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AGC Begins Lean Construction Research and Course Plan Development

Through a competitive request for proposal process that kicked off on August 6, 2009, AGC selected Enovio, LLC out of Ann Arbor, Mich., to conduct research and develop a course plan for a comprehensive curriculum to educate professionals in the commercial construction community at all experience levels on lean construction. Pending the findings of the research project and outcome of the course plan development, AGC plans to develop the lean curriculum in 2010. This effort was generated from a Building Division Chapter Staff Subcommittee meeting where contractor attendees as well as chapter staff discussed an industry need for additional training on Lean Construction and specifically implementing Lean principles within firms. Phase 1 of the project, which included conducting comprehensive research that will aide in development of the course plan, was launched on October 12. The research portion of the project began with a survey to building contractors to gauge their level of awareness and adoption of Lean principles within construction firms.  The Enovio team has done an excellent job pulling together the details of a curriculum that is planned to be delivered in conjunction with AGC Chapters. The research project will be complete on December 31, 2009, and the full report will be presented to the Building Contractors Conference and first ever AGC Lean Construction Forum meeting on January 21, 2010 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. For additional information about the entire conference and to register, visit www.agc.org/bcc. Please contact Amy Fields at fieldsa@agc.org or Mike Stark at starkm@agc.org with questions about this initiative.