That new apartment tower going up near the county courthouse in downtown Orlando is growing so quickly, it’s as if Jack buried a bean there and a concrete stalk sprouted. The SkyHouse high-rise will ...

Waste that provides more services, effort or energy either before it is needed or in addition to what is needed. Examples of overproduction could be putting extra laborers on a project, assigning ...

Master of Science in Project Management (MPM) students are learning more about principles of Lean thinking to affect change in the construction industry. One of the major innovations in the world of ...

Four years ago, the leaders of Akron (Ohio) Children's Hospital faced a pressing question as they began planning a new facility to house their neonatal intensive-care unit, outpatient surgery and ...

Cannistraro recently refurbished a 157,000-sq-ft space in Boston’s Seaport District to serve as its prefabrication and preassembly shop. Mechanical contractor J.C. Cannistraro has long focused on Lean ...

BZI® Presented Metrics That Demonstrate Its Pre-assembly, Panelization Methods and Tools Mitigate Hazards, Increase Efficiency, and Provide Additional Opportunities for Cost Savings at the 2025 Lean ...

Let’s begin with a brief run-down on just what “lean methodology” is and where it came from. Lean methodology originated mostly from the Toyota Production System. The Toyota Motor Corporation came to ...

Over-processing is applying more resources than are required, needed or requested. Examples include using copper instead of PVC, getting additional signatures on requisitions, duplicating data on ...

To appreciate Glenn Ballard’s commitment to Lean project delivery, ask him about the fruit trees behind his Oakland, Calif., home. The University of California, Berkeley, retired professor and project ...

The Lean construction movement is on the march. Its parent organization, the Lean Construction Institute, celebrated its 20th anniversary last year. LCI now has 218 corporate members, 38 owner members ...