magazine Reports on "The Coming Revolution"
   
• Safety: LCI Defines a New Approach
   
• 10 Reasons Your Construction Project Needs ConsensusDOCs