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Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Posted By: jph
Subject: Bigfish announce a distribution agreement with The Centre fo Construction Innovation, Salford University for Constructing Excellence Members
Bigfish are pleased to announce a distribution agreement with the Centre for Construction Innovation (CCI), School of the Built Environment, University of Salford. The Bigfish Vision to make Lean Construction knowledge available and accessible across the construction sector takes a major leap…  Read Article
Date: Thursday, July 09, 2009
Posted By: jph
Subject: Lean Construction Links
A list of useful websites, with overviews, for those new to Lean Construction are detailled below;

Firstly a definition of Lean Construction from Wikipedia with lots of historic background and further reading;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_Construction

The…  Read Article
Date: Thursday, July 02, 2009
Posted By: jph
Subject: BigFish announce the launch of Lean Construction Training Courses.

BigFish has developed and is now offering to deliver Lean Construction training days. These live training courses, as with our eLearning courses, provide the skills and knowledge required to implement Lean Construction techniques and start driving improvements into construction project…  Read Article
Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Posted By: jph
Subject: Shepherd finds its own way
'Fail to Plan, Plan to Fail - How companies wishing to embark on the Lean journey could do worse than start with simple detailed look-ahead planning.

Article courtesy of Construction News 3 November, 2008 | By Lucy Handley

One company is discovering the benefits of a lean…  Read Article
Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Posted By: jph
Subject: What 2009 holds for the construction sector ?
A SENSE OF URGENCY - industry leaders believe that adopting a Lean approach will now more than ever help construction companies survive the downturn

Article courtesy of Construction News - 12 January, 2009

Our experts map out their predictions for the year ahead. What are…  Read Article