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Introductory Readings
Documents selected to provide an overview of Lean Construction.
White Papers
White papers are first released to members only, and one year after publication they are made available to the public.
Third Annual Lean Construction Congress
The topic of the Third Annual Lean Construction Congress was "Getting It Started and Keeping it Going". It was held on August 1-3 in Berkeley, CA. View the brochure for details of the conference.
Five of the presenters graciously agreed to make their presentations available to the general public.
Fourth Annual Lean Construction Congress
Held on August 2, 2002 in Berkeley, CA. View the brochure of the conference.
Six of the presenters graciously agreed to make their presentations available to the general public.
Fifth Annual Lean Construction Congress
Held on July 21, 2003 in Blacksburg, VA. View the announcement of the conference.
Eight of the presenters graciously agreed to make the presentations available to the general public.
Sixth Annual Lean Construction Congress
Held on September 14-17, 2004 in Park City, UT. Eleven of the presenters graciously agreed to make the presentations available to the general public.
Seventh Annual Lean Construction Congress
Held on September 20-23, 2005 in San Francisco, the congress comprised over 13 presentations and roundtable discussion. Audio recordings of the meeting are also included.
Safety: LCI Defines a New Approach
The Lean Construction Institute is developing a new approach to improving safety that moves well beyond current best practices.
The Theory of Project Management is Obsolete
"The Theory of Project Management is Obsolete" challenges current thinking at PMI Research Conference.
Lean Project Management
Journal Building Research and Information, vol 31 number 2, March-April 2003, ISSN number: 0961-3218, part of a special themed issue entitled "Re-Valuing Construction".
Relational Contracting Symposium
Atlanta, GA, November 18-19, 2004
LCI Labor Symposium
Albuquerque, NM, May 10, 2005
What Is Lean Construction - 1999
by Gregory A. Howell (1999) Proceedings Seventh Annual Conference of the
International Group for Lean Construction, IGLC-7, Berkeley, CA, July 26-28,
pp. 1-10.
What Kind of Production Is
Construction?
by Glenn Ballard and Greg Howell (1998) Proceedings Sixth Annual Conference
of the International Group for Lean Construction, IGLC-6, Guaruja, Brazil,
August 13-15.
The Prevalent Theory of Construction is a
Hindrance for Innovation
by Lauri Koskela and Ruben Vrijhoef (2000) Proceedings Eighth Annual
Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, IGLC-6,
Brighton, UK, July 17-19.
Interaction Between Subcycles: One Key
To Improved Methods
by Gregory Howell, Alexander Laufer, and Glenn Ballard (1993) Journal of
Construction Engineering and Management, ASCE, 119 (4) 714-728, December.
Parade Game: Impact of Work Flow
Variability on Succeeding Trade Performance
by Iris D. Tommelein, David Riley, and Gregory A. Howell (1998)
Proceedings Sixth Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean
Construction, IGLC-6, 13-15 August held in Guaruja, Brazil, 14 pp.
Lean Project Delivery System™
by Glenn Ballard (23 September 2000 (Revision 1)) LCI White Paper-8.
"Wicked Problems, Righteous
Solutions - Back to the Future on Large Complex Projects"
by Robert Lane and Graham Woodman (2000) Proceedings 8th Annual Meeting
of the International Group for Lean Construction, August 17-19, Brighton,
UK.
Shielding Production: An
Essential Step in Production Control
by Glenn Ballard and Gregory Howell (1998) Journal of Construction
Engineering in Management, ASCE, 124 (1) 18-24, January.
Lookahead Planning: The Missing Link in Production Control
by Glenn Ballard (1997) Proceedings of the 5th Annual Conference of the
International Group for Lean Construction, Griffith University, Gold Coast,
Australia, July.
Pull-driven Scheduling for Pipe-Spool
Installation: Simulation of Lean Construction Technique
by Iris D. Tommelein (1998). J. of Constr. Engrg. and Mgmt., ASCE, 124
(4) 279-288.
Coordinating Specialists
by Iris D. Tommelein and Glenn Ballard (1997) Tech. Report No. 97-8,
Constr. Engrg. and Mgmt. Program, Civil and Envir. Engrg. Dept., Univ. of
California, Berkeley, CA. Also Proc. Second Intl. Seminar on Lean
Construction, 20-21 October, organized by A.S.I. Conte, Logical Systems, São
Paulo, Brazil.
Improving Work Flow Reliability
by Glenn Ballard (1999) Proceedings Seventh Annual Conference of the
International Group for Lean Construction, IGLC-7, Berkeley, CA, July 26-28,
pp. 275-286.
