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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

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

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

'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

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

Planning can have a big impact on your bottom line and be a real order-winner in the eyes of your customers.

A successful project depends on a good plan and one which is controlled effectively. From my experience of visiting hundreds of projects for many different clients, I'm often…  Read Article

Bigfish is pleased to announce a new addition to its product range with the launch of its Lean Manufacturing Training Material.

This new material developed in conjunction with FIRA/ukfirst is focused on the furniture and timber manufacturing industries (but is also relevant to any…  Read Article

This news article comes to you courtesy of Construction News (click here for the full article).

Results from research by The Chartered Institute of Building has revealed that a high…  Read Article

This news article comes to you courtesy of Construction News (click here for the full article).
Here is a link to the draft document  Read Article

The Construction Industry Annual Statistics Report for 2007 shows industry wide performance slipping in the key area of Customer Satisfaction! The latest report from the BERR (formerly the DTI), which is published each year, is regarded as a good barometer of trends within the UK construction…  Read Article

A recent report by the Governments Netregs (a site dedicated to guiding small business through environmental regulations) estimates that 13% of site materials are thrown away without being used.

They also estimate that the cost of throwing materials away can be as much as £1350 per…  Read Article

Bigfish Article published in Construction Computing Magazine June 2008

Pain To Train but it could save you millions - Labour and Plant costs double in 11 years, so why do we waste 40% of this valuable resource.

We talk to Andrew Moore, about who he believes is paying the…  Read Article