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 14 - Tom Soles, Guy Gast, Jim Morgan : Addressing The Skill Labor Shortage
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The pandemic and the invasion of Ukraine have left all of us in the design and construction industry short of supplies and lack of clarity. Add to that the labour shortages that are…
Episode 13 - Mark Cichy: More Than Just Building Information Modeling
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Mark Cichy, well-known digital pioneer chats with Dick Bayer about BIM, AI and what’s next in our evolving technological landscape. Data, information, procedure, and software develo…
Episode 12 - Barbara Jackson, PhD: A Life in "Not Just Construction"
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Barbara J. Jackson, Ph.D., DBIA is the Director of the Burns School of Real Estate and Construction Management (RECM) in the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver an…
Episode 11 - Henry Nutt: Bringing Respect to Craftworkers and Helping People Find Their AHA Moments
Henry Nutt has been in the trades for 35 years as a sheet metal worker, foreman, superintendent, and general superintendent. Henry talks about how to make the trades more attractive to young people, …
Episode 10 - Amy Marks : The Queen of Prefab
In this episode, Amy Marks the Queen of Prefab talks about digital waste and how we can improve the design and construction process. Amy explains how there is a convergence of industrialized producti…
Episode 9 - Keyan Zandy : The Lean Builder
Keyan Zandy is a longtime Lean practitioner, enthusiast, and advocate. As Skiles Group’s COO, he has a dual focus on client service and on nurturing a progressive company culture. He is ultimately re…
Episode 8 - Katherine Copeland : Target Value Delivery
Katherine Copeland has been doing “lean” since she helped organize her father’s shop when she was 10. She followed her Grandmother to Penn State—her Grandmother was the valedictorian of the class of…
Episode 7 - Geza Banfai : Integrated Project Delivery in Canada
One of Canada's pre-eminent construction lawyers, Geza Banfai worked with the Candian Construction Documents Committee to draft CCDC 30, Canada's first IPD contract. We visit with Geza to discuss th…
Episode 6 - Stan Chiu : Target Value and Lean Design
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Stan Chiu is a legendary architect in the Lean Community. I first met Stan at the California Prison Healthcare Receivership program in Sacramento in 2008. His journey in lean had b…
Episode 5 - Rebecca Snelling & Bernita Biekmann : The Queens of Lean
Both Bernita and Rebecca date their lean design and construction journey from 2008. Bernita at the legendary Texhoma Project and Rebeca at the California Prison Healthcare Receivership Program. Both …
Episode 4 - Todd Zabelle: Let's Talk About Productivity in Construction for the 21st Century
Todd Zabelle was among the original founders of LCI. Glenn Ballard worked with him briefly at Pacific Contractors back in the '90s. Todd has spent his career thinking about enhancing productivity i…
Episode 3 - George Zettel : Lessons from a Lean Evangelist at Turner Construction
George Zettel was drafted into being the Turner representative at a meeting called by Sutter Health back in 2004. He was immediately hooked on the possibility of a new value to Owners--one that his c…
Episode 2 - Bill Proctor: What We learned at the California Prison Healthcare Receivership Program
Bill Proctor led the Project Management team for the receiver appointed by the Federal Court in San Francisco to design and build 10,000 medical and mental health care beds inside the California Pris…
Episode 1 - Dean Reed : Lessons from 24 Years in the Lean Community
Today's guest is Dean Reed, the former lean construction champion at DPR. Dean is the first member of LCI and has been applying lean for more than 24 years.
In this episode we discuss:
- How Dean got s…