WorkPlan: Database for Work Package
Production Scheduling
by Hyun Jeong Choo, Iris D. Tommelein, Glenn Ballard, and Todd R.
Zabelle (1998) Proceedings Sixth Annual Conference of the International
Group for Lean Construction, IGLC-6, 13-15 August held in Guaruja, Brazil,
12 pp.
Case Study for Work Structuring: Installation of
Metal Door Frames
by Cynthia C.Y. Tsao, Iris Tommelein, Eric Swanlund, and Gregory A.
Howell (2000) Proceedings 8th Annual Meeting of the International Group for
Lean Construction, August 17-19, Brighton, UK.
Work Structuring to Achieve
Integrated Product-Process Design
by Tsao, C.C.Y., Tommelein, I.D., Swanlund, E., and Howell, G.A. (2004).
ASCE, J. of Constr. Engrg. and Mgmt., Nov/Dec, 130 (6) 780-789.
Use of Work Structuring to Increase
Performance of Project-Based Production Systems
by Cynthia C.Y. Tsao (2005) Ph.D. Diss., Dept. of Civil & Envir. Engrg.,
University of California, Berkeley, 325 pp.
Wicked Problems and Social Complexity
by Jeffrey Conklin (2005)
The Parallel Between Product Development
and Production and Building Design and Construction
by Thomas W. Mikulina (1998) Design Build Institute of America
Conference, Chicago, Illinois.
Towards Lean Design Management
by Lauri Koskela, Glenn Ballard, and Veli-Pekka Tanhuanpaa (1997)
Proceedings 5th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean
Construction, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia, July.
Managing Work Flow on Design
Projects
by Glenn Ballard (2000) Proceedings CIB W96, Atlanta, GA, May 19-20.
Positive vs Negative Iteration in Design
by Glenn Ballard (2000) Proceedings Eighth Annual Conference of the
International Group for Lean Construction, IGLC-6, Brighton, UK, July 17-19.
Integrated Design Planning, Scheduling, and
Control with Desplan
by Jamie Hammond, Hyung Jeong Choo, Simon Austin, Iris D. Tommelein, and
Glenn Ballard (2000) Proceedings Eighth Annual Conference of the
International Group for Lean Construction, IGLC-6, Brighton, UK, July 17-19.
Can Pull Techniques Be Used in Design
Management
by Glenn Ballard. Presented at the Conference on Concurrent Engineering in
Construction, Helsinki, Finland. August 26-27, 1999
Toward Construction JIT
by Glenn Ballard and Gregory Howell (1995) Proceedings of the 1995 ARCOM
Conference, Association of Researchers in Construction Management,
Sheffield, England.
Just-In-Time Concrete Delivery: Mapping
Alternatives for Vertical Supply Chain Integration
by Iris Tommelein and Annie Li (1999) Proceedings Seventh Annual
Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, IGLC-7,
Berkeley, CA, July 26-28, pp. 97-108.
More Just-In-Time: Location
of Buffers in Structural Steel Supply and Construction Processes
by Iris Tommelein and Markus Weissenberger (1999) Proceedings Seventh
Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, IGLC-7,
Berkeley, CA, July 26-28, pp. 109-120.
Can Project Controls Do Its Job?
by Gregory Howell and Glenn Ballard (1996) Proceedings of the 4th Annual
Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, Birmingham,
England.
Is the Earned-Value Method an Enemy of Workflow
by Yong Woo Kim and Glenn Ballard (2000) Proceedings Eighth Annual
Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, IGLC-6,
Brighton, UK, July 17-19.
Systems Dynamics Modeling of Project Management
by John Sterman (1992) MIT, Sloan School of Management.
Reforming Project Management: The Role of Lean
Construction
by Greg Howell & Lauri Koskela (2000) Proceedings Eighth Annual
Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, IGLC-6,
Brighton, UK, July 17-19.
Lean Construction and EPC Performance
Improvement
by Glenn Ballard (1993) Proceedings of the 1st Annual Meeting of the
International Group for Lean Construction, Espoo, Finland, August, reprinted
in Lean Construction, pp. 79-92.
Think of the Queue Behind You
by Greg Howell (July 17, 2000) Engineering News Record, McGraw Hill.
Alliance Lean Design/Construct on a Small High
Tech Project
by Robert S. Miles (1998) Proceedings Sixth Annual Conference of the
International Group for Lean Construction, IGLC-6, 13-15 August held in
Guaruja, Brazil, 27 pp.
