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Elevating Construction Industry Trades

Elevating All Trades: The Superintendent’s Role in Raising the Bar

By Thomas Hardy, Skiles Group October 6, 2025

Discover how to improve the mindset of construction industry trades about safety & cleanliness on job sites. The superintendent’s role is to lead by example.

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The Last Planner System - Empowering the Field for Project Success

The Last Planner System® – Empowering the Field for Project Success

Culture, Last Planner System, TeamworkBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group September 30, 2025

The Hidden Value of Pull Plan Sessions

Beyond the Dates: The Hidden Value of Pull Plan Sessions

Daily Huddle, Last Planner SystemBy Ashlee McMillan September 2, 2025

Integrated Structure and Mindset - An Owner's Challenge: We're Measured by the Quality of Our Ask

An Owner’s Challenge: We’re Measured by the Quality of Our Ask

CultureBy Denton Wilson August 19, 2025

Why Lean Construction Is Your Next Smart Move

Let’s Be Straightforward: Why Lean Construction Is Your Next Smart Move

Culture, Daily Huddle, Last Planner System, Teamwork, Visual CommunicationBy Benjamin Carter July 22, 2025

The Rules of Flow in Construction: Your Blueprint for Operational Excellence By Jason Schroeder

The Rules of Flow in Construction: Your Blueprint for Operational Excellence

Culture, Last Planner System, Visual CommunicationBy Jason Schroeder, Elevate Construction July 7, 2025

Visual Communication: The Secret Weapon for Lean Construction Success

Visual Communication: The Secret Weapon for Lean Construction Success

Culture, Daily Huddle, Last Planner System, Teamwork, Visual CommunicationBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group July 1, 2025

The Power of Lean Daily Huddles

The Power of Daily Huddles: Building Stronger Teams and Projects

Culture, Daily Huddle, Last Planner System, Visual CommunicationBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group June 17, 2025

The Eight Wastes in Lean Construction

The Eight Wastes: How to Spot and Eliminate Hidden Inefficiencies on Your Jobsite

8 Forms of Waste, CultureBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group June 3, 2025

Old School Values for Modern Builders

Old School Values for Modern Builders

CultureBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group May 16, 2025

Generic Work Plans Are Ruining Your Success

Generic Work Plans Are Ruining Your Success: Get Specific and Measurable! (Part 3)

Culture, Daily Huddle, Last Planner System, TeamworkBy Jesus (Jesse) D. Hernandez, Jr.February 18, 2025

The Hidden Pitfalls of Make-Ready Needs

The Hidden Pitfalls of Make-Ready Needs—And How to Turn Them into Triumphs! (Part 2)

Culture, Daily Huddle, Last Planner System, TeamworkBy Jesus (Jesse) D. Hernandez, Jr.January 21, 2025

Five Ways to Speed Up a Construction Project

Five Ways to Speed up a Construction Project

Culture, Last Planner System, TeamworkBy Jason Schroeder, Elevate Construction January 7, 2025

Effective Strategies for an Effective Weekly Work Plan

Easy Strategies for an Effective Weekly Work Plan (Part 1)

Culture, Daily Huddle, Last Planner System, TeamworkBy Jesus (Jesse) D. Hernandez, Jr.December 17, 2024

Implementing Takt Planning with Lean Practices

Implementing Takt Planning with Lean Practices

Culture, Daily Huddle, Last Planner System, Teamwork, VideosBy Lucas Wilke December 10, 2024

Building Work Life Balance

Building Balance: Tools and Techniques for Construction Professionals

Culture, TeamworkBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group October 15, 2024

Bridging the Gap Between Training and Improved Performance

Bridging the Gap Between Training and Improved Performance

CultureBy Rebecca Snelling, RS Consulting October 8, 2024

Takt Planning - Takt Planner System Flow to Last Planner System

The Flow from Takt Production System TPS® to Last Planner System LPS®

Last Planner SystemBy Jason Schroeder, Elevate Construction September 3, 2024

The Lean Revolution - Transforming Construction Culture One Project at a Time

The Lean Revolution: Transforming Construction Culture One Project at a Time

8 Forms of Waste, Culture, Last Planner System, Teamwork, Visual CommunicationBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group August 20, 2024

