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IGLC 6 · Guarujá, Brazil · 1998

Implementing Lean Construction: Understanding and Action

  1. Adjunct Professor at Boise State and Virginia Tech.; Executive Director of the Lean Construction Institute, ghowell@micron.net
  2. Lecturer at U.C. Berkeley and Research Director for the Lean Construction Institute, ballard@ce.berkeley.edu

Abstract

Lean thinking is a new way to manage construction. Born in manufacturing, the goals demand a new way to coordinate action, one that is applicable to industries far removed from manufacturing. Implementation requires action be shaped by a deeper understanding of the goals and techniques. This paper explains the implications of the goals and key production principles, and how when taken together they result in a different way to manage construction. Implementing lean in construction then becomes a matter of developing and acting on this new knowledge. Advice on implementation is offered.

Keywords

  • Lean construction
  • implementation
  • project management.

Cite this paper

APA 7th edition

Howell, G., & Ballard, G. (1998). Implementing Lean Construction: Understanding and Action. In 6th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction.

Shortened reference for IGLC papers

Howell, G., & Ballard, G. (1998). Implementing Lean Construction: Understanding and Action. IGLC6.