News - 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 Seminal Publication by Lauri Koskela* analysing the new production philosophies and how they could be used to create a new construction philosophy (later to be called Lean Construction);

http://www.leanconstruction.org/pdf/Koskela-TR72.pdf

*Lauri Koskela is now a Professor at The Research Institute for the Built and Human Environment (BuHu) based within Salford University. BuHu are a centre of excellence, not only for Lean Construction, with over 170 PhD students working at the cutting edge of research in the construction sector. BuHu’s primary themes are ICT, Management and the Environment.

http://www.buhu.salford.ac.uk/

The International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC), founded in 1993, is made up by a network of professionals and researchers in architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) who feel that the practice, education, and research of AEC have to be radically renewed in order to respond to the challenges ahead;

http://www.iglc.net/

The Lean Construction Institute, (LCI) was founded in August 1997 and is now a non-profit corporation. We do research to develop knowledge regarding project based production management in the design, engineering, and construction of capital facilities.

http://www.leanconstruction.org/

The Lean Construction Journal - Published by the Lean Construction Institute since 2004, the LCJ is an international refereed journal devoted to Lean Construction practice and research.

http://www.leanconstruction.org/lcj/lcj.html