Teamwork Through Leadership by Seth Harrison

Teamwork Through Leadership: A Superintendent’s Retrospective

Culture, TeamworkBy Seth Harrison June 18, 2024

8 Wastes of Lean

The 8 Wastes: A Lifecycle Example

8 Forms of WasteBy Joe Donarumo, Linbeck Group April 23, 2024

How to Run a Pull Plan Meeting

Running a Pull Plan Meeting

Culture, Daily Huddle, Last Planner System, TeamworkBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group April 16, 2024

Daily Huddles - Ten Best Practices

Ten Best Practices for Daily Huddles

Daily HuddleBy Joe Donarumo, Linbeck Group April 9, 2024

Construction Project Management - 2 Rules for Implementing New Methods

2 Rules for Implementing New Methods in Construction Project Management

Culture, Daily Huddle, Last Planner SystemBy Felipe Engineer-Manriquez, The Boldt Company February 26, 2024

The Bungee Effect by Jason Schroeder

The Bungee Effect

Culture, Last Planner System, TeamworkBy Jason Schroeder, Elevate Construction February 13, 2024

Leadership Lessons from The Lean Builder: A Builder's Guide to Applying Lean Tools in the Field

Leadership Lessons from The Lean Builder: 4 Simple Rules to Help You Be a Better Lean Builder

Culture, Daily Huddle, Last Planner System, TeamworkBy Frank Coln, Superintendent January 9, 2024

Changing Your Social Media Algorithms

Your Are What You Eat Online: The Power of Changing Your Social Media Algorithms

CultureBy Thomas Hardy, Skiles Group December 19, 2023

Integrated Leadership

Integrated Leadership: The Foundation of Success in Today’s Project Delivery Models

Last Planner System, TeamworkBy Denton Wilson November 13, 2023

A Field Walk with Rodney Ashmore

A Field Walk with Rodney Ashmore of Adaptive Commissioning Solutions

Culture, Daily Huddle, Last Planner System, TeamworkBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group October 30, 2023

Create Inclusion Using the Last Planner System

The Last Planner System Helps Create Inclusion

Culture, Daily Huddle, Last Planner System, TeamworkBy Rebecca Snelling, RS Consulting October 16, 2023

How to Build a Pull Plan

How to Build a Pull Plan

Last Planner SystemBy Jason Schroeder, Elevate Construction October 2, 2023

Thomas Hardy on A Field Walk With

A Field Walk with Thomas Hardy, Superintendent with Skiles Group

Culture, Daily Huddle, Last Planner System, Visual CommunicationBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group September 12, 2023

Building Successful Relationships

Building Successful Relationships in the Field: Q&A with Scott Friend

Culture, TeamworkBy Katherine Van Adzin, Construction Technology Expert August 28, 2023

Choosing by Advantages

Choosing By Advantages

Culture, UncategorizedBy Rebecca Snelling, RS Consulting August 8, 2023

Takt Towers - Why Pushing Doesn't Work

Takt Towers – Why Pushing Doesn’t Work!

Culture, Last Planner System, Teamwork, Visual CommunicationBy Jason Schroeder, Elevate Construction July 31, 2023

Pull Planning Example: Cooking with Lean

Cooking with Lean: A Fun “Lean BBQ” Pull Planning Example

Last Planner System, Visual CommunicationBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group July 24, 2023

My Misconception of Lean - Myth Busting

My Misconception of Lean

Culture, Last Planner SystemBy Kevin Carey July 17, 2023

A Field Walk with Scott Friend of rand* Construction

A Field Walk with Scott Friend of rand* Construction

Culture, Daily Huddle, Last Planner SystemBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group July 10, 2023

Combining Coaching and Technology for Better Teamwork

Combining Coaching and Technology for Better Teamwork

TeamworkBy Katherine Van Adzin, Construction Technology Expert June 26, 2023

10 Daily Huddle Tips

10 Tips for a Great Daily Huddle

Culture, Daily Huddle, TeamworkBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group June 20, 2023

Old Dawg Lean Thesaurus by Buddy Brumley and Adam Hoots

The Old Dawg Lean Thesaurus: Principles and Anecdotes for Making Lean Simple

Last Planner SystemBy Adam Hoots, Construction ACHE Solutions June 13, 2023

Lean as a System

Lean as a System: A Primer

Culture, Last Planner System, Teamwork, Visual CommunicationBy Jason Schroeder, Elevate Construction June 6, 2023

The Interrupt Pattern for Design & Construction Teams

The Interrupt Pattern for Design and Construction Teams

Culture, Last Planner System, TeamworkBy Felipe Engineer-Manriquez, The Boldt Company May 22, 2023

Digital Lean Tools

4 Ways to Offset Business Challenges with Digital Lean Tools

Last Planner SystemBy Katherine Van Adzin, Construction Technology Expert May 15, 2023

What is Last Planner 2.0?

