The history, origins, and synergies of AWP with lean construction
Lean Construction, Project Production Management and Advanced Work Packaging represent 3 distinctive approaches evolving to improve the performance on large construction projects. There are considerable differences in how practitioners of each of these approaches perceive industry challenges and the differences may appear unreconcilable. What is not widely recognized is that each approach originated from a commons set of ideas and that each approach may have more to gain from the others than previously thought. A new approach, which we are labeling Next Generation project delivery, is taking shape to re-connect practitioners that share a desire to create better projects. Please join us for a webinar in which we explore the common origins and how the approaches can complement rather than offset one another.
John Strickland has been a pioneer in bringing innovative thinking to the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) industry with passion for workplace safety, learning, innovation and creating smooth flow based on Lean project delivery principles. His track record as a senior construction manager included a series of breakthrough projects in the areas of safety, cost, schedule, and team satisfaction made possible by the focus on flow and integration. He has introduced Lean IPD thinking to countless teams and has been a key resource for 3 clients as they transformed their project delivery organizations to follow the Lean IPD model.
Since joining SPS, Choo has worked with various organizations in oil & gas, heavy industrial, civil infrastructure, aerospace & defense and other industries around the world implementing project production management solutions in support of delivering desired project objectives. Prior to joining SPS, his experience included roles as a construction site engineer, research associate at research institutes, teaching assistant at universities, and software developer. He has also been developing computer systems for implementation of Lean Construction since 1997 during his Ph.D. studies at UC Berkeley