IGLC 25 · Heraklion, Greece · 2017
Why Lean Projects Are Safer
- Gregory Howell, Research Associate, Project Production Systems Laboratory at the University of California Berkeley. gah2343@gmail.com
- Glenn Ballard is Research Director of the Project Production Systems Laboratory at the University of California Berkeley. ballard@ce.berkeley.edu; +1 4157105531. Corresponding Author
- Sevilay Demirkesen is a post-doc at the Project Production Systems Laboratory at the University of California Berkeley. sevilaydemirkesen@berkeley.edu
https://doi.org/10.24928/2017/0116
Abstract
Some evidence exists that lean projects are safer, but we don’t understand why. Providing an explanation is one of the objectives of the Construction Safety Research Group formed by the Project Production Systems Laboratory (P2SL). In this paper, we describe the research program of the group and its findings in year one of three, including an explanation why lean projects are safer that is grounded in the principle: Respect for people.
Keywords
- Lean Construction
- Human Error
- Research
- Respect for people
- Safety
Cite this paper
APA 7th edition
Howell, G., Ballard, G., & Demirkesen, S. (2017). Why Lean Projects Are Safer. In 25th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (pp. 895–901). https://doi.org/10.24928/2017/0116
Shortened reference for IGLC papers
Howell, G., Ballard, G., & Demirkesen, S. (2017). Why Lean Projects Are Safer. IGLC25. https://doi.org/10.24928/2017/0116