Andy Fulton – Lean Design Construction Blog

Can CM-at-Risk be Lean?

By Andy Fulton The triangle below shows the separate but interdependent nature of a CM-at-Risk (CMAR) contract (commercial terms) with

How are your efforts to continuously improve going? Did something like: “Continuous Improvement? Who has time for that? Who wants

??The secret out is out!!?? Ok, it’s not really a secret, but not many people recognize that the #collaboration they’re trying to

HABIT: How a simple VISUAL CHECKLIST promotes lean behaviors At a follow-up with one of our Last Planner® teams recently,

(Ballard and Tommelein: Current Process Benchmark for the Last Planner System, Lean Construction Journal 2016 pp 57-89) What do the

5S is a system for organizing where your work is done, whether that is on a construction site, in an

The term ”Lean” came from John Krafcik who was a graduate student at MIT, working for Lean Enterprise Institute founder

“How do design professionals improve client outcomes and maximize design excellence? Designers indicated these two factors were most valuable to

We’re often asked “What are the basic differences between Last Planner(R) in Construction vs in Design?” The process itself is