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Summary
During the past several decades, the manufacturing and service industries significantly increased their levels of productivity, quality, and profitability through the application of process improvement techniques and information technology. Unfortunately, the construction industry lags far behind in the application of performance improvement and optimization techniques, as well as its overall competitiveness. Written by Lincoln H. Forbes and Syed M. Ahmed, both highly regarded for leadership and innovation, Modern Construction: Lean Project Delivery and Integrated Practices offers cutting-edge lean tools and other productive strategies for the management of people and processes in the construction industry.
Drs. Forbes and Ahmed focus mainly on lean construction methodologies, such as The Last Planner(R) System, The Lean Project Delivery System (TM), and Integrated Project Delivery(TM). The tools and strategies offered draw on the success of the world-renowned Toyota Production System (TPS) adapted to the construction environment by construction professionals and researchers involved in developing and advocating lean construction methods. The book also discusses why true lean construction can best occur when all the construction stakeholders, owners, designers, constructors, and material suppliers are committed to the concept of optimizing the flow of activities holistically while de-emphasizing their self-interest.
The authors also reintroduce process improvement approaches such as TQM and Six Sigma as a foundation for the adoption of lean methodologies, and demonstrate how these methods can improve projects in a so-called traditional environment. The book integrates these methods with emerging interest in "green construction" and the use of information technology and Building Information Modeling (BIM), while recognizing the human element in relation to motivation, safety, and environmental stresses. Written specifically for professionals in an industry that desperately needs to play catch up, the book delineates cutting-edge approaches with the benefit of successful cases and explains how their deployment can improve construction performance and competitiveness.
Table of Contents
Overview of the Construction Industry |
Background on Industry Performance |
Reasons for Low Productivity |
The Need for New Approaches to Construction |
Causes of Poor Construction Industry Performance |
Categories of Construction |
Who are the Parties Involved in Construction? |
Project Delivery Methods |
Forms of Contract |
Advantages and Disadvantages of Different Forms of Contract |
Strategies for Improving Construction Performance |
Questions for Discussion |
References |
Productivity and Performance Measurement in Construction |
Definition of Productivity |
The Importance of Productivity |
Productivity Trends in the United States |
Lean Construction: Impact on Productivity |
The Potential for Productivity Improvement |
Factors Affecting Construction Productivity |
Productivity Ratios |
Construction Progress Measurement |
Labor Productivity |
Productivity Estimation Based on Worth |
Transitioning from Productivity Measurement to Performance |
Improvement and Lean Construction |
Guidance from the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award |
Questions for Discussion |
References |
Web Sites |
Foundations of Lean Construction |
Defining Lean Construction |
Lean Theory |
The Toyota Experience: Building on Ford's Principles |
Accomplishing a Lean State |
Origins of Lean Construction |
Lean Design and Construction |
Deficiencies in Traditional Construction Methods |
Philosophical Differences Between Lean Construction and Traditional Construction |
Barriers to Applying Manufacturing Methods to Construction |
Characteristics of Lean Construction |
A Systems Perspective of Lean |
Lean Construction Fundamentals |
Questions for Discussion |
References |
Appendix: ConsensusDocs |
ConsensusDocs Endorsing Organizations |
Lean Process Management |
Operation of the Lean Project Delivery System |
Structure of the Lean Project Delivery System |
Project Definition |
Lean Design Management |
Designing for Lean Operations |
The Last Planner System |
Creating a Support System for Managing the Lean Process |
The Master Schedule |
The Activity Definition Model |
Visual Management |
Questions for Discussion |
References |
Lean Process Measurement and Lean Tools/Techniques |
Measuring Lean Construction Performance |
