Lean Design Management - 9781138853379

Taylor & Francis

Lean Design ManagementAuthor(s): Stephen Emmitt\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138853379, 978-1138853379\nSynopsis\nThe fields of design management and lean construction appear to be developing independently. This volume brings together authors from four continents to argue that lean thinking should be integral to design management in the fields of architecture, engineering and construction (AEC).\n\nThe publication brings together a variety of perspectives on lean design management as experienced in Africa, South America, Australasia and Europe. Themes covered include:\n\nlean thinking and flexible building solutions\nquality and flow of information in fourteen sub-projects of a major airport project\nGhanaian consultants' perspective on process waste\ntarget costing and its application to social housing projects in Brazil\nconcept of 'first' and 'last' value, drawing on social housing projects in Chile\ndeve.