5 Easy Tips to Set Your Next Pull Session Up for Success
Last Planner Pull Planning implementation in the field is not as easy as it sounds. Here are 5 tips to helps you achieve success for your next pull planning session. …
3 Must-Dos After Your Next Pull Planning Session
The Pull Planning Session is one of the most critical elements of the Last Planner System and to your successful journey to mastering Lean construction. Here are three must-dos after your next pull planning session. …
The Last Planner System® and the Trades: It’s Up to You to Teach Them
The Last Planner System® works if used correctly, says Michael Villar, Lean Director at Nevell Group, but you must the GCs and the trades working together. …
4 Best Practices for Your Next Pull Plan Session
4 pull planning best practices as explained by Lean Construction expert Keyan Zandy, co-author of The Lean Builder - A Builder's Guide to Applying Lean Tools in the Field. …
Lean Construction Practices – Percent Plan Complete
In this discussion of Lean Construction Practices, Lean expert Keyan Zandy delves into Commitment Tracking via Lean's Percent Plan Complete Board. …
The People Side of Lean
The people side of Lean thinking sounds like a great concept, but it's not true. Without respect for people, there is no Lean thinking in construction. …
How to Become a Lean Builder
How to become a Lean builder as explained by Lean expert Keyan Zandy involves multiple steps including respect for the individual, waste reduction, value creation, and much more. …
The Lean Construction Schedule and the Coronavirus
How do we keep our Lean construction schedule during the COVID-19 pandemic? How do we deal with six-week look-aheads while remaining six feet apart? …
Boost Your Constraint Management Skills
Constraint log management could be the single most valuable tool from LCI’s Last Planner System™ process. However, project teams are often inconsistent and misuse the tool, and so they don’t always realize the value of constraint management. …
Last Planner System in Construction – Scorekeeping
The Last Planner System in construction is a great way to implement Lean on your projects & monitor metrics like Percent Plan Complete and Constraint Management as well as track the milestones of the project. Using Scoreboards in Lean construction is a …
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About the Author
Keyan Zandy, Skiles Group
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 responsible for the oversight of the firm’s daily operations and ensuring that their Lean processes are continuously improved and consistently practiced. He is the co-author of The Lean Builder: A Builder’s Guide to Applying Lean Tools in the Field, which simplifies and clearly articulates the benefits of seven primary Lean concepts, and delivers them in a highly-relatable, immediately-applicable, and field-friendly manner. Keyan also serves as CEO for Smart Safety, an award-winning crisis management communication and emergency response tool.
