Lean Construction Reading Primer
Compiled by
Tariq Sami Abdelhamid
Construction Management Program
School of Planning, Design and
Construction
Michigan State University
(updated March 7,2007)
The readings
listed are those I recommend to students interested in starting research in the
area of Lean Construction and I also use some of it as required reading for the graduate course
on Lean Construction that I teach at Michigan State University. I believe that an understanding of Lean
Production as it developed and evolved in the Manufacturing world of Toyota
must precede any attempt to understand Lean Construction. This is why non-construction textbooks are suggested
as the first readings. Once these
references are completed, Lean Construction literature becomes much more
accessible and meaningful.
You should
attempt to follow the order of major categories listed but not necessarily the
order of readings listed within each category.
For example, the readings for the category “Origins of Lean Production”
should be completed before attempting readings form the category “Production Theories in Construction”,
and so on. The additional reading gives
more insights into the topic, primarily for researchers interested in
performing a comprehensive literature review.
With the
exception of the textbooks, the papers listed can be found online at the IGLC
website http://www.iglc.net/conferences/
or at the indicated link. I can provide
you with the papers marked with an (*) if you email me at tariq@msu.edu.
Origins of Lean Production
§
Liker, J. (2004). The
- Additional Reading
§
James Womack and Daniel Jones, Lean Solutions: How Companies and Customers
Can Create Value and Wealth Together, Simon and Schuster, New York, NY.
2005.
§
James Womack and Daniel Jones, Lean Thinking, Simon and Schuster, New
York, NY. 2003 – Preface and Chapter 1-7
is enough.
§
James Womack, Daniel Jones, and
Daniel Roos, The Machine That
Changed the World, MacMillan Publishing,
Production Theories in Construction
§ Koskela,
L. and Howell, G., (2002), The Underlying Theory of Project Management is
Obsolete. Proceedings of the PMI Research Conference, 2002. Pg. 293-302 (http://www.leanconstruction.org/wpapers/index.htm#Theory)
§ Ballard,
G., and Howell, G. (2004). “Competing
Construction Management Paradigms.” Lean
Construction Journal (www.leanconstructionjournal.org),
Volume 1, issue 1.
§ Bertselen, S. and Koskela, L.
(2002). “Managing The
Three Aspects Of Production In Construction.”
Proceedings of the 10th Conference of the International Group
for Lean Construction, Brazil, August 6-8 (http://www.iglc.net/conferences/).
§ Howell,
G., and Macomber, H. (2006). “What
Should Project Management be Based on?” Proceedings of
the 14th Conference of the International Group for Lean
Construction,
- Additional Reading
§ *
Everett, J. G. (1992). “Let’s pass on
Mass Production.” Construction
Business Review (CBR), 2(2), 13-14.
§ *
Koskela, L. (1993). “Lean production in
construction.” Proceedings of the 10th
ISARC, Houston, Texas, May 24-26, 47-54
§ Howell,
G and Ballard, G (1994). “Lean Production Theory: Moving Beyond 'Can-Do”. Proceedings of the 2nd Conference
of the International Group for Lean Construction, Santiago, Chile, September (http://www.iglc.net/conferences/).
§ Koskela,
L (1999). “Management of Production in
Construction: A Theoretical View”
Proceedings of the 7th Conference of the International Group
for Lean Construction, Berkeley, California, USA, 26-28 July 1999 (http://www.iglc.net/conferences/).
§ Koskela,
L. (2000). An
exploration towards a production theory and its application to construction,
VVT Technical Research Centre of Finland.
§ Bertelsen,
S. (2003). “Construction as a Complex System”.
Proceedings of the 11th Annual
Meeting of the International Group for Lean Construction, Blacksburg,
Virginia (http://www.iglc.net/conferences/).
§ Abdelhamid,
T., S. (2004). “The Self-Destruction and
Renewal of LEAN CONSTRUCTION Theory: A
Prediction From Boyd’s Theory”. Proceedings of the 12th Annual Conference of
the International Group for Lean Construction, 03-06 August 2004, Helsingør, Denmark (http://www.iglc.net/conferences/).
Lean Construction
§
Howell, G. (1999). “What Is Lean Construction” Proceedings of
the 7th Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, Berkeley,
California, USA, 26-28 July 1999 (http://www.iglc.net/conferences/).
§
*Koskela, L., Howell, G.,
Ballard, G., and Tommelein, I. (2002).
“The Foundations of Lean Construction.”