What is Last Planner 2.0? Jason’s Opinion…

Culture, Last Planner System, Videos, Visual CommunicationBy Jason Schroeder, Elevate Construction April 17, 2023

Four-Minute Mile Story About Construction

A Four-Minute Mile Story About Construction

Culture, Last Planner SystemBy Frank Coln, Superintendent April 10, 2023

A Field Walk with Nick Clemens

A Field Walk with Nick Clemens of O’Shea Builders

Last Planner SystemBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group April 3, 2023

Construction Supply Chain Issues

Doing More with Less: Countering Construction’s ‘Everything Shortage’

Culture, Last Planner SystemBy Katherine Van Adzin, Construction Technology Expert March 27, 2023

Construction Scheduling - How We Build. How We Schedule. Hoots on the Ground Podcast.

How We Build. How We Schedule.

Last Planner SystemBy Jason Schroeder, Elevate Construction March 20, 2023

5 Benefits of Doing a Plus/Delta

5 Benefits of Doing a Plus/Delta

Daily Huddle, TeamworkBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group February 28, 2023

Understanding Fake Lean Versus Lean Construction

Understanding Fake Lean Versus Lean Construction

Culture, Last Planner SystemBy Katayoun Mokhtarzadeh, Skiles Group February 20, 2023

5 Uses of Scrum in Construction

5 Ways to Use Scrum on Your Next Construction Project

Culture, Last Planner SystemBy Felipe Engineer-Manriquez, The Boldt Company February 13, 2023

Constraints & Roadblocks: Why Expanding Our Definition Matters

Constraints & Roadblocks: Why Expanding Our Definition Matters

Last Planner SystemBy Jason Schroeder, Elevate Construction February 6, 2023

We've done a pull plan - now what?

We’ve done a pull plan, now what?

Daily Huddle, Last Planner SystemBy Rebecca Snelling, RS Consulting January 31, 2023

Best of A Field Walk Part 2

A Field Walk With: A Look Back at Top Lessons from Lean Leaders (Part 2)

Culture, Daily Huddle, Last Planner System, Teamwork, Visual CommunicationBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group January 16, 2023

Lean Leaders Share Tips on Resistance to Lean Implementation

A Field Walk With: A Look Back at Top Lessons from Lean Leaders (Part 1)

Culture, Daily Huddle, Last Planner System, Teamwork, Visual CommunicationBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group January 9, 2023

The 7 Deadly Sins of Field Leadership - Part 2

The 7 Deadly Sins of Field Leadership – Part 2

Culture, Daily Huddle, Visual CommunicationBy Jason Schroeder, Elevate Construction December 26, 2022

The Seven Deadly Sins of Field Leadership Part 1

The Seven Deadly Sins of Field Leadership – Part 1

Culture, Daily Huddle, Visual CommunicationBy Jason Schroeder, Elevate Construction December 19, 2022

Placing Blame - Do Our Trade Partners Deserve a Second Chance?

Do Our Trade Partners Deserve a Second Chance?

Culture, TeamworkBy Katayoun Mokhtarzadeh, Skiles Group December 5, 2022

Takt Construction and the 14 Lean Management Principles by Jason Schroeder of Elevate Construction

Takt Construction & the 14 Lean Management Principles

Culture, Last Planner System, Teamwork, Visual CommunicationBy Jason Schroeder, Elevate Construction November 29, 2022

Boulder Associates Romano Nickerson on A Field Walk

A Field Walk with Romano Nickerson of Boulder Associates

Culture, Last Planner SystemBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group November 1, 2022

A Field Walk With Stephen Powell with Meadows & Ohly

A Field Walk with Stephen Powell Of Meadows & Ohly

Culture, Last Planner SystemBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group October 12, 2022

A-3 Problem Solving Methodology with Michael Villar

Are You Solving Problems or Just Fighting Fires?

