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Modern construction : lean project delivery and integrated practices /

By: Forbes, Lincoln H.
Contributor(s): Ahmed, Syed M. (Syed Mahmood), 1960-.
Series: Industrial innovation series: Publisher: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2011Description: xxxiv, 490 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9781420063127; 9781420063127:; 142006312X.Subject(s): Building | Lean manufacturing | Construction industry -- Management | Construction industry -- Cost control | Project managementDDC classification: 690.068 FOR
Contents:
1. Overview of the construction industry -- 2. Productivity and performance measurement in construction -- 3. Foundations of lean construction -- 4. Lean process management -- 5. Lean process measurement and lean tools/Techniques -- 6. Lean construction applications -- 7. Lean-based project delivery methods -- 8. Information and communication technology/Building information modeling -- 9. Quality management in construction : a complement to lean construction -- 10. Sustainable construction : sustainability and commissioning -- 11. Selected performance improvement tools and techniques -- 12. Safety management -- 13. Management and worker factors -- 14. Systems integration approaches -- 15. Learning from projects and enhancing lean project delivery and IPD.
Summary: Written by experts in the field, this text preaches a practical approach that considers ways to improve construction processes in both traditional and lean environments. For non-lean environments, he explains how industrial engineering techniques can improve cost effectiveness and quality by optimizing at the task level.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Overview of the construction industry -- 2. Productivity and performance measurement in construction -- 3. Foundations of lean construction -- 4. Lean process management -- 5. Lean process measurement and lean tools/Techniques -- 6. Lean construction applications -- 7. Lean-based project delivery methods -- 8. Information and communication technology/Building information modeling -- 9. Quality management in construction : a complement to lean construction -- 10. Sustainable construction : sustainability and commissioning -- 11. Selected performance improvement tools and techniques -- 12. Safety management -- 13. Management and worker factors -- 14. Systems integration approaches -- 15. Learning from projects and enhancing lean project delivery and IPD.

Written by experts in the field, this text preaches a practical approach that considers ways to improve construction processes in both traditional and lean environments. For non-lean environments, he explains how industrial engineering techniques can improve cost effectiveness and quality by optimizing at the task level.

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