Only a grocer would envy the construction business’s 3%-to-5% profit margins. On average, only about half of construction work planned for a given week gets done on schedule. Those two data points are ...

The process of designing and constructing a building is markedly different from that of manufacturing a product. But adapting lean production-management concepts from manufacturing for use in ...

Master of Science in Project Management (MPM) students are learning more about principles of Lean thinking to affect change in the construction industry. One of the major innovations in the world of ...

Contractors that embrace lean construction principles in the name of reducing waste and enhancing value often discover other facets of their operations that are ripe for improvement. By using lean’s ...

Four years ago, the leaders of Akron (Ohio) Children's Hospital faced a pressing question as they began planning a new facility to house their neonatal intensive-care unit, outpatient surgery and ...

I started working in construction, as many did, at a young age, beginning as a gopher and working my way up. Now 55 years old, I was part of the generation that entered the workforce as computers and ...

Zandy, CEO of Skiles Group and co-author of The Lean Builder, will be recognized for his leadership with an award presentation on October 26 at LCI’s 25 th Congress ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS ...

With more than $38 billion spent on healthcare construction this year in the U.S alone, there is a tremendous opportunity for capital projects to incorporate efficiency, safety, and patient-centered ...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Lean Construction Institute (LCI) announced today the appointment of Brian Perlberg, Esq., CM-Lean, a nationally recognized leader in construction ...

The construction industry is notorious for below average productivity and a high amount of waste. The end result in the majority of construction schemes are project delays, cost and schedule overruns, ...