The construction industry lags far behind the manufacturing industries in performance (e.g., productivity and waste) improvement. The practitioners have been continuously looking for better methods and technologies to improve project delivery and one of the important initiates is lean construction. The course aims to provide an understanding of the modern concepts and methods in productivity and production system to improve construction practice with lean construction, as well as other tools and techniques for designing and implementing lean construction on projects. Upon completing this course, student will be able to design and implement lean construction system on projects for performance improvement (e.g., based on empirical study, productivity improvement of up to 30% can be expected with proper design and implementation of lean construction). 

Continuous Assessment: 50%

Examination: 50%

Examination Duration: 2 hours

To pass a course, a student must obtain minimum marks of 30% in both coursework and examination components, and an overall mark of at least 40%