Observations on Commitment Reliability |
Learning: Reasons Analysis and Action |
Comments on the RNC |
Lean Performance Measures |
Lean Tools and Techniques |
Value Stream Mapping at Tweet-Garot Inc |
The Future State Map |
Kaizen Methodology |
The Five-Step Plan (5S) |
The A3 Report |
Kanban and Lean Construction |
Supply Chain Management and Lean Construction |
Questions for Discussion |
References |
Lean Construction Applications |
Prerequisites for Lean Design and Construction |
Organizing Lean Construction |
Training the Work Force |
Lean Coaching |
The Case of Ready Mechanical |
Debrief of Ready Mechanical Case |
National Builder |
Examples of Lean Project Delivery Application |
Case 1 A Specialty Contractor's Lean Journey and Successes: Tweet/Garot's Lean Journey |
Case 2 Belair's Lean Experience and Lean Construction Successes |
Case 3 The Grunau Company Inc.'s Lean Journey |
Case 4 YAJ Window Corporation |
Questions for Discussion |
References |
Lean-Based Project Delivery Methods |
Disadvantages of Traditional Contracting Contracts |
Overview of Relational Contracting |
Characteristics of Relational Contracting |
Relationship Building Among Team Members |
The Integrated Project Delivery Method |
Highlights of the Contractual Agreements: Case A |
Lean Project Delivery (LPD) with an Integrated Agreement |
Application to the Sutter Project |
Lean Production Management |
Roles and Responsibilities |
Brief Overview of the Whiting Project |
Experiences and Lessons Learned |
Summary of LPM Requirements |
Questions for Discussion |
References |
Information and Communication Technology/Building Information Modeling |
Introduction |
What is Ict? |
Impact of Ict on the Construction Industry |
ICT Tools For Design Processes |
Building Information Modeling |
The Benefits of BIM at Each Construction Project Phase |
BIM Benefits in the Design Phase |
Case 1: Using BIM with Hilton Aquarium |
Case Study 2: Savannah State Academic Building |
BIM and Energy/Exergy Analysis in Design |
BIM and Lean Construction |
Summary |
Questions for Discussion |
References |
Quality Management in Construction: A Complement to Lean Construction |
Part A Total Quality Management |
Part B Six Sigma in Construction |
Sustainable Construction: Sustainability and Commissioning |
Part A Sustainability |
Part B Commissioning |
Questions for Discussion |
References |
Appendix: Certification (Certifying Organizations, Designations, and Web Sites) |
Web Sites for Locating Commissioning Information |
Commissioning: Related Organizations with Web References |
Selected Performance Improvement Tools and Techniques |
Performance Improvement in Construction |
The Learning Curve |
Cycle Time Analysis |
Simulation |
Quality Function Deployment |
Comments on the Output Target Value |
Summary |
Questions for Discussion |
References |
Safety Management |
Introduction |
How Safe Is Construction? |
Safety and Lean Construction |
The Role of Design Professionals in Construction Safety |
Summary |
Questions for Discussion |
References |
Appendix: OSHA Checklists (Selected Items) |
Management: Worker Factors |
Management-Related Issues |
Changing Management Attitudes |
Moving Beyond Traditional Thinking to Lean Thinking |
Diversity and Construction Quality |
Ergonomics |
Voluntary Ergonomics Guidelines Developed by OSHA |
The Effects of Vibration and Noise |
Temperature Effects on Personnel |
References |
Systems Integration Approaches |
Industrial Engineering Solutions for the Construction Industry |
Professional Overview of Industrial Engineering |
Case 1: Seattle Area Coffee Company |
Systematic Layout Planning |
Learning from Projects and Enhancing Integrated Project Delivery |
Introduction |
Overview of Post-Occupancy Evaluation (POE) for Continuous Improvement in Construction |
Categories of POE: Historical, Comparative, Longitudinal, Quasi-Experimental |
The Role of Programming in POE |
Planning for the POE |
POE Procedures |
Client Satisfaction with Design and Construction Services |
Best Practices to Derive the Best Results from POE |
Contractor Post-Mortems |
An Overview of Lessons Learned from Lean Construction Projects |
Enhancing the Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Process |
Observations |
Sustaining Lean Construction |
The Way Forward |
Questions for Discussion |
References |
Appendix: Examples of the "Lessons Learned" Recommendations from the Post-Occupancy Evaluation of a New Educational Facility |
Glossary of Lean Terms |
Index |