2. Lean principles and practices
Empowerment
Alignment of all activities
Net benefits for All
stakeholders
Lean Approach in the construction
environment consists of 4 areas:
3. Definition of Lean
Lean
-Is a management philosophy
-Empowers people
-Is customer focused
-Creates flow
-Eliminates waste
-Adds to bottom line
8. LEAN jobsite Organization
•Management support
•Last Planner
•Real Time Error Management
•Lean jobsite organization provides a flatter
organization leading to improved communication ,
improved coordination and team empowernment.
10. LEAN jobsite Organization
•Increased communication to and between the traders
•Greater control by trades of day-to-day activities
•Increased responsibility and control at the trade level
14. Construction Problems
•Poor management (45%)
•Waiting for supplies / materials (20%)
•Inefficient process (20%)
•Work rules or congested work area (15%)
15. Construction Priorities
•Provide accident free work environment
• Keep working flow so that crews are always productive
•Ensure that materials , tools and sites are available and ready
when needed
•Eliminate waste
•Reduce costs and inventories
18. Way Forward
•Lean construction has been around for some time but what really puzzles why
it has not been adopted across the whole of the construction industry.
•Lean not only works for the benefit of the client and, in the case of the
Highways Agency, the tax payer, but also supports the profitability of the
supply chain.
• ‘What is lean construction?’ Well, put simply, it involves firstly
understanding the needs of the customer whilst pulling value through the
processes but relentlessly removing waste in all its forms. It sounds easy but it
requires, like many good things in life, a lot of hard work!