CN4091 Lean Construction Concepts, Tools, And Practices Syllabus:
CN4091 Lean Construction Concepts, Tools, And Practices Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021
OBJECTIVE:
To impart knowledge about the basics of lean construction.
To impart knowledge about the lean principles.
To impart knowledge about the core concepts of lean construction.
To impart knowledge about the lean tools and techniques.
To impart knowledge about the basics of lean implementation in the construction industry.
UNIT I INTRODUCTION
Introduction and overview of the construction project management -Review of Project Management & Productivity Measurement Systems – Productivity in Construction– Daily Progress Report-The state of the industry for its management practices –construction project phases – Essential features of contemporary construction management techniques – The problems with current construction management techniques– Current production planning.
UNIT II LEAN MANAGEMENT
Introduction to lean management – Toyota’s management principle-Evolution of lean in the construction industry – Production theories in construction –Lean construction value – Value in construction – Target value design – Lean project delivery system- Forms of waste in the construction industry – Waste Elimination.
UNIT III CORE CONCEPTS IN LEAN
Concepts in lean thinking – Principles of lean construction – Variability and its impact – Traditional construction and lean construction – Traditional project delivery – Lean construction and workflow reliability – Work structuring – Production control.
UNIT IV LEAN CONSTRUCTION TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES
Value Stream Mapping – Work sampling – Last planner system – Flow and pull-based production – Last Planner System – Look ahead schedule – constraint analysis – weekly planning meeting- Daily Huddles – Root cause analysis – Continuous improvement – Just in time.
UNIT V LEAN CONSTRUCTION IMPLEMENTATION
Lean construction implementation- Enabling lean through information technology – Lean in design – Design Structure Matrix Location Based Management System-BIM (Building Information Modelling) – IPD (Integrated Project Delivery) – Sustainability through lean construction approach
OUTCOME:
On completion of this course, the student is expected to be able to
CO1 Explains the contemporary management techniques and the issues in the present scenario.
CO2 Apply the basics of lean management principles and their evolution from the manufacturing industry to the construction industry.
CO3 Develops a better understanding of core concepts of lean construction tools and techniques and their importance in achieving better productivity.
CO4 Apply lean techniques to achieve sustainability in construction projects.
CO5 Apply lean construction techniques in design and modeling
REFERENCES:
1. Corfe, C. and Clip, B., Implementing lean in construction: Lean and the sustainability agenda, CIRIA, 2013.
2. Shang Gao and Sui Pheng Low, Lean Construction Management: The Toyota Way, Springer, 2014.
3. Dave, B., Koskela, L., Kiviniemi, A., Owen, R., andTzortzopoulos, P., Implementing lean in construction: Lean construction and BIM, CIRIA, 2013.
4. Ballard, G., Tommelein, I., Koskela, L. and Howell, G., Lean construction tools and techniques, 2002.
5. Salem, O., Solomon, J., Genaidy, A. and Luegring, M., Site Implementation and Assessment
of Lean Construction Techniques, Lean Construction Journal, 2005.
6. Lincoln H. Forbes , Syed M. Ahmed, Lean Project Delivery and Integrated Practices in Modern Construction, Routledge Publishers, 2nd Edition, 2020.