Design and Construction: Building in Value, R. Best, and G. de Valence,
eds., Butterworth-Heinemann, Elsevier,
§ Abdelhamid,
T. and Salem, O. (2005). “Lean
Construction: A New Paradigm For Managing Construction
Projects.” Proceedings of the 1st
International Workshop on Innovations in Materials and Design of Civil
Infrastructure, Cairo, Egypt, December 28-29 (http://www.hbrc.edu.eg/ehbrc/workshop/cmn.asp).
- Additional Reading
§
Ballard, G. and Howell, G.
(1998). “What Kind of Production Is
Construction?” Proceedings of the 6th
Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, Guaruja, Brazil, August 13-15. (http://www.iglc.net/conferences/)
§
Howell, G and Ballard, G
(2000). “Implementing lean construction:
understanding and action.” Proceedings
of the 8th Conference of the International Group for Lean
Construction, Brighton, UK, July 17-19. (http://www.iglc.net/conferences/)
§
Howell, G. and Koskela, L.
(2000). “Reforming Project Management:
The Role of Lean Construction”.
Proceedings of the 8th Conference of the International Group
for Lean Construction, Brighton, UK, July 17-19. (http://www.iglc.net/conferences/)
§
Ballard, G. (2000). “Lean Project Delivery System”. Lean Construction Institute White Paper #8.
Available at http://www.leanconstruction.org/.
§
Bertelsen, S. (2004). “Lean Construction: Where Are We And How To Proceed?”
Lean Construction Journal (www.leanconstructionjournal.org),
Volume 1, issue 1.
§
Abdelhamid, T. S. (2003).
“Six-Sigma in Lean Construction Systems:
Opportunities and Challenges”. Proceedings
of the 11th Annual Conference for Lean Construction, 22-24 July 2003, Blacksburg,
Virginia, 65-83. (http://www.iglc.net/conferences/)
Work structuring -
Production system design
§
Howell, G.,
Alexander, L., Ballard, G. (1993).
“Interaction between subcycles –One key to
improved methods.” Journal of
Construction Engineering and Management, ASCE, 119 (4) 714-728 (http://www.leanconstruction.org/pdf/interaction.pdf).
§
Howell, G. and
Ballard, G. (1999). “Design of Construction Operations”. Lean Construction
Institute White Paper #4. Available at http://www.leanconstruction.org/.
§
*Tommelein,
I.D. (1998). "Pull-driven Scheduling for Pipe-Spool Installation: Simulation
of Lean Construction Technique." ASCE, J. of Constr. Engrg.
And Mgmt., 124 (4) 279-288.
§
Tsao, C. et
al. (2000). “Case Study for Work
Structuring: Installation of Metal Door Frames”. Proceedings of the 8th Conference
of the International Group for Lean Construction, IGLC-6, Brighton, UK, July
17-19 (http://www.iglc.net/conferences/).
§
Tsao, Cynthia
(2005). Use of Work Structuring to Increase Performance of
Project-Based Production Systems . Ph.D. Diss., Dept. of Civil & Envir. Engrg.,
§
Fábio K. Schramm, Alana A. Rodrigues
and Carlos T. Formoso (2006). The
Role of Production System Design in the Management of Complex Projects. Proceedings of the 14th Conference
of the International Group for Lean Construction, Santiago, Chile, July
25-27 (http://www.iglc.net/conferences/)
§ Alberto Esquenazi and Rafael Sacks (2006). Evaluation of Lean Improvements in
Residential Construction using Computer Simulation. Proceedings of the 14th
Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, Santiago, Chile,
July 25-27 (http://www.iglc.net/conferences/)
- Additional
Reading
§
Oglesby, Clarkson, Henry Parker
and
§ Ballard,
G. and Tommelein, I. (1998). “Aiming for Continuous Flow.” Lean Construction
Institute White Paper #3. Available at http://www.leanconstruction.org/.
Production
Management (Last Planner System)
§ Ballard,
G. and Howell, G. (1998). “Shielding Production: An Essential Step in Production Control” Journal
of Construction Engineering in Management, ASCE, 124 (1) 18-24.
§
Value
Management, Relational Contracting, Lean Design, and Target Costing
§ Lean Construction Journal - Volume 2, issue 1; April 2005
Lean
Construction Implementation
Lean
Construction vs. Conventional Construction Management
§ Chitla, V. K., and Abdelhamid, T. S.
(2003). “Comparing Process Improvement
Initiatives Based On Percent Plan Complete And Labor Utilization Factors”. Proceedings of the 11th Annual Conference
for Lean Construction, 22-24 July 2003, Blacksburg, Virginia, 118-131. (http://www.iglc.net/conferences/).