The Lean Construction Blog's Podcast
A podcast dedicated to stories, case studies and lessons learned of applying Lean Construction from around the world.
- Update frequency
- every 31 days
- Average duration
- 64 minutes
- Episodes
- 34
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2024
Episode 34 - Geoffrey Neumayr & Robynne Thaxton : Progressive Design Build + Lean
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Progressive Design-Build (PDB) is an alternative project delivery method that has been gaining popularity in the construction industry. PDB is a variation of the Design-Build method …
Episode 33 - Evelyn Lee : How technology, innovation, and AI will impact architecture
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Evelyn M. Lee, FAIA, is an architect turned tech entrepreneur who blends her design background with a passion for innovation. As an angel investor, startup advisor, and fractional CO…
Episode 32 - Victor Sanvido : Pioneer and Transformer
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Victor Sanvido has been thinking about better project delivery since he worked in his family’s business in Cape Town. He came to the States to study with many of the luminaries in p…
Episode 31 - Daniel Pink : The Importance of Artistry, Inventiveness, and Empathy
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Daniel H. Pink is the author of five New York Times bestsellers, including his latest, The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward. His other books include the New Yor…
Episode 30 - Glenn Ballard : The Godfather of Lean Construction
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Glenn Ballard, Research Associate, P2SL - UCBerkeley began lecturing on productivity and quality improvement at the University of California, Berkeley in 1989 and was named Research …
Episode 29 - Vince Chapman: Keeping Collaborative Contracts Transparent
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Vince Chapman started his tenure at the University of Texas as a philosophy major. He didn’t do well in his first accounting course, so like a never fail Longhorn would do, he decid…
Episode 28 - Howard Ashcraft: Crafting the Collaborative Contract
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Howard Ashcraft is the most recognized and most honoured currently practicing lawyer in the Lean Design and Construction Community. He has been thinking about and drafting collabora…
Episode 27 - Luciana Burdi: Master Builder reimagining design and defying construction norms
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Luciana Burdi returned to Southern Italy after receiving her masters in Architecture from Instituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia (IUAV) in Venice, Italy. She had develop…
Episode 26 - Mark Van Buren : Major Infrastructure: a Perfect Match for Lean IPD
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Mark Van Buren came to Queens University in Kington, Ontario looking for a degree in Architecture. He stayed 8 years and ended up with Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, concentrating on w…
Episode 25 - Stuart Eckblad : Delivering a $4 Billion Capital Program at UCSF using Lean IPD
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Stuart Eckblad has been thinking divergently since he left home for Kent State to pursue a degree in architecture. That led him to the University of Wisconsin where he received a ma…
Episode 24 - Jessica Kelley : Big Innovation at Big Pharma
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Jessica Kelley lives in the Pennsylvania farm house she grew up in, and that her Mom also grew up in. Her two-year-old son is the fourth generation in that house. While she is obvi…
Episode 23 - Iris Tommelein: Grand Dame of Lean
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There is much talk these days about women in construction. How about a woman who’s name is synonymous with thought leadership in construction? Iris Tommelein describes herself as a …
Episode 22 - Will Lichtig : The origins of the integrated form of agreement (IFOA)
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Will Lichtig is Executive VP and Chief of Staff at The Boldt Company. Many know Will by his informal title, "Chief Provocateur." Will was the author of the original Integrated Form o…
Episode 21 - Andreas Phelps : An intentional life, intentionally lean
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Dr. Andreas Phelps is an original thinker of the first order. He has a phd in Construction Management from Penn State University and is the CEO of the Collective Potential. He live…
Episode 20 - Mike Casten : Using Timelapse to Understand How Construction Actually Happens
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Mike Casten started his construction career as a carpenters’ apprentice before attending Colorado State University as an Industrial Construction Management major. He was working wit…
Episode 19 - Gerry McCabe : Increasing Reliability of Cost Estimates
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Gerry McCabe is the Managing Director of Turner and Townsend in Canada. He was a founding member of his own company that was acquired by Turner and Townsend in 2010. He grew up in B…
Episode 18 - Gary Fischer : Deliberately Designing the Project Production System
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https://projectproduction.org/
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Gary Fischer is currently the Executive Director of the Project Production Institute (PPI). After earning a Bachelor of Science deg…
Episode 17 - Rex Miller : The Importance Of Soft Skills In Construction
Rex Miller was a successful manager for a major office furniture manufacturer when he got down-sized—as in out of a job. He knows hard times. He also knows resilience, perseverance,…
Episode 16 - Jennifer Khan : Diversity and Inclusion in the Construction Industry
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Jennifer Kahn has been working at Ellis Don for more than a decade, focusing on inclusion, diversity and people and culture. In April, she was named Vice President with that same p…
Episode 15 - Mark Konchar : Using Lean for Rail and Infrastructure Projects
Mark Konchar learned how to collaborate, growing up playing hockey. He is one of the PhD’s that Victor Sanvido turned out of Penn State that has so influenced our community. He and Victor collabora…