Lean Construction Institute

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Lean Construction-DK
Hello

• By Rolf Simonsen
• Danish Technological Institute
• lcdk_at_teknologisk.dk

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Lean Construction - DK

• Lean Construction-DK is the Danish branch of the
  Lean Construction Institute.
• LC-DK is an association for companies and
  organizations in the Danish construction sector.
  LC-DK is the center of activities regarding the
  development of construction processes in Denmark.
  
• Lean Construction-DK works to diffuse and
  implement Lean Construction in Denmark
  construction and includes both Danish and
  international knowledge about the lean
  construction process.

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Lean Construction - DK

• Established as branch of the Lean Construction
  Institute in 2002
• Embedded in the Danish Technological Institute
• Sponsored by members
• approx 60 companies and organizations in 2007
• The association is established with a board
  constituted with construction industry members
• The Chair is held by
• a contractor
• a client
• a consulting engineer

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Activities

• Discussion meetings
• Newsletter
• Lean Thoughts
• Web-site www.leanconstruction.dk
• Annual meeting
• Lean Construction Body of Knowledge book

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Meetings

• Open discussion meetings with short presentations
  and an open discussion
• Still some are on What to do but more and more
  are on How to do..
• Discussed topics
• Newest tendencies in Lean Construction
• Lean Design in construction
• The handoff from design to construction
• On-site innovations by craftsmen/workers
• Location Based Scheduling
• Annual meeting Construction Processes going
  Digital
• Full day workshop Stories of Lean practices in
  construction

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Where are we going?

• A shift from What is Lean Construction?
• to How do you do Lean Construction?
• Theory on Management Concepts

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Whats new?

• In Lean Construction-DK
• Task force groups terminated
• More focus on meetings
• Getting the message through
• With Lean Construction in Denmark
• Moving on from Last Planner
• Less use for gurus
• More use for people with hands-on experiences
• In Danish construction
• Lean Construction is no longer new
• New hot concepts in Denmark
• Industrialization
• BIM

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Lean Construction in Denmark

• Most of the larger contractors are to some extent
  using the Last Planner System
• More architects and engineering companies are
  working with or interested in Lean Design
• The development of new tools and practices under
  Lean Construction takes place in Lean
  Construction-DK
• Research
• Several Danish PhD projects on Lean Construction
  related issues.
• Integrating Lean Design and Lean Construction
• Introducing Lean Construction as a Political
  Management Concept
• Research on correlation between LC and safety

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• Thank you!
• Questions?
• lcdk_at_teknologisk.dk
• .