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Modern Construction : Lean Project Delivery and Integrated Practices

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Title: Modern Construction : Lean Project Delivery and Integrated Practices
Author: Lincoln H. Forbes, Syed M. Ahmed
ISBN: 142006312X / 9781420063127
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 524
Publisher: CRC Press
Year: 2010
Availability: Out of Stock
     
 
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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.

Preface

Chapter 1 : Overview of the Construction Industry
Chapter 2 : Productivity and Performance Measurement in Construction
Chapter 3 : Foundations of Lean Construction
Chapter 4 : Lean Process Management
Chapter 5 : Lean Process Measurement and Lean Tools/Techniques
Chapter 6 : Lean Construction Applications
Chapter 7 : Lean-Based Project Delivery Methods
Chapter 8 : Information and Communication Technology/Building Information Modeling
Chapter 9 : Quality Management in Construction: A Complement to Lean Construction
Chapter 10 : Sustainable Construction: Sustainability and Commissioning
Chapter 11 : Selected Performance Improvement Tools and Techniques
Chapter 12 : Management: Worker Factors
Chapter 13 : Systems Integration Approaches
Chapter 14 : Learning from Projects and Enhancing Integrated Project Delivery

Index

 
 
 
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