TY  - CONF
TI  - Teaching and Learning Lean Construction in Spain: A Pioneer Experience
AU  - Pellicer, Eugenio
AU  - Ponz-Tienda, José Luis
AD  - Associate Professor, Ph.D., School of Civil Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de València,  Spain, pellicer@upv.es
AD  - Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering. Universidad de Los Andes,  Bogotá, Colombia, jl.ponz@uniandes.edu.co
ED  - Kalsaas, Bo Terje
ED  - Koskela, Lauri
ED  - Saurin, Tarcisio Abreu
PY  - 2014
DA  - 2014/06/25
T2  - 22nd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
C3  - 22nd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
CY  - Oslo, Norway
SP  - 1245
EP  - 1256
SN  - 2309-0979 (ISSN)
AB  - This paper presents the origins, approach and outputs of a course on Lean Construction developed at the Universitat Politècnica de València within the Master of Planning and Management in Civil Engineering: a unique experience in the Spanish academic system so far. This course takes into consideration most of the key issues of lean construction: historical evolution, flow and value stream mapping, pull management, last planner system, standardization, optimization of construction operations, building information modelling, and integrated project delivery, among others. The main element of the course is the last planner system of planning and control. An average of 30 students per year has attended this elective course in the M.Sc. degree since its implementation in 2011, indicating the extraordinary success of the course. The teaching and learning method is dynamic and is based on lectures, exercises, games in the classroom, and a project course. This paper presents this pioneer introduction of this graduate course in the Spanish academic system and some of the outputs obtained.
KW  - Last Planner System
KW  - Lean Construction
KW  - Learning Construction Management
KW  - Project  Based Learning.
L1  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/1066/pdf
UR  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/1066
DB  - IGLC.net
LA  - English
N1  - Export date: 04 October 2026
ER  -