The building design and construction industry must embrace change now. Stresses with finding talent, budgets, schedules, and the needs of clients call for change in approach. Companies are looking not ...

While lean theories were first designed for and implemented in manufacturing, it has proven effective in reducing costs and improving productivity in HVAC construction. Lean seeks to minimize ...

Every contractor has seen it happen: a project design that, for whatever reason, exceeds the owner's budget. If there's no leeway to spend more—and these days, there usually isn't—the contractor has ...

SAN DIEGO — You may employ lean construction techniques — the continuous-improvement process that aims to eliminate wasted work. And you may have participated on or heard about integrated project ...

The construction industry is undergoing a transformative shift as lean methodologies are increasingly integrated with sustainable practices. This approach seeks to enhance project delivery by ...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The National Building Museum and Turner Construction Company present the 11th Henry C. Turner Prize for Innovation in Construction to Lean Construction Institute. Lean construction is ...

California-based Pankow Builders' Lean initiative has been in the works since 2004. Beginning with original membership in the Northern California CoP, Pankow began developing its Lean strategy through ...

Over-processing is applying more resources than are required, needed or requested. Examples include using copper instead of PVC, getting additional signatures on requisitions, duplicating data on ...

There is some discussion in construction today about which is better to use — Building Information Modeling (BIM) or Lean Construction. You need to consider what each process offers before choosing ...

I started working in construction, as many did, at a young age, as a gopher and worked my way up. Now 55 years old, I was part of the generation that entered the workforce as computers and new ...

The construction industry is experiencing unprecedented demand for sophisticated facilities in advanced manufacturing, data centers, healthcare, and life sciences, with the construction value in those ...