Lean

Lean Construction

and Agile

Russell Batchelor

Content

A bit about me

Lean

Lean Construction

A comparison of Lean, Lean Construction and Agile

Questions

A bit about me

Contractors engineer London Underground

BAA Sir John Egan CIPP Rethinking Construction Stansted Phase 2 Terminal 5 Heathrow East Terminal (Terminal 2A)

Jacobs Highways Agency Lean Efficiency Support Highways Agency Accelerated Delivery

The term ‘LEAN’ was coined by Dan Jones & Jim Womack to describe the difference between MASS Production and a new

manufacturing approaches developed in Japan

Lean is a customer-focused philosophy of working that deliversbetter results with less human effort, less space, less capital and

less time than traditional ways of working

“Getting value to flow at the pull of the customer, then seeking perfection”

What is lean?

Lean concepts

Focus on customers

Value

Removal of waste

Continuous improvement

Respect for and empowerment of people

Value and Waste

Value is determined by the customer

Waste is anything which adds cost but adds no value (from the perspective of the customer)

8 fundamental wastes

Rework Unnecessary production Unnecessary processing Inventory Waiting Unnecessary motion (people and material) Misuse of skills Goods and services that fail to meet user needs

Focus on the customer - value

Customer Value eg for HA Taxpayer value for money Reliable journey times Dynamic and resilient assets Safe Sustainable

Production Value Delivering customer value Better Safer Faster Cheaper

WHAT we deliver

(Product)

HOW we deliver it

(Production system)

What is lean construction?

A production management based approach to project delivery

A new way to design and build – concurrent design of the product and the production system

Changes the way work is done through the delivery process

Based on the concepts of the lean production system

Using techniques tailored to the specific challenge of construction to improve the flow of value through reliable release of work between design, supply and construction

Features of Lean Construction

Production control

Integrated teams and collaborative working

Integrated and pre-assembled supply chains

Focus on people

Focus on continuous improvement

The challenge of construction

“to get the right people, materials, equipment and information to the right place in the right sequence at the right time, every time”

Production control

In order to do work many things (information, labour, plant and

materials) need to arrive at the right place at the right time in

the right sequence. Production Control is the means by

which we manage these inputs, controls and resources to

achieve efficient delivery.

The Production Control toolkit consists of:

Work Planning - Gets the team to meet regularly to create

Work Plans, by using the Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle, and focus on

making and keeping reliable promises - say what we do, do

what we say - measuring and learning as they go

Make Ready - Encourages the team to understand and

remove the blockers stopping them from doing work before

starting the task at hand

Data Analysis - Uses measurement and learning to inform

the areas to improve performance and do process

improvement

Plan Do Check Act

The Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle

At the appropriate time

Lean, Lean Construction and AgileLean and lean construction

Primarily a philosophy

Focus on customer value

Focus on eliminating waste

Integrated and collaborative teams

Daily and weekly planning by and at team level

Focus on improving task reliability and reduction of overall scheme duration

Agile

A conceptual framework

Focus on customer satisfaction

Focus on simplicity

Self organising teams

Close daily co-operation between all parties

Focus on speed and adaption to changing circumstances

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