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Stephanie Mullins
Director, Education Advancement
Business Development, Programs & Industry Relations
Associated General Contractors of America
2300 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 400
Arlington, VA 22201
USA
Phone: (703) 837-5387
Fax: (703) 837-5402
http://www.agc.org

Three tiers of Lean Construction education will be offered through AGC of America and its Chapters.

Build a Foundation with Lean Construction 101

Build awareness of what Lean and how to prepare yourself to take on the practice with the Lean Construction Education Program’s Lean Construction 101. This one hour online course can be taken at any time and provides a foundation of all AGC Lean Construction courses.

Following this course, participants will have the ability to:

  • List examples of Lean Construction in practice
  • Discuss benefits of Lean Construction
  • Define Lean Construction
  • Explain the origins of Lean Construction
  • Describe Lean Construction tools
  • Identify Lean Construction implementation opportunities

Take Lean Construction 101!

Become a Lean Construction Champion

How lean is implemented within a construction firm can vary based on many factors and the lean transformation is most effectively driven and planned by individuals within an individual firm. This series of course are intended for an organization’s lean champions, who will design and implement a company’s lean transformation strategy at the corporate and project levels. The courses in this program will cover:

  • Unit 1: Variation in Production Systems - Available Now!
  • Unit 2: Pull in Production - Available Now!
  • Unit 3: Lean Workstructuring - Available December 2012
  • Unit 4: Production Management - Available Spring 2013
  • Unit 5: Management by Values - Summer 2013
  • Unit 6: Lean Supply Chain - Summer 2013
  • Unit 7: Lean Assembly - Winter 2014
  • Unit 8: Problem-solving Principles and Tools - Spring 2014

Following completion of this program, individuals will have a deep knowledge of both the theory and application of Lean Construction and be able to sit for an assessment to earn AGC’s Certificate of Management - Lean Construction (CM-LC) credential.

For Project Team Members

All project team members must work together on a daily basis, incorporating lean principles into their most basic work, to see the true benefits of lean. In recognition of this, AGC will develop an 8-hour course dedicated to providing all project team members a background in Lean Construction principles and methods to support a lean project and/or organization. This course will be available in late 2014.

Construction Executives: Your Role in Lean

On a corporate level, lean is most effective when embraced by all areas of the company. To do so, senior management must understand the need for and advantages of lean implementation. To help facilitate this support of a lean transformation AGC will develop an overview course taught by and for construction executives on their role in lean. This course will be released in early 2013.