News - 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 forward with this agreement, as it will provide easy and preferential access to Bigfish’s unique Lean Construction e-learning tools for all members of the Constructing Excellence Network.

Andrew Moore, Bigfish Director says “This agreement is very important to us because it is through the Constructing Excellence Network that we can get close to and work with those organisations that are interested in developing Lean systems and improving their business outlook, that is, the very organisations that we created this material for.”

Andrew Thomas, CEO of CCINW and Associate Head of Academic Enterprise, School of the Built Environment, University of Salford says “The DVD based suite of training material compliments the CCI activity and services and takes delivery to a new medium. The content is excellent and ideal for delivering savings and efficiencies on real projects immediately.”

Since Sir John Egan’s ‘Rethinking Construction Report’ was published in 1998, the awareness of Lean Construction has been growing year on year, however the practical application of Lean has fallen somewhat behind Egan’s expectations. There have been a number of reasons for this; the time taken to develop the techniques, the shortage of experts to teach these techniques, a lack of credible case study examples to act as a guiding light and, most importantly a lack of urgency to change mainly due to a buoyant economy. However much of that has changed, the techniques are proven, there are companies out there that are delivering lean projects and the recent economic crisis has provided the industry with the stimulus required to make change happen.

Now with the launch of Bigfish’s e-learning tools in conjunction with the Centre For Construction Innovation and Salford University, getting access to the latest Lean Construction tools and techniques has never been easier. Using real construction case study examples, the Bigfish Improvement System enables a company’s construction management staff to learn Lean techniques designed to enable them to manage their projects more effectively, driving out waste and improving the overall project delivery performance.

Here are just some of the benefits of learning and implementing Lean within your business:
• Immediately reduce project delivery times by removing waste from construction programmes and working more efficiently
• As a result reduce projects costs
• Improve quality through more stable working practices
• And maximise the use of your company’s resources
• All of which result in better profit margins and increased customer satisfaction

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