This theory paper probes the intersections of Lean, Mass Production and conventional Construction, Lean Construction, the Simple Framework for Integrating Project Delivery model, and Virtual Design and Construction (VDC). The authors argue that Toyota recognized that integration was necessary to achieve the goal of global optimization in design and production and that this imperative confronts...

The benefits of lean projects such as reduced schedules and budgets are well documented; construction organizations accomplish lean project delivery through the practices of project teams, yet the backgrounds of many participants have relatively little involvement with lean methodology due to its relative newness. Many participants in the lean movement such as members of the...

End user satisfaction is one of the major indices that attest to the success of a project in terms of adding value to the client. In this study, different end users of the facility were prompted to fill a comprehensive survey about the overall quality of a high-budget engineering complex.

Sustainability and Lean practices are two modern philosophies that are wielding influence in the construction industry. Researchers have observed that Sustainability and Lean implementation go hand in hand and there are benefits in implementing them together as 'Sustainable Lean Construction' (SLC).

Cycle Planning, or Takt Time Planning, is a key method to reduce the variability between different activities within the execution of a construction. The objective of our research is to develop a semiautomatic method to generate optimal work zones for a cycle.