Sixth Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC-6 )

Guarujá, Brazil, 13-15 August 1998

Coordination: Glenn Ballard, Antonio Sergio Itri Conte, Gregory Howell, and Iris D. Tommelein

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TITLE AUTHOR(S)
Theory
What Kind of Production is Construction? Glenn Ballard and Greg Howell
Design and Production Interface in Lean Production: A Performance Improvement Criteria Proposition Eduardo L. Isatto and Carlos T. Formoso
Principle of Transparency Applied in Construction Aguinaldo dos Santos, James Powell, John Sharp, and Carlos T. Formoso
Parade Game:Impact of Work Flow Variability on Succeeding Trade Performance Iris D. Tommelein, David Riley and Greg Howell
Design
On the Agenda of Design Management Research Glenn Ballard and Lauri Koskela
Improving the Design-Construction Interface Luis F. Alarcón and Daniel A. Mardones
Designing for Lean Construction Silvio Burrattino Melhado
Developing A Protocol for Managing the Design Process in the Building Industry Carlos T. Formoso, Patricia Tzotzopoulos, Margaret S. S. Jobim, and Renata Liedtke
Reinventing the Way of Construction - The Development of A New Design Language Rossi Residencial LTDA
Process
Evaluating Building Systems Based on Production's Process Management and Lean Construction's Concepts Alberto Peixoto San Martin, Carlos Torres Formoso
Looking for What Could Be Wrong: An Approach to Lean Thinking Paulo Andery, Antonio N. Carvalho Jr., and Horacio Helman
Practical Knowledge Builds Projects: Case for Independent Construction Information Management David Gurley and Bill McManus
Planning
Preplanning Method for Multi-Story Building Construction Using Line of Balance Ricardo Mendes Jr. and Luiz Fernado M. Heineck
WorkPlan: Database for Work Package Production Scheduling Hyun Jeong Choo, Iris D. Tommelein, Glenn Ballard, and Todd R. Zabelle
Embedded Internet Systems: Applications in Construction Edward Finch
Developing A Model for Planning and Controlling Production in Small Sized Building Firms Carlos T. Formoso, Mauricio Bernardes, and Luiz Fernando Oliveira
Proactive Approach for Reducing Non-Value Adding Activities Due to Time-Space Conflicts Burcu Akinci, Martin Fischer, and Todd Zabelle
Implementation
Implementing Lean Construction: Understanding and Action Greg Howell and Glenn Ballard
Some Directions for Developing Construction Management Training Programmes on Lean Construction Ercilia Hitomi Hirota and Carlos Torres Formoso
From Craft Production to Mass Customisation? Customer-Focused Approaches to Housebuilding James Barlow
The Contribution of the Principles of Lean Construction to Meet the Challenges of Sustainable Development Pekka Huovila and Lauri Koskela
Implementation of Lean Concepts for Public Sector Engineering Design and Construction: A Case Study John A. Kuprenas
Case Studies
Unravelling the Value Chain in Construction Brian Atkin
Last Planner as a Site Operations Tool João Auada Junior, Alexandre Scola, and Antonio Sergio Itri Conte
Last Planner, Lookahead, PPC: A Driver to the Site Operations Antonio Sergio Itri Conte
Alliance Lean Design/Construct on a Small High Tech Project Robert S. Miles
Getting UK Construction People to Think Lean - Where to Start? A Case Study David Seymour
Strategic Application of Lean Thinking Naomi Garnett, Daniel T. Jones, and Simon Murray

IGLC 6 Agenda, Keypoints, and Discussion Issues

Sessions

1 - Theory

2 - Design

3 - Process

4 - Planning

5 - 6 Implementation

7 - Case Studies

Ballard - What Kind of Production

Koskela - On the Agenda

Alberto - Evaluating Building Systems

Mendes - Preplanning Methodology

Hirota - Construction Management Training

Atkin - Unravelling the Value Chain in Construction

Isatto - Design and Production Interface

Alarcon - Improving Design

Andery - Looking for what could be Wrong

Choo - Workplan

Barlow - Mass Customization

Scola - Last Planner

Formoso - The Principle of Transparency

Mehlado - Designing for LC

McManus - Practical Knowledge

Finch - Embedded Internet

Huovila - Sustainable Development

Itri-Conte - Last Planner Lookahead

Tommelein - Parade of Trades

Patricia - Developing a Protocol

  

Formoso - Developing a Model for Small Sized Firms

Kuprenas - Public Sector Case

  

Key Points

Don't identify lean with product standardization

Task, Flow and Value Management

Alberto - Analyse building systems through a process analysis - LC/others.

Integration: How to involve information and people through the planning process

How to drive changes in Construction Industry

One model from beginning to end

Important to understand the application of LC Principles and approaches to construction better (including their interrelationships)

Benefits of Design Process Modeling

Failure Analysis Leading to Reliability Improvement

Theory Proof and Technology is here. Let us use it.

Beyond Lean - Is it Agile Production

Beyond PPC - Resource Allocation & Optimization

Improvements - Market to Product, Product to Process, Process - Operation

Design for Production Implementation

Independent Information Management

Implications of Remote Control and Management

LC Contributes to Sustainable Development

Implementing PPC
     

Critical Factors for Successful Implemention of Production Planning and Control

  

Commercial requirements to project participants cannot be underestimated

Discussion Points

Terminology "Agile" is this another form?

Role of design done by specialty constructors

Need to model projects not commercial interests

Relationship of PPC and performance

Barlow - What does agile bring that is more than lean?

Graphical presentation of flows

Standard vs. Agile

Is lack of assignment definition a major cause for planning failure? Role of lookahead planning

How to extend Alberto's new technology to other areas - could use methods to judge innovations

How do we get site engineers to pay attention and use tools

VALUE is in Lean!!!

How will Los Angeles implement lean in contractors and consultants

Distributed decisions and transparency

Mixing task/flow/value - Where to focus? Level of concentration - methodology

More about automatic information

How does WorkPlan interface with CPM?

Is it possible to concentrate on flow on site.

What else after the Lookahead & PPC

Knowledge retention

Starting when design not ready

Is failure analysis different

Interplay between theory & technology

Action Learning - more about

Can CPM do this is a dynamic way/
 

Extent of design practice - do we accept existing phases

How would you see different information managers design/construct/integrate or all 3?

  

Relevance of Conversion/Flow/Value Generation to eductation itself.

Do you really need to deal with money?
 

Organizational structure - Is this the place to start

      

Who participates on site meetings

Meeting Evaluation

PLUS

MINUS/CHANGE

Enjoyed the discussion

Have the papers in advance

Technical visit was instructive

More time on theory

Liked the whole meeting

Compare PPC data

Supported the 15 minute limit but need papers in advance

Discussion groups on specific topics and then report out,

Use last part of workshop for seminars

Maybe add more on local construction culture

Limit presentations to specific topics - can read the rest

Panel on practice

Orientation seminar for newcomers to lean

More focus on customer value

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