Posted on August 18, 2008 by Janne Saarikko
Whenever you are making any desicion to change or add anything that incfluences your construction project, you should always keep in mind who it effects the whole project. A very important question to ask is “How this will improve my whole project organisation?”
Let’s take software as an example. If you are getting a new design [...]
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Posted on July 23, 2008 by Teppo Grén
Attending the Global Institute of Lean Construction 16th annual meeting (IGLC16) in Manchester on July 15th to 18th, the most interesting topic for me was a paper presented by Research Fellow Bhargav Dave of Salford University. The title of the paper was “A critical look at integrating people, process and information systems within the construction [...]
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Posted on May 21, 2008 by Teppo Grén
Advanced project management processes have been developed a long time ago. For example, the theory for the widely acknowledged “lean construction” methodology leading to the “Last Planner” production planning system was introduced as far back as 1992. The publication of “Rethinking Construction“, also known as the “Egan Report” in the United Kingdom occurred in 1998. [...]
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