Construction’s 9th Waste – Conflict!

As Construction companies throughout the US and Canada focus on implementing Lean Construction methods to reduce Lean’s 8 wastes, more focus is needed on the construction industry’s 9th waste – Conflict!

Creating Flow in Pull Planning for Design

Pull Planning is used in Lean Design to plan and organize work to maximize efficiency and minimize waste. It involves setting specific goals and objectives for a project and then breaking those goals down into smaller tasks that can be completed in a specific order.

Capital Project Owner Decisionmaking is a Shared Responsibility

A common complaint on capital projects is that owners cannot quickly make decisions, and this delays progress on work. This is particularly true on projects where the ownership group includes multiple stakeholders that must align on key parts of the project design.

Better use of Data makes better Managers

One Wall Street CEO claimed, “That today’s businesses are drowning in data.” Managers have more data than ever before and more powerful computers to crunch the data, but they still lack the ability to turn the measures into meaningful actions.

You can't be successful with lean design and construction without being part of a community

If you have been practicing lean design and construction for several years, you will realize the importance of being part of a community. Why is community involvement crucial?

Emerging Digital Tools for Visual Management in Lean Construction

Lean manufacturing principles emphasize visual management as a means of improving productivity, identifying problems, and encouraging continuous improvement in construction sites. Traditionally, visual management has relied on manual tools such as a whiteboard, charts, and posters.

High-Performance Leadership #6 - Stakeholder Engagement

Even great facilitation skills are not enough if you can’t get the right people together to address the right issues at the right time. We need sound agreements that drive action.

Are Resources and Capacity the Same?

If you are involved in the delivery of capital projects, there is a good chance that you may have heard, or even used, expressions such as, “We have a resource-loaded schedule,” “We are behind schedule, so let’s add more resources,” or “We need to increase our capacity.”

What is Non-Value for Future Productivity

The target of lean management is a value stream. Lean management aims to reduce waste and create a value stream that includes only value. A value stream consists of value and non-value process steps.

Takt Control = Production Control

Takt Planning and Takt Control (TPTC) is the most widely used standard production system for what we call Takt in the construction industry. In this publication I am diving deep into the second half of the system as there is extensive content on Takt Planning.

If you want to improve project performance, focus on improving information flow

Information is the lifeblood of all project delivery. You can’t effectively work as a team to deliver a complex project without good, reliable, and accurate information.