Culture, Last Planner System, TeamworkBy Michael Villar, Nevell Group, Inc.September 27, 2022

Takt, Last Planner, & Scrum

A Prediction – Takt, Last Planner, & Scrum Will Take Over Our Industry

8 Forms of Waste, Culture, Last Planner SystemBy Jason Schroeder, Elevate Construction September 12, 2022

A Field Walk with Chris Davis of Turner Construction

A Field Walk with Chris Davis of Turner Construction

Culture, Last Planner System, TeamworkBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group September 6, 2022

Seven Principles - Creating Your Success in the Construction Industry

Creating Your Success in the Construction Industry

CultureBy Henry Nutt III, Southland Industries August 30, 2022

Quality of Life and Work: A Lean Construction Q&A with Armando Tunales

Quality of Life and Work: A Q&A with Armando Tunales on Lean Construction

CultureBy Katherine Van Adzin, Construction Technology Expert August 15, 2022

A Field Walk with Buddy Brumley

A Field Walk with Buddy Brumley, Senior Superintendent with Skiles Group

Culture, Daily Huddle, Last Planner System, Visual CommunicationBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group August 10, 2022

Construction Team Building Tips

5 Tips for Better Teambuilding on the Jobsite

Culture, Daily Huddle, Last Planner System, TeamworkBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group August 1, 2022

The Concept of Customers - Art of the Builder Video Blog Episode 3

Concept of Customers – The Art of the Builder Video Blog 3

Videos, Visual CommunicationBy Jason Schroeder, Elevate Construction July 19, 2022

A Field Walk with Greg Stedman of KHS&S Contractors

A Field Walk with Greg Stedman of KHS&S Contractors

Culture, Daily Huddle, Last Planner SystemBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group July 12, 2022

A Field Walk with Kent Hedges, Large Capital Project Manager

A Field Walk with Kent Hedges, Large Capital Project Manager with Medxcel

8 Forms of Waste, Culture, Last Planner SystemBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group June 20, 2022

Respect for People on the Jobsite

4 Ways to Model Respect for People on Your Jobsite

8 Forms of Waste, Culture, Daily Huddle, Last Planner System, TeamworkBy Katherine Van Adzin, Construction Technology Expert June 14, 2022

Total Participation Techniques - The Art of the Builder Episode 2

Total Participation through Visual Systems [Video]

Videos, Visual CommunicationBy Jason Schroeder, Elevate Construction June 6, 2022

DPR Construction Quality Leader, Paz Arroyo on A Field Walk

A Field Walk with Paz Arroyo, DPR Construction Quality Leader

Culture, Last Planner System, TeamworkBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group May 31, 2022

Lean Success Stories in the Construction Industry

Field Wins: Lean Success Stories from the Trades

8 Forms of Waste, Culture, Last Planner SystemBy Katherine Van Adzin, Construction Technology Expert May 16, 2022

What is a trade partner in construction? A Trade Partner Daily Huddle Part 3

A Construction Trade Partner Daily Huddle Part 3

Culture, Daily Huddle, Teamwork, Visual CommunicationBy Michel Handfield, Valueadd Lean May 9, 2022

Managing the Eight Wastes of Lean

Managing the Eight Wastes of Lean – D.O.W.N.T.I.M.E.

8 Forms of WasteBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group May 3, 2022

Hands On or Off: Striking the Right Balance as a Lean Coach

Hands On or Off: Striking the Right Balance as a Coach

Culture, Last Planner SystemBy Katherine Van Adzin, Construction Technology Expert April 26, 2022

Three Daily Habits of Successful Builders - Art of the Builder Video

Three Daily Habits of Successful Builders – Art of the Builder

VideosBy Jason Schroeder, Elevate Construction April 18, 2022

Construction Trade Partner Daily Huddle

A Trade Partner Daily Huddle Part 2

Culture, Daily Huddle, Teamwork, Visual CommunicationBy Michel Handfield, Valueadd Lean April 12, 2022

Work Smarter Not Harder

Work Smarter, Not Harder: Sharpen Your Axe

CultureBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group April 5, 2022

Deep Work In Construction - Is It Possible?

Deep Work in Construction – Is It Possible?

CultureBy Katayoun Mokhtarzadeh, Skiles Group March 28, 2022

A Trade Partner Daily Huddle Part 1

A Trade Partner Daily Huddle Part 1

Culture, Daily Huddle, Last Planner System, Teamwork, Visual CommunicationBy Michel Handfield, Valueadd Lean March 21, 2022

Production Laws in a Takt-Ed System

Production Laws in a Takt-ed System

Culture, Last Planner System, Teamwork, Visual CommunicationBy Jason Schroeder, Elevate Construction March 14, 2022

Building the Business Case for Lean Construction

Building the Business Case for Lean Construction

Culture, Last Planner System, TeamworkBy Katherine Van Adzin, Construction Technology Expert March 7, 2022

A Field Walk With Rebecca Snelling with RS Consulting

A Field Walk with Rebecca Snelling, Lean Leadership Coach with RS Consulting

Last Planner System, Visual CommunicationBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group March 1, 2022

How and Why to Level Work in a Takt-ed System Part 2

How and Why to Level Work in a Takt-Ed System Part 2

8 Forms of Waste, Culture, Daily Huddle, Last Planner System, Teamwork, Visual CommunicationBy Jason Schroeder, Elevate Construction February 21, 2022

How and Why to Level Work in a Takt-ed System Part 1

How and Why to Level Work in a Takt-Ed System Part 1

Daily Huddle, Last Planner SystemBy Jason Schroeder, Elevate Construction February 14, 2022

How to Use Lean Process and Culture to Win Over Skeptics

How to Use Lean Process and Culture to Win Over Skeptics

Culture, Daily Huddle, Last Planner System, Visual CommunicationBy Katherine Van Adzin, Construction Technology Expert February 7, 2022

A Field Walk With Henry Nutt III of Southland

A Field Walk with Henry Nutt, III of Southland Industries

Culture, Last Planner System, TeamworkBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group February 3, 2022

Remove Roadblocks to Create Flow with Takt

Remove Roadblocks to Create Flow with Takt

Culture, Last Planner System, Visual CommunicationBy Jason Schroeder, Elevate Construction January 18, 2022

How to Maximize the Benefits of Lean Coaching with Tom Richert

How to Maximize the Benefits of Lean Coaching

Culture, Last Planner System, TeamworkBy Katherine Van Adzin, Construction Technology Expert January 3, 2022

Takt Planning

Takt Planning to Create a 6-Week Make-Ready & Weekly Work Plan

Last Planner SystemBy Jason Schroeder, Elevate Construction December 27, 2021

A Field Walk with Justin Davis of Skiles Group

A Field Walk with Justin Davis of Skiles Group

Culture, Daily Huddle, Last Planner System, TeamworkBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group December 21, 2021

Lean Respect for People

RespectIN’ Construction People

Culture, Last Planner System, TeamworkBy Adam Hoots, Construction ACHE Solutions December 13, 2021

How Lean Supports a Better Work Life Balance

How Lean Supports Better Work Life Balance

Culture, Daily Huddle, Last Planner System, Teamwork, Visual CommunicationBy Katherine Van Adzin, Construction Technology Expert December 7, 2021

Takt Time Sequences and Buffers

Takt Time Formula – Taking Takt to the Next Level

Culture, Last Planner System, Visual CommunicationBy Jason Schroeder, Elevate Construction November 30, 2021

A Lean Thanksgiving

A Lean Thanksgiving – A Fun Lean Planning Template Example

Culture, Last Planner System, Teamwork, Visual CommunicationBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group November 22, 2021

A Field Walk With Jesse Hernandez Host at Learnings and Missteps Podcast

A Field Walk with Jesse Hernandez of Life Time Inc.

Culture, Last Planner System, Teamwork, Visual CommunicationBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group November 16, 2021

Scrum Master and Certified Trainer Felipe Engineer-Manriquez

Lessons from a Scrum Master and Certified Scrum Trainer

Culture, Teamwork, Visual CommunicationBy Felipe Engineer-Manriquez, The Boldt Company November 8, 2021

TAKT Time - Phase Planning and Pull Planning in a TAKT-ED System

Takt Time – Phase Planning & Pull Planning in a Takt-Ed System

Last Planner System, Visual CommunicationBy Jason Schroeder, Elevate Construction November 1, 2021

How to Double Operating Income Using the Last Planner System

How to Double Operating Income Using the Last Planner® System

Culture, Last Planner SystemBy Katherine Van Adzin, Construction Technology Expert October 25, 2021

A Field Walk with Jennifer Lacy of Robins & Morton

A Field Walk with Jennifer Lacy of Robins & Morton

Culture, Daily Huddle, Last Planner System, Teamwork, Visual CommunicationBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group October 18, 2021

Persistent Problem Solving in Construction

Persistent Problem Solving in the Construction Industry

Culture, Daily Huddle, Last Planner System, Teamwork, Visual CommunicationBy Brian Winningham, Field Driven Lean October 12, 2021

Last Planner System with Critical Path Method or Takt?

The Last Planner® System with CPM or Takt?

Culture, Last Planner System, TeamworkBy Jason Schroeder, Elevate Construction October 6, 2021

A Field Walk With Steve Turner

A Field Walk With Steve Turner of FPI Builders

Culture, Daily Huddle, Last Planner System, Teamwork, Visual CommunicationBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group September 16, 2021

Lean Implementation - Lean 101

Lean Implementation – Helping Lean Beginners Begin

Last Planner SystemBy Katherine Van Adzin, Construction Technology Expert September 7, 2021

Digital Lean Solution

Should You Adopt a Digital Lean Solution?

Last Planner SystemBy Katherine Van Adzin, Construction Technology Expert July 16, 2021

Lean Construction Influencers Podcast Round-Up

3 Lean Construction Influencers You Must Know

Culture, Teamwork, Visual CommunicationBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group July 13, 2021

Last Planner System Scorekeeping Visualization Methods

Last Planner System, Visual CommunicationBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group July 6, 2021

Construction Superintendent Duties

Construction Superintendent Duties Include Being the Eye of the Hurricane

CultureBy Thomas Hardy, Skiles Group June 29, 2021

Lean Tools to Maximize Value in the Field

Culture, Daily Huddle, Last Planner System, Visual CommunicationBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group June 15, 2021

Root Cause Analysis in Lean Construction

Root Cause Analysis – 3 Must-Dos after Scoring Percent Plan Complete

Daily Huddle, Last Planner System, Visual CommunicationBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group June 8, 2021

Digital Lean Construction

Digital Lean Construction – Now Is the Time for Adoption

Last Planner SystemBy Rafael Franca, Construction Technology Expert May 25, 2021

Last Planner System Implementation in Construction

Last Planner System Implementation in Construction

Culture, Daily Huddle, Last Planner SystemBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group May 18, 2021

Daily Huddle - 3 Tips to Help Keep it Lean and On Track

Daily Huddle – 3 Tips To Keep Your Lean Huddle on Track

Daily HuddleBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group May 4, 2021

5 Things the Army Rangers Can Teach Us About Lean Planning for Teams

Lean Planning for Teams – 5 Things the Army Rangers Can Teach Us

Culture, Last Planner System, TeamworkBy Brian Winningham, Field Driven Lean April 20, 2021

The Art of the Builder - Elevating Construction Superintendents by Jason Schroeder

3 Lean Time Management Take-Aways from the Art of the Builder

Culture, Last Planner System, Visual CommunicationBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group April 13, 2021

5 Challenges for Lean Implementation

5 Challenges for Lean Implementation

8 Forms of Waste, Culture, Last Planner SystemBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group April 5, 2021

Problem Solving - Firefighter or Arsonist?

Problem Solving – Firefighter or Arsonist?

Last Planner SystemBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group March 30, 2021

How to Delegate - 5 Levels of Delegation on the Jobsite

How to Delegate – 5 Levels of Delegation on the Jobsite

Culture, TeamworkBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group March 22, 2021

Pull Planning Construction Meeting

Pull Planning Construction

Last Planner System, Visual CommunicationBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group March 9, 2021

Building Materials Delivery Board

Building Material Delivery Tracking: 6 Questions to Ask

Last Planner System, Visual CommunicationBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group March 2, 2021

8 Types of Waste in Lean - Defects and Rework

Breaking Down the 8 Types of Waste in Lean – Defects

8 Forms of Waste, CultureBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group February 16, 2021

Building Trust in the Workplace

Building Trust In the Workplace – 3 Dos and Don’ts

CultureBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group February 9, 2021

Old School Construction Tips

Old School Construction Lessons for New School Builders

Culture, Last Planner SystemBy Buddy Brumley, Skiles Group February 2, 2021

Daily Team Huddle Observation Checklist

10 Step Lean Daily Team Huddle Observation Checklist

Daily Huddle, Visual CommunicationBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group January 26, 2021

Lean Implementation - Make It Stick!

Lean Implementation – 4 Steps for Implementing Builder’s Lean

Culture, Last Planner System, Visual CommunicationBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group January 19, 2021

Lean Construction Keys

Lean Construction: 3 Keys to Unlocking Lean in the Field

Last Planner SystemBy Tony Creed, TDIndustries January 12, 2021

8 Wastes of Lean - Inventory

Breaking Down the 8 Wastes of Lean – Inventory

8 Forms of WasteBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group January 5, 2021

Daily Huddle Rules Infographic

7 Rules for a Great Daily Huddle

Daily Huddle, Last Planner SystemBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group December 28, 2020

Visual Communication Tools for the Jobsite

6 Visual Communication Tools to Transform the Jobsite

Visual CommunicationBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group December 21, 2020

Last Planner Pull Planning

Last Planner Pull Planning – 7 Steps for Success

Last Planner SystemBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group December 15, 2020

8 Types of Waster: Transportation

Breaking Down the 8 Types of Waste: Transportation

8 Forms of WasteBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group December 8, 2020

Your Construction Project is Not a Race!

Your Construction Project is Not a Race!

CultureBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group December 1, 2020

Daily Huddle Rules - Call out Bazinga! and Stay on Track

Daily Huddle Rules – Stay On Track

Daily HuddleBy Joe Donarumo, Linbeck Group November 24, 2020

Lean Safety

Lean Safety on the Jobsite

8 Forms of Waste, Last Planner SystemBy Debra Hilmerson, Hilmerson Safety November 17, 2020

8 Forms of Waste: Motion

Breaking Down the 8 Forms of Waste: Motion

8 Forms of WasteBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group November 10, 2020

Construction Superintendent 2.0

Construction Superintendent 2.0: Update and Reboot

CultureBy Frank Coln, Superintendent November 3, 2020

Daily Huddle Tips on Time Management

Daily Huddle Tips – Start on Time, End on Time

Daily HuddleBy Joe Donarumo, Linbeck Group October 26, 2020

Pull Planning in 5 Easy Steps

Pull Planning in 5 Easy Steps

Last Planner SystemBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group October 20, 2020

5S Lean Construction

3 Simple Tips to Deploy 5S Lean on your Jobsite

8 Forms of Waste, Culture, Last Planner System, Visual CommunicationBy Felipe Engineer-Manriquez, The Boldt Company October 13, 2020

Constraint Management Techniques

Constraint Management Techniques on the Jobsite

Last Planner SystemBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group October 6, 2020

Lean Daily Huddle or Boring Meeting

Lean Daily Huddle – Flip the Script and Ditch Your Boring Meeting

Daily HuddleBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group September 29, 2020

Last Planner Pull Planning Session

5 Easy Tips to Set Your Next Pull Session Up for Success

Last Planner SystemBy Frank Coln, Superintendent September 21, 2020

Lean IPD Construction Superintendent

The Lean IPD Superintendent – Part 2

TeamworkBy Dick Bayer, The ReAlignment Group September 15, 2020

Lean IPD Construction

The Lean IPD Superintendent – Part 1

TeamworkBy Dick Bayer, The ReAlignment Group September 9, 2020

Pull Planning Session

3 Must-Dos After Your Next Pull Planning Session

Last Planner SystemBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group August 31, 2020

Lean Team Building

Lean Team Building and Collaboration Among the Trades

TeamworkBy Mitch Rothe, Robins & Morton August 18, 2020

Last Planner System

The Last Planner System® and the Trades: It’s Up to You to Teach Them

Culture, Daily Huddle, Last Planner System, Teamwork, Visual CommunicationBy Michael Villar, Nevell Group, Inc.August 11, 2020

Construction Site Safety & Lean Construction

Construction Site Safety Using Lean Principles

Culture, Last Planner System, Visual CommunicationBy Joe Donarumo, Linbeck Group August 3, 2020

Daily Huddle Template Cards

Daily Huddle Template Cards for Lean Construction

Daily HuddleBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group July 27, 2020

4 Pull Planning Best Practices by Keyan Zandy

4 Best Practices for Your Next Pull Plan Session

Culture, Daily Huddle, Last Planner SystemBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group July 21, 2020

Lean Construction Practices - Lean PPC

Lean Construction Practices – Percent Plan Complete

Culture, Daily Huddle, Last Planner System, Teamwork, Visual CommunicationBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group July 14, 2020

Visual Communication

The Power of Visual Communication

Visual CommunicationBy Joe Donarumo, Linbeck Group July 7, 2020

The People Side of Lean

The People Side of Lean

Last Planner SystemBy Brian Winningham, Field Driven Lean June 29, 2020

Lean Builder

How to Become a Lean Builder

Last Planner SystemBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group June 24, 2020

The Lean Construction Schedule and COVID-19

The Lean Construction Schedule and the Coronavirus

Last Planner SystemBy Thomas Hardy, Skiles Group June 16, 2020

Eight Wastes of Lean Construction

Eight Wastes of Lean On the Jobsite

8 Forms of WasteBy Joe Donarumo, Linbeck Group June 10, 2020

Lean Construction Daily Huddle Tips

Daily Huddle Tips – Stand Up!

Daily HuddleBy Joe Donarumo, Linbeck Group June 2, 2020

Daily Huddle Tip

Daily Huddle Tip: The No Phone Zone

Daily HuddleBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group May 27, 2020

Constraint Management - Boost Your Skills

Boost Your Constraint Management Skills

Last Planner SystemBy Frank Coln, Superintendent May 18, 2020

Scorekeeping in The Last Planner System in Construction

Last Planner System in Construction – Scorekeeping

Last Planner SystemBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group May 11, 2020

Lean Principles Respect for People

Lean Principles Respect for People

Culture, Last Planner System, TeamworkBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group May 4, 2020

Lean Construction

Lean Construction and Unused Employee Genius

8 Forms of WasteBy Toby Bradley, Fisk Electric April 28, 2020

Lean Pull Planning

3 Ways to Pull Plan during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Last Planner SystemBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group April 21, 2020

The Donarumo Family Meeting

The Power of Lean Tools at Home

CultureBy Joe Donarumo, Linbeck Group April 13, 2020

Daily Huddle Best Practices - COVID-19 Protocol

The Daily Huddle – COVID-19 Protocol

TeamworkBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group April 6, 2020

Daily Huddle Ideas

The Daily Huddle – Keep it Short

Daily Huddle, TeamworkBy Joe Donarumo, Linbeck Group March 31, 2020

Daily Huddle Questions - Why Huddle?

The Daily Huddle – Why Huddle?

Daily HuddleBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group March 26, 2020

This Is How We Have Always Done It

This Is How We Have Always Done It

CultureBy Toby Bradley, Fisk Electric March 10, 2020

Pull Planning Tips

4 Helpful hints before you Pull Plan

Daily Huddle, Last Planner SystemBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group March 2, 2020

Team Collaboration - The Power of a Collaborative Team

The Power of a Collaborative Team

TeamworkBy Henry Nutt III, Southland Industries February 25, 2020

Good Visual Communication

Do You See What I See? Three Ways Visual Communication Can Improve Your Jobsite

Visual CommunicationBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group February 18, 2020

Team Building and Collaboration

Your Electrician has a name, and it’s not Sparky.

TeamworkBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group February 5, 2020

How to Keep Your Construction Site Meeting on Track

Tangents, Squirrels and The Parking Lot

Last Planner SystemBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group January 30, 2020

The 5 Whys - Practical Use in LEAN Construction

The 5 Whys and Why you need this tool on your jobsite

Last Planner SystemBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group January 22, 2020

Last Planner System Implementation in Construction - Maybe You Can Teach An Old Dog New Tricks

Old Dogs Do Learn New Tricks

Last Planner SystemBy Buddy Brumley, Skiles Group January 15, 2020

A Material Delivery Board can help you organize your project

Why your project needs a Material Delivery Board

Last Planner SystemBy Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group December 30, 2019

Role of Project Manager in Relation to Constraint Management

The Project Manager’s Role in Constraint Management

Last Planner SystemBy Nathan Wilke, Skiles Group November 20, 2019

Last Planner System Pull Planning

An “Old School” Superintendent did what?

Last Planner SystemBy Frank Coln, Superintendent October 15, 2019

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