Report on a Lean Project
by Michael Pappas (1999) extracted from Evaluating Innovative
Construction Management Methods through the Assessment of Intermediate
Impacts, thesis for a "Master of Science in Engineering", University of
Texas at Austin, 1999. A complete report is available through The Department
of Architectural and Civil Engineering - ECJ 5.200, University of Texas,
Austin, Texas 78731.
PARC: A Case Study
by Glenn Ballard, Gregory Howell, and Michael Casten (1996) Proceedings of
the 4th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction,
Birmingham, England.
Implementing Lean Construction:
Understanding and Action
by Greg Howell and Glenn Ballard (1998) Proceedings of the 6th Annual
Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, Guaruja,
Brazil.
The Last Planner™
by Glenn Ballard (1994) Northern California Construction Institute,
Monterey, California, April.
Lean Production Theory: Moving Beyond
'Can-Do'
by Gregory Howell and Glenn Ballard (1994) Proc. Conference on Lean
Construction, Santiago, Chile, September, reprinted in Lean Construction,
pp. 17-23.
Implementing Lean Construction:
Stabilizing Work Flow
by Glenn Ballard and Gregory Howell (1994) Proceedings of the 2nd Annual
Meeting of the International Group for Lean Construction, Pontificia
Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, September,
http://www.vtt.fi/rte/lean/santiago.htm, reprinted in Lean Construction, pp.
101-110.
Implementing Lean
Construction: Reducing Inflow Variation
by Gregory Howell and Glenn Ballard (1994) Proceedings of the 2nd Annual
Meeting of the International Group for Lean Construction, Pontificia
Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, September, reprinted in Lean
Construction, pp. 93-100.
Implementing Lean Construction:
Improving Downstream Performance
by Glenn Ballard and Gregory Howell (1994) Proc. 2nd Ann. Conf. on Lean
Constr. , Pontificia Univ. Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Sept.,
http://www.vtt.fi/rte/lean/santiago.htm
,
reprinted in Lean Construction, pp. 111-125.
Selected Articles from the Lean
Construction Chronicle - Spring 1999
The Last Planner™ System of
Production Control
by Glenn Ballard (2000) PhD Dissertation, School of Civil Engineering,
The University of Birmingham, U.K., May, 192 pp.
An Exploration Towards a Production Theory and
its Application to Construction
by Lauri Koskela (2000) PhD Dissertation, VTT Building Technology,
Espoo, Finland. 296 p., VTT Publications: 408, ISBN 951-38-5565-1;
951-38-5566-X
Application of the New Production
Philosophy to the Construction Industry
by Lauri Koskela (1992) Technical Report No. 72, Center for Integrated
Facilities Engineering, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Stanford University, CA,
September, 75 pages.
Introducing Lean Construction
- Reforming Project Management
by Greg Howell, presented to the Construction User Round Table (CURT),
November 14, 2001.
Modern Construction: Lean Project Delivery and Integrated Practices
by Lincoln H. Forbes and Syed M. Ahmed, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2011.
Lean Construction
by Luis Alarcon, A.A.
Balkema Publishers, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 1997.
Theory of Constraints
by Eliyahu Goldratt, North River Press, 1990.
The Goal
by Eliyahu Goldratt, North River Press, 1992.
Factory Physics
by Hopp, W. & Spearman, M., Irwin McGraw Hill, Boston, 1996.
From the American System to Mass Production from 1800 to 1932
by David Hounshell.
Lean Leadership
by Dr. William Lareau.
Relevance Lost: The Rise and Fall of Management Accounting
by H. Thomas Johnson and Robert S. Kaplan.
No Business as Usual
by Terry Knott, The British Petroleum Co. ISBN 0 86165 202 9, 1996.
Simultaneous Management
by Alexander Laufer, AMACOM, 1997.
Productivity Improvement for Construction Managers
by Oglesby, C.& Parker, H. McGraw Hill (Out of print).
Productivity Improvement in Construction
by Oglesby, Parker & Howell, McGraw-Hill, 1988.
Learning to See
Mike Rother and John Shook, Lean Enterprise Institute, 1998.
Cases in Production Operations Management
by Roger Schmenner, Prentice Hall, 5th Ed.
The Machine that Changed the World
by Womack, Jones & Roos, Harper Perrenial, 1990.
Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation
by Womack & Jones, Simon & Schuster, New York, NY, 350 pp., 1996.
Lean Transformation: How To Change Your Business Into a Lean Enterprise
by Henderson, Bruce A., Larco, Jorge L. (Editor: Martin, Stephen H.),
Oaklea Press, ISBN 0964660121, 1999, 288 pp.
International Conferences on Lean Construction
Abstracts of papers presented at conferences in 1993-1995, the full papers
from 1996 onwards and information regarding upcoming conferences.
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