TY  - CONF
TI  - A Decade of Transformation: the Role of the German Lean Construction Institute in the Construction Industry
C1  - Osaka and Kyoto, Japan
C3  - Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 33)
SP  - 1540
EP  - 1550
PY  - 2025
DO  - 10.24928/2025/0131
AU  - Weinmann, Marc
AU  - Bär, Thomas
AU  - John, (Paul) Christian
AU  - Haghsheno, Shervin
AD  - PhD Student, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, marc.weinmann@kit.edu, orcid.org/0000-0003-3871-0553
AD  - Managing Director, German Lean Construction Institute – GLCI e.V., Karlsruhe, Germany thomas.baer@glci.de, orcid.org/0009-0002-2644-1376
AD  - PhD Student, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, christian.john@kit.edu, orcid.org/0009-0005-0648-9331
AD  - Professor, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, shervin.haghsheno@kit.edu, orcid.org/0000-0002-0602-6370
ED  - Seppänen, Olli 
ED  - Koskela, Lauri 
ED  - Murata , Koichi 
AB  - Since its foundation in 2014, the German Lean Construction Institute (GLCI) has made a significant contribution to the diffusion of Lean Construction in Germany. During this time, the GLCI has professionalised structurally by establishing an office with full-time employees, and the application of Lean Construction has developed considerably. This paper examines the impact of the GLCI as an institution on this development and is based on a survey reflecting the perception of the construction industry in Germany. It also analyses what value such an institution must offer in order to further promote the diffusion of Lean Construction. The survey results show that conferences, networking opportunities, community building, training and further education programmes, and publications are perceived as main added values of the GLCI. The study clearly demonstrates that the GLCI exerts a substantial impact on the awareness of Lean Construction in Germany, while its impact on the practical implementation within the industry is also assessed as significant. The findings provide valuable insights for the further development of the GLCI and offer international perspectives for other Lean Construction institutions to accelerate the diffusion of Lean Construction principles and tools.
KW  - Lean construction
KW  - Germany
KW  - diffusion
KW  - institution
KW  - network.
PB  - 
T2  - Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 33)
DA  - 2025/06/02
CY  - Osaka and Kyoto, Japan
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/2327/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/2327
N1  - Export Date: 28 June 2025
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -